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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM BARNESWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/kyraCOUNTRY: United Kingdom STYLE: Rock / Hardcore / AlternativeNO DISRESPECT; BUT IT SEEMS THAT YOU GUYS PLAY LIVE A LOT MORE THAN YOU RECORD. THE BEST WAY TO GET NOTICED AND BUILD A FAN BASE IS TO JUST PLAY LIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IT SEEMS IN YOUR CASE?Yeah live is definitely the best way for gaining fans, although online sites such as Myspace

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PHOTO COURTESY OF OUTCRY COLLECTIVEWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/outcrycollectiveCOUNTRY: United Kingdom STYLE: Rock / HardcoreTHE BAND HAS BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE. WAS IT A CASE OF WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO RELEASE YOUR DEBUT ALBUM “ARTICLES”?We have had enough songs to record an album for a long time but we wanted to graft something truly original. We have heaps of demos that sound great but will

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PHOTO COURTESY OF FALLEN MARTYRWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/fallenmartyr COUNTRY: United States STYLE: Metal / Progressive / ThrashYOU HAVE A VERY “EPIC” SOUND. HOW DO YOU GUYS NORMALLY APPROACH THE SONG WRITING PROCESS?GABRIEL: I usually write alone, and Michael will write his songs alone, and we collaborate here and there or add ideas to each others songs, but we usually write separately. Once we

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PHOTO COURTESY OF HYPNO5EWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/hypno5eCOUNTRY: France STYLE: Metal / Experimental / AmbientI HAVE NEVER HEARD MUSIC LIKE YOURS EVER AND IT REALLY MADE ME LOOK AT HEAVY MUSIC FROM A WHOLE OTHER PERSPECTIVE. WAS THAT WHAT THE BAND WAS ORIGINALLY AIMING FOR; TO CREATE MUSIC THAT WAS UNIQUE IN EVERY WAY?GREDIN: To play music that has already been done is useless. When you enter the

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ICARUS PHOTOGRAPHYWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/musicforbeingCOUNTRY: United States STYLE: Metal / Progressive / AmbientYOUR MUSIC SEEMS TO HAVE SORT OF A “SPIRITUAL” FEELING TO IT. I GUESS YOU GUYS AIM TO GIVE YOUR MUSIC AS MUCH EMOTION AS POSSIBLE?Cas / Vocals: Absolutely. Music is a very emotional experience for both the creator and the listener. It shapes our memories, society,

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PHOTO COURTESY OF FALLEN FIGUREWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/fallenfigureCOUNTRY: United States STYLE: Death Metal / MetalWOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELVES AS A “DEATHCORE” BAND AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NAMES THAT PEOPLE GIVE TO NEWER GENRES THESE DAYS AND THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THE BANDS THAT SUPPOSEDLY FALL UNDER THEM?We would definitely not consider ourselves a deathcore band. I would describe us

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MELISSA RUSSELLWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/strengthwithinbandCOUNTRY: United States STYLE: HardcoreONE CAN HEAR A LOT OF OLD SCHOOL HARDCORE INFLUENCES IN YOUR MUSIC, BUT HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE BAND HAS TAKEN THOSE INFLUENCES AND MADE THEM SOUND “CURRENT”?DAVID: When we first started the band we all decided we wanted to go back to the earlier sound of hardcore with every aspect of the

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM BARNES / http://www.tombarnesphoto.com/ WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/bleedfromwithin COUNTRY: United Kingdom STYLE: Death MetalEVERYBODY HAS THEIR FAVOURITE BANDS AS THEY GROW UP. HOW WERE YOU INSPIRED BY THOSE BANDS EARLY ON IN YOUR MUSIC CAREER AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW DID THOSE INFLUENCES HELP YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN “SOUND”?ALI (DRUMS): We all have the same main influences, and

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE the MARCHWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/themarchband COUNTRY: France STYLE: Metal / Down-tempo / ScreamoHOW WOULD YOU SAY THE BAND’S MUSIC HAS PROGRESSED TILL NOW SINCE THE BAND STARTED?SÉBASTIEN: the MARCH's current music has truly evolved and is different from the one at the beginning. Now it is more self-assured and assumed. We've succeeded to compose a coherent music in spite

