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FOCUS ON: The Mass
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- Label: Monotreme >>
- Genre: Alternative & Punk
An angular four-piece band from Oakland
The Mass is an angular four-piece band from Oakland, California comprising Matt Waters (sax / vocals), Matthew Solberg (bass - also plays guitar in From Monument to Masses), Tom O'Donnell (guitar) and Tyler Cox (drums). The band play dynamic, stop-on-a-dime music that gallops through a variety of styles, incorporating math-rock, punk/ jazz saxophone and huge metal riffs with grindcore vocals that range from high-pitched screams to deep guttural growls and unearthly howls. Tracks such as 'Trapped Under A Ice' and 'We Enslaved Elves To Build Our Death Machine' are epic trawls through ever-shifting landscapes of squalling saxophone, drifting art-rock drones and crushing guitar. Despite the varied nature of their music, the songs somehow remain cohesive and even melodic.
