Artist description Fans of Alabama sextet Haste, the technically proficient, guitar-driven hard rock outfit hailing from the festering region of Birmingham, will no doubt be blown-away by the band's third offering, The Mercury Lift. The album is the product of hard work and Haste's inevitable musical evolution, one that vocalist Chris Mosley says had been a long time coming. "It just seems like a natural progression - the same step we took from the first record to the second," Mosley explains. "There are a few songs on this record that have no real aggressive screaming and then there are others where that's all there is. It's a lot heavier than anything we've done. It kind of broadens the whole spectrum a little bit this time, more from one extreme to the other than kind of being up the middle, as we were in the past." The band was formed in 1993 by Kelly Reaves, Jason Burns, Jeff Gardner and Brandon Thrasher. When Mosley entered the fold in late 1995, the band's unique dual vocal assault was born. Guitarist Nick Brunson joined a few years later - just in time to record their debut album - and with that, Haste was complete. After two previous releases, Pursuit In The Face of Consequence (1999) and When Reason Sleeps (2001), alongside tours with such notable genre heavyweights as Boy Sets Fire, Glassjaw, Hopesfall, Shai Hulud and Zao, in addition to monumental performances at the Furnace Festival, Hellfest and The New England Metalfest, the group steadily built a loyal fanbase. They also gained national recognition from having “Engine” added to the Road Rules Soundtrack, which led to the video receiving airplay on MTV2. The Mercury Lift, the band's third full-length release, finally takes hold of what the band has hinted at in the past. Fans both old and new will quickly see this album for what it is – a brilliant, emotional and captivating journey brought forth from the heart of a band that won't stand still

Music Style Hard rock,hardcore,aggressive,kevincore, metal, hardcore crossover,rock n roll,

Musical Influences Quicksand, Boy Sets Fire,Texas is the Reason,Tool,Sparkmarker,Slayer,Radiohead,Snapcase, Helmet, Neurosis

Similar Artists Boy Sets Fire, Sparkmarker,Tool, Milltown,Rival Schools,Helmet, Neurosis, Snapcase,drowningman,quicksand,texas is the reason

Artist History The beginning of rock n roll didnt include these guys but they'll be the band to keep it going.

Group Members Kelly Reaves - vocals (low) Chris Mosley - vocals (high) Jason Burns - guitars Nick Brunson - guitars Brandon Thrasher - bass Jeff Gardner - drums

Albums Pursuit In The Face Of Consequence, When Reason Sleeps- March 20th, 2001,THE MERCURY LIFT- WWW.THEMERCURYLIFT.COM www.hastemusic.com

Press Reviews One of this year's crucial discs - Alternative Press Haste has created possibly their most varied album to date.... for those uninitiated, watch out!- Blistering.com The Mercury Lift, with its defiance of boundaries and formulas, especially in genres known for their predictability and clich�s, shines as one of the stronger releases of the year-Kingsofar.com It is almost overwhelming at how seamless this group have become at melding their abrasive metallic edge with a delicate melodic bent..The band have evolved from the tenacious hardcore/punk upstarts... into a fully functional emo/metal hybrid able to effortlessly balance brutality with innate beauty. This album should serve as the defining moment in the band's career-theprp.com This is the next in the line of Hardcore signings that Century Media has come up with. The music is a more metallic style ala Turmoil, and the vocals are the high pitched rantings of the early Indecision recordings. They do have a second vocalist with deeper vocals that are very similar to Jamie of Hatebreed, and the two guys have a NRSV type vocal relationship. It works really well and the music is very powerful. The guitar sound doesn't have that totally tuned down muddy crunch that ruins so many Hardcore bands today. It is a little crunchier than Just Look Around Sick Of It All. For a debut record, this record rips, and should make a real mark on the Hardcore world really soon.(CD) Under The Volcano - MykCombining the aggression of modern hardcore music with the melody and driving passion of emocore, Haste, through their new album When Reason Sleeps, manage to not only claim their place in the scene, but present a standard for upcoming bands....Haste easily defies the boundaries and categories of todays music scene.� Not only are there elements of hardcore and metal in the new album, but also emo and alternative...with the driving beauty that very few two-vocalist bands can bring to your ears, each song is a dramatic change from the one before it; the album opens with a rhythmic, aggression-soaked hardcore vibe, and moves over to alternative and emo.� The fluxuations and inconsistencies are absolutely beautiful...the cd, song by song, is completely enthralling.� Haste puts up a good fight in any of the heavy genres, passionately possessing emotion and aggression; dedication and talent; and an incredible new album...www.undevoured.comimagine a more metallic Snapcase minus the vegan calisthenics, equallypissed-off but at different things, and capable of songs that stick in thehead and stab at the heart with similarly shorthaired aplomb. Rife with atimeless rage and an infinite number of possibilities - people get ready. - terrorizer

Location Birmingham, AL - USA

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