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No one would ever think that a Christian band as heavy as this would be able to portray music as progressive as this especially death metal, but after being signed onto Solid State Records Becoming the Archetype would forever be whom they wanted to be and thus the birth of them has surfaced. Formed in 1999 in Dacula, Georgia, they have gone off to release three albums "Terminate Damnation" (2005), The Physics of Fire", (2007) and "Dichotomy" (2008). With such capabilities flowing through their veins these Christian heavy metallers knew exactly what they wanted and ran with it every step of the way. Their guitarist/keyboardist Seth Hexcox or "Count Seth" as he liked to be called is not only dishing out the goods on the heavy duty side but is expressing his appeal towards the pop/rock department with his side project Anchors. When it’s all said and done Count Seth will forever be nothing but brutal.

1. In 5 words or less tell me how Becoming the Archetype came to be and what the meaning behind the name means?

Seth: Haha. "By a miracle". How's that?

2. How has the response been to the new album?

Seth: Absolutely great. For the niche genre we're in, we couldn't ask for a much better response in terms of buzz and sales of the records, especially Dichotomy. People have really warmed up to it and have started going nuts at shows, so that's always a great thing.

3. What did you feel was different about the production of the new album?

Seth: The production is the main thing that's different about Dichotomy. Devin Townsend, of Strapping Yound Lad fame, produced and mixed the album and you can certainly tell. Really, I feel comfortable saying that Dichotomy is one of my favorite metal albums ever because its greatness is due more to Devin than to me. He knows how to stack layer upon layer and really get a huge sound and make the songs take the shape you imagined. He's the only producer I've worked with that's like that and trust me, I've worked with quite a few between Becoming The Archetype and my other band, Anchors.

4. Who writes the songs?

Seth: In the past, the songs were written by me and the other guitarist in the band (for Terminate Damnation and Dichotomy, that was Jon Star and for The Physics of Fire that was Alex Kenis). This album has a good dose of Jason Wisdom (vocals, bass) in the music because he's had ideas coming out all over the place and it's been really energizing because he doesn't think about music like me or like most people. When he writes, he'll hear a riff in his head and pull out his phone and record sounds with his mouth. Then he'll bring it to me or our new guitarist Daniel Gailey and we'll sit down and figure out how to play his beeps and boops on his phone. Then we've got a song!

5. How does the songwriting process work?

Seth: This album we're writing together. Someone will have a riff or series of riffs that go together and we'll bring that to practice and play it for each other. Then everyone puts their changes on it, adds their instrument to it. It's a slow way to write, but it's making us more pleased with the songs before we record than we previously have been. We'll be recording our 4th album in a few months and are finally getting to where we're gonna have a mass of music to lay down and explore in the studio.

6. Do you think it's more important to write a song that's meaningful to you or a song that you know people will like?

Seth: Well, that's the catch 22 of writing music. If no one likes it, what use is it to share it with the world and also you won't make money so you won't be writing for long. But if it's not meaningful to you, then it's like giving a present with nothing inside the wrapping. As a songwriter, you need to be able to draw something beautiful out of yourself that pleases you and honestly makes you think it'll make the world better; even if that means that it'll connect with a small cult of individuals and be meaningful to them.



7. How has the tour been going so far? Is it a headlining tour?

Seth: Yes it is. We just got off a headlining tour on the east coast. I head out tomorrow with my other band, Anchors, on a 5 week west coast run. Then, BTA heads out on another headlining run with a couple cool bands in the Midwest. Then after a little break, we do another headlining run on the east coast again with some friends in bands. Then we head to South Africa for a tour in September. How cool is that?!

8. What do you have in the future for Becoming the Archetype?

Seth: More touring and recording this 4th album. Mainly, we want to reach people with our music and I think Dichotomy was a great benchmark for where we're going and what sort of crowd we're reaching.

9. How has the band's sound progressed from Terminate Damnation to Dichotomy?

Seth: Mainly there's more emphasis on songwriting. We used to just put riffs together. And granted, I think they were good riffs. But now we are more conscious of how the song flows and how to make good transitions. I don't think many bands are very good at that, so we're trying to get ahead of the crowd a bit in that regard. A healthy dose of keyboard and synthesizers, then a healthy dose of singing vocals and the rest is brutal melodic metal!

