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63 Responses to “Editorial: 25 Unsigned Bands To Know”

1. 

   Jay said:

   no Venture?

   January 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
2. 

   steals7 said:

   Half the World too…..

   January 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
3. 

   Meagan said:

   sweet, thanks for posting this! finally, some new tunes to check out!

   January 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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   Mike said:

   Oh boy, he didn’t mention Venture. I guess that means that screaming mimi will spam this with a bunch of Venture reviews just like he did when he spammed the review I gave of them.

   January 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
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   nato said:

   resident hero - http://www.myspace.com/residenthero

   amazing

   January 6th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
6. 

   harty3113 said:

   so im gonna go with Florida has became the new talent pool in music industry.

   January 6th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
7. 

   Peter said:

   On A Dead Machine is AMAZING. I live here in memphis and they put on one hell of a live show!!! I love that band.

   Another unsigned band,

   Amaru(Former Burn Season and Shinedown Member)

   January 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
8. 

   JasonPaar said:

   I think Venture has gotten enough mention on this site as it is. Maybe we can use this to bring about some more bands that haven’t been mentioned.

   January 6th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
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   Meagan said:

   I agree with Jason. Everyone here knows who Venture is. I don’t think we need a link to “check them out”.

   btw, isn’t Resident Hero signed to a label? We saw them open for Flyleaf sometime last year.

   January 7th, 2008 at 5:36 am
10. 

    Jay said:

    Jeez, all I did was ask the question. For the record, they get no more mention than any other of our past featured bands do. If they show up more often in news postings, it’s only because they have more news. We actually haven’t mentioned them once at least since the new design. I think the last mention was Mike’s review.

    January 7th, 2008 at 7:46 am
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    harty3113 said:

    i know a band worthy of being here. but they always lose band members and need new ones. theyd be fine if they kept the same members. but i guess thats where they got their name “makeshifte”

    January 7th, 2008 at 8:38 am
12. 

    beyondthesun said:

    Thanks guys, awesome list! Finally some new tunes for my ears..

    January 7th, 2008 at 8:46 am
13. 

    Nick said:

    yeah..didnt list venture cuz they do get alot of press on here, but theyre still pretty good

    didnt do Amaru for the same reason

    and REsident Hero is quite good!!!

    January 7th, 2008 at 10:28 am
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    Nate said:

    Great idea and I commend Nick for putting this list together. However, this didn’t do anything for me. Only interested in 1 out of 25+ bands. Pretty bad percentage. Yes, I’m extremely critical, but still. Too much punk.

    January 7th, 2008 at 11:37 am
15. 

    Sam said:

    Also, The American Tragedy

    Great list though, I love checking out new bands.

    January 7th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
16. 

    Nate said:

    Pennies from The American Tragedy was amazing. Back when they appeared on Farmclub.com TV show on USA Network.

    January 7th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
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    Sox5452 said:

    I agree Nate, there were a lot of alternative bands on here. There are only about 3 bands I’m interested in, not that the others are bad, I guess it’s more just my tastes. Still, good idea with this list Nick

    January 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
18. 

    youknow said:

    I’ve been waiting for a list like this. Even the Canadian ones are included. I’m impressed. Should do this more often.

    January 7th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
19. 

    meade said:

    If it’s done more often, the quality would get pretty watered down. Nice job Nick.

    January 7th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
20. 

    Nick said:

    you love me, you REALLY love me!

    January 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
21. 

    Nick said:

    plus, once the bands find out theyre featured on here, theyll be coming back…along with their fans, and their friends…etc.

    January 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
22. 

    Marfa said:

    Cool, thanks Nick.

    January 7th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
23. 

    Nick said:

    I’ll be extra nice…3 HONORABLE MENTIONS:

    1. Coretez (www.myspace.com/coretez)
    Location: NYC, NY
    For Fans Of: Ill Nino, Puya, Seether

    2. Areta (www.myspace.com/aretarocks)
    Location: Mesa, AZ
    For Fans Of: Onesidezero, Crossfade, Funeral for a Friend

    3. After the Tragedy (www.myspace.com/afterthetragedy)
    Location: Little Rock, AR
    For Fans Of: Foo Fighters, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Helmet

    January 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
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    Nate said:

    Coretez rocks! Thanks Nick!

