Raise The Dead III
This year marked the 3rd installment of the successful New Orleans
hardcore/ metal Raise The Dead Fest. Founded in 2007 by
members of Nolaunderground.com, the group forum contributors posted entries of bands that they used to love to go see before Katrina at the VFW Hall on Franklin. This is the same venue which hosted many legendary shows from Nola Hardcore founders such as Graveyard Rodeo, Exhorder, Shell Shock and Crawlspace. Nolaunderground.com is the encyclopedia guide to New Orleans' underground music past and present. It features bios, media clips, concert calendars, and information on up and coming bands.
The past two Raise The Dead Festivals focused around the reunions of legendary bands who help found the Nola sound as it is known in the metal communities around the world. January featured the bands Floodgate and Skab. The festival also benefited the NOMHRF which raised money for instruments to be given to artists who lost their creative tools in the hurricane. The RTD II featured Graveyard Rodeo whose original line-up had not performed in 10 years. Also giving fans in the Lake Charles La. a punk hardcore onslaught was Choke, who hasn't performed in 17 years. But on top the third installment of RTD.
This night brought a whole new line up to the stage, featuring side projects and showing the versatile nature of the scene. Opening tonight's madness was Pain Tribe, New Orleans' sunken circus.
Pain Tribe also brought there visual terror to the RTD fest last year,
drawing in the cultural phenomenon with suspension, chain pulling, and pulsing industrial noise. The atmosphere was set for the dark theatrics in store. The first musical performance of the evening was the New Orleans instrumental rock trio Hostile Apostle. This was a musical collaboration featuring members of Soilent Green, Hawg Jaw and Rustler.
Matt Williams fired off the first drum roll into this monstrous rock jam session. Scott Crochet hit heavy low bass notes to compliment the progressive guitar styling of Justin Giardina. Keeping a rattling doom tempo feel, the band played a strong set. While most were drawn into the sounds, others waited it out in the bar and outside the
venue until the next group hit the stage.
Ritual Killer is New Orleans' black metal, or as they may say "an
experiment in musical terrorism". Which ever label you may give them,
Ritual Killer is a reminder to those who feel the extreme music has all but lost its blasphemy and creative fires. In 1999, drummer Zak Nolan gave recorded drum tracks to Sammy Duet. The unholy seed was planted and in 2004, rehearsals began with the addition of vocalist Jordan Barlow and bassist James Harvey. The rhythms were unloaded like gunshots as the guitar hammered through the guttural screams. Ritual Killer is a band reminiscent to the early 90's black metal scene, with brutality serving as its ambiance.
As I cleared myself from the front of the stage, I noticed that the Howlin' Wolf was a full house, consisting of fans and other local musicians such as Quintron, Ben Falgoust (Goatwhore, Soilent Green) and Pat Bruders (Crowbar). Everyone was drinking beer, cutting up, and having a great time.
Next up was Flesh Parade, the misfits of Cajun grindcore mayhem. Singer Scott Leger, guitarist Rene Perez, drummer Todd Capiton and bassist
Julien Fried were welcomed by cheers and applause as they arose from an ear splitting distorted rapture of high pitch screams and shredding guitar. The pit erupted into a circle of thrash induced chaos, elbows and fists scraped flesh and concrete as the momentum of the band never let down. At one point in the set, a man in the crowd shouted "none of us deserve to see this band, not even the band themselves!" Flesh Parade is in the studio now recording a new album which is tentatively
due out in January 2009.
A raunchy joke and a mic stand thrown to the ground by Mike Williams, must have indicated that Outlaw Order were getting ready to deliver their audio assault to the audience with their metal brand of political corruption. In support of their November release, Dragging Down The Enforcer, New Orleans' Outlaw Order wasted no time getting the floor into a frenzy. Mike Williams vocal onslaught was as aggressive as his onstage antics. Band members Brian Patton (Soilent Green, Eyehategod) Gary Mader (Hawg Jaw, EHG), Joey Lacaze (EHG), and Jeff (Spickle) played to perfection on this performance, being one of few the city has seen of this band. Mike went on to jokingly say "You all are in awe of how fucking great this band is, aren't you?." The front of the stage quickly became a receptacle for broken glass and flying cups of alcohol, as the band members thrashed and moved dodging incoming beer bottles. Outlaw Order has also been dubbed, in pure comedic fashion, as
EyehateJimmy. The band members formed this group while drummer Jimmy Bower chose a different path fulfilling drum duties with Swamp Rock legends Down. Outlaw Order shows traces of southern hardcore blues riffs that are familiar in works like Take As Needed For Pain and Dopesick, but the band goes beyond there roots and sheds light on other influences. Brian Patton could be heard playing intricate solos over the double bass beats that put the songs into a Cro-mags or Discharge type of area. These musicians showed, in full force, their ability to play and love the music they create. Every snarl bellowed through the Howlin' Wolf as the band went into attack mode. As the house
lights went up, we all checked each other for bloody wounds. Musicians in all bands, as well as the many fans who came out this night, shook hands, hugged and raised a toast to the performers. Fans of the hardcore elite, as well as doom, grind, swamp and black metal were
all raising the flags high at a night that truly captured the intensity and complexity of some of the greatest in the underground.
