Comment from Jay
Date: January 6, 2008, 7:44 pm

no Venture?

Comment from steals7
Date: January 6, 2008, 8:06 pm

Half the World too…..

Comment from Meagan
Date: January 6, 2008, 8:33 pm

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

Comment from Mike
Date: January 6, 2008, 9:15 pm

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.

Comment from nato
Date: January 6, 2008, 9:34 pm

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

amazing

Comment from harty3113
Date: January 6, 2008, 9:48 pm

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

Comment from Peter
Date: January 6, 2008, 10:09 pm

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)

Comment from JasonPaar
Date: January 6, 2008, 11:47 pm

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.

Comment from Meagan
Date: January 7, 2008, 5:36 am

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.

Comment from Jay
Date: January 7, 2008, 7:46 am

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.

Comment from harty3113
Date: January 7, 2008, 8:38 am

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”

Comment from beyondthesun
Date: January 7, 2008, 8:46 am

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

Comment from Nick
Date: January 7, 2008, 10:28 am

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!!!

Comment from Nate
Date: January 7, 2008, 11:37 am

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.

Comment from Sam
Date: January 7, 2008, 1:28 pm

Also, The American Tragedy

Great list though, I love checking out new bands.

Comment from Nate
Date: January 7, 2008, 2:18 pm

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

Comment from Sox5452
Date: January 7, 2008, 3:55 pm

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

Comment from youknow
Date: January 7, 2008, 7:33 pm

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

Comment from meade
Date: January 7, 2008, 7:39 pm

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

Comment from Nick
Date: January 7, 2008, 9:11 pm

:) you love me, you REALLY love me!

Comment from Nick
Date: January 7, 2008, 9:11 pm

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

Comment from Marfa
Date: January 7, 2008, 9:33 pm

Cool, thanks Nick.

Comment from Nick
Date: January 7, 2008, 11:08 pm

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

Comment from Nate
Date: January 8, 2008, 10:09 am

Coretez rocks! Thanks Nick!

Comment from nato
Date: January 9, 2008, 8:42 am

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.

Comment from jman3000
Date: January 9, 2008, 3:13 pm

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.

Comment from Lucas
Date: January 9, 2008, 8:32 pm

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.

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 10, 2008, 6:15 am

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

8) 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.

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 10, 2008, 6:21 am

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 … ; )

Comment from caro
Date: January 11, 2008, 10:45 am

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…!

Comment from Sox5452
Date: January 11, 2008, 10:57 pm

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

Comment from Nick
Date: January 13, 2008, 2:40 pm

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.

Comment from Nate
Date: January 13, 2008, 3:40 pm

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

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 14, 2008, 5:41 am

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.

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 14, 2008, 6:41 am

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

8) 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!

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 14, 2008, 6:44 am

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 ; )

Comment from soulidefy
Date: January 14, 2008, 3:20 pm

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

Comment from JasonPaar
Date: January 16, 2008, 4:16 pm

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

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 16, 2008, 6:27 pm

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

Comment from MissJordyn
Date: January 16, 2008, 8:59 pm

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

Comment from Jeff
Date: January 20, 2008, 9:47 pm

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

Comment from Nate
Date: January 21, 2008, 9:37 am

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

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 21, 2008, 10:50 am

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

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 23, 2008, 8:00 am

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

Location - Nashville TN

For fans - Chevelle - Taproot - Tool

Comment from Nate
Date: January 24, 2008, 7:25 am

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

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 24, 2008, 10:01 pm

You got mail Nate

Comment from Kalt
Date: January 30, 2008, 7:41 pm

Troy

Springfield, MO

http://www.myspace.com/wearetroy1

These guys are gaining ground quickly!

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: January 31, 2008, 2:46 am

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)

Comment from airtas
Date: February 2, 2008, 9:42 pm

orcale please email me

i have info on waking season

airtas@hotmail.com

Comment from monkees19
Date: February 10, 2008, 10:42 am

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

Comment from Nate
Date: February 26, 2008, 6:14 am

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

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

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

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: February 28, 2008, 4:37 am

lol i already mentioned Pinpoint Mercy and Wating F

Comment from The_Oracle
Date: February 28, 2008, 4:42 am

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

Comment from Nate
Date: February 28, 2008, 8:00 am

apparently im blind, my bad :)

Comment from Defbizkit
Date: March 3, 2008, 6:13 am

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!

Comment from Jason
Date: March 3, 2008, 10:24 am

Please do so

Comment from Jason
Date: March 3, 2008, 10:25 am

http://www.myspace.com/charettamusic

(Courtesy of Chris)

Comment from mattjames1708
Date: March 3, 2008, 5:14 pm

everyone check out royal bliss……..amazing band

Comment from Cfw828
Date: April 10, 2008, 4:26 pm

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

Comment from Nate
Date: April 14, 2008, 8:15 pm

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

Comment from Cfw828
Date: April 15, 2008, 5:09 pm

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.

Comment from ohmerdesign
Date: May 13, 2008, 11:02 am

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