    January 8th, 2008 at 10:09 am
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    nato said:

    Resident Hero is NOT signed. They just happened to be friends with Lacey Mosley before Flyleaf got signed. Ryan White sings on ‘So I Thought’. They got on the Flyleaf tour (as well as the Fair to Midland tour) because they were friends with the bands but they should get signed as they are amazing. they’re working on a new album right now that they’re putting out themselves because Virgin records turned them down.

    January 9th, 2008 at 8:42 am
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    jman3000 said:

    Here’s a good unsigned band that isn’t listed.

    Until We Rise (http://www.untilwerise.com/)

    They were formerly known as Condition K. They’ve opened for a lot of big acts in the past (Shinedown, Breaking Ben, Saliva) and are still unsigned which is unvbelievable to me.

    January 9th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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    Lucas said:

    Resident Hero definitely deserves to be signed. We actually saw a few songs from them live on that Flyleaf tour last year when they came here. They rocked ass live and played “Vendetta Black”, which is my favorite song by them for the closer and I wanted MORE! Incredible band that are apparently just unlucky with the labels to this point. Hopefully they will get something soon.

    Great list btw, Nick. Found a couple new bands I really like there and will try and find their albums. I used to love finding “unknown” (or lesser known) bands, but haven’t had the time since high school and stuff so it is cool to get a list of some bands I’ve not heard of before. I had eard of a few of them before, but for the most part it was a new listening experience. Thanks for putting it together.

    January 9th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
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    The_Oracle said:

    OK … so, here’s mine ….

    1) - APG - (www.myspace.com/apg)

    Location - Ohio

    For Fans Of - Breaking Benjamin - Three Days Grace -

    2) Without Tomorrow - (www.myspace.com/withouttomorrowband)

    Location - California

    For Fans Of - Linkin Park - Evanescence - Trapt

    3) The Hunger - (www.myspace.com/thehunger)

    Location - Texas

    For Fans 0f - Linkin Park - Saliva - Breaking Benjamin

    4) Overscene - (www.myspace.com/overscene)

    Location - Dallas Tx

    For Fans Of - Faktion - Venture - Submersed

    5) Freestate - (www.myspace.com/freestate)

    Location - Melbourne, Austrailia

    For Fans Of - Karnivool - Sevendust

    6) The Chronicles Of Israfel (www.myspace.com/thechroniclesofisrafel)

    Location - Montreal, Canada

    For Fans Of - Strata - Fair To Midland

    7) Neverbetter - (www.myspace.com/neverbetterrock)

    Location - South Carolina

    For Fans Of - Shinedown - Breaking Benjamin - Three Days Grace

    Uncrowned - (www.myspace.com/uncrowned)

    Location - Atlanta, Georgia

    For Fans Of - Breaking Benjamin - Linkin Park - Chevelle

    9) Era For a Moment - (www.myspace.com/eraforamoment)

    Location = Massachusetts

    For Fans Of - Fireflight - Evanescence - Breaking Benjamin

    10) Miser - (www.myspace.com/miserband)

    Location - Dallas Tx

    11) Vysion - (www.myspace.com/vysionband)

    Location - Mississippi

    For Fans Of - Faktion - Pillar - Seventh Day Slumber

    12) Vayden - (www.myspace.com/vayden)

    Location - Phoenix Az

    13) Structure - (www.myspace.com/structureband)

    Location - San Antonio Tx

    For Fans Of - Creed - Submersed - Puddle Of Mudd

    14) Kramus - (www.myspace.com/kramus)

    Location - Cornersville IN

    For Fans Of - Breaking Benjamin - Three Days Grace - Seether

    15) Plusminus X (www.myspace.com/plusminusx)

    Location - Ontario, Canada

    For Fans of - Breaking Benjamin - Seether - Trust Company

    16) Cold Driven - (www.myspace.com/colddriven)

    Location - British Columbia, Canada

    17) A.D.D - (www.myspace.com/addchicago)

    Location - Lockport, IL

    18) Of Broken - (www.myspace.com/ofbrokenband)

    Location - Baltimore, MD

    For Fans of - City Sleeps - Dropping Daylight

    19) Schift - (www.myspace.com/schift)

    Location - Baltimore, MD

    20) Cinder Red - (www.myspace.com/cinderred)

    Location - LA

    Ok …. theres a few … i have tons more if anyone’s interested??? No offense to Nick, but i believe everyone one of the bands i just mentioned to be better than the 25 listed, but hey, each to their own. Of course i would mention Venture, One Less Reason, Advent, Haloscript etc, but they have all had recent posts so you should be familar.

