EARACHE SIGNS ANOTHER RE-THRASH BAND

In other news the sky is blue, the grass is always greener on the other side, men like sticking their dicks in things and Axl is in a grumpy mood.

The band is called Diamond Plate, they’re from Chicago, look to be all of about 18 years old and are managed by a good dude that I used to book shows with back in my agency days. Axl actually previewed these guys back in January of this year (he should be an A&R man!); he noted being especially impressed with the song “Relativity” on their MySpace page but had a hard time getting used to Jon Macak’s vocals, and on both points I concur.

Look, I hate to be a pre-emptive hater, but enough with the re-thrash already. It’s peaked; no one in the U.S. cares, and there’s so much music out there that’s new and way more interesting that I don’t understand why labels are wasting their time on bands like this, especially when none of them sell any records. That said, these guys certainly do seem to have plenty of musical talent so I hope they can harness it and transmogrify their thrash into something fresh the way, say, Revocation have. For now, I’ll wait to hear their Earache debut to pass final judgment. Bring it on, dudes!

-VN

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