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I saw this tour and it was incredible. RIP Victoria. Devastated when the cancer took her.
That was pretty awesome. Norma Jean have some very decent songs within their repertoire, albeit slightly derivative. But they have a knack for writing well rounded songs
Good little write up. It's akin to opening one's ears and then leading them towards a more refined path of enlightenment. The only downside is when you find harder bands that are long broken up but that's life.Yeah, I only learned about this hidden track last week. I'd hesitate to call them derivative. They definitely had a major influence from Botch. But Botch was pretty inapproachable, IMO. Don't get me wrong; I love Botch, but their guitar tones and vocals are less heavy yet more abrasive than those of Norma Jean. I think Norma Jean took a Botch style formula, smoothed it out and polished it, and brought it to a (slightly) wider audience. O' God, the Aftermath; Redeemer, and The Anti-Mother are all fantastic in my book. After that, they kind of lost their edge and haven't really recovered. Also, I don't think they get enough credit for popularizing the "djent" tone. They hit their guitars so hard that they got that "boink" sound, even by only tuning down a half step instead of playing 7- or 8-string guitars.
Good little write up. It's akin to opening one's ears and then leading them towards a more refined path of enlightenment. The only downside is when you find harder bands that are long broken up but that's life.
Did any of you get into the Chariot? I was hooked on Long Live for a lengthy amount of time, and got to see them once here opening up with a few others for Underoath. Not quite sure of the lineage of the band, but I did hear that their vocalist was previously in Norma Jean but didn't follow up with checking the history.
Yeah, I only learned about this hidden track last week. I'd hesitate to call them derivative. They definitely had a major influence from Botch. But Botch was pretty inapproachable, IMO. Don't get me wrong; I love Botch, but their guitar tones and vocals are less heavy yet more abrasive than those of Norma Jean. I think Norma Jean took a Botch style formula, smoothed it out and polished it, and brought it to a (slightly) wider audience. O' God, the Aftermath; Redeemer, and The Anti-Mother are all fantastic in my book. After that, they kind of lost their edge and haven't really recovered. Also, I don't think they get enough credit for popularizing the "djent" tone. They hit their guitars so hard that they got that "boink" sound, even by only tuning down a half step instead of playing 7- or 8-string guitars.
Will Haven
I even like the songs where they sound peculiarly similar to Deftones.
Sad I've never seen them live. I watched this video from 2018 a month ago, and they still sound great.
Your ears aren't deceiving you:
I don't think they'd be out of place with Will Haven or Glassjaw. I think that would be a great line-up actually. Both Norma Jean and GJ can span the spectrum from light to heavy, so it works out.
I wouldn’t have guessed they were French. I can visualize them breaking Tin Tin statues on stage.Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that finger print record was from 1993 ^