10. What's it like to be signed with Solid State Records?

Seth: We love it and are planning to resign after this next album. Without SS, we wouldn't be a touring band. They believed in us and we are forever grateful for that.

11. Why don't you tell me about your side project, Anchors it’s completely different from Becoming the Archetype why the change of pace?

Seth: Anchors is a great outlet for me musically and for touring. I started Anchors over 3 years ago and we just came out with our first legit EP in February. I sing and play keys and synth in that band and we tour a good deal as well as record about once a year. We love playing and bringing a high energy atmosphere to the place. Usually people get to dancing and grooving while we play because we're a dance/synth/pop rock band. It's very catchy, but not lame. Just a ton of fun! You can check us out at myspace.com/ouranchors or facebook.com/anchorsmusic

12. How many band t-shirts do you own and which would do you consider the prize winner that you cannot live without?

Seth: Haha, well a couple years ago, I'd have a great answer for that, but recently, I've gotten out of wearing t-shirts in favor of those snap-button western shirts. I used to almost exclusively wear band shirts, but in the summer in Atlanta, those black shirts get hot! I still have a shirt of the punk band The Remnants which is very punk and fun to wear. Other than that, I've packed most of them away.

13. If you had 24 hours to live what would you do?

Seth: Oh my, if I answered that honestly, they'd hunt me down and tar and feather me! Let's just say I like to have fun and I'd have a whole lotta fun!

14. What would be your last words before you died?

Seth: Well that depends who I'm speaking to, right? If I'm talking to my brother, I'd say how proud I am of him. But if I'm talking to the world, perhaps I'd say something a bit more universal. How about this: "I loved my life to a ridiculous degree and I wish all of you had too. I'm ok with dying but it's still a bit terrifying. Please do what makes you happy because that's what makes other people happy. This probably involves getting rid of all the garbage you've collected around yourself. Go have fun!"

15. Is there anything else you'd like to add that we haven't covered?

Seth: Yeah, I'd like to say that I love music because of what it does to me. I hope it does the same to the people reading this interview. It's because of this that I play music. If you have something you connect with for unexplained reasons, you should probably find a way to make your living doing it. Also, money and possessions always lead to unhappiness and worry. You'd probably be better off with less than you have now. Happiness is more important than wealth or power.
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When it comes to the South everybody there seems to be in either a metal or hardcore wannabe type band. If this indeed the case then we'll leave it for Dan Pelic (Vocals), Gregg Kautz (Guitar), Vincent Fiore (Drums), John Pinho (Guitar), and Jesse Mariani (Bass) to deicde on that wager... because together these five musicians have formed to etasblish Chambers. While you're probably scratching your heads as to why name a band as plain as that well its quite simple the time had arisen to find a suitable name so when word of famous porn actresss of the 70s era known as Marilyn Chamber had unfortunately passed away she was a great representation of what each of the individual band member's personalities were. So since it fitted so well they from that day onward would be known as Chambers. With that said the band went on to record, write, tour and then do that repeating cycle some more until they came up with “Old Love” which is due to be within your listening grasp this summer.

1. First off tell me about Chambers how did the band form and what does the name mean?

Vincent Fiore: Chambers started with longtime musical collaborators Vincent Fiore (Drums) and Gregg Kautz (Guitar). Both Gregg and I had worked together on a number of previous projects, but always felt that we weren’t quite grasping the sound and energy that we were capable of. We continued to play with each other in constant search for like minded musicians. We wanted to find band mates who had the same goals and aspirations and weren’t going to settle for anyone half ass. We eventually stumbled upon John Pinho, an old friend of Gregg’s for second guitar. Soon after that we were able to get Jessie Mariani (Darlings’ Cabinet of Sundry Horror) to come in and play bass for us. Both John and Jessie had a totally different style of playing, which helped pave a fresh direction in writing. We all began collaborating on ideas while searching for our front man.

Dan Pelic, a new friend of Pinho, quickly heard of the open position through a posting on a local music message board and agreed to see what we could make happen together. Even though we were all completely different characters with COMPLETELY different tastes in music, something just clicked when we played together…like it was meant to be hahahahaha.

