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Bullet for My Valentine is a four person metalcore band form Bridgend, Wales. BFMV was originally known as Jeff killed John…back in 1997. They changed to BFMV in 2002 after several name changes and a group split. Bullet for My Valentine means “fictional evil yet loving lyrical content”.

In 2002, BFMV was offered a record deal with Roadrunner records. The deal was turned down and they later signed with Sony BMG. Their debut album, The Poison, was released on October 3rd, 2005 in the UK, while it debuted in the US in February of the next year. This album sold over 375,000 copies in the US as of February 2008.  This album includes the infamous “Tears Don’t Fall” and “All These Things I Hate(Revolve Around Me)”. Their latest album, Aim Scream Fire, debuted in January 28th, 2008. This album has only sold 160,432 copies since January.

Bullet for My Valentine has won an awards for:

 ”Tears Don’t Fall” in 2006

Best British Newcomer in 2005

Welsh Music Award for Best Newcomer in 2004

Metal Hammer golden God Award for Best British Band in 2006

The band members include:

• Matthew Tuck – lead vocals, rhythm guitar 
• Michael “Padge” Padget -lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jason “Jay” James – bass, backing vocals
• Michael “Moose” Tomas– drums

For more information about Bullet For My Valentine, check out their website bulletformyvalentine1.com or myspace.com/bulletformyvalentine

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.:Latisha:.

They are loud… and quite proud. Escape The Fate appeared around 2000 playing small venues and rocking every town they hit. Although they weren’t super popular they got lots of Vegas radio play time and would soon become an amazing hardcore screamo band. Randomly, the band met through Myspace when singer Ronnie Radke and Bassist Max Green were looking for new band members. After finding the rest of their members (Omar Espinosa – Lead Guitar/Vocals, Bryan “Monte” Money – Rhythm Guitar/ Vocals, Robert Ortiz – Drums) the band soon won a radio contest judged by “My Chemical Romance”.  Which gave them the opportunity to open a show on the headlining tour with “Alkaline Trio” and “Reggie And The Full Effect”.

The band then signed to “Epitaph Records” which produced their 5 song EP called “There’s No Sympathy For The Dead”. Which appeared in May of 2006. The band credits the cd’s success for their many tour dates with the Warped Tour.

The bands full length cd came out in September of 2006 called “Dying Is Your Latest Fashion”.

Escape The Fate continues to tour around the world giving everyone an earful everywhere they go. Love em’ or hate em’ you can’t deny the awesome power of these lyrics and riffs. Check out “Escape The Fate” on their myspace, www.myspace.com/escapethefate or on their band site www.escapethefate.net!

[Cass<3]

What do you think of a female singer for a “screamo” band? You have your guy screamo bands, like for instance Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet for My Valentine, My Chemical Romance, and so many more. Flyleaf is one of the few bands with a female singer who can scream a line in a song.

Flyleaf members include:

Lacey Mosely-Singer

Sameer Bhattacharya- Guitar

Jared Hartmann- Guitar

Pat Seals- Bass

James Culpepper- Drums

Flyleaf was formed in Belton, Texas in 2002. Lacey and James started off the band in the late nineties. They recruited Jared and Sameer later on. In 2000, Pat joined when leaving his former band The Grove. After a showcase, they were signed with Octone Records, which they announced the arrival of the now popular band Flyleaf on January 7th, 2004. In 2005, they released their first full-length self-titled album with Howard Benson, which was available in stores on October 4th. In 2006, the band moved to J records as part of an exclusive band development deal between J Records, RCA, and Octone Records. They are also distributed to Christian markets under SRE Recordings.

Flyleaf has toured with Breaking Benjamin, Staind, 3 Doors Down, Three Days Grace, Stone Sour, Forever Never, Skillet, Dropping Daylight, Sick Puppies, Kill Hannah, and Resident Hero in many different countries. They are touring with Seether in late 2008.

