Show Overview: Patrick Healy's Lazarus Project // Herd Of... // Oceanic // Sacrificing Sound @ Michael's Bar & Grill
Sacrificing Sound opened up the
evening; their set of alt metal improved as it went on, but the
vocals and music seemed to be a bit of a mismatch. The riffs and
songs were original enough and the band was tight, but I didn't
expect quite so much 'ooohing' from a vocalist. When he kicked in a
few deeper screams/shout it seemed to blend a lot better with the
music, but it takes time to work up to doing those kind of vocals all
the time, so it's hard to fault.
Patrick Healy's Lazarus Project was up
next, and took things in a pretty drastically different direction.
Video game inspired new age prog rock might begin to be a basic
descriptor of these guys. There was some fantastic guitar work going
on (complete with very 80's prog headless guitar) and it was an
interesting change from the typical genre's we're used to hearing.
While it wasn't for everyone, the musicianship was solid and it was
definitely an interesting trip.
Herd Of... took things in yet another
new direction, spearheaded by guitarist Matt Schwatz elaborate
looping abilities. As bassist, rhythm guitarists, lead guitarist, and
synth player all rolled into one, most of the songs relied on the
'loop assembly' process but the mind-warping riffs and impressively
precise playing easily glossed over any perceived repetition. With a
very solid drummer to back things up, it would have been hard to tell
that the songs were all looped by a single guitar without seeing the
stage setup. It would be interesting to see this lineup with some
bass, keys, or vocals but even as just a two piece it's a pretty
fresh and entertaining sound.
Oceanic were the final band of the night and they lived up to their name; long, deep, expansive tides of prog rock, complete with requisite bass solo, guitar solo, drum solo, everybody solo style epic songs. This ain't your father's 70's flower power prog rock though; there was plenty of heavy chugging and metal inspired solos, and rolling polyrhythmic math rock licks just to keep everything fresh. I can see this guys doing some pretty fantastic work on an album, which I'm told is in the works, so keep your ears open for these guys.
Check out the Youtube playlist below for videos from all 4 bands!
Or click the link here http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAwqhbHRmM1wnWpK4xpWIFGWRPTtSsUQy
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Friday, January 25, 2013
@ Michael's Bar & Grill $7- 10 PM
Patrick Healy's Lazarus Project
http:// www.patrickhealyslazaruspro ject.com/
@ Michael's Bar & Grill $7- 10 PM
Patrick Healy's Lazarus Project
http://
Herd Of..
https://soundcloud.com/ herdof
Oceanic
https://www.facebook.com/ pages/Oceanic/ 215672748558634?ref=ts&fref =ts
Sacrificing Sound
https://www.facebook.com/ sacrificingsound?ref=ts&fre f=ts
https://soundcloud.com/
Oceanic
https://www.facebook.com/
Sacrificing Sound
https://www.facebook.com/
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