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Dead Pad is a new British band that rose from the ashes of
another band called Reign from South Shields (no idea where it is but those of
you who live there probably do...). They consist of Mick Storrie (guitars,
programming), John Cook (bass, vocals) and the female lead vocalist Betty
Rogers. Rather boring and common names you may think but their music is
luckily far from boring. While the nu-metal scene (I am hereby including all
genres like aggrocore, metalcore and whatever you wish to call it) is full of
boring bands who do nothing but try to please the major labels and get some
easy airplay just to disappear when the label wants to follow a new trend
there are some who stand out. Dead Pad is one of them and the three tracks on
this demo recording are, except for the amazing production, full of aggressive
yet groovy and melodic riffs also garnished with the wonderful vocals from
Betty. She fits the music of Dead Pad like a glove on a human hand (with five
fingers of course...) and knows exactly how to use her voice to make it follow
the atmosphere of the moment. Sometimes she even reminds me a little of the
Skunk Anansie (R.I.P.) vocalist at her best while at other times she sounds
like the vocalists of The Provenance or Amaran. The male vocals do not sound
that good unfortunately but they are still necessary to create some sort of
contrast. I probably risk sounding foolish and easy-charmed when writing a
review like this but it is simply because of the fact that this is without a
single trace of doubt the best demo I have heard so far this year. If Dead Pad
does not start receiving offers from labels soon there is something sincerely
wrong with this world. Recommended to every fan of good music in general,
especially if industrial aggro-metal is something you
fancy.
| Tracklist |
1. In My Shadow |
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2. Face The Day 3. Drown In Hope |
: 14.25
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