Right around the time we began searching for a name, the famous porn actress of the 70’s, Marilyn Chambers, had unfortunately passed away. She lived a crazy, somewhat twisted life as Ivory Snow Girl, to iconic porn actress, to Vice Presidential Candidate. She was a great representation of our personal character differences and the long, unsteady road that brought us all together. It all just seemed fitting…so CHAMBERS it became.

2. You just wrapped up working at the Treehouse Sound place recording your debut release "Old Love" what was the recording experience like and working with producer/mixing engineer, Jayson "Michael" Dezuzio, producer Wes Kleinknecht?

Dan Pelic: We actually wrapped this up a while ago, twice. We first wrapped up tracking and the first round of mixing. Then, we weren't really 100% there with the mix and had it partially remixed and mastered. This was done something like a month and a half ago. Doing vocals with Jay was great, though. We found a really great rhythm to bang out the tracks and he really helped me find a defining vocal tone to make the record more consistent. Wes did a lot of the production with the guitars and really optimized Gregg's performance, especially. Gregg was shredding like hell and Wes helped him make more sense out of it.

3. Speaking of your debut album what runs through your mind when you think about that album, being your debut release does it still shock you that you were able to release an album?

Vincent Fiore: Right now, I think we all have both feelings of exhaustion, and anticipation for the release of “OLD LOVE”. It’s been quite a rollercoaster ride, and I am very proud of the progress we have made in such a short amount of time. We have barley been together for a year and we have accomplished so much. In the beginning, we could barely stand each other, but couldn’t deny that there was something special when we played. With the help of some great friends, we are at a point that most bands can’t reach without a label…..oh yeah, and we actually hang out with each other outside of the band. We have poured our hearts, souls, and wallets into Chambers and I realize now that we can go as far as the work we are willing to put in.

Dan Pelic: This is the first full-length album I've ever been totally proud of. I am a perfectionist and in my eyes, this album is nearly perfect. It fucking slays from beginning to end and there is not one dull moment on it. There is never a dull moment being in this band, so it's actually no shock to me that our album is completely bullshit free with zero filler.

4. What about the lyrics what theme or meaning are hidden behind the lyrics and what goes down in terms of writing out the lyrics.

Dan Pelic: The lyrics span a good amount of time, including things that were happening with me years prior to, months leading up to writing the record, and days during the writing process. There's nothing really hidden in there. It's all very straightforward and I hope the frustration, disappointment, heartache, hope, and whatever other feelings I felt lay on top of everything. A lot of lyrics are written originally as poems, oftentimes written alone at home, not to the music but just with a general prose rhythm in my head. "Ripper" and "Tragedy" are pretty much the only songs I wrote after hearing the music first. "Ripper," I wrote after hearing a demo in my car.

I started it while parked on the side of the road because the song blew me away and I had to stop the vehicle. "Tragedy," was written while I was massively drugged up in the hospital and completely disappointed and fed up with my girlfriend at the time. She treated me like shit all around and then "didn't have the time" over the course of five days to visit me when I was completely miserable. It was kind of a last straw kind of thing. You can really hear and feel how fucking fed up I was in that song. It didn't last much longer after tracking that one.

5. How about the title "Old Love" what does that represent? "Out with the old in with the new" in terms of love life?

Dan Pelic: It's about how in this day and age, love is always recycling. You break up with someone, you get on top of another one, and all of a sudden you're new again. It's about being completely jaded after a real bad breakup and then meeting someone you really connect with on a sexual level that makes you forget. It sounds like it's giving that one person all the credit, but it's really about empowering yourself by feeding on another hence the line "new blood has been given to me" in the title track. It's like you're sucking their sexual blood to get over another.



6. Do you have any personal favorites off the album?

Dan Pelic: I'm a huge fan of "Ripper," "The Nest," "Here's That Song I Wrote About You," and "Tragedy." I generally like the heaviest stuff we write the most.

7. According to your MySpace there are only a few dates listed as far as shows go, when can we expect to see Chambers on a full blown touring cycle?

