UNSIGNED AND UNHOLY ALUMNI: TELLUSIAN, LIZARD PROFESSOR, LIKE RATS

Tellusian, Lizard Professor and Like Rats have all been featured in this space in the past, and today we check in to see how they’ve grown since.

• Tellusian [featured August 2011]: Tellusian are back with a new song on a split 7″ with The Swan King. I stand by my original “for fans of” statement — Intronaut, Baroness and Mastodon — but Tellusian seem to have evolved into their own, unique style with this one. Listen here.
• Lizard Professor [featured March 2010]: Lizard Professor seem to have upped the tech-death quotient in their brand of BTBAM-inspired prog metal since we last checked in with them but they sound as tight and jazz-freaky as ever. Two new tunes streaming here.
• Like Rats [featured September 2010]: The band’s 7″ we highlighted in 2010 was released on a small label called Cosmic Debris, but Like Rats have moved up to the hardcore big leagues for their first full-length: A389 released the self-titled album last week. Dirty, gnarly, death-n-roll-style hardcore. Stream two songs from the new album here.

-VN