Nashvil l e Wil l Be Laid To Waste by Adam Yoe To say we've distan ced ou r sel ves fr om th e ter m "m etal cor e" wou l d be an u n der statem en t. On ce a h ar m l ess descr iptor ,it's l on g been a pejor ative for th e n eon -cl ad, cr ass m al l -cor e of th e ear l y au gh ts. In m u ch th e sam e way "scr eam o" is cl awin g it's wh ite bel t back in to th e u n der gr ou n ds col l ective con sciou sn ess, th er e's a wave of ban ds u sh er in g in a n ew wave of "m etal cor e", at on ce distan ced fr om an d r ever en t of th e gen r es sal ad days. Nash vil l e's Ch am ber ar e l eadin g th e Sou th er n ch ar ge, an d th eir EP "H atr ed Softl y Spok en " is a fl awl essl y execu ted m ael str om of r igh teou s an ger. Both su r gical l y pr ecise in its execu tion an d fer al in its attack , th e five son gs bl u dgeon with an ar ticu l ated fl ar e n ot h ear d sin ce Tim Sin ger k issed it goodbye or Botch su m m on ed th e Rom an s. Pin ch h ar m on ics dive bom b ar ou n d each oth er l ik e vu l tu r es, an d th e pu n ish in g scr eam s l et u p on l y wh en th e fin al secon ds tick away. Get in on th e gr ou n d fl oor befor e th ey decim ate you r town l ater in th e year. Ch am ber was k in d en ou gh to tak e th e tim e to ch at with th e Cvl t. En joy,fr eak s.
Q: Tel l u s a bi t abou t h ow y ou al l f i r st got i n v ol v ed i n ex t r em e m u si c? A: Th r ee of u s pl ayed in an oth er ban d cal l ed H an gin g M oon togeth er an d Sam was ou r m er ch gu y,so we al r eady fel t l ik e a u n it after al r eady spen din g so m u ch tim e tou r in g togeth er. Tayl or pl ayed dr u m s in a ban d cal l ed COVE th at we al l l ove, an d we h ad al l been fr ien ds for year s fr om goin g to h ar dcor e sh ows in Nash vil l e togeth er. After ou r ol d ban d br ok e u p, th e fir st peopl e we tu r n ed to to be in th is ban d wer e Sam an d Tayl or. As far as ban ds we al l bon ded over in itial l y,we al l l ove ban ds l ik e Con ver ge, Defton es, Botch an d Coal esce. Th ose ban ds paved th e way for aspects of ou r sou n d an d ar e big in fl u en ces. 21