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCHALK VENTERWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/yessirmistermachine COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Hardcore / Punk / Other YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW LOCAL BANDS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE “NORMA JEAN, UNDEROATH” DIRECTION WITH YOUR MUSIC. AS FANS OF HARDCORE WAS IT THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP FOR YOU AS MUSICIANS TO TAKE MUSICALLY WHEN THE BAND STARTED OUT?Well I wouldn’t say that we took the “Norma Jean”

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SOLANO PICCARDOWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/inbredmetal COUNTRY: Spain STYLE: Metal / Death Metal / HardcoreWHAT WAS THE FIRST METAL BAND YOU EVER HEARD AND WHAT “CONVINCED” YOU TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A MUSICIAN?Well, the truth is that we have very different stories about this. As teenagers we started to love Metal with several bands, from Iron Maiden to Metallica, Megadeth, Helloween,

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEAN LOGIEWEBSITE: http://www.danetaylortrio.com/COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Blues / Rock WERE ALL OF YOU PERFORMING SOLO OR IN BANDS BEFORE THE TRIO WAS FORMED?Yeah. Before the trio, I was playing a few solo gigs, with Justin, but as soon as we started rehearsing and getting things ready with the trio, it soon became all we were doing. It still is… Rob plays in another group too,

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAST WARNINGWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/lastwarning1COUNTRY: Austria STYLE: MetalWITH A NAME CHANGE; A NEW LABEL AND A NEW ALBUM YOU MUST BE HAPPY THAT THINGS ARE FINALLY MOVING AHEAD TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN NOW CONCENTRATE ON SUPPORTING YOUR NEW ALBUM AND NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE?That’s very true. We still worked very hard on this production and we spend a lot of time

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PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKE CARELSE / STYLIST: CLAIRE GRITTENWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/joshuagrierson COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Alt-Country / Folk / BluesI KNOW IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS ALREADY BUT DO YOU THINK YOU’VE ESCAPED THE NESHAMAH SHADOW OR DO YOU CONSIDER IT AS A GOOD THING TO BE REMEMBERED FOR BEING A PART OF THAT PIECE OF LOCAL MUSIC HISTORY?Good question. It was definitely part of my journey

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM CRONINWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/thisiscolour COUNTRY: United Kingdom STYLE: Metal / ThrashEXCUSE THE PUN BUT LOOKING AT THE BAND’S MYSPACE AND “IMAGE”; IT IS A LOT MORE COLOURFUL THAN OTHER BANDS IN YOUR GENRE?Yeah man! We're all happy people and as far as we're concerned - the brighter the better. A lot of bands try to be all dark and larghan life. We want to stay as far away

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS FALVOWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/samsaramtl COUNTRY: Canada STYLE: Experimental / Ambient / RockTHE BAND TOOK THE INSTRUMENTAL PATH AFTER YOU GOT TIRED OF PLAYING METAL. WAS IT JUST A CASE OF NOT WANTING TO BE PART OF A GENRE THAT HAS BECOME A BIT OVERPOPULATED?The basic answer is that we got bored of it. We do find that metal is overpopulated and diluted quite heavily, and that

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY EUGENE MAARTENSWEBSITE: www.bileofman.com COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Death MetalWHY DO YOU THINK THAT OUT OF ALL THE MUSIC STYLES IN THE WORLD, DEATH METAL HAS CREATED SUCH A BIG CREATIVE DRIVE IN ALL OF THE BAND MEMBERS TO CREATE THE MUSIC YOU DO?CHOROZ: As individual band members we're influenced by so many genres it is funny. We're all totally consumed by death metal when it

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM BARNESWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/ignominiousincarceration COUNTRY: United Kingdom STYLE: Death MetalDON’T GET ME WRONG; I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A COOL BAND NAME BUT YOU MUST LAUGH ON THE INSIDE WHEN PEOPLE PRONOUNCE IT WRONG SOMETIMES?It is Pretty funny but I mean it’s not your ordinary band name, 2 massive words that hardly get used anymore just isn’t fair on the public. But when

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PHOTO COURTESY OF METALBLADE.COMWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/starringjanetleigh COUNTRY: Canada STYLE: Metal / Hardcore / ProgressiveTHE ONE COMPLAINT ONE GETS ABOUT “TECHNICAL METAL” IS THAT IT IS A TYPE OF MUSIC THAT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO FOLLOW AND HEADBANG TO EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD, AND THAT PEOPLE EVENTUALLY CAN’T STAND TO LISTEN TO AN ENTIRE ALBUM OF PURE TECHNICAL MAYHEM, DO YOU

