Most of the time, you can find me bitching up a storm about the newest atrocities in music and how the industry is purposely crapping on plastic and selling it to us simply repackaged. However, my good friend Dante Ross took care of that duty this week over on his Rosscast. Go check it out.
So, due to bitching duties being assumed by Dante, I will take an opportunity to share with you a band that is actually doing pretty much everything right. iwrestledabearonce (don’t capitalize it, it ain’t proper-like) is currently on tour promoting their latest record It’s All Happening, which is one of the strongest records I have heard in a good, long while. Krysta Cameron’s vocals are amongst some of the strongest in the community. Her seamless ability to alternate between harmony and discord is RIDICLEFRITZ. The guitar work is absolutely incredible with a chaotic order to it that allows for multiple bit parts of awesome at all the right junctures. And the drum and bass bits maintain a wholly frenetic baseline of pure WIN that unites the whole production for some of the most blisteringly amazing metalcore I have ever heard. And the best part is that addressing the band as simply metalcore is fairly offensive. These guys are at the forefront of the metal scene pulling multiple genres into their cadre of awesomeness to create a blended pseudo-metalcore-electronica-jazz-swing outfit that surpasses other bands that have been around for years. These guys are young, brash, and already heads and shoulders above everyone else in the game.
The first video is one of my favorite iwrestledabearonce songs, and contains a SPOT-ON representation of almost every hardcore show I have ever been to.
This next one contains an absolutely FAMAZING video montage/breakdown at about 16 seconds in and contains some of the most INCREDAMAZING screams I have ever heard. Particularly the one directly after the car horn (Oh, yes, I said car horn) at just a little after 2:27.
Finally, this is a live video mostly showcasing Krysta’s vocal abilities, but you can still hear the shaaaaaway quality of the rest of the band, as well.
Tags: Alex Hluch, Bitch, Dante Ross, Electronica, Hardcore, It's All Happening, iwrestledabearonce, Jazz, Metalcore, Music, News, Rosscast, Shway, shwayblog, Swing, Tastes Like Kevin Bacon
