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Chiodos
Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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Lower Forty-Eight — Apertures Buy it at Amazon
San Francisco’s Lower Forty-Eight grips hard and heavy music with a tightened fist, determined to overtake its more expansive genres by storm. Compelling mathematically serious time signatures are drenched in the sweat of hardcore abrasiveness and proto-punk crazed abandon. Imagine Black Flag with heavier guitars and a desire to write impossible to follow rock tunes. Melodic skull-fracturing choruses that would make Helmet cringe for their nifty use of the distorted guitar, Lower Forty-Eight is a dynamic group that demands that heavy music pay attention.
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