Bad news for fans of Swiss industrial metallers Sybreed. Following a departure from vocalist Benjamin Nominet, the band have decided to go on an indefinite hiatus instead of taking up the task of finding a replacement.
We shared this news with you folks before our break through various small means, but this news is too exciting we couldn’t avoid giving it its own news post. Our friends The Omega Experiment have inked a record deal with Listenable Records, home to fellow like-minded progressive bands such as…
As you may have noticed, The Omega Experiment’s fantastic self-titled debut album ended up on a few of our year-end lists. Their powerful blend of prog metal and soaring hooks — sounding like a crossbreed of Styx and Devin Townsend Project — is both thought provoking and incredibly catchy. We…
The Schoenberg Automaton is one of Australia’s shining lights of extreme metal, having shared the stage with the likes of Between the Buried and Me, Veil of Maya, and Sybreed. The Schoenberg Automaton’s Gojira-meets-Dillinger-esque trudging mathematics takes the band’s name in a more literal sense, painting them as a wild…
With the explosion of djent back in 2008, there have been a handful of bands doing that chugging groove thing far longer than most in the scene. Sybreed is one of them and they’ve been doing it right so far. This Swiss band’s industrial-tinged sound, similar to Mnemic, has always…
Original photo by Anthony Dubois. Believe it or not, France is steadily becoming a beacon for excellent metal, as evidenced by this year’s stellar debut releases from Uneven Structure and Betraying The Martyrs, the latter of which are currently embarking on their first ever tour in America, supporting Born of…
[youtube= I’ve been hearing and seeing a lot about this new French band Beyond the Dust. They’re a djent-oriented band, featuring bassist Valentin Hauser from Betraying the Martyrs and guitarist Steeves Austin of A-SynC. They’ve apparently opened up for Monuments, Sybreed, and Protest the Hero and are set to support…
By browsing through my library and surfing YouTube on a cold, rainy day in Houston, I have stumbled across more bands that fit this list! And what better way to spend the early part of this shitty evening (generally speaking, that is – I fucking love rain) than writing on…