Editorial: 25 More Unsigned Bands To Know
Posted: May 1st, 2008
Contributed By: Nick
For weeks, I spent countless hours sifting through every unsigned band I could get my hands on, not only from the United States but from a multitude of countries from around the globe as well. I came across hundreds of really, really good bands, many of which I will use for my future lists. But for now, and as difficult as it was, I narrowed it down to 25. Is this the best 25 from the lot?-No. Instead, I picked the 25 bands which I enjoyed listening to the most, who had music that stood out, got my attention, and kept me coming back for more. So, with that out of the way, here is my latest compilation of 25 unsigned bands from around the world who I feel you all deserve to hear and enjoy…
1. BulletProof Messenger
(www.myspace.com/bulletproofmessenger)
Location: New York, NY
For Fans Of: Thousand Foot Krutch, Blowsight, Trapt
2. 16Stitch
(www.myspace.com/16stitch)
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
For Fans Of: Onesidezero, Glassjaw, Blindside
3. Bleak
(www.myspace.com/bleakmusic)
Location: Finland
For Fans Of: Fightstar, 10 Years, Crossfade
4. 3AMProject
(www.myspace.com/3amproject)
Location: Peoria, IL
For Fans Of: Seemless, The End, Trigger Point
5. Dead By April
(www.myspace.com/dbaswe)
Location: Sweden
For Fans Of: Soilwork, Still Remains, Dry Kill Logic
6. Dead Letter Circus
(www.myspace.com/deadlettercircus)
Location: Brisbane, Australia
For Fans Of: Karnivool, A Perfect Circle, Evans Blue
7. Cromwell
(www.myspace.com/cromwell)
Location: Inland Empire, CA
For Fans Of: Deftones, TRUSTcompany, Gatsby’s American Dream
8. Social Ghost
(www.myspace.com/socialghost)
Location: Orlando, FL
For Fans Of: Thornley, Kutless, Oleander
9. Parmalee
(www.myspace.com/parmalee)
Location: Greenville, NC
For Fans Of: Daughtry, Course of Nature, Shinedown
10. Serenade for June
(www.myspace.com/serenadeforjune)
Location: Sweden
For Fans Of: Chevelle, Far, Lostprophets
11. Fear Zero
(www.myspace.com/fearzero)
Location: British Columbia, Canada
For Fans Of: Staind, 12 Stones, Tonic
12. Major Label
(www.myspace.com/majorlabelband)
Location: Finland
For Fans Of: Deftones, Flaw, Relative Ash
13. Nothing More
(www.myspace.com/nothingmoremusic)
Location: San Antonio, TX
For Fans Of: Atomship, Our Lady Peace, 10 Years
14. Irrational
(www.myspace.com/irrational)
Location: Orlando, FL
For Fans Of: Sick Puppies, Burn Season, Lo-Pro
15. Bitune
(www.myspace.com/bitune)
Location: Germany
For Fans Of: Incubus, Seven Wiser, Liquid Gang
16. Everything at Once
(www.myspace.com/everythingatonce)
Location: Toronto, Canada
For Fans Of: Breaking Benjamin, Injected, Seether
17. Drowning Me
(www.myspace.com/drowningme)
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
For Fans Of: Five Bolt Main, Spineshank, Dope
18. Rides Again
(www.myspace.com/ridesagain)
Location: Ontario, Canada
For Fans Of: Breaking Point, Sugarcult, Skillet
19. Burning Borders
(www.myspace.com/burningbordersmusic)
Location: British Columbia, Canada
For Fans Of: Pillar, Bloodsimple, Killswitch Engage
20. The Adio Sequence
(www.myspace.com/theadiosequence)
Location: Portland, OR
For Fans Of: Project 86, Failure, Dead Poetic
21. Black Water Rising
(www.myspace.com/blackwaterrising)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
For Fans Of: Down, Stereomud, Black Stone Cherry
22. Tupelo Honey
(www.myspace.com/tupelohoney)
Location: Alberta, Canada
For Fans Of: Shinedown, doubleDrive, Dark new Day
23. It’s Alive
(www.myspace.com/itsalive)
Location: Lake Mary, FL
For Fans Of: Saosin, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Used
24. Palmerston
(www.myspace.com/palmerston)
Location: Hollywood, CA
For Fans Of: Foo Fighters, Simon Says, U.P.O.
