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The Demonstration Post New Music At Midnight!

Scott — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:28:39 +0000

North Carolina’s The Demonstration will be posting new music from their upcoming release, Accidents With Intelligence on Mediaskare Records. Click the link below to take you there. Add them as a friend, book mark their myspace and listen to their new music tonight at midnight. It’s going to be a beautiful thin!

The Demonstration’s Myspace

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Goldsboro NC’s The Ruin Live 7/15

Scott — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:12:09 +0000

Last night I went to check out local band The Ruin not too far from my house. It started out kind of a strange night but ended up being pretty cool. When I expected to go to Goldsboro, NC to watch them play I really didn’t expect it to be out in the country. But when I map-quested it I had a feeling that that’s where I was headed. When you’re a local band in a small city, trying to establish a name for yourself so that you can start gigging at bigger venues you have to play when you can, where you can, and however you can. Most of the time when I have seen a band doing just that it’s been at a party of some sort but this was some unconventional shit that seemed to work. I present to you…Ol’ Zeek’s. Ol’s Zeek’s is nothing more than what I think is a pig barn. At the end is a flat bed truck back used as a very cramped stage. A dirt floor made the place a bit dusting when people started moshing and also made it hard for pictures.

On to the acts. The first band to play was Something For Nothing. A cool sounding band that you would swear has a metal-core sound to them, but when you listen to their CD it almost sounds more screamo. Either way, they played well and sounded good. They also tried to put on a good show when they played which I thought looked a little over-enthusiastic for the circumstances…but hell, rock on!

Soon after The Ruin set up their equipment, minus a Bass player on the flat-bed stage. Two half stacks, an un-mic’d drum set that had seen better days and a microphone through a P.A. that was on the floor. Not a fancy set up by any means but it worked. The Ruin played hard throughout and I think movement would have been a little more likely if there was more room on the stage. At first the P.A. was a bit loud and vocals were actually drowning out the guitars a bit. The main problem with a set up like this is that you have to have everything mixing well, if vocals are too loud then you don’t hear the guitars, if you turn up the guitars you won’t hear the drums. So when you’re playing raw like this you have to have everything at just the right levels otherwise it sounds like shit. However they sounded good. The set lasting about 30 minutes or so seemed to go quick but it probably felt like a lot longer for The Ruin with the heat inside the barn. Hopefully when they finish getting their demos mastered and press rolling they can start playing bigger venues and maybe get on their way.

Check out their Myspace page. They have a few tracks up you can download. If you like The Red Chord, The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, then chances are you’ll dig The Ruin. Keep an eye out on their myspace for updates.

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NC Metal | The Local Scene

Scott — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:07:20 +0000

When you think of Metal and local scenes one of the last states that probably would ever come to mind is North Carolina. Most people when they think of North Carolina think of country music, rednecks and Nascar. While we do have all three of those things here, we also have a lot of kick ass Metal and Hardcore bands. Some of them are big on the scene and well known in these parts and some are trying vigorously to break out. Below are a couple bands that I have found through Myspace or word of mouth from my friend Martin and he’s got good taste in metal music. This first feature of NC Metal will introduce you to two metal bands. The Ruin, an up and coming band and The Demonstration, a band that has been around for awhile and is doing pretty well for themselves so far. Check ‘em out…

The first band I want to throw out here is a band from a city not too far from me in Goldsboro, NC. The Ruin. There is not a whole lot of info on the band on their myspace but from what I remember is that they started out as a bunch of teens making metal the best they knew how. Some members had to move and now they’re back. The bands back together and they are trying their damndest to make their name know. They have a few shows here and there and have recorded a demo that you can listen to at their myspace. It’s a rough mix, but damn it sound good. With a little tweaking in the mix and it would sound better than some of the mainstream bands out there. Check out their myspace, give the demo, Purify The Wicked a listen (add them as a friend and help them get some exposure). I’ll be trying to keep up to date with any info on The Ruin in the future.

The second band I want to introduce is The Demonstration. The Demonstration, out of Burlington, NC have 2 full length albums out already and are also part of KillWitneyDead. They start recording third third full length cd titled Accidents With Intelligence on Midiaskare/ Century Media this sunday (June 1st). The Demonstration have a metalcore/progrerssive metal sound to them. You can listen to a few tracks from Words Of A Con Artist on their myspace and check their touring schedule. They may be playing in a city near you.

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