The Beginning Of The End

Ladies and Gentlemen (all 5 of you that actually read this) it been a fun ride!

I've made it my mission on this blog to uncover the rock music that  is out there.  It's been my job to bring attention to up and coming artists, bring some well known rockers back to the forefront, and reveal the other side of the music industry beyond the over-processed pop-garbage that exists on the radio.

Speaking of radio... I have spent a lot of my summer listening to what the radio has to offer, and I am less than impressed. It seems to me that there is an identity crisis in modern bands.  Case in point - Imagine Dragons.  This band can not seem to find a sound to stick with.  First they are folk, then they are techno, then they are Coldplay... I don't get it.  Whatever happened to the concept of a "signature sound"?  Please don't even get me started on the over-processed, loop-driven crap that all the other "rock" stations are playing... it sickens me to think that people think that is Rock.  Call me old fashioned, but I miss the good-old-days when Rock was Rock, and Alternative was for everything that was a little experimental.  Now it's all lumped together like some horrible blob-like beast of Reason beats, and quantized MIDI patterns.

That said, I leave the mission to you, my audience. This post will be one of my last.  I am taking an internship with a recording studio, where I can make a real difference in the industry from the inside out.  Thank you for all those who have read any of the posts I have made in the last 3 years.

Before I call it quits, I have a few more bands I need to bring to light.  The first is Deathpoint.

Deathpoint

These guys are proof that you should never judge a book by it's cover.  Honestly, when I first heard the name "Deathpoint" the only thing I could think of was a cheesy, Swedish-metal, 80's wanna be band.  I was dreadfully wrong.

Hailing from Hamilton, Canada, these guys bring some true passion and talent to the stage... and they are just getting started!  Vocally I would compare them to System Of A Down, where as the musicality of the group is a classic Metal sound, complete with driving double kick pattern.  In particular, the song "Thirty Stitches" has a really long intro, much like Angels vs. Airwaves, if they were a metal act.

Perhaps the biggest surprise to my ears was the clarity in the growl. Let me clarify by saying that I love a good growl, but it's rare when you can actually understand what the growler is saying!

Sinister Album Cover

You can catch the group on their Canadian tour with chick-rockers, Kittie, if you live in the northern area of the U.S. Their album, Sinister is due out soon, but no exact date has been given yet. For now you can check the guys out by visiting their SoundCloud site, Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace pages.


Don't cry too many tears yet.. there is still one more post coming.  If you are a fan of Cinderella, you may like the next one.  If you are a Foo Fighters junkie (like me) then you are definitely going to want to read the next (last) post.

Until then...