Kataplexis

Tremolo picking, double-bass galore, and the deepest growls and highest shrieks this side of the TransCanada highway are all available in healthy doses in Kataplexis’ music. Kataplexis play a unique blend of death metal and Grindcore, but judging by their music, they seem to transcend the genre boundaries and focus on the music itself rather than on its genre.

Vocalist Kyle Ball goes from growls to powerful shrieks instantly, while the guitar assault of Jordan Schritt and Erik Anderson balances between melody and technicality. The guitars are definitely the main highlight of the songs, and they range from thrashy to slow as seen in Force Fed and PST.  The drums, although not anything revolutionary to the genre, are still extremely technical and get the job done. Bassist Rory Babkirk is a skilled bass player, but the Grindcore genre is notorious for having bass lines mixed very low. Nevertheless, Babkirk’s bass lines in songs like Razor Ramone, along with Dave Callahan’s furious drum fills, provide a great rhythm section that adds to the overall heaviness and skill of the music.

Having played with bands like The Black Dahlia Murder, Impaled, and Cattle Decapitation, Kataplexis have the necessary experience and talent needed to branch out and make a name for themselves in the metal world.

Kataplexis played their last show (for this year) at Vern’s on November 4th, and are currently in the pre-production stage of their upcoming full-length album. You can listen to Kataplexis’ music at http://www.myspace.com/kataplexis.

-M

Welcome To the Team M!

Here's a little bit about our newest team member, M!!  He is working on his premiere blog which will hopefully be up later this week.  We're excited to see what he has in store for us!


About me:
Im in my second year at the UofC, I like to listen to/play music, and will probably eat up anything that comes out of Thom Yorke's mouth, and I mean anything. I used to live in Dubai (+40 weather) and came to Calgary (-40 weather) in 2008. Finally, I like pie.

Favorite Movies:
The Motorcycle Diaries, One week, Space jam.

Favorite music:
Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Fleet Foxes, Delta Spirit, Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Pale White Gentlemen, Coldplay, Explosions in the Sky, The Grateful Dead, The Velvet Underground, Checkpoint 303 (awesome electro music from the West Bank) and Neutral Milk Hotel.



Cool!!

-S

Autumn Arsonists Unite!

Has anyone seen My So Called Life? It was big in the early 90s and I just love it. I'm not exactly sure when the guys from Autumn Arson were born (though they are in high school), but their sound perfectly coincides with that show. They classify themselves as a pop punk/ rock/ hardcore, and really which band these days is just one genre? Everyone is pushing the limits, trying to find their own sound. Why would you want to sound like someone else?

I personally think it sounds late 90s grunge, everyone is entitled to their own opinion right? Anyways what lacks vocals makes up with catchy instrumentals and over 600+ fans on facebook this band certainly knows how to market themselves. And did I mention that they won Airdrie's City View 2009 Readers Choice award for best local band/ musician? Check them out on their myspace page http://www.myspace.com/autumnarsonband or http://www.autumnarson.com/Home_Page.html

One cool tid-bit is that they call their fans Autumn Arsonists. And all the Arsonists will be heading over to their show on  Friday, November 20th at the John Dutton Theatre, 616 Macleod Trail SE. And the show will be running from around 5:00 to 11:00. This is actually the Break Your Band 2009, and a pretty big deal, so come out and show your support!

-B

Hi Friends

BIG NEWS

Tomorrow, we will be meeting with the newest member of our team.  We want to be able to get 2 blogs out/week but that is proving to be a challenge with our busy schedule.  BUT! The newest member of our team is going to make it all that much easier.

He is super cool, and songwrites/plays guitar so he will bring a unique element to the team.

We will get him to write a little bit about himself tomorrow, and hopefully we will be able to get 2 or 3 blogs up next week!

=)


The team

Happy November!!

Hey friends,

I hope everyones October, and more specifically Halloween was beyond amazing. I know from what I can remember of Halloween night it was pretty decent! I just wanted to talk about a sweet event happening this month.

I'm sure you all know the Grey Cup is coming to our lovely city. Even though this is mainly centred around the football game, there are some sweet bands playing at the Enmax Street fest on Stephen Ave:

Friday the 27th:

Cripple Creek Fairies, The Lions and The Dudes

28th:

Random Task Collective, Madcowboys, MBF

29th:

Fuzzcat

And of course, it's all free!! You would be a fool to miss these awesome bands.

Just a FYI =)