OUTSIGHT

Album - Christalone
Genre -Metalcore

I learned about Outsight from a friend of mine who lives in Alabama, I think one of the guys from this band went on to be in Across Five Aprils. But anyway, these guys are what you get when you mix Zao and Linkin Park together and throw in some Vessel and 90's hardcore breakdowns.

From what i understand, this full length was self-recorded, and good luck finding it anywhere outside of Georgia.

Download here.

ALEXIA

Album - Demo
Genre - Experimental, Mathcore, Metalcore

This band has a sound that is really difficult to describe save to say it is very experimental. The 2 songs here really touch on about every sub-genre of metal. Somehow they managed to tie it all together in a way that makes it seem like these different styles belong together.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about this band, and if someone can fill me in in the comments, as always, it is appreciated.

Mediafire download

SCARY GERMAN GUY

Album - Random
Genre - Metalcore, Experimental

I've never met anyone who actually knows anything about this band. They were around from 1998 to 2001, and were apparently a part of the Long Island, NY scene.

I came across them while browsing through mp3.com back in my high school days when i would spend hours downloading anything i could get my hands on when i should have been learning.

The first thing you notice when listening to SGG, is their lack of a real, live drummer. These dudes played out w/ programmed drums and samples, which i'm sure at the time, was unheard of. Their style of 90's metalcore really stood out to me as something that could have a lot of potential if there were a real drummer. Also interesting were their use of samples which are found in nearly every song written by these dudes.

At some point in time, SGG decided to experiment w/ hip hop, and other styles of music, so its hard to really pinpoint a genre,  but they toy with everything from hardcore to melodic metalcore and emo.

In all, i love this style of metalcore, i love the use of samples, and i would love to see SGG get back together.

I put together a zip file of all the music i could find from them, i don't know the names of all the songs or what albums they're from, if anyone can get me info or rips of these albums let me know in the comments!

here is a link to their myspace.

also, DOWNLOAD

PISTOLS AT DUSK

Album – 2002 Demo
Genre – Hardcore

I found out about Seattle’s PISTOLS AT DUSK back in 03/04 after getting my hands on issue one of an indie comic book called KILLING CUPID. The idea was to have a book packaged with a 7” record featuring one or two bands from somewhere in the US. It was a pretty cool way to spread the word about local talent in different cities across the country. I think it only lasted for 2 issues.  Anyway, PISTOLS AT DUSK play a pretty interesting brand of hardcore mixed with punk and metalcore. It really reminds me of what some bands started doing in the mid-90’s, experimenting with more than just 3-chord progressions.

I've been wanting to share this for a while now, and its too bad these guys aren’t around anymore, I would have liked to hear them progress and put out a full length.

You can download the demo from their website.