Perth, Australia (2004 - present) Tangled Thoughts of Leaving emerged from the shadows of the live scene in Perth, Western Australia with the release of their 2008 EP, Tiny Fragments. By way of a piano-led amalgamation of prog, metal, post-rock, jazz, and nois - TToL have created a very unique sound. Members:
Aaron Pollard
The Black Sea was formed from the ashes of Frodus in 2002 when Frodus's Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher decided to continue playing together. At the time they recruited Fugazi bassist Joe Lally to play bass. At the time they weren't sure on if the musical endeavor would go beyond just playing music. In February 2002, Hamacher left for a 3 month excursion to Eastern Europe and Turkey after recording drum tracks for the pair.
Leyaks' tunes are instrumental. They blend Melodic Post-Rock, Math, Electronica, Psychedelic and Heavy Rock influences with their own experiments in sound, playing techniques and frequent changes of style and pace. During their shows they project visuals onto the stage which are manipulated live by the band. Both music and visuals are rumoured to be inspired by Balinese black magic... Leyaks was formed in the summer of 2007 in London...
Braid is an American band from Urbana, Illinois that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on Bob Nanna on vocals and guitar, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar and vocals and Roy Ewing on drums. Roy was replaced in 1997 by Damon Atkinson. In 1999 Braid disbanded and went on to form Hey Mercedes with all band members minus Chris Broach (who went on to form The Firebird Band) and adding Mark Dawursk. The band reformed for a US tour in 2004 and, now that Hey Mercedes are defunct, apparently intend to tour sporadically.
In 2003 the first realease, a three tracks self-produced promo, permits to the band to introduce itself into the musical background with concerts and reviews (the most important TOP DEMO on magazine Metal Hammer). After a line up change with the arrival of Alessio as bassist, in August 2006, ICO come back to the studio's for the debut album CEREBRAL heART. Recorded at Fear Studio, mixed by Kurt Ballou and mastered by Alan Douches in the States, out for the italian label Myphonic Records, the album receives great reviews and let the band to increase its reputation...
Whether it’s with their chaotic hardcore urgency, or uniquely powerful shows, the true grit of The Rodeo Idiot Engine will move you. Merging a loud, energetic, and emotional outpouring into one untamable and violent hardcore machine. After few shows, they have recorded their first EP, released during April 2010 and made a European Tour through France, Spain, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. Their first full length will be recorded by Baptiste Bouchard (My Own Private Alaska, Selenites, 8Control, Senor Flores.
?Formati alla fine degli anni '70, i Frogman Prog Trio si sono guadagnati nel tempo la fama di innovatori del prog\shredding\avantgarde\noise. L'incontro tra i tre componenti del gruppo, ovvero Rocco Oas, Tina Squit e Robert Dildert avvenne nel celebre jazz bar The Cavern di Liverpoollate (MI), mentre era in corso una competizione tra chitarristi. I tre, dopo aver offeso e avvilito i concorrenti per tutta la durata della manifestazione, additandoli come incompetenti, hanno cominciato a malmenarsi per voler dimostrare la propria superiorit
Slint was a math rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). They formed in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 1986. Though they disbanded circa 1991, they are considered to be a major influence on the post-hardcore, math rock, and post-rock scenes. Slint's first album Tweez was recorded by legendary engineer Steve Albini in 1987 and released in obscurity on the Jennifer Hartman Records label in 1989.
There are two bands with the name Laser Beast. 1) Laser Beast is a four-piece from Leicester featuring ex-members of Public Relations Exercise and Her Name Is Calla.
www.daslaserbeast.bandcamp.com
www.daslaserbeast.bigcartel.com 2) Laser Beast is from San Jose, Calfornia, and is composed of Devon Hunter (To The Bottom of the Ocean) on drums and Joseph Oria (The Third Temptation of Paris) as the bassist/vocalist. They are a noise rock band a part of the San Jose local scene. They draw their influences primarily from Lightning Bolt and The Locust. www.myspace.com/laserbeastband