25. Sleep Parade
(www.myspace.com/sleepparade)
Location: Melbourne, Australia
For Fans Of: Dredg, Strata, A Perfect Circle
Below, I have included two Honorable Mentions-these two bands would have made the cut if they had not already disbanded…
Honorable Mentions:
1. Fourth Element (BROKEN UP)
(www.myspace.com/fourthelement)
Location: Baltimore, MD
2. The Loving Loss (BROKEN UP)
(www.myspace.com/thelovingloss)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Comments
Comment from Jason
May 1, 2008, 9:50 am
Everyone listen to Tupelo Honey. I’ve been raving about them to Chris for awhile. They just released a new EP and the song Morphine is tearing it up in Canada.
Comment from Nate
May 1, 2008, 9:56 am
Sweet! These posts are the best! And more lists to come!
Comment from Nick
May 1, 2008, 10:05 am
hope you all dig :)
Comment from Nick
May 1, 2008, 10:25 am
oh and i just found out 3amproject is no more…thats a shame cuz theyre effin amazing
Comment from Deuce
May 1, 2008, 12:24 pm
Everything At Once got a ton of love from WJJO in Madison, and I cant find mention of them anywhere. Hopefully they put out a follow up to their S/T soon.
Comment from Lucas
May 1, 2008, 12:51 pm
The link for Fear Zero is messed up. Nice list of bands. Going to check ‘em out. Some of them I’ve heard of (Bulletproof Messenger) and are pretty good.
Comment from Lucas
May 1, 2008, 12:53 pm
Link for Irrational isn’t working either.
Comment from Chris
May 1, 2008, 12:54 pm
It appears Irrational’s MySpace page has been deleted.
Comment from Nick
May 1, 2008, 1:25 pm
Irrational:
profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=1884409
Comment from Chris
May 1, 2008, 1:29 pm
Thanks Nick.
Thats strange that myspace.com/irrational comes up as an invalid ID, but the profile.myspace.com address works
Comment from Lucas
May 1, 2008, 1:47 pm
Looks like they’re some random numbers after the slash instead of their actual name… Kinda stupid. I posted the link w/ the numbers, but it was hidden (spam filter I presume).
Comment from Jason
May 1, 2008, 2:14 pm
Fear Zero is pretty good. Good call on these guys Nick.
Comment from RaNight
May 1, 2008, 2:41 pm
damn… who do I need to pay-off around here to get on a list? ;) haha
Comment from salastna
May 1, 2008, 3:00 pm
Wow a mention for my boys, Palmeston.
Comment from airtas
May 1, 2008, 5:06 pm
bulletproof owns, HAS ANY1 heard anything by WAKING SEASON?
Comment from mattjames1708
May 1, 2008, 8:36 pm
ROYAL BLISS!!!!!!check them out.
Comment from Lucas
May 1, 2008, 8:54 pm
Tourist (http://www.myspace.com/touristband)
Comment from Nick
May 1, 2008, 10:39 pm
hey mattjames1708, i remember u telling me about royal bliss awhile ago and i bought the cd and its really good
Comment from ohgreat
May 1, 2008, 11:16 pm
Rides Again and Tupelo Honey BOTH have made the cut, I see. That’s a good sign since I hear them both played on rock radio extensively based on where I live (Give a nod to Edmonton, AB, CANADA, respectively).
