Ampere

After disbanding Orchid, guitarist Will Killingsworth formed Ampere with some other buddies from Amherst, MA. The music is very much in the same vein as Orchid, but seems to have a slightly broader scope of influences, occasionally slowing down to drop a heavy riff. Suffice it to say that if you dig the Orchid stuff in the post below, you'll love these records. These have been getting heavy rotation the last several days, especially the newest release, Like Shadows. Grab 'em up.

Ampere - The First Five Years
Ampere - Like Shadows

Orchid

I'll start off by separating the real heads from the noobs... if I say screamo and all you think about is The Used and Hawthorne Heights, then you are sadly on the wrong track. But luckily Uncle Mitchypoo is here to fix you right up. With roots in DC hardcore and post-punk, REAL screamo started long before the ridiculous form of swoopy-banged fashioncore. Starting their evolution in the early to mid-90's and culminating in late 90's, bands like Orchid, Pg. 99, and City of Caterpillar were crafting a chaotic, cathartic sound previously unparalleled and rarely matched since then. Comprised of unrelenting drumming, being driven by thrashing guitars, melodic and melancholy, and topped with throat-searing, heart wrenching screams (lyrics usually based on philosophy, idealism, and DIY-punk ethics), Orchid is certainly one of the masters of their style. No other way to put it into words so just listen to the songs in this youtube compilation video and if it's your thing, get these two records.



Orchid - Chaos is Me
Orchid - Gatefold

At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

Active from 1990-1996, At The Gates was a melodic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. These dudes are one of the most influential bands in the progession of metal music. Many of today's metalcore bands blatantly emulated At The Gates style, including bands like Darkest Hour and Black Dahlia Murder. A very important band in the scheme of metal, so don't miss this. Check it out!

SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL

Owen Hart - Earth Control

This band is called Owen Hart. Your argument is invalid.

Seriously, these dudes are fucking heavy as shit. Chaotic hardcore death thrash extravaganza.

Owen Hart - Earth Control (2010)
For their other stuff check out their bandcamp, though it seems it hasn't been updated in a while.

Otis Reaper

Otis Reaper are some really good friends of mine from good ol' West Tennessee, who play a gnarly blend of southern-fried, blackened stoner death; the illegitimate child of Immortal and Lynryrd Skynyrd, drunkenly conceived in the parking lot after an Eyehategod show. They just got done recording 5 jam-tacular tracks and they passed them along to me, so I decided to share. You should definitely check this out if you are into heavy music. Their music is pretty unique, and I really want people to hear it.

 

DOWNLOAD IT! 

Harpoon - Double Gnarly Triple Suicide

Harpoon plays grindy thrash metal, with drum machine drums. While not a big fan of mixing synthetic sounds in my metalz, there are a few exceptions to the rule, and Harpoon are certainly one of them. They play around with their sound quite a bit throughout the album, which makes it stand out a little more than your standard thrash band, and aside from the occasional shrill electronic hi-hat, the production is fuckin' tits! This record will punch you in the dick if you're a fan of thrash, grind, or hardcore. Riff bombs will get dropped, so be prepared!

FRUIT PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK!