http://thefreemusicdirectory.com/Metal/Learn where you can download free songs...no strings attached http://www.monolith-deathcult.com The Monolith Deathcult holds the conviction that death metal has reached a ceiling in terms of speed. It doesn’t really get any faster than Cryptopsy and any more brutal than Hate Eternal without flurrying away in one great big cacophony*). This is why The Monolith Deathcult has decided to broaden the genre by inserting previously ‘not done’ elements into the style, adding to the brutality and speed. The Monolith Deathcult realizes all to well that music is a form of entertainment, and that music is made not only for our own pleasure, but also for the audience. The audience wants to be entertained and wants to be captivated by what the band offers. The Monolith Deathcult makes music ‘for the masses’ without losing their identity by making easy-listening rock tunes. The Monolith Deathcult doesn’t make artist-centred music and won’t gorge on technicalities only trained ears will hear and appreciate. If people want to see virtuoso techniques they can go out and rent a Steve Vai DVD. The Monolith Deathcult sees the audience banging their heads on the primeval forces of the pounding 4/4 beat., and have set themselves the goal to broaden their extreme (death) metal with influences from techno/dance and industrial music, completed with Wagnerian classical pomposity. All this is topped with an image of irony, black humour and bad taste, in combination with a morbid fascination for everything that is ‘wrong’.Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:40:51 GMThttp://www.thinline.org/main.html Thinline rose from the ashes of the legendary Columbia, Missouri metal band Surpace. The name thinline represents the very fine border between many things, such as love and hate, war and peace, and our musical styles. Thinline's first show was at Eastside Live on December 28th, 2001. We released a 7-song self titled album on June 6th, 2003 after a year's worth of recording. Currently thinline is focused on performing as many shows as possible in the Columbia and surrounding area, building a solid local fan base, and recording new material. Recently, thinline has opened for Century Media artists Shadows Fall, Electra Records artists Sworn Enemy, and Relapse records' Dysrythmia. Future projects include touring and promotional materials such as stickers and wearables. The current lineup for thinline includes Phil Smyser on guitars, Lane Kilgore on vocals, Cully Meier on drums, and bassist Wesley Hutto, whom we politely orrowed from our friends in Slugtrail. (B.C. from Slugtrail says that we are "Siamese bands - conjoined at the Wesley.") The three founding members of thinline - Phil, Lane, and Cully - were in Surpace, a straightforward, powerful band that had a very strong fan base in the Columbia area, and featured the legendary Big D on bass. In the years since Surpace's demise, Phil, Cully, and Lane have been honing skills and broadening horizons. In short, Surpace has grown up and evolved into a more diverse and even more powerful and emotional band. And, starting fresh, the Surpace name and all the ideas that went with it were dropped.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:02:35 GMThttp://www.tandjent.com/ Tim Stevenson and Sundance Martin have been friends since the late 80's sharing both an over-the-top (and often over the line) sense of humor and of course an intense love for music. They began playing guitar together in the early 90's and quickly found that the genres of the day were too narrow for the music that they wanted to create. Bands like Rush, King's X, and Primus found themselves alongside bands such as Slayer, Entombed, and Pantera. Their first band, W.L.A. (a mysterious acronym that has baffled, disturbed and confused many over the years), was formed during the end of their high school days and you could find them playing anywhere they could get on the bill. Their sound was raw and stage presence non existent, but the music was not what you would expect from your ordinary high school garage band. A musical apocalypse then descended and it's two headed Avatar, grunge and gangsta' rap, devoured the airwaves. It was during this time that W.L.A. split, with Tim moving to Boston to attend Berklee and Sundance moving on to other projects. Unlike many partings, this one bore no true sorrow. Tim always stayed in touch and upon returning home for vacations would produce songs and even albums for Sundance's other bands. Sundance stayed active forming first Bobby's Bag, a band best known for its enlightened view of the vegetarian lifestyle, and then DAMD, a collaborative work with Tim that marked the beginning of what would become Tandjent.Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:07:26 GMThttp://www.gameaction.com/hedgehog/ Sir Hedgehog rode in sometime in the autumn of 1995 with the original line up of Jonas Fairley (vocals), Paul Slater (guitar), Simon Oliver (bass), and Steve Oliver (drums). As individuals, all four had met when playing shows together with their then respective bands, but finally a mutual appreciation of the majesty of 70's hard rock and metal (like all the best things in life...) brought them together under the distinctive moniker of Sir Hedgehog. Their debut release, a 3 song cassette demo, "The Legend of Sir Hedgehog", was unleashed in 1997 to immediate acclaim, including rave reviews from Terrorizer, Kerrang, and Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles among many others. The response from the underground rock and metal scene was so strong that in 1998 it was decided to release a limited edition CD containing the "Legend.." demo plus two other sessions, so all who had missed the initial cassette release would finally have their chance to “taste the hog”. It sold out immediately and the band began to work on new material. By mid-1999, Simon Oliver had left the band, and was quickly replaced by Brendy Marklinger, an old bandmate of Jonas'. However, even with the quick changeover, it was still some time before the band began to record again...but when they did the results were astounding! In early 2001, sharpened by 6 years of steady gigs and rehearsals and with the extra push of a new bass player, Sir Hedgehog finally delivered their self-titled, full-length debut. The disc contained the band's strongest material to date and justifiably received fantastic reviews right across the board, leading to some spectacular support slots for Clutch, Biohazard, and The Cutthroats 9, among many others.Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:13:04 GMThttp://krt65.tripod.com/boottater.html Keith Trimm is an independent artist, writer, web designer and musician from Fairbury Ne. He writes and records his own hard rock music for download with the link provided on this site. He has been lead guitarist and bassist in several classic rock bands across Nebraska and has been the light and sound engineer both on stage and in the studio. He produces records as well as performs and writes all his music in his home studio for download free to the public.Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:54:58 GMT