The Spindle Sect is an

alternative metal Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative metal bands are often characterized by ...

band originally from

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

, South Africa, now based in the United Kingdom. They combine

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

and various heavy subgenres, such as

metalcore 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 ...

and

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots ...

, with elements of various electronic

bass music Bass music is a term used to describe several genres of electronic dance music and hip hop music arising from the 1980s on, focusing on a prominent bass drum and/or bassline sound. As one source notes, there are "many different types of bass music ...

genres, such as

breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip-hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat ...

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electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

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, industrial,

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and

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. The band played a key role in the revival of the live music scene in Cape Town circa 2002, drawing sell out crowds to their debut shows and often cited as "ahead of their time". After the band's relocation to the UK, they quickly earned themselves a spot on the Feedme Music roster alongside

One Minute Silence One Minute Silence is an Irish four-piece rap metal/nu metal band based in London, England. The band consists of vocalist Brian 'Yap' Barry, from Templemore, County Tipperary, guitarist Massimo Fiocco from London, drummer Martin Davies, and ...

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and Starseed. This led to the band supporting

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and

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at Kick Out The Jams Festival, two national tours with

Hed PE Hed PE (standing for ''Higher Education Planet Earth/Planetary Evolution'', typeset as (həd)p.e., (hed) Planet Earth, (Hed)pe or (Hed)PE) is an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1994, the band is known for its ecle ...

and

, respectively, and a slot at Guernsey Festival alongside Hadouken.
The band has since been playlisted on national radio with XFM, Kerrang!, and TotalRock Radio (Bloodstock Radio). 2012 saw the release of the band's debut album ''Bubonic Tronic'', which was mixed in L.A. by Dave Schiffman and mastered by

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Band members

* Darren Carikas – bass, programming, synthesizer * Garreth Carikas – lead vocals, programming, synthesizer * Jerry Sudowski – drums * Andy Czaplewski – guitars

Discography

* "Episode One" (2004) * ''Is Your Planet Safe?'' (2009) * "Escape Route" (2012) * ''Bubonic Tronic'' (2012) * ''The Fractured EP'' (2012) * ''NXTGENSS EP'' (2014)

Band members

Discography

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