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Artist: Detune
Artist: Nightstick
Purveying detuned, grungy, psychedelic metal a la Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, or -- more recently -- Monster Magnet, Nightstick is a power trio consisting of bassist/vocalist Alex Smith, guitarist Cotie Cowgill, and drummer Robert Williams. Their albums include 1996's Blotter, 1998's Ultimatum, and 1999's Death to Music. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: De-Phazz
The prolific De-Phazz was a jazzy, club-oriented downtempo project centered on Germany's Pit Baumgartner, a sample-minded producer who surrounded himself with a shifting cast of guest musicians and vocalists. Detunized Gravity (1997), Godsdog (1999), Death by Chocolate (2001), and Daily Lama (2002) explored various terrains of 21st century... [+] Read More
Artist: Archie Bunker
Formed in Dallas, TX, by vocalist Ben Smith, guitarist Kevin Bradford, bassist Miguel Saldana, and drummer Henry Vasquez, the curiously named Archie Bunker managed to record just a single album before the bandmembers went their separate ways. Released in 1997 by independent Brainticket Records and named Lucky 13 (not so lucky, as it turned out),... [+] Read More
Artist: Atreyu
Check out... http://www.atreyugame.comComing out of Southern California during the rap-metal explosion around the turn of the century, Atreyu crafted a sound much closer to Agnostic Front or Hatebreed. The metalcore quintet was formed by Brandon Saller (drums/vocals), Dan Jacobs (guitar), Chris Thomson (bass), Travis Miguel (guitar), and Alex... [+] Read More
Artist: Annie Gosfield
Keyboardist, composer, and improviser Annie Gosfield is originally from Philadelphia, then lived in California for some time, and by the close of the '90s was established in New York. In the early '80s, she performed in L.A.'s underground venues with the Apes of God, a free improvisation group. Through the '90s, Gosfield has consistently... [+] Read More
Artist: Faxed Head
Faxed Head's music may be the most ugly, unsettling death metal on the planet -- but that's a compliment. The band is rumored to contain a few members of Mr. Bungle, but it's hard to confirm this since they all go by aliases (Bungle/Secret Chiefs 3 guitarist Trey Spruance is the only one verified, who goes by the allonym Neck Head). Other band... [+] Read More
Artist: Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber broke out of the Los Angeles alternative metal scene in 1997 with a sound often compared to Korn, although both bands formed around the same time and are quality representations of the scene's overall sound -- the heavy, detuned guitars of the murkiest Black Sabbath, grungy, noisy textures reminiscent of White Zombie or Tool, the... [+] Read More
Artist: Whores of Babylon
Whores of Babylon Was formed in 1992. By 1994 they had released the album `Metropolis` on Candlelight records. Portishead did a remix of the song `Fall of Agade` from that album for a now rare 1993 Whores of Babylon Remix EP 12 vinyl In 1996 the Whores released the `Kumari` mini album on the Portuguese `Skyfall` records label Whores of... [+] Read More
Artist: Nick Oliveri
Nick Oliveri is best known as the bassist/singer for Queens of the Stone Age and an original member of Kyuss. But in addition to his more renowned projects, he's also been a member of shock-punkers the Dwarves, and also fronts his own side band, Mondo Generator. Hailing from Coachella Valley in California (a small resort community of the Palm... [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Sandman
Multi-instrumentalist/singer Mark Sandman was best known as the frontman for self-described "low-rockers" Morphine. An intensely private person, not much is known about Sandman's early days, just that he was born in 1952 (growing up in Newton, MA), and after graduating from UMass Boston, did some traveling before working on a fishing boat in... [+] Read More
Artist: Burning Witch
When it became apparent that underground metal favorites Thorshammer had to shut down their operation, the group re-formed intact (except for vocalist Ozma and bassist James Hale) and charted a musical course both slower and heavier than their previous partnership. The resulting project became Burning Witch, one of extreme music's all-time... [+] Read More
Artist: Hayden
Combining elements of both rock and folk music, along with disturbingly personal sentiments and a voice that is able to channel both the falsetto highs of Neil Young and the wavering raspy low tones of Leonard Cohen, Toronto's Hayden Desser has spent most of the last decade creating uniquely affecting music. The critically acclaimed yet... [+] Read More
