Pen: Brian Peterson |
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Imagine
starting a band in your high school days. You gather a group of friends,
emulate music that turns your crank and, most importantly, have fun.
For most groups, this is where music begins and ends – the sound
traveling no further than the garage, or, maybe, the area Elks Lodge. Some groups are lucky enough to take things a bit further – honing their material, releasing a record and allowing their music to take them to different parts of the country to perform in front of paying audiences. Realizing that major fortune and fame are like finding a needle in a haystack, most bands would aspire to have nothing more than good times and fond memories with, hopefully, a small dose of acclaim along the way. For a select few, a combination of dedication, growth and fate somehow coalesce together to transport their band to unimagined heights. The Massachusetts-based is one of these aforementioned freaks of nature – a group that began chaotic and harsh, but, over time, has blossomed into a beautiful butterfly; developing their once metal-hardcore sound into something visionary - leaps and bounds past any original intentions. |