Not Even Death

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genre: Heavy metal, Screamo
Band Members: Dani - Vocals
Justin - Guitar
Mat - Bass/vocals
Mike - Drum/vocals

Not Even Death, a great band with great music to say the least. I came across this band, very randomly on facebook, I have no idea how I got to their page, maybe someone posted a link or something like that, but I can't say exactly but most importantly I listened to their music and was instantly loving it, and my feelings for their music has only been more intensified, as I listen to them more and more. My favourite song by them is That You Would Part The sky. I keep discovering something new about the instrumentals in the songs, the breakdowns and the level of complexity and originality. Everything just works well together, all the different instruments brought together sounds perfect. I would point out that their arrangement is quite standard of most metal, start off fast and hard and midway through the song, we have a soulful piece which this band does well with a female lead vocalist, her soft feminine voice soothes you, and then a build up to a raise the tempo and decibels, but of course its different in each song but this is sort of the similarities. It is a good formula in my opinion.

They have their lyrics posted on their website and from that you can understand the message they are trying to put across, and from most of it, they have uplifting lyrics of encouragement in Annihilation of Ambition, and as I am of the Christian faith I understand that their songs all have the message past across, but not in a preachy manner, no talk of Jesus Christ and such, just the doctrines as such. Even if you do not believe in the faith, it is still awesome music, whether you agree or not.

They are definitely in my top favourite bands at the moment. You can see all of their music and such on their website

notevendeath.com

or their facebook profile:
Not Even Death's profile

Hunter city madness \m/

Current Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 Genre: Heavy Metal
Band members: Justin Gow(vocals)
                         Jordan Gow(Guitar)
                         Kyle Johnson(Guitar)
                         Sean Strasbourg(Bass guitar)
                         Mike Jelkovic(Drums)


Hunter City Madness, first of all I must say they totally rock but nothing especially new, I have come to realize. I found out about this band in the most random way ever and when I eventually listened to them, it surprised me how good they were.
So I found out about Hunter City Madness from a sticker they had on an Ottawa OC transpo bus, it caught my eye, i think the name was what got my attention. So I took a pic with my phone and tried to makes sure I remembered to check out their myspace page, I was having a rather shitty day, and then got home and decided to check out some new music, and what I heard made my day. I was so shocked at how good they were and surprised at why these guys weren't big. Firstly their artwork caught my eye and made me smile then I got to the music, Old habits of young lovers was the first one I heard and then Pleatherface(you can listen to it at the bottom) came on and I got off my ass and began headbanging and slam dancing, and I just wanted to trash the place. They definitely made a great 1st impression on me.

They are a sick band, Justin has such a strong voice, brutal growls, to match his extra bad ass persona, Jordan's singing, which is to a minimum, adds a certain pinch of soul to their songs, although I must say their heavier songs are the best of their work. The instrumentals on the other hand are perfect, the assembly of all the different parts, the 2 front guitars, for the melodies, they do a fantastic job synchronizing with each other, that is Jordan and Kyle(the newest member in the band). The drums are fast and brilliantly done, and of course the bass for the extra heaviness, done fast and when you see em live you just feel it in chest, then you know its time to rock.
I had the pleasure of seeing them live, along with a few other bands, 2 of which I think are worth mentioning, Ecliptium and Be The Saviour.

My verdict is that this band is really good and kick ass, and I'm glad they are making some headway, hopefully I would be able to say "I called it", when the world is loving their shit. Check them out on their myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/huntercitymadness



My favourite song of Hunter City Madness.