Artist description OSIVA/PLS is a masterful blend of blistering-holocaust riffs with raw ghetto beats and rhyme attitude, held together by a layer of dimension-splitting digital chaos.

Music Style Hardcore/Metal Hip-Hop

Musical Influences Slayer, MR. BUNGLE, Messhugah

Similar Artists Candiria, Messhugah, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Slipnot, Slayer,

Artist History The three founding members, Nihilation (Vocals, Guitar), Quincy (Guitar, Digital Effects), and WorldClass (Bass, Vocals), have been playing together for over 10 years. In 1998, the trio found the crucial missing link: Roc, the 18 year-old drummer prodigy of Rob Affuso (SkidRow).Over the past year, OSIVA has been stunning audiences with their drop-jaw heavy performances, with over one hundred hardcore shows on the East Coast, touring with Hardcore mainstays HateBreed, Candiria and Dissolve. In the Summer of '99, OSIVA recorded the follow-up to 1997's "Clear" which sparked a cult-following, selling thousands of units

Group Members Nihilation - Guitars, Vocals \Quincy - Guitars, Mayhem \WorldClass - Bass, Vocals \Roc - Drums, Vocals

Albums RIOT LEVEL(2000), CLEAR (1997)

Press Reviews Riot Level," is a 65 minute aural assault of hardcore agony embedded in a digital chaos nightmare. "East coast hardcore gets a kick in the ass from Osiva – brutalizing purveyors of fine grind combined with digital production chaos and ghettoized rhythms.they have continued to fuse diverse musical influences in a punishing brew all their own – evidenced by their 1999 full-length debut Riot Level. -Osiva has tapped into a new vein of genre-blending and innovation in hardcore metal – equal parts death and def. Proceed at your own risk." -Dan Epstein- Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books. Osiva has the thrill and driving punctuation that not to many bands have today. The twists of genre that Osiva offers is not only innovative, but also seems to be perfectly planned and dareingly initiated. You're entranced by the airy textures hidden inside the beats. And then you're cunningly assaulted by an abrupt change in time signature or complete silence. In my opinion, Osiva has what it takes. Diversity, pure genius and most of all, teamwork are are gripingly evident in Osiva's current triumph.

Location Poughkeepsie, NY - USA

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