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY WeLovePicturesWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/seslingsaCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Rock / Hardcore / ScreamoI RECOGNISE SOME OF THE BAND MEMBERS FROM OTHER BANDS. HOW DID THE PROJECT EVOLVE INTO WHAT WE SEE TODAY AS “SESLING”?We've all been friends for years and we've played together a bunch of times in our previous bands. This was just the logical step after Andre vd Walt & Chaos Theory

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS ALLCHORNWEBSITE: www.momentofclarity.co.zaCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Melodic MetalYOU GUYS HAVE SOME REALLY COOL “DEMOS” (IF I CAN CALL IT THAT) ONLINE. WHO ARE THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND IS IT GREAT LOOKING TO SEE HOW YOUR “VISION” HAS COME TO LIFE?MOC: Thanks Neil. After forming MOC around July 2007 the original line up comprised Neil Bezuidenhout (lead guitar)

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANÉ MATTHYSENWEBSITE: www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Tatum/45257688488?ref=tsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: RockFROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE THERE WAS TAKE 2 (LELANI & LEANDI) AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A NEW SONG TITLED “THE PARADE” ON THE BELLVILLE ROCK CITY COMPILATION BY A BAND CALLED TATUM. WHY THE DECISION TO MOVE ON TO A NEW SOUND AND HOW DID EVERYONE GET INVOLVED

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SANDRA KEOWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/end1freefrCOUNTRY: France STYLE: Metal / Progressive / AmbientEACH BAND MEMBER MUST HAVE HAD AN IDEA OF HOW THEY WANTED THE BAND TO SOUND “MUSICALLY” WHEN YOU STARTED OUT. HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE COME TO THAT SOUND IN YOUR OPINION AND IS IT A BIT DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER FOUR OTHER BAND MEMBERS IDEAS AS WELL?MIKA (BASS): I guess

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY NARENWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/hersilentwishCOUNTRY: Singapore STYLE: Metal / Healing & Easy Listening / HardcoreYOU HAD YOUR EP LAUNCH RECENTLY. HOW DID IT GO?The EP launch was great. We really enjoyed ourselves during the launch. It was nice time to catch up with our friends and fans.HOW MANY SHOWS ARE YOU PLANNING TO PLAY IN SUPPORT OF THE EP AND WHERE WILL IT BE AVAILABLE?We had

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN LAANANENWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/narrowsCOUNTRY: United States STYLE: Regional Mexican / Post punk / GhettotechWHAT WAS AND STILL IS THE ORIGINAL “IDEA” BEHIND THE BAND’S MUSIC?To write stuff we all enjoy and can fun with.I GOT A… (AND I’M SORRY IF I SOUND LAME)… ARTISTIC FEEL AND VIBE FROM YOUR MUSIC AND VISUALS. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELVES TO BE AN “EXPERIMENTAL” BAND?That

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACOLENE BENADEWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/odianbandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Death MetalASKING WHAT A BAND’S NAME MEANS IS SOMETIMES A BIT WEIRD BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIMES BAND NAMES DON’T MEAN ANYTHING BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH “ODIAN”?RUAN: I came upon the word while reading a book on runes. An Odian doesn’t worship Odin, rather emulates his path of

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/idolsrdeadCOUNTRY: Italy STYLE: Rock / Metal / IdolWHEN THE BAND FIRST STARTED WAS IT A BIT OF A STRUGGLE TO FIND YOUR “SOUND” OR DID THE BAND GET TOGETHER VERY WELL FROM THE START?MANA (VOCALS): I can tell you it was not difficult because we were all pretty sure in doing something heavier than our past projects (we were in Nu Metal Bands) so it was all starting well! We

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY WERNER ROUXWEBSITE: http://www.blackmarketriots.com/COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Alternative / Rock / PunkHOW DID YOU FIRST GET INVOLVED WITH MUSIC AND HOW DID THE BAND START?DANIE: We have all been playing instruments like any other school kid do when they are young. The dream and the skill is the main element for every kid that age. We all have been in bands before we started

