Producer Ross Robinson has manned some of the most important rock albums of our time. Robinson's list of accomplishments includes Korn's 1995 genre-creating debut, Slipknot's Roadrunner releases and the overpowering At The Drive-In release, "Relationship Of Command". Vex Red, the latest undertaking by Robinson, is signed to his IAM Recordings label. Vex Red's emotional tension in songs like "Clone Jesus" is a blend of dirty and distorted guitar atmospheres, captivating emotional vocal styling and intoxicating rhythms. Vex Red are a piercing, hypnotic and uninhibited take on underground British indie noise. Robinson's direction and multi-leveled attack will make Vex Red's IAM/Virgin debut, "Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire", a worthwhile listen for those ready to be challenged. more...

Roadrunner Records has been the leader in heavy music for the last decade. From Sepultura to Slipknot, the label has set the bar for the genre. One of the label's latest signings, Sinch, brings heaviness on a much different plateau than its predecessors. Sinch are a deep and allusive act that clouds the mind with mind-altering guitar lines and tripped-out atmospheres. The band's intelligent heaviness and art-rock vibe is comparable to Tool, but much more literal, dreamy and hypnotic. Sinch are looking for something, they're looking to explore places that other rock bands aren't willing to go, or can't begin to comprehend. Sinch weighs heavy on the mind and is a much more intelligent expression of "heaviness" than the mind numbing metal pummeling of its fellow Roadrunner acts. Songs like "Tabula Rasa" and "The Silent Acquiescence Of Millions" are shadowy, soul-searching epics with heavy bass lines and reflective vocals. If you're looking for something more, if you're looking to take a journey, Sinch may very well be for you. more...

Thirty Seconds To Mars are setting to launch their self-titled debut offering on Immortal/Virgin. This explosive atmospheric band is a mind blowing trip into the senses with pulsating guitars, rich landscapes and eerie tense vocals. Thirty Seconds To Mars is an awe-aspiring space rock odyssey whose musical direction points to bands like Tool, Pink Floyd and Failure. The band paints a multi-leveled textural journey that has been perfectly captured by producers Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd) and Brian Virtue (Deadsy). If you're ready to take a deep journey into the depths of the universe, Thirty Seconds To Mars is the vehicle that will take you to another reality. more...

With an unmistakable vocal style and a musical attack all their own, 36 Crazyfists are set to tear things up with their Roadrunner debut, "Bitterness The Star". Frontman Brock Lindow is one of the most unique vocalists in rock today, with an abrasive and constantly changing vocal style that keeps you on the edge with melodic verses and overpowering scream choruses. 36 Crazyfists hit you in every direction with a singular and serjical attack that ambush the ear on every level. 36 Crazyfists recruited crunchy rock producers Scrap 60 Productions (Dry Kill Logic, Primer 55), who brought a consistency and devastatingly heavy sound to the band's debut. 36 Crazyfists will dislocate and harm you with their pummeling emotional assault. Beware. more...