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RXYZYXR NEED SOME VOWELS AND A VOCALIST

 Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 11:35am by

At what point do we get tired of “math-y, downtuned, Meshuggah-worshipping tech metal that gives boners to dudes like this“? Soon. Very soon. But at least for the time being it seems like the saturation point for said bands hasn’t quite been reached and there’s a remarkable amount of variation between these bands that sets (most of) them apart from one another. RXYZYXR aren’t the most original band on the planet but there’s just enough uniqueness to keep their music interesting. In a micro-genre where “bass” is a four letter word, I really dig some of the stuff their bass player is doing here.

Shelby Cobras of Illogical Contraption tells us that RXYZYXR are looking for a vocalist and they’re giving away their entire demo for free to help the process. Smart! Though the band resides in Sweden they promise via a message on their MySpace page that “The most part of work is remote,” which would seem to indicate that any potential vocalist could live anywhere. A band giving away their music for free in search of a remote vocalist… this is the future, my friends.

-VN

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  • Alex

    There’s one small flaw in this band.

    How the fuck do people talk about them? Their name is… what?

  • pigchop

    I enjoyed that video posted – no ‘grrr argh grrr’ vocal vomit. Most of the bands I have heard over the past 10 years or so come across as ‘un-listenable’ because of the horrid vocals. And it’s a damn shame because a lot of these bands sound great otherwise.

  • rv

    Meshuggah are easily in my top 5 favourite bands of all time. It’s rare to find a band that you enjoy every one of their releases (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Pantera (Cowboys forward…the true pantera in my eyes) And I definitely dig a little Meshuggah influence here and there (the empire shall fall) but this is pretty rediculous in my opinion.

    Now they are talented and the song is pretty cool but what is the real point of listening to them? Unless a vocalist takes them in a totally new direction and gives them a unique sound (which is possible), you may as well listen to Meshuggah.

    Now this is only my opinion but there is nothing unique about them so far. Why listen to these guys, when you can go to the source and listen to Meshuggah who have been doing this for 20 some odd years. Mind you a Meshuggah clone is better than a fucking suicide silence clone, this is still a pass for me.

  • Horeshine

    8 string guitar, 7 string guitar and a standard 4 string bass?

    Interesting combination…

    • IGOTZA8STRING

      ^ this

    • http://www.last.fm/user/opeth027/ Kyle

      I was thinking exactly the same thing too!

      How the hell does the bass player keep up!?

    • Sugam

      It’s not a standard 4 string bass, it’s a 4 string with B E A D tuning!!

  • Chris

    I liked the tom part at the :40 mark.

    I actually liked the song for the most part — I just hope they don’t get a shitty vocalist. I like a lot of these kinds of bands instrumentally, but can’t stand a lot of the vocals (BOO in particular). I do like ATB and Periphery quite a bit though.

  • Ziltoid

    At what point do we get tired of “math-y, downtuned, Meshuggah-worshipping tech metal that gives boners to dudes like this“?

    That guy played a Mario cover on a bass, not some mildly altered version of “Rational Gaze” or something. If anything, the writers of this site are the ones who love all of this shitcore crap ripping off Meshuggah.

    • blankman

      + infinity

  • —

    seriously, why give any attention to bands that bring nothing to the genre?
    “there’s just enough uniqueness to keep their music interesting”?????
    Sounds like 100% rip-off to me…

  • Brownsound279

    I, for one, welcome our new Meshuggah-worshipping overlords.

  • Satch Armstrong

    Ricks-izz-zixxer?

  • Tonberry

    Skimming the front page, I saw the 8 string and thought “Oh god, I know what this is gonna sound like”. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sub-sub genre jump the shark so fast.

  • Alex_P

    Is it still a palindrome if it’s not a word?

    • GotBass

      Dude, you just made 90% of this blog’s audience scramble for their dictionary.

      Palindrome. P-A-L-I…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Wilmot/1177765489 Ian Wilmot

    i like how the solo is a lot more melodic than a lot of the math metal bands solos typically are
    cause with some of the bands
    it seems like they just try to fit as many random notes into the solo as possible

    hopefully they can find a decent vocalist that fits what they’re doing well
    without sounding like meshuggah or any other band

    • Axolotl

      Exactly what I thought. I would have agreed 100% with everyone saying they’d rather listen to Meshuggah than this, but the solos were very good and completely different than the usual.

  • http://www.philistineonthesidewalk.net Kodiak

    Hell, I’ll listen to another “Meshuggah clone” if they’re as good as these guys! They remind me a lot of a dutch band NoMeN that was around in the early 00′s. Kinda like Planet X too – a little more progressive than a straight-up Meshuggah rip-off.

    Good luck to them in finding a suitable vocalist!

  • http://www.last.fm/user/opeth027/ Kyle

    Not bad, but nothing really unique other than the unpronounceable name.

    Though it seems Krusty the Clown approves…

  • Sammy

    Hate the band’s beyond-mentally-disabled name, love the bass player playing chords.

  • Facebook User

    this band is pretty good. they should get that guy who did the acapella version of ” Bleed,” to sing for them. that would be a pretty good combo, and an interesting take on the sound.

  • meekal

    The only way I’d be a big fan of this band is if their vocalist doesn’t sound a thing like Meshuggah.
    Ideally, I’d prefer an entirely clean with little melody, like if Maynard James Keenan actually sung, although I can’t imagine that heppening.
    If these guys do anything else resembling Meshuggah, then they will fade into obscurity.
    Enjoy it while you can.