Dan Pelic: We've pumped a lot of money into our self-released album. Production/Recording, publicist, radio marketer, etc. Doing the whole self-booked tour, hop in a van and play to two people every night and get paid twenty dollars thing is not really going to work for us right now. We'd love to, but people have their financial lives on the line after financing this record. We're confident we'll get the album to where it needs to go through the grapevine and hopefully this will lead to some sustainable tours being offered to us.

8. What does 2010 have in store for you guys?

Dan Pelic: It's pretty deep into 2010 already. We are putting the album out June 22nd and are going to push it as hard as we can. There's always the label search. We'd love to find a legitimate manager and agent as well. There have been talks about doing some split 7-inches, recording a cover, and shit like that. We plan to shoot a video that doesn't totally blow.

9. What is your number one favorite thing to do when the summer time hits?

Dan Pelic: Personally, it's a toss between going to the Adirondacks to enjoy the outdoors or going down the shore to make South Jersey people's lives miserable as I eat cheese balls and pump my fist as hard as I possibly can to techno music. Thankfully, for their sake, my Benny ass usually heads north to the mountains.
Vincent Fiore: I do a cycle and head to Djais’.

10. Are there any last words you'd like to get out?

Dan Pelic: GET OUR FUCKING ALBUM BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE. "Old Love," out June 22nd via all major digital retailers so go get it! Up the punks and fuck the police. Death to false metal. Lady Gaga is highly overrated. Bananas used to be my favorite fruit, but now every time I look at one I want to scream. Thank you for the interview.

Vincent Fiore: I love Lady Gaga. Pelic is overrated.
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Though the night started off to an empty start the crowd that stood watch was intrigued by what they saw…. Some local musicians known as Torment Id who have made their way around town had delivered an impressive 30-minute set up that comprised of such songs as "Infernus Legio Incedo", "Anthem for the Dead", "War of Souls", and "In the Shadow of Satan", among others their set consisted of fast driven guitars with heavy bass blaring beats that kept the music intriguing from start to finish. Front man Joey was the one snarling and growling with all his might while standing in place for the most part at times he presented some energy but could have given it more enthusiasm. Guitarist Beast and bassist Slade had done their own thing presented throughout their set-up doing fast yet steady beats that made the music bounce but still impacted heavy duty material held within. Whereas drummer Dustin provided the bearing feedback of aggressive beats that brought Torment Id’s set to a drawing point ending their tormented set of doom.







As the night progressed onward the so-called foursome of bands that were said to have played did do just that but it was time for the night to end and so it did but on a heavier note because Goatwhore were about to erupt the stage’s empty presents and bring on a night of absolute pain. This pain was indeed brought upon but not by the likes of the usual head banging mania but by a pit of destruction as the center of the room was consumed by a rotating clock of people running, pushing, and shoving their way to the beat of the music while some people ended up falling face first into the stage itself. While some ended up being thrown upon the stage gladly just jumping right back into the crowd. When it was all said and done, Goatwhore had pushed out several tunes both old and new; "Carving Out the Eyes of God", "Blood Guilt Eucharist", "Invert the Virgin", "In Legions, I Am Wars of Wrath", and "Apocalyptic Havoc". Goatwhore's showcase may have started off as an empty spot but ending off filling in the spots that were mislead.








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Though the night started off to an empty start the crowd that stood watch was intrigued by what they saw…. Some local musicians known as Torment Id who have made their way around town had delivered an impressive 30-minute set up that comprised of such songs as "Infernus Legio Incedo", "Anthem for the Dead", "War of Souls", and "In the Shadow of Satan", among others their set consisted of fast driven guitars with heavy bass blaring beats that kept the music intriguing from start to finish. Front man Joey was the one snarling and growling with all his might while standing in place for the most part at times he presented some energy but could have given it more enthusiasm. Guitarist Beast and bassist Slade had done their own thing presented throughout their set-up doing fast yet steady beats that made the music bounce but still impacted heavy duty material held within. Whereas drummer Dustin provided the bearing feedback of aggressive beats that brought Torment Id’s set to a drawing point ending their tormented set of doom.