But look under ‘Honorable Mentions’. That’s a great add to be looking at. Whoa. Cool ;)
Comment from pen
May 2, 2008, 12:59 am
The only thing is that in no way does Everything At Once resemble Injected at all. I almost wonder if you guys are just trying to choose three random better known bands just to compare these guys to something. I mean, a band that sounds like Chevelle, Far, and Lostprophets? I mean, that’s inconceivable.
Comment from harty3113
May 2, 2008, 9:23 am
social ghost is good. i saw them back in november.
Comment from beyondthesun
May 2, 2008, 12:41 pm
Hey Nick, nice list! I’ve just got one question.. why isn’t Broken Iris on it?? :)
Comment from Cfw828
May 2, 2008, 2:20 pm
I know they were mentioned in the last one…don’t think they made the top 25, but they did get mentioned somewhere.
Comment from Lucas
May 2, 2008, 3:04 pm
I agree, Pen. I don’t agree with very many of the “for fans of” comparison bands either. I didn’t really see similarities in any of them much at all to be perfectly honest with you. Just listen to it, if you like it great, if you don’t that’s too bad and move on.
Comment from Nick
May 2, 2008, 10:42 pm
haha its funny cuz broken iris was on the list but then i saw you had posted something about them in another post so it kinda fouled the nest so to say hah
and the ‘for fans of’…i do it based off random songs i pick from the band and list what those songs remind me off…good way of mixing it up IMO
can’t remember which everything at once song sounds like injected but yea even that one made me scratch myhead this time around ha
Comment from beyondthesun
May 3, 2008, 4:23 am
Yeah Nick we talked about them in the Ashes Divide review, but still.. they deserve a place here too! :)
Comment from mattjames1708
May 3, 2008, 3:36 pm
i thought you would have forgot about that nick lol but thats awesome that you like them its hard to believe that they haven’t got signed yet devils and angels i believe would be a huge hit on the radio
Comment from Nick
May 4, 2008, 12:05 pm
yea actually the first song called “brave” is phenomenal and my favorite from the cd by far and again thank you for the recommendation bro
Comment from Nick
May 4, 2008, 12:13 pm
oh and for the record 3amproject IS NOT BROKEN UP
sorry for the misquote and stupid ASSumption
Comment from Cfw828
May 6, 2008, 11:33 am
May I have the link to the first one in case I wanted to listen to the bands before?
Comment from Chris
May 6, 2008, 11:43 am
Comment from lateralus
May 6, 2008, 5:31 pm
Comment from Nick
May 6, 2008, 8:35 pm
subtle shot is good stuff, i remember checking them out once
Comment from Nate
May 7, 2008, 6:11 am
I posted this at the end of the original Unsigned Bands post, but I doubt many saw it.
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 harty3113
May 9, 2008, 9:06 am
Thaxton Ward- http://www.myspace.com/thaxtonward
City Sleeps- http://www.myspace.com/citysleeps
Dawn Over Zero- http://www.myspace.com/citysleeps
I tihnk those bands should be in the top 25
Comment from Chris
May 9, 2008, 10:38 am
The title of the editorial is “25 More Unsigned Bands to Know”. City Sleeps is signed.
Comment from Lucas
May 13, 2008, 10:14 pm
That Broken Iris band is awesome, and simply amazing. They’re quickly becoming a favorite of mine. The album is one of the better I’ve heard in awhile especially from such a relatively less well known band.
Another band I just found out about is Joan Red - http://www.myspace.com/joanred
Pretty good stuff
Comment from Nate
May 14, 2008, 6:54 am
Joan Red is good, nice find Lucas. Also like Thaxton Ward and Dawn Over Zero. I actually first heard Dawn Over Zero on Pandora a few years ago.
Comment from Jason
May 14, 2008, 9:02 am
I’ve mentioned Joan Red in various threads atleast 3 times. I frigging love that band.
Comment from Nate
May 15, 2008, 5:53 pm
Comment from Cfw828
May 16, 2008, 9:17 pm
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Comment from pen
May 1, 2008, 9:38 am
I love Everything At Once and Bulletproof Messenger.