    January 10th, 2008 at 6:15 am
29. 

    The_Oracle said:

    Again … no offense to Nick …. the initial post of upcoming / unsigned bands was a great idea, and i hadnt heard Paperback Hero before, and bought their cd straight away. I hope this list gives the hungry rock needers (aka Nate and Sox5452), something new to check out, i’m sure you, especially Nate has heard of some of these bands .. but hey … i got more … ; )

    January 10th, 2008 at 6:21 am
30. 

    caro said:

    Great work there Nick! Very interesting, and as already mentioned we don’t all have the time to decipher through all the new bands. Plus you are right that this concept brings you many new visitors…

    RENO is definitely to keep on the radar… great music that is gaining much grounds in many countries…!

    January 11th, 2008 at 10:45 am
31. 

    Sox5452 said:

    Oracle, those are some good bands on your list! I’m really digging Freestate, APG, Neverbetter and Uncrowned.

    January 11th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
32. 

    Nick said:

    yeah ive seen uncrowned, not bad.neverbetter is a pretty big local band like an hour and a half away.them and closer are, well, close.

    January 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
33. 

    Nate said:

    Pretty good list Oracle. Really impressive bands. You have more?

    January 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
34. 

    The_Oracle said:

    Hey there,

    Glad you were able to find some bands that you liked! I personally can’t stop listening to APG … their cd is available at cdbaby.com, and 16 tracks for $10 is a bargain!!!

    As for having more bands … yeah i have too many to list but i’ll go ahead and give you another bunch that i can think of of the top of my head! However, i personally think it would be good if this site a section deicated to unsigned bands, where the readers can post bands they have discovered, after all they need our help and are just as diserving, if not more so then alot of major label bands.

    One criticism i have for this site is that its all very well having a featured band each month but there are no follow ups … for example, no one was made aware when Downstream, and Haloscripts cd’s became available, i had to physically keep checking my self.

    January 14th, 2008 at 5:41 am
35. 

    The_Oracle said:

    so anyways some more bands ….

    1) Violence to Vegas (www.myspace.com/failsafeok)

    Location - Oklahoma

    For Fans Of - Bullet For My Valentine, Killswith Engage, Failsafe

    2) Digital Summer (www.myspace.com/digitalsummer)

    Location - Phoenix, AZ

    For fans - Breaking Benjamin, Pillar, 12 Stones, Disciple

    3) A Band Called Pain (www.myspace.com/abandcalledpain)

    Location - Bay Area, CA

    For fans - Sevendust, Three Days Grace

    4) Absolution Project (www.myspace.com/absolutionproject)

    Location - New York

    For Fans - Disturbed, Sevendust, Breaking Benjamin

    5) Adelitas Way (www.myspace.com/adelitasway)

    Location - Las Vegas

    For fans - 12 Stones, Daughtry, Course of Nature, Default

    6) Bulletproof Messenger (www.myspace.com/bulletproofmessenger)

    Location - New York

    For fans - Disciple, Trapt, Hoobastank, Linkin Park

    7) Candella (www.myspace.com/candella)

    Location - Rochester, NY

    For fans - Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin

    Defy Tomorrow (www.myspace.com/defytomorrow)

    For Fans - Flyleaf, Fireflight, Sick Puppies

    9) Confliction (www.myspace.com/confliction)

