Today as I was walking to work i felt a certain craving for music that i rarely experience. I felt the need to listen to music that can barely be described as music at all. I'm talking that kind of music that barely makes sense with dissonant chords and heavy heavy break downs. After sifting through the usual stuff i went on a hunt through my iPod to find these songs and this is what I've come up with.
The first band i'd like to talk about is The Irish Front. (http://www.myspace.com/theirishfront).
The Irish Front are a 5 piece metal core/experimental band from Avondale, Arizona. Their style is full of insane drums and unbelievably destroyed guitar riffs. When listening to The Irish Front you can't help but be surprised when through all this noise a sudden hit of free-form jazz breaks out. The clearest representation of this is in the song Monsterbation.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-hJeYnV3g)
(p.s. ignore the annotations.)
This is my favorite song by them because it combines the 2 genres almost seamlessly.
The second band i'd like to talk about is The Devil Wears Prada.
Now I know that The Devil Wears Prada dont really have the same sound as the Irish Front but they can implement some of the strangest riffs and the heaviest breakdowns to date. In 'Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZ1IyKOXE0) it seams to be an unbelievably clean transition from the opening chords the the all around falling apart of the song. Through dissonant chords and pinch harmonics and absolutely insane drum fills comes a song that you want to listen to over and over again. This is why The Devil Wears Prada are one of my favorite bands because they can make a song fall apart in the eyes of standard key signatures and tempo yet keep it entertaining and addictive to listen too. Another key example of this from the Devil Wears Prada is in the song 'Rosemary Had An Accident'. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--6gWwJxfpo) After a perfectly executed song they chose to end the song in the heaviest and strangest way possible with no tempo at all and barely any audible notes they still manage to keep it all together and for that, I thank you.
The third and final band i would like to talk about is The Fall Of Troy.
The fall of troy are an experimental trio and for the life of me i cannot understand how they make the nose they do with only 3 people. Their guitar player/lead vocalist Thomas Erak has his work cut out for him as he is one of the most creative guitarists alive. His riffs are strange yet very powerful. They contain plenty of jumps from low to high notes with dissonant chords out the AV jack. In the song 'sledgehammer' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdaB3_1qscU) they (like The Devil Wears Prada) chose to absolutely destroy the ending of the song which becomes one of the heaviest and lowest breakdowns I've ever heard with small noise breaks in between the breakdowns. This is one of my all time favorite songs just because it sounds like you're listening to 3 or 4 songs at the same time. The second song like this is 'Ex-Creations'. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esw42RpchPI) This song combines the clean guitar playing with plenty of time changes and rough noises from the guitar as any other fall of troy song but with a breakdown so brutal it would make the devil beg for mercy. With absolute precision in the notes and the incredible dexterity in the drummer to deal with all the time changes it makes it some of the best music I've ever heard.
I NEED A SIGN OFF!!!!! D:
Noah
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