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The Handshake Murders
The Handshake Murders was an American mathcore and metalcore band from Fort Smith, Arkansas. It included many members from Eso-Charis and Norma Jean. When Eso-Charis, disbanded, Holmes made The Handshake Murders full-time. The band has released one full-length album, and two EPs. The band has been compared to Coalesce, Meshuggah, Opeth, and A Life Once Lost. After 10 years of being active, the band broke-up. Members * Jayson Holmes – vocals (ex-Eso-Charis) (2000–2011) * Brian Evans – guitar (2002–2011) * John Ridenour – guitar (2001–2010) * Cory Brandan Putman – guitar (ex-Eso-Charis, ex-Living Sacrifice Living Sacrifice is an American Christian metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1989. The band has released eight studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren John ..., Norma Jean) * Jeremy Joplin – guitar (2000-2003) * Bryce Lucien – guitar (2008–2011) * Jeff Hickey � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith is the List of municipalities in Arkansas, third-most populous city in Arkansas, United States, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Sebastian County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith metropolitan area, Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford County, Arkansas, Crawford, Franklin County, Arkansas, Franklin, and Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of LeFlore County, Oklahoma, LeFlore and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, Sequoyah. Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas–Oklahoma state border, situated in the Arkansas Valley (ecoregion), Arkansas Valley at the confluence of the Arkansas River, Arkansas and Poteau River, Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it was also a center of fur tradin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Christian Metal Musical Groups
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Musical Groups Established In 2000
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Metalcore Musical Groups From Arkansas
Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined with breakdowns – which are slow, intense passages conducive to moshing. Other defining traits are low-tuned, percussive guitar riffs, double bass drumming, and polished production. Vocalists typically switch between roaring or screaming and clean, melodic, emotional singing. Lyrics are often personal, introspective and emotive. In the late 1980s to early 1990s, pioneering bands were founded such as Integrity, Earth Crisis and Converge, whose hardcore punk-leaning style is sometimes referred to as metallic hardcore. These bands took influence from a range of styles and genres such as hardcore punk, thrash metal and death metal. During the decade, the genre diversified, with Converge, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch and Coalesce pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. The magazine had no official name for its first year of operations, with only th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice is an American Christian metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1989. The band has released eight studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren Johnson, starting off as thrash metal, followed by death metal. The band evolved into a groove metal and metalcore style beginning with '' Reborn'' (1997) under Solid State Records with the original guitarist Bruce Fitzhugh on vocals. In 2003, the group disbanded due to other projects and later their label, Solid State, released their best-of album, ''In Memoriam'' (2005). In 2008, Living Sacrifice reformed and released a two-song digital only single called ''Death Machine''. They then began working on '' The Infinite Order'' which was released on January 26, 2010. Lance Garvin and Bruce Fitzhugh are the two remaining original members. History Living Sacrifice was one of the first Christian death metal bands along with Sacrament and Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life Once Lost
A Life Once Lost was an American metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. History A Life Once Lost formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the release of their first album, '' Open Your Mouth for the Speechless... in Case of Those Appointed to Die'', on Robotic Empire, they toured with Canadian band The End. After a second release on Deathwish Inc., A Life Once Lost released their third album, ''Hunter'', on Ferret Music in 2005. The group supported the release by touring with Throwdown (band), Throwdown, Zao (American band), Zao, As I Lay Dying (band), As I Lay Dying, Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God, Clutch (band), Clutch, Opeth, and Strapping Young Lad, and took Part in the Ozzfest 2006. In September 2007, the album ''Iron Gag (album), Iron Gag'' was released, featuring musical guests Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad, Anthony Green (musician), Anthony Green of Circa Survive, and Randy Blythe of Lamb of God. The band supported the album with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. The band incorporates folk music, folk, blues, classical music, classical, and jazz elements into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from death metal, especially in their early works. Songs may include acoustic guitar passages, Mellotrons, death growls, and strong dynamics (music), dynamic shifts. The group have been through several personnel changes since early in their history, including the replacement of every original member. Lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has been Opeth's driving force since the departure of founder and lead vocalist David Isberg in 1992. The band rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums, but since their first world tour in support of the 2001 album ''Blackwater Park'', they have performed several other major world tours. Opeth have released fourteen studio albums, four live DVDs, four live album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meshuggah
Meshuggah () is a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Umeå in 1987. Since 2004, the band's lineup consists of founding members Jens Kidman (lead vocals) and Fredrik Thordendal (lead guitar), alongside rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, drummer Tomas Haake and bassist Dick Lövgren. Since its formation, the band has released nine studio albums, six extended play, EPs and eight music videos. Their latest studio album, ''Immutable (album), Immutable'', was released in April 2022 via Atomic Fire, Atomic Fire Records. Meshuggah has become known for their innovative musical style and their complex, Meter (music)#Polymeter, polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. They rose to fame as a significant act in extreme underground music, became an influence for modern metal bands, and gained a cult following. The band was labelled as one of the ten most important hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal bands by ''Rolling Stone'' and as the most important band in metal by ''Altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalesce (band)
Coalesce is an American metalcore band formed in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1994. They are considered pioneers of mathcore and were known for its aggressive style of music and reckless live shows. The band broke up in 2010 and has performed several reunion shows since then. History Formation and early years (1994–1996) Before forming Coalesce, guitarist Jes Steineger and bassist Stacy Hilt were members of the Krishnacore band Amara, Jim Redd was the drummer of the alternative metal band Loathe, and Sean Ingram was the frontman of the straight edge band Restrain, all from Kansas City, Missouri. Both Amara and Restrain performed several times together and were friends. Ingram, who was a big fan of Earth Crisis and the burgeoning vegan straight edge scene, relocated to Syracuse, New York on Christmas Day, 1993. For their part, Steineger and Hilt wanted to establish a new band and had numerous attempts looking for a drummer, and after locating Jim Redd during a show, they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathcore
Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock that developed during the 1990s. Bands in the genre emphasize complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of irregular time signatures, polymeters, syncopations and tempo changes. Early mathcore lyrics were addressed from a realistic worldview and with a Pessimism, pessimistic, wikt:defiant, defiant, Resentment, resentful or Sarcasm, sarcastic point of view. In the 1990s, the hardcore punk scene started to embrace extreme metal openly. It also started to become highly ideologically driven, with most of the popular bands being part of subcultures. Bands such as Converge (band), Converge, Botch (band), Botch, Coalesce (band), Coalesce and The Dillinger Escape Plan helped to establish the genre. Characteristics Music According to Metal Hammer, "mathcore [is] the sound of Heavy metal music, metal being twisted into startling new shapes." The genre emphasizes complex an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
