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| With their savage grind-metal assaults, DECEMBER offer controlled glimpses into a whirlwind of bitter intensity. An astonishing musical sense underlies DECEMBER's aggression; painstakingly crafted song structures, startling rhythmic precision, and a devious manipulation of melody prevail throughout their vitriolic onslaughts. With unbounded rage and musicality, DECEMBER stand in league with such contemporaries as Dillinger Escape Plan, Burnt By The Sun, and Lamb of God. Frontman Mark Moots extraterrestrial vocal range runs from demonic rasp to guttural bark; he switches up voices with lightning speed, like so many weapons in his arsenal... Drummer Jason Thomas melds ferocious blasts and sinister polyrhythmic grooves... Bassist Zac Hatjakes dominates the bottom end, his rolling basslines plowing along with the determination of a bullet train... Guitarist Julian Peach lays down the twisted riffs that lie at DECEMBER's cancerous heart. Nevada's metal scene was stagnant when four friends joined forces as DECEMBER in late 1994, but it is thriving today thanks mainly to this band's unrelenting toil. Years of headlining clubs and basements, as well as opening for heavyweights like Neurosis, Dillinger Escape Plan, Drowningman, V.O.D., and Today is the Day, have honed DECEMBER's sound to razor sharpness. After two independently released CDs, 1996's 'Rise of the Fall'on Clutchmove Records and 1998's 'Praying, Hoping, Nothing' on Negative Attention Records, DECEMBER signed on with rock-n-roll porn king Matt Zane's fledgling Inzane Records in October 1998. Zane released a remastered version of 'Praying, Hoping, Nothing' with additional tracks and artwork by the prolific Travis Smith (the artist behind such bands as Opeth, Death, and Nevermore) in 2000. Also in 2000, Ian Glasper's Blackfish Records released a split CD with English metal-core band Unite for the European market. Both discs received rave reviews in such publications as Terrorizer, Metal Maniacs, Kerrang, and Unrestrained. In January 2001, after touring the West Coast with such luminaries as Crowbar, SOD, Skinlab, and Hateplow, DECEMBER recorded a demo of four new songs. It was this demo that caught the attention of Earache Records. Says Earache US top dog Al Dawson, DECEMBER represents the beginning of Earache's new era. We are building a new family of the best American bands over here, and we are proud to welcome DECEMBER into it. Since signing with Earache, DECEMBER have completed two coast-to-coast tours of the US and Canada, with such bands as Kreator, Destruction, Cephalic Carnage, and Pissing Razors. In February 2002, Earache released DECEMBER's Earache debut, 'The Lament Configuration'. Produced by Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad), 'The Lament Configuration' was described by England's Kerrang! Magazine as The first great extreme metal record of 2002. A sequence of mind-blowing aggro-tech assaults, 'The Lament Configuration' showcases DECEMBER's unbounded rage and astonishing musicality like never before. As Adrian Bromley wrote in Unrestrained! Magazine, „This record just crushes the competition. In February 2003, DECEMBER embark on a UK tour with The Haunted and Stampin' Ground, followed by a full European tour with labelmates The Berzerker and Corporation 187. |
дискография
Praying, Hoping, Nothing Full-length, 1999
The Lament Configuration Full-length, 2002
Current line-up
Julian Peach - Guitars
Asa Dakin - Bass
Jason Thomas - Drums
Jesse Phips - Vocals
сабщ представляет собой микс из дэта и металкора, материал представленный на двух дисках не заставит вас усомнится, что музыканты очень грамотные и знающие толк в своих инструментах на все 110, другое дело, что такая синтетическая музыка понравится далеко не каждому любителю брутальностей
имею оба альбома, вышедших на Earache, впоследствие издавшихся пор совместительству ещё на Союзе
на первом присутствует более сырой звук, на втором The Lament Configuration же в качестве продюсера выступил сам Девин Таунсенд, что отразилось на записи в более кристальном и рафинированном саунде, сам материал уже стал более навороченный и разноплановый, качёвых моментов стало больше, вокал варьируется от скрима до утяжелённого хардкорового войса, гроулинга здесь вы не найдёте
мне естессно больше нравится The Lament Configuration Full -
, в силу как раз таки своей разноплановости и продуманности, все песни безоговорочные хиты 
сейчас о группе ничего не слышно, ни работающего сайта, ни майспейс страницы
, возможно уже и не функционирует...с дополнительной инфой мона ознакомиться на http://www.earache.com/
если вам претит tDEP, Burnt by the Sun, Pillory, Skinlab, то сабж должен понравиться тоже
кто слушал, ваши мнения...
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