Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast! This week I am joined by Vishal J. Singh and Derick Savio Gomes of Amogh Symphony! We talk about the writing process, the band’s history, creativity, the Indian indie movie scene, and a lot more. Enjoy!
Back on the grind with new music. Fractal Universe, Hacktivist, Krosis, Whitechapel, Amogh Symphony, and Enterprise Earth. Then we discuss, Matt Heafy’s guitar strap for reducing back strain, the neural network that generates Archspire music, Eden’s Devin interview, and the passing of Michael Eikenaar of Nihill and Dodecahedron. Then, cool people time with Sekiro, Hob, and The Occupation. Also this mashup. Enjoy!
Heavy Pod Is Heavy Cast!
This week we have a guest, Tom “Fountainhead” Geldschläger of many talents, including being the guitarist of Amogh Symphony. First we talk about his upcoming projects, like Augmented Reality, but we end up talking a lot about what makes musicians tick, how to survive in the current paradigm of music distribution, and what drives inspiration. Enjoy!
Ever heard of Scholomance? Their tenure lasted between 1995 and 2003, and they were way ahead of their time. Helmed by keyboard player extraordinaire Jimmy Pitts (Eternity’s End, Equipoise, NYN), their brand of progressive death metal was fantastic. Unfortunately, they broke up, but that never stopped Jimmy. He’s been working with a host of talented musicians, including Hannes Grossmann and Danny Tunker of Alkaloid, Carl August Tidemann (ex-Arcturus), Tom “Fountainhead” Geldschläger (Defeated Sanity, ex-Obscura), Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Blotted Science), Vishal J Singh (Amogh Symphony), Phil Tougas (First Fragment), Jerry Twyford (Scholomance, Pitts Minnemann Project) and more! Does that line-up make you dizzy? If so, check out the song below the jump, and contribute to their crowd-funder here! Be quick, as there’s only a few days left!
Over the past few weeks, there’s been a bit of a crisis brewing in social media that seems to be strangely isolated in bands in the djent, metalcore, and progressive metal scene. Bands have started seeing an outrageous influx of likes from fake pages. On the surface, it could have easily been assumed that bands were buying up fake likes to boost their numbers, but it’s much deeper and complex than that, with
Three prolific technical metal guitarists have come together to form an instrumental funk supergroup of sorts. Luke Jaeger (Sleep Terror, ex-Hunab Ku), Vishal J. Singh (Amogh Symphony, Robots Pulling Levers), and Mark Hawkins (Soul Cycle, Robots Pulling Levers, Your Mother) to form LVM Trio. The shredders are streaming their debut…
Put on your thinking caps, kids! It’s time for some Amogh Symphony! Masterminds Vishal Singh and Jim Richman are eying December to drop the as-of-yet untitled third album. The release will break many necks, overheat several computers, confuse John Petrucci, and compel everyone to practice their respective instrument 27 hours…
Skyharbor Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos Illusion 01. Dots 02. Order 66 03. Catharsis 04. Night 05. Aurora 06. Celestial 07. Maeva Chaos 08. Trayus 09. Aphasia 10. Insurrection [04/24/12] [Basick Records] Metal is and always has been a global community. No other genre of music is as…
With the release of Chimp Spanner’s exemplary All Roads Lead Here now in the past, Basick Records have wasted no time in announcing the next release, which is to be November singing Skyharbor’s album Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos. Huzzah! The output from Basick has always been varied -…
So on top of Son of Aurelius, Sleep Terror, the tech death project of Luke Jaeger, is working on new music too! The source comes from the man behind Amogh Symphony, who will be mixing the record. The post from Facebook is as follows: Luke (Sleep Terror) is back in action…