Just curious

[jimbobhickville]

What independent (meaning they don't have a recording contract with a label) bands do y'all listen to? Some of the best that I've found are:

Actual Time
Amaran
Antithesis
Braindance
Cea Serin
Dainami
Degree Absolute
Dysrhythmia (I think they got signed now, though)
Echosilence
Enertia (sound uncannily like Flotsam and Jetsam)
Encryption
Exivious
Fictional Prison
Gracepoint
Ion Vein
Manifest Destiny
Power of Omens
Spastic Ink (a must listen)
Vainglory
Xandria

Hmm...that became a decent sized list. Anyone else like to search out unsigned bands?

 

[Jono]

all the indies I used to listen to got signed. Ei: Soilent Green, Sonnier Brothers Band (very bluesy), Metallica.... wait no...
-Jono-

 

[The Man]

The Hunger are one of my favorite bands. They used to be on Universal Records, but didn't sell well enough, so were dropped. Now they just use their own label and are making the best music they ever have. Check them out. www.thehungeronline.com

 

[AngelWitch73]

Some of my favourite unsigned bands are:

VII GATES
SEDITION
SIRENS
HORFIXION
HATEWORK (recently signed though)
SCYTHE (anothe recently signed)
SILENCER
SOULLESS

 

[bRaTpRiNcEsS]

I didn't know the Hunger got dropped. They used to get a lot of airplay, but now that you mention it, I haven't heard them in a while. I liked what I heard. I'm surprised they didn't do well. Whenever a band disappears from the radio, I always assume it's because of the fickle ways of radio nowadays. That sucks.