NEW BAND FIX; JOHNNY TRUANT, MORS PRINCIPIUM EST, TRACEDAWN
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 3:59pm by Vince Neilstein
In my ongoing crusade to stop beating the same Metallica/Disturbed/DEP/whatever canon to death, here are some new(ish) bands you might not know about that are currently making the rounds in my playlist:
Johnny Truant – Recently signed to Ferret Music, this UK technical metalcorish (not always a bad word!) outfit has slogged it out in the underground since 2001. The band are excellent musicians but certainly don’t beat you over the head with it — think a slightly techier version of All Shall Perish. Their new album No Tears for the Creatures drops September 30th in the US.
Mors Principium Est – Progressive melodic death metal from Finland that somehow manages to keep this waning genre fresh. Given I’m a big sucker for melodeath, but still… These cats are solid. [Thanks: Chris C.]
Tracedawn (pictured above) – More Finnish melodeath; more progressive and more melodic than Mors Principium Est, and definitely more epic, but still distinctly Scandinavian. They are the Children of Bodom to your In Flames, the Firewind to your Mercenary. Get it? [Thanks: Dean C.]
-VN
Thanks guys I’m always happy to read about new bands.
My respects for mentioning Mors Principium Est.
Amazing band.
Anybody into melodic death metal should check out The Scourger. Also from Finland, also an excellent band.
Thanks for the Tracedawn tip. It dffinatly fills my epic eurometal fix!
Mors Principium Est is infact solid. I forwared Tracedawn to my fiancee, that goes under the “metal that girls dig” file.
lol @ Johnny Truant are new.
You say that now because they just got American Distro.
They fucking own and have owned since day one
I thought Johnny Truant was a well known name in the “underground”.
Kudos for Johnny Truant, excellent band =D
Mad respect for mentioning Mors Principium Est, Vince. Starting with their debut in ‘03 (re-released ‘06), Inhumanity, I knew this band had potential; and they’ve shown it.