Artist description A wild, stunning mixture, incorporating a wide variety of influences, Red Sun Project made some serious impact to the Austrian music scene.

Music Style Crossover/Retro

Musical Influences From Jazz to Metal, from Blues to Techno - a little bit of everything.

Similar Artists Deftones, Kyuss, Fear Factory, Korn, Eleven Pictures, Tool, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam, Creed

Artist History Founded in Dezember '95, released the first Demo 'Stoned' in '96, the second one, 'In need of medical attention' in '98. Red Sun Project participated 2 times in Europe's biggest amateur music-contest, the Pop-o-drom and reached place 11 in '96 and place 9 in '97, from out of more than 200 bands.

Group Members Rainer Zimmermann - Guitar, Mario Hinterreiter - Bass, Chris Unger - Drums, Erich Schlager - Vocals

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals

Albums Demo 'Stoned', Demo 'In need of medical attention'

Press Reviews Red Sun Project - Stoned - (4-track demo) by: Alain M. Gaudrault (***--)Red Sun Project is actually 7th Gate (see review in this issue) in disguise. Fronted by a different vocalist, the band plays a decidedly more mainstream style of metal. While still retaining a thick, crunching sound, this demo incorporates elements more commonly found in heavy alternative acts, without the uni-dimensional simplistic playing displayed by said bands. And again, as with 7th Gate, the demo was recorded without the aid of effects, overdubbing, etc, "just live playing." Unfortunately, the weak link in Red Sun Project has to be their vocalist. While his singing voice is decent in places, his screams are beyond annoying, and his rap has to go, although it could be argued that it fits the music. I would readily disagree. In anycase, this is a pretty cool showcasing of talent, and certainly displays the diversity of the musicians, particularly after having sampled their alter-ego, 7th Gate. If you were thinking about ordering the latter's demo, consider Red Sun Project's as well, if only to hear the breadth of their writing abilities. Source: ftp://ftp.etext.org/pub/Zines/ChroniclesOfChaos/coc011.txt

Additional Info CD comin' soon, watch out !

Location Steyr, OOE - Austria

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