3 Unique Female-Fronted Metal Bands to Play Benefit
CHAPALAS BLUE BEETLE ROCK BAR is proud to host an incredible combination of local female-fronted metal bands in a powerhouse benefit for the Flight of the Valkyries Festival (FotV). FotV is slated to draw female-fronted metal acts from all over the world to the US.
Flight of the Valkyries is an independently operated female fronted metal festival that has taken place the last 3 years in St. Paul, MN. In 2010, the Flight of the Valkyries festival will spread its wings to include a new east coast edition aptly named FotV East. FotV East is set to debut in Baltimore, MD at The Ottobar on Saturday, November 6, 2010. The regional festival is being held to gauge interest for a larger festival featuring more well-known national acts being planned for next year in Baltimore. FotV East will showcase regional female-fronted metal acts seeking US support for the unique festival concept.
The benefit showcases incredible artists from the same genre in our own backyard! Featured performers are Washington, DC-based heavy metal band A Sound of Thunder, Frederick, MD-based operatic metal band Cassandra Syndrome, and Baltimore, MD-based industrial metal act Dying Design. The night will also feature opener The Schismatics, an all-male thrash band out of Baltimore, MD.
Date: Saturday, October 23rd
Location: Chapalas at 15530 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD, 20866
Time: Doors - 8 pm
The Schismatics - 8:30 pm
Dying Design - 9:25 pm
Cassandra Syndrome - 10:20
A Sound of Thunder - 11:15pm
Details: All ages. Press inquiries can be directed to Bobbie Dickerson of Flight of the Valkyries Music Festival at OnceATatteredSoul [at] yahoo [dot] com or Cindy Parr of Dying Design at dyingdesign00 [at] hotmail [dot] com
About A Sound of Thunder: A Sound of Thunder is a Washington DC-based, female fronted heavy metal band. Their four piece band consists of Josh Schwartz on guitar, Nina Osegueda on vocals, Chris Haren on drums, and Ben Washburn on bass. A Sound of Thunder conquers metal realms ranging from '70s blues-based proto-metal a la Black Sabbath and early Judas Priest, to triumphant modern power metal a la Hammerfall and Primal Fear. Soaring vocals, incendiary instrumentals, and classic songs combine to form an unrelenting, unapologetic slab of metal to stand the test of time.
http://www.asoundofthunderband.com/
About Cassandra Syndrome: Hailing from Maryland, Cassandra Syndrome is a strikingly unique act comprised of Irene Jericho on vocals, Chris Kackley on lead guitar, Jen Tonon on rhythm guitar, Joe Cariola on bass and Jay Jericho on percussion. This passionate, engaging group blends elements of metal and opera to scathingly good effect. The band is currently touring to support their album Of Patriots and Tyrants. Praised by reviewers around the globe for their dramatic, energetic music and socially conscious lyrics, Cassandra Syndrome remains a metal-based call to arms.
www.cassandrasyndrome.com
About Dying Design: Dying Design is an industrial metal quartet from the Baltimore, Maryland area. The ensemble is comprised of two guitarists, a bassist, and the vocal duties are shared primarily amongst two members, while the others provide backing vocals. Thats right ... no drummer! Dying Design uses computerized custom drum programming, which allows them to experiment with many different styles and tonalities of drums, ultimately giving the band a more powerful backbone. This isnt just a heavy, groove oriented band with female vocals - it is a band that truly has something valuable to say, which is a rarity in current hard rock & metal genres. They spread a strong message of self-improvement, self-reliance, and the need to question your surroundings. Thinking for yourself and rejecting the teachings of a corrupt society is the only way to stay pure and thus remaining truly free.
http://www.myspace.com/dyingdesign
About The Schismatics: The Schismatics are an all-male Baltimore, MD-based thrash/punk trio featuring Scott Ashlin on bass and vocals, Nick Saulsbury on drums and Justin Liebermann on guitar and vocals. The band features crunchy guitar riffs, driving bass lines and instantly-enjoyable rhythms littered with an array of lyrical themes from world history to social commentary to b-horror classics.
http://www.myspace.com/schismatics
CHAPALAS BLUE BEETLE ROCK BAR is proud to host an incredible combination of local female-fronted metal bands in a powerhouse benefit for the Flight of the Valkyries Festival (FotV). FotV is slated to draw female-fronted metal acts from all over the world to the US.