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN CLYDEWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/ashesoferin COUNTRY: United States STYLE: Rock / MetalDID ALL OF YOU PLAY IN OTHER BANDS BEFORE FORMING ASHES OF ERIN, AND WAS IT HARD TO FIND THAT BALANCE OF HEAVY AND MELODIC ELEMENTS IN YOUR MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING?We did all come from other bands. Jenna came from a band called poetic anxiety, drew came from several bands but most notably murder

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHERMEN MUKHTARWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/ohchentaku COUNTRY: Malaysia STYLE: PunkWHAT ASPECT OF WRITING MUSIC DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST AND IS IT ALWAYS EXITING TO SEE HOW A SONG “DEVELOPS” FROM START TO FINISH?The best thing about song-writings is arranging the flow of the song itself; we have no interest towards simplifying a song just to make it done quickly, for instance, intro to

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERWIN "EWINK" JONASOWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/killedCOUNTRY: Indonesia STYLE: Rock / Metal / ThrashHOW WERE YOU FIRST “INTRODUCED” TO HEAVY MUSIC, AND HOW DID THE BAND START?RID: remembered my self as a soft kid back then, I listen to MJ, Duran Duran a lot. And the first rock stuff that I ever heard was Queen. And when I’m at junior high I remember the first metal stuff I listen to

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANK PEYWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/betraytheemissaryCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Hardcore / Death MetalYOU HAVE PERFORMED CONSISTENTLY SINCE YOUR FIRST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN MARCH LAST YEAR; WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE BAND IS CAREFULLY BUILDING A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR ITSELF LEADING UP TO THE NEXT RELEASE?GAV: Carefully, no…There isn’t much thought going in to the shows we choose

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KYLE CREESEWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/infanteria COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Thrash / Progressive / Metal YOU MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT YOUR MAIN SOUND IS THRASH METAL. WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THE “THRASH” SOUND AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE BAND HAS TAKEN THAT SOUND AND MADE IT ITS OWN?Infanteria: We love the raw energy that you get when listening or playing Thrash. The riffs are

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHIKIN ALIWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/fallofmirraCOUNTRY: Singapore STYLE: Metal / Rock / HardcoreWHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DID YOU FIRST LISTEN TO BEFORE YOU DISCOVERED HEAVY MUSIC?Before we started to truly discover heavy music, most of us listened to a diverse range of different music genres and were playing in bands of various genres.BRANDON (VOCALS): He used to play bass in a Hardcore

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY LISA VISSERWEBSITE: http://www.irvineband.comCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Rock / IndieHOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN MAKING MUSIC AND HOW DID THE BAND START?Bob and I (Chris) have been playing music since an early age. Our mother is a music teacher so we were fortunate to be exposed to music and various instruments from early on in our lives. I actually started off focussing my energy

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY LOEDI VAN RENENWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/newaltumbandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Hardcore / Screamo / ExperimentalTHE BAND’S MUSICAL CAREER HAS HAD A FEW TWISTS AND TURNS BUT YOU HAVE MANAGED TO PROGRESS “FORWARD” VERY WELL OVER THE YEARS, DO YOU THINK THAT ALL YOUR HARD WORK IS FINALLY PAYING OFF?RASH: I definitely think that ANY hard work pays off eventually; I think New Altum

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELLEN VAN HEEZENWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/seitaofficialCOUNTRY: Brazil STYLE: Metal / Death Metal / HardcoreTHE BAND IS STILL “YOUNG” IN MUSIC YEARS. HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP THE “JOURNEY” THAT THE BAND HAS BEEN ON SINCE MARCH 2008?DOM MURA: Michel and me started to work end 2006, creating material. We invited Edson to join us in 2007 and when André came into the band the line-up was

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIMON SUBROSAWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/sixarmsofchaos COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Death Metal / MetalYOU ARE LAUNCHING YOUR EP ON THE ELEVENTH OF JULY, HOW MANY SONGS ARE ON THE EP AND HOW MANY ARE NEW AND HOW MANY ARE OLD SONGS?There will be 5 songs in total. We might still add an intro. Two songs are old and 3 new ones.ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE MUSICAL DIRECTION THE BAND HAS TAKEN

