20 - Hermatovore

Genre: Instrumental/ Metal/ Thrash/ Death-metal/ Prog/ Rock
Location: Auburn, AL
Websites: www.myspace.com/hermatovore
www.purevolume.com/hematovore
www.cdbaby.com/cd/hematovore
www.muchnoise.com/hematovore



Bio: These guys are heavy! Heavier than the heaviest of elements! More massive than a black hole! Thundering guitars and metallic bass give way to new experiments in time. Blasting prog beats support black instrumental metal at its finest. Although I am not well versed in the numerous species of metal, (Death-metal, Black Metal, White Metal, Thrash, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metal, Pure-Metal, Tech-metal, Mech-metal, Prog-metal, Juice-metal...) i can say that Hermatovore can claim them all and then some. Their metal is as poisonous as mercury and can melt matter almost exactly like green Alien blood. And like the blood it continues to melt and wont stop no matter what tries to stop it. That means their metal can melt the Earth in half without slowing down. Uh oh! They aren't all slam your dome through the wall Death-rock though, some of their songs hint at tongue in cheek 80's hair metal and glam. This is usually followed by cranked up to eleven mosh inspiring hardcore crunk-metal!

Hermatovore has been rocking raucous shows for centuries decimating their enemies and inciting fear in those that dare oppose them. Hermatovore is not your average run of the mill rock band, their influences range from The Sword, Led Zeppelin, Captain Falcon, Pantera, Cradle of Filth, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Children of Bodom, Double Dragon, Dragonforce, F-Zero, Conan the Barbarian, Dip n' Dots Ice Cream, and Anal Cunt. With their multi-faceted sweep-picking and guitar acrobatics you're in for some tittilating aural pleasure. Their new and exciting album is being shipped in piece by piece from the planet Krypton by superman himself but he has to go thru customs so it might take a sec. Plus Doomsday is on the loose and he wants Hermatovore all to himself. Nothing better to destroy civilization to, than some fresh Herm-style freakjams!  Hermatovore digests everything from plant material to meat protein to hermaphroditic angels. Hermatovore will devour you!

7 - WHOARFROST

Genre: Psychedelic Rock/ Fusion Grunge Art Metal/ Freakjams
Location: Baltimore, MD
Website: www.myspace.com/whoarfrost



Bio: "This trio of tantric troubadours will completely lobotomize you" - The Dalai Lama. What do you get when you mix jungle/ drum n' bass with the guitar stylings of John Mclaughlin, (The Awesome Fusion Guitar player, not the other one that sucks...) the intensity of Pantera, the form of Zappa and the creativity of Mozart? The answer is obviously Whoarfrost. This group began while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2006. They have been conquering the wasteland one butterfly at a time ever since. "This is some heavy shit" - Chong from Cheech and Chong. "These guys will honestly blow your fucking minds." - God.

I remember being at one of their bombastic performances in Boston circa 2006-2007. Rocking in a packed hot and sweaty basement, Whoarfrost had several old tvs behind them displaying various kinds of hardcore porn. The audience's faces melted to the pure mercury infused samurai sword slicing of Jon Lipscomb's guitar. The heart pounding energy of the drums and the bass created lush spheres of prog-metal-rock-funk that brought apocalyptic doom to the soul. In other words, it was one of the dopest crunkfests I have ever personally attended. Their music is gargantuan especially when you take into account that there are only three members. After living in Amherst for a couple years the group has relocated to Baltimore, MD where they continue to slay maggot infested demons on sound wave battlefields with their amorphous orgy of devastation. Their new album is soon to be released in Feb. 2011 so get with the program and buy it now even though you can't yet! Smell the Devil's Breath!!