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ULTRAGEISTING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP

 Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 3:00pm by

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I like it when new bands draw influences from various odd places across the metal spectrum and combine them into something that works just right, despite the seemingly cobbled together musical blueprint. In the case of Lawnguyland, NY’s Ultrageist, these exceptionally talented musicians draw from bands as all over the map as Protest the Hero, Horse the Band and The Red Chord and end up with an amalgam of progressive metal and hardcore, at times crushing and at times jazzy, with hints of electronica scattered throughout. If the next generation of metal bands is as good as finding new, creative ways to write metal songs as Ultrageist, the kids are gonna be alright.

I’ve yet to see these guys play live, but I’ve got a feeling they bring a great show. We’ll let you know next time they leave Vinnie Boombatz and his hair-gel Guido brigade behind and venture into the big city. Check ‘em out on MySpace.

-VN

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  • hector

    hmm sounds like a bunch of crap to me. trying to mix as many genres of music as they can.

  • Michael

    I’ll disagree with that and say it sounds quite enjoyable. ‘Course I love genre mixing…meh, to each they’re own.

  • Genial Gentile

    Sounds like every other cockamamie bullshit kitchensink-core band you rep, Neilstein.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brett-UnTrve-Byers/1674494933 Brett UnTrve Byers

    I had to sit through these guys when they opened for dark tranquillity here on long island and lemme tell you, their live show was NOT so hot.

    • rrrrrrrrr’s

      must’ve had ur eyes closed then ya idiot

      • Nemesis

        No, I agree with Bret…though i think a lot of it was that they did NOT fit into the bill that night at all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Sterling-Rice/1030080162 James Sterling Rice

    They’re not bad, but they’re not doing anything Sky Eats Airplane doesn’t do better.

    • sYgnal

      This for the win!

      LMFAO…Oh…*whoops* That’s an actual band. My bad.

    • rrrrrrrrr’s

      to bad they sound nothing like sky eats airplane! They dont just make electronic beats with breakdowns. they’re real musicians with talent

  • Uglymicrowave

    thanks vince ill add this to another list of bands you guys got me into

    sikth, textures, ultrageist

  • matty2fatty

    check out Painted in Exile as well, a similar band that is also from New York. I prefer them to these guys

    • Brownsound

      Painted In Exile is fucking awesome.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Coppola/688381531 Mike Coppola

    Everybody dissin these dudes are all stupid ass haters, ive seen these guys play twice, theyre amazing, and hold the title for best set in my life and ive seen great bands from horse the band to slipknot, and im soooo stoaked to see em again in august,

    • gnarlk

      “haters” hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • sYgnal

    Yea… they sound pretty interesting. I would love to hear a little more lead work considering they have two guitars. And,no, not that twangy, two-string Metal-Core shit either. I’m not a fan of the hardcore growls either..BUT, Still, I think they sound pretty good. Better than that Aliases shit.Thanks for the heads-up.

    • stebe

      get the full cd

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alex-Warner/100000259773381 Alex Warner

    I definitely emailed a recommendation of these a guys a while back, thanks for overlooking.

  • Brickwalker

    just listened to “the future” on their myspace. At first i was all “this is pretty bad ass” then after a little while i was all “mmhm mmhm…..meh”

  • Honeynutzz

    Iwrestledaultrageistonce

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lance-Zeran/100000142665110 Lance Zeran

    I downloaded their first full-length when they were known as Anautopsy, and they were a helluva lot different from this. They had a lot more of a core influence then. This is a lot more experimental. Consider me a fan.

  • Vlygar

    What? Metal dudes from lawnguyland? Where the hell are they hiding out? I don’t see anyone else here really into Metal. It’s all emo/rap/fist pumpers here.

    Their music is alright but I’ve found better background music to enjoy. I can’t really ostracize anyone if they like it though.

  • Dr. Chim Richalds

    Fuckin’ A, this recommendation is melting my fuckin nutsack off!
    im kinda pissed though, i just started growing pubes..
    but yea, anyone hating on this has a babydick, smaller than mines even.

  • patrick Tortorelli

    fuckin sickest band iven heard out of “lawguyland” in a while…deff well put together musica and super creative : )

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brit-Granite/582086079 Brit Granite

    Good suggestion! I dig it!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Fox/1235037484 Michael Fox

    This is fucking abysmal.

  • whiskeyhorse

    I saw them a couple months ago at the crazy donkey. Don’t remember what show they were opening for, but I admit I was intrigued at first. The vocalists use of effect pedals to mess with the vocals was kind of cool, though a bit unrestrained, and when they started doing the everything-core thing, a la iwrestledabearonce and attack attack, I lost interest. They’re definitely very talented on their instruments, but I’m not a fan. I think bands like Carnival in Coal and Crotchduster (yeah, that’s right) did the “little-of-everything” brand of metal better.

  • Le Salaud

    “draw from bands as all over the map as Protest the Hero, Horse the Band and The Red Chord”

    Is that supposed to be diverse? A bunch of -core bands with varying amounts of widdle?