The Deathmarch Crushes On
...the album title says it all. Stonecreep is a band that has seen many ups
and downs. Despite the trials and tribulations, however, the band has
defiantly continued to soldier forward. Stonecreep's story begins in the
city of Fargo, North Dakota with four musicians whose prime goal was
to make metal the way it was intended: raw, uncompromising, and
above all bombastic and fun...an ideal the band carries with them today.
One by one the members of the group migrated to Portland, Oregon
and Stonecreep was born.
The band quickly won over audiences with their super high-energy stage
shows and a unique style that combined elements of classic heavy metal,
thrash, death,and straight-ahead rock n' roll. They recorded and released
three independent albums. Each recording displayed a sophistication and
musical progression over the one that preceded it. They also took on a
relentless touring schedule, playing hundreds of shows literally anywhere
and everywhere that they could make their presence known.
In 2009 Stonecreep entered the studio to record
The Deathmarch Crushes On.
The album is without a doubt the band's finest work to date, combining
elements of both old and new to take their sound to a new level. Using
all of the musical tools at their disposal, The Deathmarch... is a lethal
cocktail of crunching guitars, thunderous drums and bass, soaring leads
and a passionate, multi-faceted vocal approach. The band consider this to
be their true debut, after years of self-released efforts. Metal Maniacs
magazine may have said it best when they described the band
as having "as much Metallica and Accept persuasion at play as there is
Black Label Society and Motorhead, if collected and melted down into
a single metal silver bullet", and as "cock-rockin' banger fuel that's perfect
for the bar, car or air guitar anytime."
In 2010 the band retreated underground, playing only a handful of shows
and regrouping only to emerge as a stronger, more devastating machine.
2011 saw the re-release of The Deathmarch Crushes On...
via California-based Old School Metal Records as well as more touring
and writing for what will no doubt be a highly anticipated follow-up album.
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