I saw the title and thought you were talking about this girl:
The Commander-In-Chief > BIO

So glad its not and I dig this band :yesway:

 

The Commander-In-Chief > BIO

Fucking hell man, those goddam quotes in the header.

 

A strong debut effort.
Glad to see she's actually sticking with it and becoming more than just a gimmick.
If she keeps at it, there's a serious amount of potential here.

 

Still kind of gimmicky - they could have called the band something other than her stage name, and I've never seen a video fo any band, including Dream Theater, feature closeups of the drummer so prominently - but certainly competent.

Though, I can't shake the feeling it sounds like a less interesting Periphery.

 

Still kind of gimmicky - they could have called the band something other than her stage name, and I've never seen a video fo any band, including Dream Theater, feature closeups of the drummer so prominently - but certainly competent.

Though, I can't shake the feeling it sounds like a less interesting Periphery.

And I don't think the gimmick is really serving her well. When I see a hot chick who likes metal my brain pretty much shuts off and the unclean thoughts start. In the short term focusing on that aspect might be useful. But in the end her talent is going to be overlooked. I'm with you on the sound. The music is fine but there wasn't anything there to draw me in and want to hear more.

 

It's not a bad song, and I dig the singer.

I'm still not a massive fan of her drumming. She's capable, but there's nothing that grabs my attention, and she sounds and looks like she's barely hitting the things.

Compared to someone like this girl, who has actual energy and attack (though she doesn't play much metal):

 

I just realized that the song in the OP is 2:55.

There's a joke here about kids and their short attention spans or something.

 

not bad!
that lead guitarist is Travis Montgomery... you'll know him from Threat Signal, and he's also Jeff Loomis' live rhythm guitarist! Beast player and a really nice guy.

 

yes thank you , I was trying to figure out where I knew this guy from
Great player

 

singer that actually sings

Have you ever heard actual singing good sir? Audibly bleeding from your vagina as hard as you can into a microphone over a C list generic djentcore track does not automatically make it "singing".

This literally had zero redeeming aspects.

If you were unlucky enough to pick out any of the lyrics you might have heard the gem "Do your demons cry?"

No. My demons do not cry. They mope in their room doing hammer curls while their mom begs them to come down and eat dinner because it's getting cold trying to recapture the magic of the sheer overbearing angst of Linkin Park for the first time in a modern metal context in a band who's existence is only justified because one of the members is an internet sensation. Then they put on their beanie and deliver a powerful emotive performance in a shitty music video with sweet digital effects.

 

This is completely unfair. Hammer curls are an integral part of a balanced bicep workout. The monster sitting on top of my Spider II proves it.

 

Death metal vocals aren't typically considered to be singing - which is why they the dude grunting majestically into the microphone is usually referred to as a vocalist instead of a singer.

Ergo, it is clear that Garret was comparing the singing in the video to stuff like Maiden and Priest, and by that measure he's 100% correct.

Vis a vis. Concordantly.

:naren:

 

Comparing anyone to Halford and/or Dickinson is to set them up for failure, because the only other singer comparable is now sadly dead.

 

Women can't play metal.

All rock and metal projects with women in them are sex selling gimmicks.

All modern music sounds like djent.

 

The only cool band to feature a woman was so incredibly cool it set the bar way too high.

 

I was actually a little disappointed when I saw them live and the vocals were just sort of standard gurgly, uber low brutal death metal vocals and not toad-demon-taking-a-taco-bell-shit vocals like on the album.

 

The demon toilet croaks are fucking legendary man.