Combining Swedish violence (features Soilwork and Darkane folk) with the white hot and heavy bits from Amercian nü metal bands like Machine Head and Slipknot.
Pele have given up their free-form jazz/math indie jams for a “rockier” sound. Still upbeat and youthful, but no longer patiently stacking layers of secrets.
Comparable to Thursday, or a harder Saves the Day, Spitalfield uses soft drums with fluctuating guitar strums that tease your ears, and then pound them.
If Jason Falkner was a 20-year-old kid obsessed with ’60s pop, but couldn’t resist playing into the whole emo aesthetics, he’d be Dolour (aka Shane Tutmarc).
Stuck in that netherzone amidst Carnal Forge, Dew-Scented, and Darkane, Corporation 187 do nothing wrong, but neither do they offer dynamic personalities.