EARTHTONE 9 |
| Earthtone 9
are : karl on vocals oz on guitars joe on guitars gray on bass si on drums The tracks are : 1. withered 2. sand (spiral/prophet) 3. 2:00:00 4. intonegrateattached 5. ever you say 6. cracked hands, dry face 7. 3rd ripple in (wove) 8. leadfoot 9. lo-def(inition) discord 10. vitriolic h.s.f 11. sand (out) I don't know about you, but the British Music Industry as a whole never ceases to amaze me, while the Americans go out of their way to promote to the world everything from Korn to Marilyn Manson, all we seem to go on is the fact we still haven't found the new Iron Maiden yet, which I find plain doff considering we have produced some of the most original and influencal bands of the last decade or so. Has everyone forgotten about such bands as Paradise Lost or My Dying Bride. So without further ado let me introduce to you another one of Britains best kept secrets Nottingham based 5 piece outfit Earthtone 9. lo-def(inition) discord is the bands first full length album and is basically a collection of songs recorded over an18 month period at a cost of just £500.00. That's right £500.00, less than Kiss spend on make up in a wekk no doubt. lo-def(inition) discord is a fine post hardcore album, sure it's not hard to spot elements of Machine Head, Korn and the Deftones, but where Earthtone 9 really kicks yer butt is in the creativity department. lo-def(inition) discord thunders to life with 'Withered' a song that hits the listener smack in the gob a bit like listening to Machine Head's 'Dividian'(Burn My Eyes) for the first time and if you can't take the band seriously after that then your listening to the wrong type of music. 'Sand' shows Earthtone 9 once more in aggressive mode, short stabbing riffs with a hard as nails rhythm set the pulse racing. But it's really later on as the album unfolds that Earthtone 9's creative experimantal edge begins to show. 'Ever You Say' has a wonderful haunting vocal, add to this some simple but very effective drum and bass and some fine atmospheric guitar and you begin to understand that Earthtone 9 are a cut above the rest. Throughout the remaining tracks of lo-def(inition) discord , Earthtone 9 continue to experiment between the brutal and the beautiful mixing aggression and power with great rhythms and melody to create a stubborn unyielding Aerial assault of barely contained power. It's amazing what you can do with £500.00!! released on - copro records / cat - cop07cd / distributed by - plastichead Copro Records Website : http://members.aol.com/jmgagency/homepage.html Website : http://freespace.virgin.net/in.tone Email : in.tone@virgin.net |