Flyleaf’s songs has had a debuted in films and video games. A  remix to “I’m So Sick” is on the Resident Evil:Extinction soundtrack. The music video for the same song briefly appeared in Live Free or Die Hard in 2007. They released a song titled “Tina” which debuted on Guitar Hero 3. “I’m So Sick” is also on the infamous Rock Band. They are working on a new album, which the date for release has not been announced yet. So stop by and check ‘em out.

www.flyleaf.com

www.myspace.com/flyleaf

kthanks:)

.:Latisha:.

Okay, it’s time to shed a little light on a band that might not be known too well. Whether you’ve heard of them or not, I don’t know. But judging by how much I’ve heard them talked about, not many people have experienced this band. Well it’s time to get you’re head out of the MUD and into the . . .

Oh yeah, I’m aiming straight for the vein on this one, people – Mudvayne is now live and in your face. Formed in 1996, this band is definitely not your average run-of-the-mill metal wannabe. In the early years they released L.D. 50 and quickly distinguished themselves from other bands by wearing strange, often multicolored stage makeup and using odd stage names. Theri first single off the album was the gritty, hard-hitting Dig. It won several awards including the MTV2 Award. It was the first time the award had ever been presented. Their next single was Death Blooms, and it was written about Chad Gray’s grandmother being neglected in a nursing home when he was younger because she was near death.

In 2003 Mudvayne decided to abandon all use of makeup, but that the use of it in the future is not out of the picture. Their third studio album, Lost and Found, was released in 2005 and is my favorite Mudvayne album. The single Determined is loud, proud, and rattles your brain. It speaks of staying determined when things get rough. So who says that metal bands can’t be inspirational? Next was Happy?, and that’s my favorite song written by them. The video’s pretty interesting. It starts off with the band in a field of flowers. As the song enters the first chorus the weather changes to a tornado. It becomes more and more violent until the end of the song when the sun breaks back out. A new studio album is expected to be released this year, rumored as Shades of Gray or Revelation. For more info check out www.mudvayne.com. Later!

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Smile Empty Soul is one of my favorite bands ever. However, they weren’t very popular until recently. Not many people knew who they were. For those of you who don’t… you’re about to find out.

 Smile Empty Soul formed when members Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer were still in high school.  During this time the band kept it simple, playing only hometown shows and still dreaming of their major gig. The opportunity arose and the boys headed to the Sunset Strip and passed a demo to the owner of a small record label called “ThroBack Records” and later landed an even better deal with Jason Flom with Lava Records.

 On May 27, 2003, the band released their first self titled album “Smile Empty Soul” which included some of their most popular songs.  With three successful singles the cd was certified gold with over 500,000 sold. On September 22, 2005, their second cd Anxiety came out. However, people hadn’t heard from them in so long it was only the truly hardcore fans (such as myself) that got this record. The band chose to lower their image and stay “Underground” for awhile. And it worked…

Thanks to Myspace, Facebook and other community based websites, Smile Empty Soul emerged again in early October, 2006 and produced an album which came out in October.  Smile Empty Soul is back!

 According to the bands myspace page, they started recording their new album in Greenville SC in February. They have been playing a couple shows around here and are beginning to find the fan base they truly want… small town fans. If you would like to know more about Smile Empty Soul visit their myspace at www.myspace.com/smileemptysoulmusic or check out the bands official website at www.smileemptysoul.com.

[Cass<3]

Alright, since we’ve all pretty much strayed from the classics, I’ll go with a band that’s a little more contemporary.

Oh yes, Disturbed. They formed in Chicago during 1996. They’re overall musical genre is constantly being debated. Some say they’re nu metal, others say they’re alternative metal. Words don’t mean anything to me. I say they’re as hardcore a metal band as Avenged Sevenfold, Mudvayne, Chevelle, and many others. Their first album, The Sickness, launched the band into stardom. It also spawned the familiar track Down With the Sickness, a song still receiving radio time as well as being used in many movies. The album was certified 3x platinum.

Believe was they’re second studio album, and it debuted at #1. Although it was not as in-your-face as their first album, it was still very popular with fans. It’s definitely worth listening to if you ask me. Even if you don’t ask me I’d still recommend it. Singles off the album include Prayer, Liberate, and Remember. They’re next album was Ten Thousand Fists which returned to their former smash mouth style. Although it’s not one of my favorites, it still debuted at #1 sporting the songs Ten Thousand Fists, Stricken, and Land of Confusion. A fourth album is expected to be released in July of this year.

