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RED CHORD
Guy Kozowyk – vocals
Mike McKenzie (aka Gunface) – guitars
Jonny Fay – guitars
Gregory Weeks – bass
Brad Fickeisen – drums
“The
unsettling touch of a gnarled chapped hand tugs at my
wrist. A shiver of uneasiness surges through my body
that is almost enough to mask the nauseating aroma that
surrounds him. "Hey Mister. Got a cigarette?"
I quickly pull my arm away as small black insect crawls
from his sleeve and falls to ground. My imagination
is flying. What happened here? How did it come to be
this way? And there are millions just like him. We are
all just like him. We are all clients.” Taken
from a passage in Clients
Forming
five years ago, The Red Chord is a grind-hardcore band
from the north shore area of Massachusetts whose collective
goal is to push the extremes of aggressive music and
to combine the best aspects of the hardcore, death,
grind and metal genres. The Red Chord quickly became
one of the most talked about bands in the underground
and after 400+ shows across 14 countries for their first
release, Fused Together In Revolving Doors, and moving
approximately 25,000 CD’s worldwide, The Red Chord
finally found a label they wanted to call home and signed
to Metal Blade Records Inc in 2004. The Red Chord then
found drummer Brad Fickeisen and began to finalize new
material for the debut release on Metal Blade Records.
Since
the release of Fused Together in Revolving Doors, The
Red Chord has been cited as one of the most influential
crossover bands of the hardcore, grind and metal genres.
From the time when Clients was released in May 2005,
they have been referenced, featured or reviewed in the
majority of pertinent music periodicals including Revolver,
AP, Terrorizer, Decibel, Metal Maniacs, Hit Parader,
and Outburn as well as life style mags like Wonka Vision,
Chord, Impose, and Synthesis. The Red Chord has also
been part of some of the best tours and festivals of
2005 including Sounds of the Underground, The New England
Hardcore & Metal Fest, Every Time I Die, The Black
Dahlia Murder, Converge, Hatebreed, Darkest Hour, and
Between The Buried and Me. 2006 looks to be The Red
Chord’s biggest year yet with a secured spot on
Ozzfest’s infamous second stage and Clients making
huge waves among music critics and fans alike being
dubbed one of the most dynamic and poignant albums of
the year!
So
what should fans of The Red Chord’s previous work
expect? “It's a very different album than Fused
Together in Revolving Doors. I personally think it's
a lot heavier and angrier, but we'll let you judge for
yourself,” states vocalist Guy Kozowyk. To say
Clients is thought provoking is a mere understatement
as it forces you look at society’s unfortunates
and wonder how they became the way they did. Fans as
well as fellow musicians have been waiting quite some
time for the follow up to the bands highly successful
Fused Together in Revolving Doors making Clients one
of the most anticipated releases of 2005 and this album
will in no way let anyone down. In order to capture
the pure brutality of the music The Red Chord decided
to record at the infamous Planet Z with engineer/producer
Zeuss (Hatebreed & Shadows Fall) securing Clients
as one of the heaviest releases of 2005. To accompany
the massive and fierce sound of the album renowned artist
Paul Romano, known for his work with bands like Mastodon,
Nasum, Godflesh, and Dead To Fall, was brought on board
to handle all the aspects of the artwork, which include
portraits of each “client” mentioned in
the album.
Highlighted
on “AP’s List of 100 Hundred Bands to Save
You From Corporate Rock
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