Artist description 5-piece nu-metal band from UK. Iguana's, cigs and suicide.

Music Style Industrial/Metal

Musical Influences Korn, Rammstein, Deftones, Biohazard.

Similar Artists Korn, Biohazard, Deftones, Rammstein, Godhead, Disturbed, Fear Factory

Artist History Formed in 2001 and practised for a few months before starting to gig locally. Recorded there first demo in early 2002.

Group Members Dan Buckley - Vocals Neil Card - Guitars Ben Crawshaw - Sampling, sequencing, keyboards John-P Marley - Bass Ashley Smith - Drums

Instruments vocals, guitars, sampling, sequencing, keyboards, bass, drums

Albums Demo

Press Reviews Recent contenders in York's 'dark' and 'heavy' music scene always seem to have an added sweetner of audience-friendly hip-hop or pop sensibility. Sigmunde miss out that sickly nutrasweetness and just go for the stomach wrenching bitter aftertatse. Their demo launches with gutterul screams and superbly produced, rumbling industrial metal guitars. The intermittent quietness of the vocals draws the listener in, but instead of a whispered message, you get a hard spiked fist in the side of your head. However, the musical arrangement doesn't just rely on crunching riffage. The more than rare uninspired moments are more than outweighed by the grin-inducing electro, the psychotic whispering stereo madness and the final track's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas sample. This is full fat, high-caffine dirty medicine. - :HERE Magazine The Mayfair Mall: Band: Sigmunde Promo Disc Ok, before we go any further take a look at the bottom of this article at the names of the track listing on this promo I've been sent. Now then what exactly does the track names suggest to you? Bubble-gum pop/rock? Indie student boppy stuff? What about Nu-Metal? OK, I'll help you along a bit and save you the flustration of trying to guess which genre this particular band belongs to. Believe it or not it's Nu-Metal! Surprised? Yes so was I! Opening with the rather interesting ditty 'Malicious Footwear' the deep dark undertones of the guitar and bass give you a taste of what is to come. Lead singer Dan Buckley sways between gentle soft harmonies and brutal primal screams and grunts. Basically they have everything you'd ever want in a Nu-Metal band if that's your bag. 'Ronsonifaction' opens with some very tasteful keyboards and guitars pieces, very tasteful indeed. Then the rap comes in and reminds you what this band is all about. They are for the young, they are for the rebellious. Before long the grunts and screams once more accompany the big fat guitar and bass riffs. If you're the wrong side of 25 then you're not going to get this music at all. Put it this was the number 666 is screamed out throughout the chorus, and there's more than fair splattering of swear words. If this ever get released on a label it's most definitely gonna need a parental warning all over the front. However the good news is if you like the kind of bands that grace the boards of the Ozz Fests then this is the band for you. York's very own answer to Coal Chamber is about as close a comparison as I can give you. Just because it's loud and has big sharp teeth don't be afraid of it. This 5 piece consists of a group of young men who know their way around their instruments and know what the people their age really want to listen to. They've combined this and come up with this rather interesting collection of songs. My favourite song out of the four is perhaps strangely the hypnotizing track 'Interlude'. Just the mention of Tequila and sound of some air raid sirens and it had me in its claws. What more can I say except they're young, they're bloody good at what they do, and if you like this kind of music you'd do a hell of a lot worse than spending some time checking them out.

Location York, Yorkshire - United Kingdom

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