I promise you this band is worth your time and money. With their original sound they really manage to rise above the rest and distinguish themselves from other metal bands. Wanna know more? Check out www.disturbed1.com! Peace!

[cbare]

Atreyu is a band from Orange County, California! With in-your-face vocals and awesome guitar riffs you are sure to be hooked! For those of you who aren’t familiar, Atreyu relased their first album in 2002 followed by “The Curse” in 2004. “A Death Grip On Yesterday” was release in 2006 and many people feared it was the end of Atreyu. However, in 2007 they came back with an amazing album called “Lead Sails Paper Anchor” with a whole new twist on things.

The band consists of:

Alex Varkatzas-Vocals

Brandon Saller-Drums

Travis Miguel-Rhythm Guitar

Marc McKnight-Bass

Dan Jacobs-Lead Guitar

Some songs that you should definitely check out are… “Right Side Of The Bed”, “Bleeding Mascara”, and “Lip Gloss and Black”.

Atreyu’s new album features the hit single “Becoming The Bull” which is a great song to get pumped up to! Check it out on their website www.atreyurock.com or their myspace www.myspace.com/atreyurock!

[Cass<3]

Well…I’m going to be a little different with the “classic” bands. Although, this particular band that I am going to talk about WILL be classic one day, though, they were formed in 1999. They are one of the hottest rock bands out there right now. They are not only classified as rock, but they fall under Metal, “Screamo”, Hard Rock, and anything else pertaining to rock, with the exception of one song, which has a Broadway melody, while another carries an acoustic country tune. The name of this remarkable band is Avenged Sevenfold.

Avenged Sevenfold consitsts of five members, which include: M.Shadows: Vocals, Synyster Gates: Lead Guitar/Backup Vocals, Zacky Vengeance: rhythm Guitar/Backup Vocals, The Rev: Drums/Backup Vocals, and the bass player Johnny Christ.

Avenged Sevenfold, like I said, was formed in 1999, originally from Huntington Beach, California. Their released albums include Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, Waking the Fallen, City of Evil,  and the self-titled album, which debuted on October 30th, 2007. The hits from these albums are [Sounding the Seventh Trumpet]: Warmness on the Soul, [Waking the Fallen]: Unholy Confessions, [City of Evil]: Beast and the Harlot, Bat Country, and Sieze the Day, [Avenged Sevefold]: Critical Acclaim, Almost Easy, and Afterlife. Other than on just CD’s and on the radio, you can also hear Avenged Sevenfold on Guitar Hero.

For more information visit www.avengedsevenfold.com

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.:Latisha:.

I’ll go along with Cassie here and stick with the classic bands. After all, we’ve gotta learn from our past, right? Well, you can’t talk about classic rock and not mention the biggest metal icon of ‘em all.

That’s right – Metallica. Formed in 1981, Metallica is still going strong and shows no signs of slowing down. With such songs like Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets, One, and many other award winners, it’s no wonder why they’ve been together for over 25 years. They’ve released 8 albums, including the decorated Master of Puppets. It was ranked number one by Metal-Rules and IGN on their lists of greatest metal albums. It was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. A ninth studio album is expected to be released later this year.

So if you’re looking for an ultimate rush that only awesome guitar riffs and mesmerizing vocals can give you, then Metallica is definitely worth a shot. For more information on this one of a kind band check out www.metallica.com! Later!

[cbare]

There is one thing about rock and roll… you either love it or you hate it. It is that simple. For those of us who LOVE it, I have a great band you should check out!

Aerosmith is a great classic rock band with hit songs like Walk This Way, Janie’s Got A Gun and of course Dude Looks Like A Lady! Fronted by vocalist Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer this band is defenitly worth listening to. That is if you are into the older rock! With over 27 cds released to date, Aerosmith is still out touring and making new records. To learn more about this awesome band, visit their website at www.aerosmith.com!

[Cassie <3]