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/separatistCOUNTRY: Australia STYLE: Death Metal / Metal / ProgressiveEVERYTHING ON YOUR MYSPACE LOOKS GOOD; FROM YOUR BAND PHOTOS TO THE BAND LOGO REALLY CONVINCED ME TO HAVE A LISTEN TO YOUR SONGS. HOW BIG OF A ROLE DOES “IMAGE” PLAY IN MUSIC TODAY IN YOUR OPINION?JAMES: Thanks a lot! We think that image plays too much of a role on music today, we’ve seen a lot more

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY LIAM LYNCHWEBSITE: www.fokofpolisiekar.co.zaCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: RockInterview Answered by Francois van CokeA SHORT WHILE BACK YOU COLLABORATED WITH DIE ANTWOORD FOR THE SONG “DOOS DRONK” HOW DID THAT COLLABORATION COME TOGETHER AND WILL YOU PERFORM IT AGAIN IF DIE ANTWOORD IS ON THE SAME BILL AS YOU GUYS?We have been fans of Max Normal for a while. They were fucking

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY RUEVEN TANWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/fbecore COUNTRY: Singapore STYLE: Hardcore / Metal / RockYOU WERE SIGNED TO A MALAYSIAN BASED LABEL CALLED GEGEY MUSIC A WHILE BACK; IS THIS THE OPPORTUNITY YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR TO TAKE THE BAND TO NEW “HEIGHTS”?We have been blessed enough to be signed by Gegey Music which has only brought us to a better place here in South East Asia. The

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANGELA SCHLABITZWEBSITE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Broken-Result/47549825503?ref=tsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: MetalYOU POSTED THE SONG “MENDING THE DEAD ARMY” ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE MONTHS AGO, EVERYBODY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE CAN EXPECT AN ALBUM OR EP FROM YOU GUYS?BRAD: At the moment we’re just finishing up the guitars on a few songs and then its just vocals

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANJA BLOMWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/dayturnsnightthebandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Death Metal / HardcoreYOU GUYS MANAGE THE BAND YOURSELVES, WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DOING EVERYTHING THE INDEPENDENT WAY SO FAR?When managing/doing everything yourself, you know shit gets done and you have the prerogative over how stuff turns out, but ... YOU

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS PREYSERWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/chromiumtheband COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Rock / Metal / OtherTHERE IS ALLOT OF TALK ABOUT YOU GUYS PLAYING OVERSEAS, HOW IS THE PLANNING TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER GOING SO FAR?HANNES: Better to ask our Manager, but as far as I’ve heard, We are getting some venues in place for UK, then we’ll move on to USA.JARED: Well, myself, Chris from

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID SESSIONSWEBSITE: www.facebook.com/pages/White-Collar-Kiss/23896179537?ref=tsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: RockIN THE SHORT TIME THAT THE BAND HAS BEEN GOING YOU HAVE REALLY STARTED TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELVES IN THE CAPE TOWN SCENE, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE REACTION YOU’VE RECEIVED SO FAR?MIKE: Absolutely, we are very excited with the reaction we have received so far!BETH: The

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAXILLAWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/thecrossfaithCOUNTRY: Japan STYLE: Metal / Hardcore / OtherInterview Answered by Kenta Koie (Vocal)I HAVE NEVER HEARD A BAND MIX ELECTRONIC AND HEAVY SOUNDS TOGETHER IN SUCH A UNIQUE WAY AS YOU DO; WHEN DID YOU REALISE THAT “HEY! WE REALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WORKS HERE”?We came up to this music style about 2 years ago when we got together as

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TSUNWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/lostjapanCOUNTRY: Japan STYLE: Screamo / Emo / HardcoreInterview Answered by TAG (Drummer)YOUR MUSIC HAS SO MANY “CALM” PARTS BUT THEN IT SUDDENLY SLIPS INTO AN ENTIRE OTHER DIMENSION WITH THE HARDCORE ELEMENTS YOU BRING INTO YOUR SONGS, HOW DO YOU FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN THE HEAVY AND SOFTER PARTS OF YOUR SOUND?We are influenced by so many kind of music

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY GRANT DIFFORDWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/knavebandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: RockYOU RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE DATES FOR YOUR NATIONAL TOUR TO SUPPORT YOUR NEW ALBUM “COGNITION”; WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS TOUR?JEAN: Well, as with any new area/venue you play at, there is always that nervous feeling of 'god, I hope they like us...' but we've been having some great feedback on

