Artist description Fierce, female-fronted metal. Heavy, with a dark edge.

Music Style metal

Musical Influences Tool, NIN, Siouxsie, Sevendust, Metallica

Similar Artists Siouxsie meets Marilyn Manson and goes metal

Artist History the missing: has been together for almost 6 years, and has quite a loyal following in the New York City area. The band has been featured on the #1 college music station in the country, 89.5 WSOU, and is currently in regular rotation. WSOU plays only the heaviest rock and metal, and the missing: is one of only a very small handful of the female-fronted bands which it plays.

Group Members Guitar: John, Bass: Laurie, Vox: DM, Drums: Insert Your Name Here!!

Albums CD EP

Press Reviews "the missing: restrain nothing from their audience, letting loose with an intense bombast of high energy riffs that generate spooky melodies. Female vocals spit bloody words that are at once mesmerizing and frightening." -- listen.com......."This act is a hard one to top. the missing: are one excellent unit...anyone into metal, goth, rock and theatrical flair will seriously get into the missing:. The pleasure was mine." -- Steppin' Out Magazine......."This is a dark sound that spells rage...and I would say it definitely has a sadomasochistic charm to it. Judging from the press photo and the scathing vocals, this girl could easily kick my ass..." -- More Sugar Entertainment......."Dark, heavy, pure, and with an intensity that hits you right in the face...this band is really worth checking out..." -- Metal Maidens......."Rawness and energy that reaches right into your soul and rips out your heart...dm has such a piercing screech but also exercises self-control with her range...one could not help but think what a perfect group of musicians. Each adds individuality and this somehow melts perfectly into loud, oozing, teeth-kicking music..." -- Dig This Reel......."This band doesn't waste time attacking you with their fierce brand of industrial/metal. Lead vocalist dm has rage in her vocals that is both powerful and well-directed. dm accentuates the lyrics in the right places, sometimes whispering, other times screaming with a ferocity that puts any man in his place." -- Modern Musician Monthly......."First class electro-goth with heavy guitars that speak of great things for this talented band. The lead singer is a vicious goth diva, angry and ready to take on the world with a dramatic vocal tone that can go from painfully melodic to completely sinister in the blink of an eye - check out "Dying Room" for an example of the haunting moodiness that she can so capably conjure. Backed by the tight rhythms of a live drummer and plenty of heavy guitar riffs, this band has a distinctive sound and seems to be doing everything right. At four songs, this is a brief but very effective listen, for it does its job of whetting my tastebuds in anticipation of a full-length release from the missing:." -- Chaotic Critiques e-zine Issue #11......."Four fistfuls of feminine rage, coiled and hammering. Hole comes to mind, and that great Diamanda Galas/John Paul Jones album, but the missing: are strong enough to fight off any comparisons. Such delightful subjects as stalkers, domestic violence, irredeemable scum and China's one-child policy are tackled with force and fury." -- Jim Santos' Demo Universe......."Poor Dolly is a great-sounding album that offers four strong tracks with wailing guitar licks throughout. This is head-banging music at its best. A few songs seem to address a personal vendetta as well as a national crisis: domestic abuse. One notable track, "Justice," deals with the problem head-on: So this is how you think a man's supposed to act?/You beat on women 'cause we don't hit back. But DM, the lead vocalist, does hit back. Her rich voice emotes not only venom but an appealing theatrical quality...these psychologically dark waters have been explored many times before...but nobody rages about these subjects like a pissed-off woman..." -- The Westchester Weekly......."the missing: fuse Marilyn Manson stylized buzzsaw guitar riffs, bombastic bass and demon drumming, forming the foundations for the banshee-like wailing of vocalist dm...a lot of creativity and good ideas have gone into this...Recommended..." -- The Aquarian......."One of the few EPs that has the ability to kick you right between the eyes on the first listen. dm's vocals bore through a melange of angry guitar and bass. the missing:'s style is a hybrid, featuring the dominatrixy singer's growling, howling and purring, husky hard-rock bass/lead guitar, and live drums...a local band worth checking out live..." -- Scrawl Magazine......."Singer dm possesses you immediately with vocals that fall somewhere between Siouxsie and Grace Slick. The band's music swells around her, rising to impossible heights and then dropping out to leave dm alone in darkness to fend for herself until she scratches and claws her way out. To describe them simply as a goth band would be a travesty..." -- MTV Out From Underground......."the missing: combine gothic sensibilities with the harshness and power of industrial music. While all the musicians in the band deserve praise, it is the vocals of dm that drive the band home. Her ability to hold a note alone sets her apart from many of her peers...dm chooses to be heard, and it's lucky for us...she is capable of the harshest growls as well as mellifluous sounds..." -- The Poison Apple.......During the Psychodrama Records' 1998 Tri-State Music Showcase, the missing: beat out 200 other bands to take first place in the Hard Rock category. Their success was covered in area newspapers: "Does anyone remember Doro Pesch from Warlock? I always wanted to be her when I grew up -- heavy metal chick extraordinaire -- and the missing: has one of their very own. She's a raven-haired vixen who goes by the initials "dm" and feels no compulsion to keep her mouth shut and look pretty. While scared to death of her, I really admire her voice, which is clear, strong and quite beautiful, no matter how much she distorts it for the purpose of her noiresque singing machinations. the missing: is a shrapnel-laced concoction of heavy metal and goth-industrial. The overall effect is a grinding, sexy spookiness that creeps up and blackens your soul. Melodrama is revered, and it drives their riotous live shows..." -- The Westchester Weekly

Location Brooklyn, NY - USA

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