As the night progressed onward the so-called foursome of bands that were said to have played did do just that but it was time for the night to end and so it did but on a heavier note because Goatwhore were about to erupt the stage’s empty presents and bring on a night of absolute pain. This pain was indeed brought upon but not by the likes of the usual head banging mania but by a pit of destruction as the center of the room was consumed by a rotating clock of people running, pushing, and shoving their way to the beat of the music while some people ended up falling face first into the stage itself. While some ended up being thrown upon the stage gladly just jumping right back into the crowd. When it was all said and done, Goatwhore had pushed out several tunes both old and new; "Carving Out the Eyes of God", "Blood Guilt Eucharist", "Invert the Virgin", "In Legions, I Am Wars of Wrath", and "Apocalyptic Havoc". Goatwhore's showcase may have started off as an empty spot but ending off filling in the spots that were mislead.








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Over 50 different types of bands to perform, over 50 different types, you give one a chance and if you dislike you have over 50 more to explore. This was the case in terms of the California Metal Fest which held its annual festival as it has done over the past three years with this year being its fourth installation and what of an event it turned out to be – for once California all untied as one!

Gathering in metal heads of all shapes and sizes and people of all ages everybody who was anybody had swamped the two location hot spots of where the festivities were about to be consumed, the Fox Theater as well as its partner the Glass House both were the two contributors when it come to the stage set-up located in Pomona, California. The Glass House had done its duties of being known as the “side stage” whereas the Fox Theater had taken its role as being the “main stage”.

With two stages and over 50 acts performing there was no telling as to where this would all end let alone even begin. But with every beginning there is always an ending so with that said, all of the fun and activities went down on the weekend of May 15-16. Day one had done the honorable mentions of hosting the heavier portions of the festival with such acts as… Arsis, Carnifex, Job for a Cowboy, Cattle Decapitation, Whitechapel, Dying Fetus, with headliners of that evening Fear Factory. Whlist the main stage was clearly being taken care of the side stage of the first day of festivities had done its job quite well in the long-run with such performers as Misery Index, Conducting from the Grave, Skinlab, and Gaza among others who gave it all they got when it came to performance technique.

One of the major highlights of the first day of activity was brought on by metalcore death metallers, Carnifex who brought on not just one but a total of three different mosh pits so to get a better idea of what that must have looked like just picture Mickey Mouse’s head and you should get an idea of what went down during their set-up. While each band was given only a 20 minute set each band managed to dish out quite a performance Carnifex being one to take care of that, as well as Arsis, who kept the crowd on their toes throughout their set. The aggressiveness continued with Misery Index and Skinlab as well as with Conducting from the Grave all of which presented themselves quite well delivering an intense but aggressive performance that kept the energy flowing long into the night.

But the night wasn’t quite over yet because with the helping hand of an act that has been around for some time there is not a lot to be said except two words, Fear Factory. While they are known to be quite the entertainers their get-up was well rounded off to be a set-list comprising of a lot of their older material to please the fans who had been there since the beginning – hence the birth of when Fear Factory had begun.

Though all of the fun was now said and done for day number one, what was to become of day number two? Well let’s say a not as heavy performance rooster but a rooster filled with the likes of people wanting to just bounce all day and all night. That’s what went down in this scenario – day number two of the California Metal Festival had gathered nothing but hardcore performers there were a handful of metal related performers within the gap but most of it was given to the hardcore round-up.

While this tended to be a downer at times it wasn’t as impressive as its counterpart – day number two did share its moments here and there with such performances Upon a Burning Body a metalcore act from Texas while the stage had been torn to pieces with the likes of Oceano – both of these bands alone tore everything up with their intensity of performance abilities it was intimidating. After their set-ups had been wiped clean the likes of other bands such as Stick to Your Guns, Born of Orsis, The Faceless, and headliners Bleeding Through, the Fox Theater was the place to be.

Whereas the glass house managed to keep its crowd of on-lookers at bay with such acts as First Blood and Earth Crisis it was clear as day/night as to which of the two stages had its share of viewers. Speaking of which, First Blood who come from up North (San Francisco) terrain had truly kept up the pace and energy throughout their given set time the glass house literally spilling everywhere in sight with fans pushing and tumbling onto one another one fan wanting to get into a fight with the security guards. It was a hell of a sight, as the night continued to roll on but was drawing to a close, Earth Crisis had closed the doors on the Glass House that night delivering an intense but an ever-lasting set that didn’t want to quit.