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/barricadesoundCOUNTRY: Singapore STYLE: Progressive / Alternative / RockBARRICADE IS STILL A “YOUNG” BAND ONLY STARTING OUT IN OCTOBER 2008, HOW MUCH DID THE EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING IN OTHER BANDS HELP YOU TO GET THE BAND GOING?Yeah. The experience is a lot and useful though. Before barricade was formed, we played gigs with each of our own previous individual bands. Like

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSE SCHAFERWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/almostisnothingCOUNTRY: United States STYLE: Metal / ThrashInterview Answered by Aaron McCoyWHAT IS THE THING YOU LOVE THE MOST ABOUT THE METAL CULTURE AND SOUND?The thing I love most about metal culture is the dedication people show it. Unlike most other forms of music metal never goes out of style because of the dedication of the fans. It is

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY HELI LEHTONENWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/inevitableendCOUNTRY: Sweden STYLE: Death Metal / Grindcore / MetalYOUR MUSIC IS SO BRUTAL AND CHAOTIC AT THE SAME TIME, HOW DO YOU APPROACH THE SONG WRITING PROCESS WHEN WRITING NEW MATERIAL?JOAKIM: The songs are often based on ideas me and Marcus come up with individually and then we jam and put them together in the rehearsal room. We try to

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/warthanebandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Progressive / Thrash / MetalI SAW THE LAST FOUR SONGS OF YOUR SET AT METAL 4 AFRICA WINTERFEST LAST YEAR (I MAY BE WRONG), BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT YOU GUYS HAD A REALLY GREAT “STAGE PRESENCE” IN YOUR PERFORMANCE THAT NIGHT. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO BUILD UP THAT CONFIDENCE?After our first couple of shows we learned to feed of the

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/deanecrescentCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Progressive / Grindcore / Death MetalLISTENING TO THE TWO SONGS POSTED ON YOUR MYSPACE, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE “BRUTALITY” OF THE SONGS IS OF THE CHARTS, BUT IS THERE MORE TO EXTREME METAL THAN SOUNDING BRUTAL?The brutal impact of the songs was a natural thing as in we did not try and make the most brutal songs in life, we

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/thcmbandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Rock / Screamo / Happy HardcoreWHAT SUBJECTS DO YOU SING ABOUT THE MOST AND WHO IS THE BEST SCREAMER IN THE BAND?We sing about relationships very often but I guess that’s just where we’re at, but we also sing a lot about life from our own perspectives, and the things we wish we could say, do and experience. We have two awesome

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN PHAIRWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/enmityCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Progressive / HardcoreBIG NEWS FROM YOUR SIDE IS THAT YOUR FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM 'MURDERABILIA' IS COMING OUT END OF MAY 2009. AFTER POSTING A FEW DEMOS ONLINE AND PLAYING LIVE FOR SOME TIME WHAT WERE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT CAUSED YOU GUYS TO TAKE SO LONG TO RELEASE A FULL LENGTH ALBUM?Yeah, we

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MORGANAWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/xerathCOUNTRY: United Kingdom STYLE: Metal / ProgressiveI SEE THE TERM “CHUG-SCORE” BEING USED TO DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC. WHO CAME UP WITH IT AND DO YOU PLAN TO PATENT THE TERM; YOU COULD MAKE SOME MONEY IN THE FUTURE, YOU NEVER KNOW?Chug-score is ironically both a parody of constant new genre classifications and also the quickest way of describing our

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAOLO SEEN!WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/typecastCOUNTRY: Philippines STYLE: Indie / Punk / Rock / Post HardcoreDOES THE BAND NAME “TYPECAST” REFER TO BEING CAST IN THE ROLE OF PLAYING IN A BAND THAT PLAYS THE TYPE OF MUSIC YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY?MELVIN: We didn’t mean it that way. The band name actually came from a Snapcase song – Typecast Modulator. We just slashed out the

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/voirdirebandCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: MetalIN ORIGIN VOIR DIRE REFERS TO AN OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DID NOT KNOW IF THEY SHOULD TELL THE TRUTH OR LIE. SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE IF THEY ASK YOU “DO I LOOK FAT IN THIS”?Well, depends on whether the person looks fat…YOU GUYS ARE ALMOST DONE WITH YOUR EP AND IN THE PROCESS

