Hi Everybody
If you have not checked Hoyt's Pathfinder MetalFest Myspace page, then you may not have heard much about the Speed Metallers from Fort Wayne, Indiana called Zephaniah.
This is what Mark Gromen of BW&BK wrote about their performance at our Warriors Of Metal Fest II this past June 6th:
"Dragonforce, you have a lot of “splaining” to do (to paraphrase the late Desi Arnaz). Fort Wayne, Indiana’s ZEPHANIAH are a highly proficient, tech-thrash outfit that seemingly throws any/all influences into a song, but musicality is only one part of the repertoire. The quintet are all over the stage (ala Dillinger Escape Plan/Cephalic Carnage/Dragonforce) and when not relentlessly headbanging or pinwheeling hair, they play each others instruments, spinning in circles, be it guitarist lending the fingering hand to the other’s fretboard or trading axes still slung over the back (this choreography really needs to be seen to fully understand, check out YouTube). Meanwhile, the Meshuggah technical death/thrash at Dragonforce speed is punctuated by Maiden-ish twin leads, high pitched vocals or pig squeals. The shredding riffarama ‘Black Beard’s Revenge’ see synchronized overhand tapping while the fun loving nature of these youngsters is summarized by the introduction to ‘Quest For The Royal Crown’, humorously depicted/dedicated to a local label head’s favourite cola! Somehow it all comes off as very tuneful and highly entertaining. Later in the show, when things slow down (at least in terms of onstage traffic), ‘Barbarian’s Tale’ and ‘Fields Of The Impaled’ prove to be decent power metal, free of histrionics."
-Excerpt from full show review @
http://www.bravewords.com/news/115442
Zephaniah kicked so much ass closing the first night's show at the Kansas City Power Fest II (after Manilla Road) that they were invited to headline BOTH nights of that Fest in 2010!!!
And to Demonstrate just part of what Mark Gromen saw, here's a video of one of their gigs in Cincinnati:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zumRv1CBIco&feature=player_embedded[/ame]
Definitely DO NOT miss this explosive band at the Pathfinder MetalFest 2009.
I'll see you all there.
Datis
DJ Metal Daddy (
www.xtrememetalradio.com every Sunday from 9 to Noon EST)
Farvahar Records
Official Sponsor of the Warriors Of Metal Fest III (
www.myspace.com/womfest)
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