Basick Sampler

Band / Artist: CHIMP SPANNER, CIRCLES, MONUMENTS, SKYHARBOR, UNEVEN STRUCTURE, 7 HORNS 7 EYES, BLOTTED SCIENCE, ION DISSONANCE, THE ARUSHA ACCORD, ALIASES, VISIONS, THE ALGORITHM
Year: 2012
Genre: Metal, Nu Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal

My Review:
Metal from a ton of bands on the Basick label.  Basick is a label out of London, with a lot of their bands being ones that experiment with the digital/analog world of metal. in their own words they are "A fiercely progressive record label". Here is their site.
http://www.basickrecords.com/

..And their facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/basickrecords

I'm hit or miss for samplers, but with metal it always seems to work well, since often enough a metal band only really has one or two sounds that they can really create. The mixes tend to lend themselves to a lot of variation in the sound.

Either way, there is a lot of pretty good metal bands here who you might want to look into if you like what you hear.

Stay frosty.

BASICK 2012 FREE Sampler

Barnum - Devices

Band/Artist: Barnum
Year: 2012
Genre: Metal, Nu Metal, Industrial

My Review:
Do you like METAL? Good. Then check out this band from Costa Rica that my friend Diego from college started up. Diego works as vocalist, and maybe guitarist (EDIT: He's just vocalist. His buddy Frank Mayorga is the guitarist, and started the band). He's an awesome guy though, and I'm glad to hear he has something going on. here's their facebook page. I haven't seen any other pages from them yet.

https://www.facebook.com/barnumband

Some nicely fleshed sound coming out of those speakers. I'd say its one part heavy metal, one part industrial, and served over some frosty Nu Metal in a cold mug. It isn't the longest EP I've ever heard, but the band is apparently fairly new, so I'd guess they are hoping to release a larger album in the near future. I know I'm looking forward to it.

Give 'er a listen.

 Barnum - Devices