Flight of the Valkyries is an independently operated female fronted metal festival that has taken place the last 3 years in St. Paul, MN. In 2010, the Flight of the Valkyries festival will spread its wings to include a new east coast edition aptly named FotV East. FotV East is set to debut in Baltimore, MD at The Ottobar on Saturday, November 6, 2010. The regional festival is being held to gauge interest for a larger festival featuring more well-known national acts being planned for next year in Baltimore. FotV East will showcase regional female-fronted metal acts seeking US support for the unique festival concept.
The benefit showcases incredible artists from the same genre in our own backyard! Featured performers are Washington, DC-based heavy metal band A Sound of Thunder, Frederick, MD-based operatic metal band Cassandra Syndrome, and Baltimore, MD-based industrial metal act Dying Design. The night will also feature opener The Schismatics, an all-male thrash band out of Baltimore, MD.
Date: Saturday, October 23rd
Location: Chapalas at 15530 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD, 20866
Time: Doors - 8 pm
The Schismatics - 8:30 pm
Dying Design - 9:25 pm
Cassandra Syndrome - 10:20
A Sound of Thunder - 11:15pm
Details: All ages. Press inquiries can be directed to Bobbie Dickerson of Flight of the Valkyries Music Festival at OnceATatteredSoul [at] yahoo [dot] com or Cindy Parr of Dying Design at dyingdesign00 [at] hotmail [dot] com
About A Sound of Thunder: A Sound of Thunder is a Washington DC-based, female fronted heavy metal band. Their four piece band consists of Josh Schwartz on guitar, Nina Osegueda on vocals, Chris Haren on drums, and Ben Washburn on bass. A Sound of Thunder conquers metal realms ranging from '70s blues-based proto-metal a la Black Sabbath and early Judas Priest, to triumphant modern power metal a la Hammerfall and Primal Fear. Soaring vocals, incendiary instrumentals, and classic songs combine to form an unrelenting, unapologetic slab of metal to stand the test of time.
http://www.asoundofthunderband.com/
About Cassandra Syndrome: Hailing from Maryland, Cassandra Syndrome is a strikingly unique act comprised of Irene Jericho on vocals, Chris Kackley on lead guitar, Jen Tonon on rhythm guitar, Joe Cariola on bass and Jay Jericho on percussion. This passionate, engaging group blends elements of metal and opera to scathingly good effect. The band is currently touring to support their album Of Patriots and Tyrants. Praised by reviewers around the globe for their dramatic, energetic music and socially conscious lyrics, Cassandra Syndrome remains a metal-based call to arms.
www.cassandrasyndrome.com
About Dying Design: Dying Design is an industrial metal quartet from the Baltimore, Maryland area. The ensemble is comprised of two guitarists, a bassist, and the vocal duties are shared primarily amongst two members, while the others provide backing vocals. Thats right ... no drummer! Dying Design uses computerized custom drum programming, which allows them to experiment with many different styles and tonalities of drums, ultimately giving the band a more powerful backbone. This isnt just a heavy, groove oriented band with female vocals - it is a band that truly has something valuable to say, which is a rarity in current hard rock & metal genres. They spread a strong message of self-improvement, self-reliance, and the need to question your surroundings. Thinking for yourself and rejecting the teachings of a corrupt society is the only way to stay pure and thus remaining truly free.
http://www.myspace.com/dyingdesign
About The Schismatics: The Schismatics are an all-male Baltimore, MD-based thrash/punk trio featuring Scott Ashlin on bass and vocals, Nick Saulsbury on drums and Justin Liebermann on guitar and vocals. The band features crunchy guitar riffs, driving bass lines and instantly-enjoyable rhythms littered with an array of lyrical themes from world history to social commentary to b-horror classics.
http://www.myspace.com/schismatics