When their set was all said and done the Glass House had closed its doors and all that was remaining were the doors to the Fox Theater and everybody knew what was going down within its solid walls, the undertone of Bleeding Through! One of California’s finest – Bleeding Through delivered an hour long set exposing to their alluring fans the many hits that have made them who they are today. With the sights and the many sounds of the variety of bands that had been welcomed to play this honorable event it was a day and a night unlike anything you ever witnessed.

Literally showcasing that raw and emotional context of what being in a band is truly all about.
9:39 PM
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Over 50 different types of bands to perform, over 50 different types, you give one a chance and if you dislike you have over 50 more to explore. This was the case in terms of the California Metal Fest which held its annual festival as it has done over the past three years with this year being its fourth installation and what of an event it turned out to be – for once California all untied as one!

Gathering in metal heads of all shapes and sizes and people of all ages everybody who was anybody had swamped the two location hot spots of where the festivities were about to be consumed, the Fox Theater as well as its partner the Glass House both were the two contributors when it come to the stage set-up located in Pomona, California. The Glass House had done its duties of being known as the “side stage” whereas the Fox Theater had taken its role as being the “main stage”.

With two stages and over 50 acts performing there was no telling as to where this would all end let alone even begin. But with every beginning there is always an ending so with that said, all of the fun and activities went down on the weekend of May 15-16. Day one had done the honorable mentions of hosting the heavier portions of the festival with such acts as… Arsis, Carnifex, Job for a Cowboy, Cattle Decapitation, Whitechapel, Dying Fetus, with headliners of that evening Fear Factory. Whlist the main stage was clearly being taken care of the side stage of the first day of festivities had done its job quite well in the long-run with such performers as Misery Index, Conducting from the Grave, Skinlab, and Gaza among others who gave it all they got when it came to performance technique.

One of the major highlights of the first day of activity was brought on by metalcore death metallers, Carnifex who brought on not just one but a total of three different mosh pits so to get a better idea of what that must have looked like just picture Mickey Mouse’s head and you should get an idea of what went down during their set-up. While each band was given only a 20 minute set each band managed to dish out quite a performance Carnifex being one to take care of that, as well as Arsis, who kept the crowd on their toes throughout their set. The aggressiveness continued with Misery Index and Skinlab as well as with Conducting from the Grave all of which presented themselves quite well delivering an intense but aggressive performance that kept the energy flowing long into the night.

But the night wasn’t quite over yet because with the helping hand of an act that has been around for some time there is not a lot to be said except two words, Fear Factory. While they are known to be quite the entertainers their get-up was well rounded off to be a set-list comprising of a lot of their older material to please the fans who had been there since the beginning – hence the birth of when Fear Factory had begun.

Though all of the fun was now said and done for day number one, what was to become of day number two? Well let’s say a not as heavy performance rooster but a rooster filled with the likes of people wanting to just bounce all day and all night. That’s what went down in this scenario – day number two of the California Metal Festival had gathered nothing but hardcore performers there were a handful of metal related performers within the gap but most of it was given to the hardcore round-up.

While this tended to be a downer at times it wasn’t as impressive as its counterpart – day number two did share its moments here and there with such performances Upon a Burning Body a metalcore act from Texas while the stage had been torn to pieces with the likes of Oceano – both of these bands alone tore everything up with their intensity of performance abilities it was intimidating. After their set-ups had been wiped clean the likes of other bands such as Stick to Your Guns, Born of Orsis, The Faceless, and headliners Bleeding Through, the Fox Theater was the place to be.

Whereas the glass house managed to keep its crowd of on-lookers at bay with such acts as First Blood and Earth Crisis it was clear as day/night as to which of the two stages had its share of viewers. Speaking of which, First Blood who come from up North (San Francisco) terrain had truly kept up the pace and energy throughout their given set time the glass house literally spilling everywhere in sight with fans pushing and tumbling onto one another one fan wanting to get into a fight with the security guards. It was a hell of a sight, as the night continued to roll on but was drawing to a close, Earth Crisis had closed the doors on the Glass House that night delivering an intense but an ever-lasting set that didn’t want to quit.