For more information on these bands, including Mp3's, Tour Dates &
Bio's
Please follow the links below.
http://www.nolaunderground.com/
http://www.myspace.com/atonepaintribe
http://www.myspace.com/hostile_apostle
http://www.ritualkiller.com/
http://www.myspace.com/fleshparade
http://www.myspace.com/outlaworder
hardcore/ metal Raise The Dead Fest. Founded in 2007 by
members of Nolaunderground.com, the group forum contributors posted entries of bands that they used to love to go see before Katrina at the VFW Hall on Franklin. This is the same venue which hosted many legendary shows from Nola Hardcore founders such as Graveyard Rodeo, Exhorder, Shell Shock and Crawlspace. Nolaunderground.com is the encyclopedia guide to New Orleans' underground music past and present. It features bios, media clips, concert calendars, and information on up and coming bands.
The past two Raise The Dead Festivals focused around the reunions of legendary bands who help found the Nola sound as it is known in the metal communities around the world. January featured the bands Floodgate and Skab. The festival also benefited the NOMHRF which raised money for instruments to be given to artists who lost their creative tools in the hurricane. The RTD II featured Graveyard Rodeo whose original line-up had not performed in 10 years. Also giving fans in the Lake Charles La. a punk hardcore onslaught was Choke, who hasn't performed in 17 years. But on top the third installment of RTD.
This night brought a whole new line up to the stage, featuring side projects and showing the versatile nature of the scene. Opening tonight's madness was Pain Tribe, New Orleans' sunken circus.
Pain Tribe also brought there visual terror to the RTD fest last year,
drawing in the cultural phenomenon with suspension, chain pulling, and pulsing industrial noise. The atmosphere was set for the dark theatrics in store. The first musical performance of the evening was the New Orleans instrumental rock trio Hostile Apostle. This was a musical collaboration featuring members of Soilent Green, Hawg Jaw and Rustler.
Matt Williams fired off the first drum roll into this monstrous rock jam session. Scott Crochet hit heavy low bass notes to compliment the progressive guitar styling of Justin Giardina. Keeping a rattling doom tempo feel, the band played a strong set. While most were drawn into the sounds, others waited it out in the bar and outside the
venue until the next group hit the stage.
Ritual Killer is New Orleans' black metal, or as they may say "an
experiment in musical terrorism". Which ever label you may give them,
Ritual Killer is a reminder to those who feel the extreme music has all but lost its blasphemy and creative fires. In 1999, drummer Zak Nolan gave recorded drum tracks to Sammy Duet. The unholy seed was planted and in 2004, rehearsals began with the addition of vocalist Jordan Barlow and bassist James Harvey. The rhythms were unloaded like gunshots as the guitar hammered through the guttural screams. Ritual Killer is a band reminiscent to the early 90's black metal scene, with brutality serving as its ambiance.
As I cleared myself from the front of the stage, I noticed that the Howlin' Wolf was a full house, consisting of fans and other local musicians such as Quintron, Ben Falgoust (Goatwhore, Soilent Green) and Pat Bruders (Crowbar). Everyone was drinking beer, cutting up, and having a great time.
Next up was Flesh Parade, the misfits of Cajun grindcore mayhem. Singer Scott Leger, guitarist Rene Perez, drummer Todd Capiton and bassist
Julien Fried were welcomed by cheers and applause as they arose from an ear splitting distorted rapture of high pitch screams and shredding guitar. The pit erupted into a circle of thrash induced chaos, elbows and fists scraped flesh and concrete as the momentum of the band never let down. At one point in the set, a man in the crowd shouted "none of us deserve to see this band, not even the band themselves!" Flesh Parade is in the studio now recording a new album which is tentatively
due out in January 2009.
A raunchy joke and a mic stand thrown to the ground by Mike Williams, must have indicated that Outlaw Order were getting ready to deliver their audio assault to the audience with their metal brand of political corruption. In support of their November release, Dragging Down The Enforcer, New Orleans' Outlaw Order wasted no time getting the floor into a frenzy. Mike Williams vocal onslaught was as aggressive as his onstage antics. Band members Brian Patton (Soilent Green, Eyehategod) Gary Mader (Hawg Jaw, EHG), Joey Lacaze (EHG), and Jeff (Spickle) played to perfection on this performance, being one of few the city has seen of this band. Mike went on to jokingly say "You all are in awe of how fucking great this band is, aren't you?." The front of the stage quickly became a receptacle for broken glass and flying cups of alcohol, as the band members thrashed and moved dodging incoming beer bottles. Outlaw Order has also been dubbed, in pure comedic fashion, as
EyehateJimmy. The band members formed this group while drummer Jimmy Bower chose a different path fulfilling drum duties with Swamp Rock legends Down. Outlaw Order shows traces of southern hardcore blues riffs that are familiar in works like Take As Needed For Pain and Dopesick, but the band goes beyond there roots and sheds light on other influences. Brian Patton could be heard playing intricate solos over the double bass beats that put the songs into a Cro-mags or Discharge type of area. These musicians showed, in full force, their ability to play and love the music they create. Every snarl bellowed through the Howlin' Wolf as the band went into attack mode. As the house
lights went up, we all checked each other for bloody wounds. Musicians in all bands, as well as the many fans who came out this night, shook hands, hugged and raised a toast to the performers. Fans of the hardcore elite, as well as doom, grind, swamp and black metal were
all raising the flags high at a night that truly captured the intensity and complexity of some of the greatest in the underground.
For more information on these bands, including Mp3's, Tour Dates &
Bio's
Please follow the links below.
http://www.nolaunderground.com/
http://www.myspace.com/atonepaintribe
http://www.myspace.com/hostile_apostle
http://www.ritualkiller.com/
http://www.myspace.com/fleshparade
http://www.myspace.com/outlaworder
Article by: Ryan McKern for Neworleansmusicians.net
Photographs by: Alas Vera for Neworleansmusicians.net
myspace.com/veraellen1
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