    Location - South Carolina

    For fans - Flaw, BB, Seether

    10) Crash Anthem (www.msypace.com/crashanthem)
    11) Craving Lucy (www.myspace.com/cravinglucy)
    12) Cyrenic (www.myspace.com/cyrenicmusic)
    13) Dead Letter Circus (www.myspace.com/deadlettercircus)
    14) Disonic (www.myspace.com/disonic)
    15) Drenalin (www.myspace.com/drenalin)
    16) Endrone (www.myspace.com/endrone)
    17) Etched In Red (www.myspace.com/etchedinred)
    18) Fear Zero (www.myspace.com/fearzero)
    19) Glass Intrepid (www.myspace.com/glasintrepid)
    20) (intheclear) (www.myspace.com/intheclear)
    21) Magnetic North (www.myspace.com/magneticnorth)
    22) The Main Event (www.myspace.com/rockthemainevent)
    23) Man Automatic (www.myspace.com/manautomatic)
    24) Media Lab (www.myspace.com/medialab)
    25) Nosho (www.myspace.com/nosho)
    26) Numic (www.myspace.com/numic)
    27) Render (www.myspace.com/render)
    28) Signs Of Betrayal (www.myspace.com/signsofbetrayal)
    29) Stand Alone (www.myspace.com/standalonemusic2005)
    30) Standard Candle (www.myspace.com/standardcandle)
    31) Testing Tomorrow (www.myspace.com/testingtomorrow)
    32) Truce (www.myspace.com/truce)
    33) Under Falling Skies (www.myspace.com/underfallingskies)
    34) Xerosum (www.myspace.com/xerosum)
    35) Autumn Tragedy (www.myspace.com/autumntragedy)
    36) Solvi (www.myspace.com/solvi)
    37) Supe (www.myspace.com/superocks)
    38) Prospect Hill (www.myspace.com/prospecthill)
    39) The Sammus Theory (www.myspace.com/sammustheory)
    40) Wasted Days (www.myspace.com/wasteddays)
    41) Ditchwater (www.myspace.com/ditchwater)
    42) Fermata (www.myspace.com/fermata)
    43) The Giving End (www.myspace.com/thegivingend)
    44) Dear Enemy (www.myspace.com/dearenemy)
    45) Pinpoint Mercy (www.myspace.com/pinpointmercy)
    46) Waiting For Grace (www.myspace.com/waitingforgrace)
    47) Abrupt (www.myspace.com/abrupt)
    48) Anamide (www.myspace.com/anamide)
    49) Year Of The Locust (www.myspace.com/yearofthelocust)
    50) Year and a Day (www.myspace.com/yearandaday)

    Arrrggghhh … that took way too long lol … hope it was worth it!

    January 14th, 2008 at 6:41 am
36. 

    The_Oracle said:

    Out of interest has anyone heard of a band called Waking Season? They were a great upcoming band from Florida, but never released their debut, even though it was finished. It looks like all the members have dispersed and gone their seperate ways, but i wonder if there is a way to get my hands on that cd. or if anyone has it???

    p.s …. i would love to hear your rccomended bands too ; )

    January 14th, 2008 at 6:44 am
37. 

    soulidefy said:

    cult to follow out of san antonio, tx. for fans of union underground, pm5k, disturbed. bryan scott is the former frontman of union underground. self released cd in the spring.
    http://www.myspace.com/culttofollow

    January 14th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
38. 

    JasonPaar said:

    I love that Adelita’s Way band. I think they may have just gotten signed.

    January 16th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
39. 

    The_Oracle said:

    I believe you’re right Jason …. they deserved to get signed!

    January 16th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
40. 

    MissJordyn said:

    Thanks Nick! We really appreciate you putting us in the #1 spot! Can’t wait for you to hear the new songs!

    xo, Jordyn
    Veronica’s Veil

    January 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
41. 

    Jeff said:

    Blistur, Jacksonville, Florida
    http://www.myspace.com/blistur

    January 20th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
42. 

    Nate said:

    Anyone know how to get the Vayden CD? iTunes tells me the album isn’t available in the US.

    January 21st, 2008 at 9:37 am
43. 

    The_Oracle said:

    I bought the Vayden cd … on itunes, but i live in the UK, i wasnt aware it wasnt available in the US … wierd.

    January 21st, 2008 at 10:50 am
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    The_Oracle said:

    HollowDay ( http://www.myspace.com/hollowday )

    Location - Nashville TN

    For fans - Chevelle - Taproot - Tool

    January 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 am
45. 