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARREN RICHWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/dearmartyr1COUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Rock / Metal / ExperimentalIN JANUARY YOU GUYS POSTED A PRE ALBUM SINGLE TITLED “SHE STAINED” ONLINE. TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SONG AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT IS A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT DIRECTION YOU ARE TAKING MUSICALLY?The song was recorded as a pre-album pre-production studio single which was intended to

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIMOTHY STUART WEEWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/avacantaffair COUNTRY: Singapore STYLE: Post-HardcoreInterview Answered by Matt.YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE ANY NORMAL PERSON ON THE STREET WOULD LOOK BUT AS SOON AS YOU GUYS PLAY YOU JUST SEEM TO COME ALIVE ALL OF A SUDDEN. IS MUSIC THE ULTIMATE WAY TO EXPRESSES YOURSELVES?Personally, I agree. I don’t speak up much about my problems and inner

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE BELL PHOTOGRAPHYWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/facingthegallowsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Hardcore / ThrashInterview Answered by Rick CadillacFACING THE GALLOWS HAS A FEW SONGS ONLINE. THE BIG QUESTION I GUESS IS WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING TO RELEASE AN EP OR ALBUM?Hhmmm, well, at the moment we're tracking some new and old material to release soon, and we most likely will

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHEN FRANKWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/cityofgatesCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Hardcore / MetalYOU GUYS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INVOLVED IN THE GIVE LIFE TOUR WHICH IS ALL ABOUT SPREADING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO AUDIENCES. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SPREAD A MESSAGE THAT IS POSITIVE IN THIS DAY AND AGE?Well, there are so many awesome things happening in the world every day, all

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KENNETH ELLISWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/truthanditsburdenCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Hardcore / Progressive / MetalBEING AN INDEPENDENT BAND WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF GOING OUT THERE AND CREATING YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT SITTING AROUND AND WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE?ASHLEY: Well ultimately, it’s a simple idea really; the early bird catches the worm type thing. If

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WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/lifebludCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Gothic / OtherWHAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT TOTALLY CONVINCED YOU TO GET INTO MUSIC?KASSANDRA: I needed no convincing. For as long as I can remember... music has always featured in my life. I made a conscious decision to make it a lifelong journey, at the age of nine, I woke up from a dream with the complete conviction that

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY IAN ENGELBRECHTWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/abturboCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Progressive / Punk / Melodramatic Popular SongB = Brett Allen-White, M = Matthew JamesI DON’T ASK BANDS ABOUT THEIR NAMES REALLY THAT MUCH ANYMORE, BUT I AM REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH AB TURBO?M: Press ‘A’, ‘B’, and “Turbo” while you’re playing Contra, and see what happens.B: If you

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHARL FOURIEWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/coldhandchemistryCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Progressive / Rock / MetalCOLD HAND CHEMISTRY HAS BEEN PLAYING LIVE ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW FOR A LONG TIME, HOW MUCH HAS THAT CONSISTENCY HELPED THE BAND TO BUILD A FAN BASE IN CAPE TOWN?Playing live does help expose your music to the fans, however we have found that the music appeals to a more

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHARL FOURIEWEBSITE: http://www.autopilot.co.zaCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Alternative / RockYOU HAVE BEEN BUSY RECORDING YOUR DEBUT ALBUM “A BROKEN WORD” AT THEO CROUS’S STUDIO IN BELLVILLE, CAPE TOWN. CAN YOU GIVE US A PROGRESS REPORT AND WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING TO RELEASE THE ALBUM?We first started in the studio on 1 November 2008, after a couple of months of pre-production. We

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY THOMAS PEPLERWEBSITE: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Theatre/54012357382?ref=tsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Experimental / HardcoreWHAT FUELS THE WRITING PROCESS FOR YOU GUYS AND WHAT INSPIRES THE BAND THE MOST TO WRITE THE TYPE OF MUSIC YOU DO?As a band we draw influences from everything around us whether it is our beliefs, music, design, photography, dreams, stories,

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROCHELLE PHIPSONWEBSITE: www.crossingpoint.co.zaCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Hardcore / Metal / PunkCROSSINGPOINT HAS BEEN GOING FOR YEARS BUT COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE BAND BEFORE, WHAT THE BAND AND THE MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT?RICHARD: Were about the music, the message and the friends! That pretty much sums it up. We love what we do and put

