Sperare are a d.i.y screamo band from the West Midlands, Uk. The band formed in 2006 and have released a host of free demos and one e.p (Solace). Their demos are given away free at shows and on their website, if you didn't get a copy download the songs from their e.p at: http://www.myspace.com/sperare21. The music they play is a blend of melodic, emotional, hardcore, screamo taking influence from bands such as envy and funeral diner.
There are 3 bands with the name Frail. 1) Frail was a highly influential early emotional hardcore band from Pennsylvania. They existed in the 90's, but have since broken up. 2) Frail is a five member band from Jyväskylä, Finland. Formed in autumn 2002 by singer-guitarist Tarmo and keyboard player Jukka, the band has already had many great achievements, including a sold out self-titled EP released in 2003.
There are at least six bands called Orchid:
1. A hardcore band from Amherst, Massachusetts
2. A doom metal band from San Francisco, California
3. An indie-pop band Poznan, Poland
4. A rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia
5. an alias of Alexander Tooth
6. a "post-prog" band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
1. Active from 1998 to 2002, Orchid was first and foremost a hardcore band. Orchid combined a post-modern aesthetic with hardcore punk...
Comadre is a band from Redwood City (a suburb of San Francisco), California, comprising of former members of Heartcrosslove, One's Own Ruin, and Light This City. Their sound is an off-shoot of hardcore and punk played fast and chaotic with an abundance of energy, but also a large focus on melody and tunefulness. Their influences can perhaps best be shown by the covers the band has performed live, by groups such as Rites of Spring, Refused, Kid Dynamite, and Suicide File.
There are 11 known bands with the name Titan: 1) Canadian hardcore band based in Toronto, ON. A union between the severity of hardcore and technical mastery/sinister malice of metal, maintaining roots consistent with traditional Canadian hardcore established by the likes of Union Of Uranus, Buried Inside and Cursed. EPs include The Chrysanthemum Pledge and most recent critically-acclaimed leveler Colossus EP.
Koalacaust is a band that started in Santa Monica, CA as three best friends, and since then expanded into a five-piece. Their music is composed of accordion, bass, acoustic guitar, drums, and the occasional mandolin or melodica. They have played local shows with the likes of Paul Baribeau, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Broadway Calls, and Mischief Brew. Recently relocating to the San Francisco/Santa Cruz Area, they are unsigned and continue to make music together.
3 piece down tempo emo band from Surrey, UK. Consisting of Nicholas Bavin formerly of Bottlenose Dolphins and Christopher Thomson formerly of The Pluto
Ghost Mice is a two-piece folk-punk band that hails from Bloomington, IN. Ghost Mice was created from the ashes of former pop-punk bands The Devil Is Electric and Operation: Cliff Clavin. Chris Johnston (aka Chris Clavin) and Hannah who played guitar and bass respectively for OP:CC and TDIE, decided to make their act acoustic so they could tour more easily and play almost anywhere. In their own words: "We play 100% acoustic. We never use amps or mics (except once at Plan-It-X Fest). We have been playing in bands together for about 7 years.
Raccoon City Police Department are a Post-Hardcore/Screamo band from Adelaide, South Australia.
Check out their Bandcamp for 3 new tracks from the upcoming 7" EP "Songs Of Self Loathing" which should be released on vinyl in the upcoming months.
http://www.rcpd.bandcamp.com
http://www.youtube.com/RaccoonCityPoliceDep
http://www.facebook.com/RaccoonCityPD
Skiffle-Prog-Pop merchants from Leeds, Silverlode peddle a unique brand of alternative rock music which radiates dynamic textures of light and shade, brimming with imaginings of wild fancy. Their crooked stories, dark nursery rhymes and wicked tales of a skewed reality take hold over ladies, gentlemen, children and beasts.