    Nate said:

    Alright Oracle, got a desperate and somewhat far-fetched request. I really want the Vayden album, but as I already said, I can’t get it. You can however. What if I were send you the money for the album via PayPal, you buy the album on iTunes, and then I’ll setup a place where I can download it? I’m willing to take the risk you just taking the money without delivering. Let me know.

    natetempmail@yahoo.com

    January 24th, 2008 at 7:25 am
46. 

    The_Oracle said:

    You got mail Nate

    January 24th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
47. 

    Kalt said:

    Troy

    Springfield, MO

    http://www.myspace.com/wearetroy1

    These guys are gaining ground quickly!

    January 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
48. 

    The_Oracle said:

    good call Kalt … i heard about Troy a couple weeks ago and bought their cd on cdbay, but i had trouble in locating their myspace page!

    a few other bands i recently discovered that think are really good are ..

    A Farewell Fire (www.myspace.com/afareweelfireband)

    We As Human (www.myspace.com/weashuman)

    The Leo Project (www.myspace.com/theleoproject)

    January 31st, 2008 at 2:46 am
49. 

    airtas said:

    orcale please email me

    i have info on waking season

    airtas@hotmail.com

    February 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
50. 

    monkees19 said:

    Check Out Divinity Destroyed (http://www.myspace.com/divinitydestroyed)

    Playing this February 29th at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.

    Fans of - Disturbed, Godsmack, new Adema

    February 10th, 2008 at 10:42 am
51. 

    Nate said:

    Six By Silver - http://www.myspace.com/sixbysilvermusic

    Waiting For Grace - http://www.myspace.com/waitingforgracemusic

    PinPoint Mercy - http://www.myspace.com/pinpointmercy

    February 26th, 2008 at 6:14 am
52. 

    The_Oracle said:

    lol i already mentioned Pinpoint Mercy and Wating F

    February 28th, 2008 at 4:37 am
53. 

    The_Oracle said:

    Lol i already mentioned Pinpoint Mercy and Waiting For Grace in a previous post. I remember h aving Six By Silvers debut a year or so ago but i was too impressed tho.

    http://www.myspace.com/crimsonenvy

    http://www.myspace.com/fragileutopia

    http://www.myspace.com/oneseed

    February 28th, 2008 at 4:42 am
54. 

    Nate said:

    apparently im blind, my bad

    February 28th, 2008 at 8:00 am
55. 

    Defbizkit said:

    I was so stupid to listen to all the bands…..2,3 of them were honestly good….let me do a list of underground bands, it will blow everyone away!

    March 3rd, 2008 at 6:13 am
56. 

    Jason said:

    Please do so

    March 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 am
57. 

    Jason said:

    http://www.myspace.com/charettamusic

    (Courtesy of Chris)

    March 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
58. 

    mattjames1708 said:

    everyone check out royal bliss……..amazing band

    March 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
59. 

    Cfw828 said:

    I can testify with Charetta…I’ve seen them three times in the past couple of months and they’re great.

    April 10th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
60. 

    Nate said:

    Don’t know if anyone is still looking at this post, but…

    Wide Eye Panic - http://www.myspace.com/wideeyepanic
    Shovelhook - http://www.myspace.com/shovelhook
    Trip9 - http://www.myspace.com/trip9rock
    Albino Fly - http://www.myspace.com/albinofly
    Oral - http://www.myspace.com/oraltheband
    Mammal - http://www.myspace.com/mammaltheband

    April 14th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
61. 

    Cfw828 said:

    I saw Shovelhook last year at the first WMMR festival of the year down in Camden…awesome set…can’t wait to hear something new from them.

    April 15th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
62. 

    ohmerdesign said:

    OK, so how do i get a copy of “Pennies”??? It appears to be unavailable. Email me at joel at ohmer dot org

    May 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
63. 

    mayvix said:

    hey for fan of bands like family force 5 or so might like this band
    not really my style but coming from my home state i got rep them as any good band that lives their
    so check them out you might like them.
    http://www.myspace.com/backtotheparty

    September 16th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

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