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS PREYSERWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/danceyoureonfireCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Indie / Progressive“DANCE YOU'RE ON FIRE” IS ONE OF THE BEST BAND NAMES I'VE HEARD IN A WHILE. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING A SERIAL KILLER WOULD SAY TO HIS VICTIMS AFTER SETTING THEM ON FIRE, BUT SOMEHOW I THINK I'M MISSING THE POINT?ADRIAN: Our singer came up with the name. We were all sitting around

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY DR - BENWAYWEBSITE: http://www.voiceofdestruction.comCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Death Metal / RockHOW DID THE IDEA OF REUNITING V.O.D. AFTER TEN YEARS COME ABOUT?PAUL BLOM: Just like the 10th anniversary of our Bloedrivier album in 2006 was an inevitable event, so was the tour. Bloedrivier was never available locally - we recorded it in the UK for our German record label

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY UNKNOWNWEBSITE: www.theoceandoesntwantme.comCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Alternative / Progressive / ExperimentalYOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY SINCE I LAST INTERVIEWED YOU. YOUR NEW NINE TRACK ALBUM TITLED “WHICH I HOPE TO LIVE FOR” WAS RELEASED A WHILE BACK. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO FINISH?We had a bunch of songs by the end of 2007, enough to go into the studio. The idea was to jump into

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JANA KOERNERWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/azrails11thhourCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Metal / Death Metal / AlternativeGREAT NEWS IS THAT YOU GUYS FINALLY RELEASED YOUR FULL LENGTH TITLED PRIMORDIAL LATE LAST YEAR. HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU SPEND ON THE WRITING PROCESS AND ARE YOU GUYS HAPPY WITH THE END RESULT?Yeah, of course it is a major milestone for the band musically and personally.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY THOMAS PEPLERWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/thelotteryticketsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Indie / PowerpopHOW DID YOU GUYS DECIDE ON THE BAND NAME “THE LOTTERY TICKETS”, I GUESS YOU DON’T PLAY THE LOTTO ALLOT?It came to Robert in a dream; Shaka Zulu appeared over his sleeping bag and told him that he should call the band that. So we did. It’s been alright ever since.We actually had the

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY EXPLOITS BANDWEBSITE: www.exploitsband.comCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Punk / RockHOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN MAKING MUSIC AND HOW DID THE BAND COME TOGETHER?We have all been attracted to music from a young age, but as a band, we have been making music together for the last 3 or 4 years. We met at church and started a youth band for our youth group called “Exploits”. After playing

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRENDONWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/xxitragedyCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: MetalFROM THE OUTSIDE THINGS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN A BIT QUIT ON THE RECORDING FRONT FROM YOU GUYS; ARE YOU FOCUSING MORE ON MAKING A NAME FOR YOURSELVES AS A LIVE BAND AT THIS STAGE?TIAGO: Well actually we’ve been taking time off the live scene to focus on the whole recording the album thing.ARNO: After a long year

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY PATRICK BEYER & NIKKI VAN WIJKWEBSITE: http://www.gravitywinsagain.comCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Rock / PopGRAVITY WINS AGAIN HAS RELEASED A REALLY COOL MUSIC VIDEO RECENTLY FOR THE SINGLE "BAIL ME OUT". YOUR WEBSITE WWW.GRAVITYWINSAGAIN.COM HAS A REALLY COOL PAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND WATCH IT. TELL US MORE ABOUT THE VIDEO?NIC: The video was fun to make, and we also found

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY YOLANDE SNYDERSWEBSITE: http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Vorster/552992036#/pages/downonthefirst/37705078113?ref=tsCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: RockTHIS QUESTION WILL PROBABLY IRRITATE YOU IN SOME WAY. HOW DID YOU GUYS GET YOUR BAND NAME, I GUESS THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH IS NOT GOOD, BUT SERIOUSLY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?WAYNE: We tried pulling the name from the hat vibe, but

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAYLEIGH BARTONWEBSITE: www.myspace.com/seedsofcainCOUNTRY: South Africa STYLE: Alternative MetalHOW DID YOU GUYS GET YOUR BAND NAME AND IN WHAT WAYS DOES IT RELATE TO YOUR MUSIC?Tim and Ashley came up with the name when they were laying down tracks as a side project last year. After the rest of us joined in we all decided that it was a cool name to go with. The name comes from the

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