READERS’ CHOICE: THE TECH METAL EDITION

Do you like your metal with an extra dose of chops? Check out these excellent unsigned bands recommended by our own readers.

• haarp: These dudes seem to be generating a ton of buzz lately and even caught the ear of one Mr. Phil Anselmo. Like a less technical and more straight-up American metal sounding version of SiKth.
• Slowmotion Apocalypse: Dudes kinda remind me of The Haunted meets Dillinger Escape Plan. [Paolo P]
• Defied: Phoenix, AZ tech-death. Brutaler and betterer than most. Reminds me of Psycroptic meets Hate Eternal. [Thanks: Defied guitarist Morris Sevada for manning up and plugging his own band instead of pretending to be a manic fan].

-VN