When their set was all said and done the Glass House had closed its doors and all that was remaining were the doors to the Fox Theater and everybody knew what was going down within its solid walls, the undertone of Bleeding Through! One of California’s finest – Bleeding Through delivered an hour long set exposing to their alluring fans the many hits that have made them who they are today. With the sights and the many sounds of the variety of bands that had been welcomed to play this honorable event it was a day and a night unlike anything you ever witnessed.

Literally showcasing that raw and emotional context of what being in a band is truly all about.
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Taking their name after the location in London known as Whitechapel, upon what occurred of the infamous Whitechapel murders that were committed by Jack the Ripper. Whitechapel began in 2006 and since then have released three studio albums and three music videos and with every beginning there’s always another tale to tell and this is "A New Era of Corruption".

Two years after the release of "This Is Exile", (2008) Whitechapel had written brand new material for their follow-up 'A New Era of Corruption", having chosen to work with producer Jason Suecof guitarist Alex Wade had stated this "I think this record truly represents where we are as musicians at this point in our career. A New Era of Corruption is the heaviest and most aggressive material we have written to date."
After naming the album after a derived passage in the lyrics of their song "Possession" from their previous album “This Is Exile” (2008) this would be the first Whitechapel album that didn't feature a title track as the main title for an album.

With that said, the album consists of 11-tracks the concepts and lyrical themes traveling into the boundaries of where previous Whitechapel albums never met. Take the band's very first offering "The Somatic Defilement" (2007) that was based on the narrative of Jack the Ripper, while "This Is Exile" (2008) was more political/religion based. So this third installment goes into saying that Whitechapel has taken a whole another direction in terms of writing, lyrical content, as well as it not being even a concept album. It generally focuses upon the negative issues, like take "Devolver", for instance, though it is written within a concept of devolution in a society that is crafted of violence and hatred. Another song "Breeding Violence", delivers a more corruption based theme in terms of society driven attics that goes back into dealing with the time of the 9/11 crisis.

"Murder Sermon", is another song that sticks out above the others that were also mentioned, except this one is written about the death of vocalist, Phillip Bozeman's mother. Not only does it consist of discussing those logics but it features The Acacia Strain's frontman Vincent Benett contributing his aspects upon this new and improved Whitechapel context. When it’s all said and done Whitechapel have delivered a new era of music one of which that will only be tested upon the next untitled release.
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In a little of over seven years Seattle, Washington formed Aiden in which during that time span a series of events had commenced in just a matter of moments. Being lead by front man Wil Francis (vocals, guitar, piano, lyrics), Jake Davison (drums), Nick Wiggins (bass), and Angel Ibarra (lead guitar) Aiden had expressed their talent through music thus taking the world by storm with EPs, LPs, and a everything in between there wasn't anything that these guys could not do.

After the New Year had begun Aiden set off on a tour and made a pit stop in Chicago there stood a venue known as there stood the Bottom Longue music venue where this foursome of musicians would be given their lives to the likes of the Devil. “From Hell…With Love”, takes what Aiden has done over their seven year run and comprises it all into a double-disc set. The DVD for one consists of the 10 song set taking material between the time span of 2009's "Knives" all the way to the far reaches of the past with fan favorites like "World By Storm", "Die Romantic", and "The Last Sunrise". Front man Wil Francis doesn't ask the crowd to participate as much as he'd like but rather orders his followers to destroy everything in sight. The crowd, which is always in frame, looks like a blur every so often until “Scavengers of the Damned”, when Francis demands that his fans join him upon the stage and they do just that in a great number too. It's during these precise moments that you realize that Aiden is a band that continues to thrive. In despite of how tired, sore, or sweaty they may be, everybody in attendance seems to want to out-scream the other just to grab the band's attention. One fan looks like a exact replica of Francis during the era that was "Nightmare Anatomy". It's quite clear that this show is the fans home than a show perspective.

In addition to this, Aiden offers its fans their entire music video catalog as well as adding on an interview segment, documentary piece as well as some in-depth performance clips of their more down to earth acoustic moments. Aside from the DVD being the main contender here, the CD portion takes the concert segment and allows the listener to relive Aiden’s concert experience over and over again.
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