Modena is a new, young band from Raleigh, NC, not a genius, tragically-addicted band from Seattle in 1990 that created the style, like Alice in Chains.
From Baltimore, very DC post-punk, angular guitar and turn-on-a-dime drumming, and vocals that don’t yelp or scream, but sound like they might at any moment.
This is the kinda stuff that’s either stupid and fun, or really, really, really bad. I Love Rich are from Chicago, love Kiss, and can ape the style well.
Some hardcore doesn’t age well, this did. From Cleveland, pre-metal inbreeding, guitar played hard and fast, and a singer offering lots of “aaaaaahhhhhhhs!”
An amazing and diverse band, so textured and well-versed, metal fans would be missing out on a real gem if they didn’t snag this one and absorb it thoroughly.
New Order singer Bernard Sumner has such a beautiful, distinctive voice, he could read the troubleshooting FAQs for your iPod and we’d listen, enraptured.
Sasha Konietzko (KMFDM) teams up with Tim Skold (Skold, Marilyn Manson, KMFDM) for a continent-crossing collaboration. Ground rules: No guitars, no drum kits.
When will your resistance will be sufficiently eroded by soaring crescendos, children’s choir backups, insanely catchy choruses, and bouncy dance beats.