Garbeast is an LA-based #sludge #metal #band steeped in atmospherics and volume-creating #riffs that crash along the broken glass-littered shores, #keyboards that spread and infect the hillsides like wildfire, and a #rhythm section brutal enough to register on the Richter scale. When drawing and analyzing Garbeast’s blood, a direct line can be seen that points to the elder gods, such as Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson, and to the modern masters of Neurosis, Intronaut and YOB, with ...

Combining fiery #guitar licks, luscious 4 part #harmonies, sweeping #violin leads, and a driving, bombastic #rhythmic foundation, Shiver crafts a sonically potent #soundscape. With influences ranging from #classic #rocknroll to #modern #hardrock, Shiver creates powerfully written numbers with unique #instrumentation, putting on a catchy, energetic, yet intricate #live #show.

Filling the rhythm section of Shiver, Bas is a Dutch  #drummer, #percussionist, #recording and #mixing engineer living in Los Angeles. He studied #performance and #music #production and #engineering at the #Berklee College of Music in Boston. 

Founder of Shiver, Justin quickly fell in love with Rock'n'Roll after hearing Zeppelin's Black Dog at age 14, and soon after bought an #electric #guitar and began writing. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, I made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles in 2014. Self-taught on the guitar, #piano, #bass, #drums, #harmonica and #vocals, Justin is influenced by a range of artists including Jerry Lee Lewis, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, and many others.

Southern California native, Rosalind is a classically trained #violinist that has been playing for 15 years.  She has an ethereal, warm tone to her playing that fits perfectly with Shiver's vibe. Influenced by #artists such as David Garett, Black Violin, 2 Cellos, Hilary Hahn, and Joshua Bell, Rosalind's # violin playing and #vocal ability adds to unique and interesting layer to Shiver's Hard Rock #sound.

California native Tyler has been playing the #guitar For 11 Years; with #musical #influences such as Heart, Def Leppard, and Led Zeppelin, Tyler approaches playing #Rock guitar with a unique #passion. His #versatile playing and attack brings great dynamic and excitement to the #sounds of the band. Tyler's vocals add another layer of depth and warmth to Shiver's #songs. 

Akhil Mahesh identifies himself as "an analog guy in a #digital world". The Western-classically trained #keyboardist of Event Horizon, joined in 2017, is a tech-savvy #music engineer, #software developer and #audio programmer who's worked for major companies like Dolby. Akhil is originally from India where he performed with his previous band "Insignia" in front of thousands in crowds. Akhil is now contributing to Event Horizon's new #arrangement and compositional direction with his unique sense ...

Rachelle "April" Bassili is an LA-Beirut based #AkademiaAward winner multigenre vocalist/lyricist/collaborator with a focus on #Rock and Metal. Rachelle founded "April" and debuted under that #artist name on October 13, 2010 and has performed in #Beirut with her Progressive Rock/Metal band "April" till 2015 headlining big #festivals and local #events with one EP "Archives of the Mind" released. "Vibes" came along as an #acoustic act with which she performed since 2014 doing a# fusion of genres a...

Maximilian Lee Sindermann, guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of Event Horizon, is the #musician and #songwriter to whom the #band plays brainchild. Trained in classical music, beginning with the occasional #piano trifle from a very young age, Max went on to formally study Music Cal-State University Northridge. Being initially drawn to the #death metal genre, Max first conceived the beginnings of Event Horizon in the form of the band’s predecessor: a death metal band called Norazzah, wh...

David Cortes, a Spanish native, is a #guitarist and #composer currently based out of Los Angeles, CA.  David studied guitar, piano, and composition at the conservatories of Albacete and Cuenca.  Despite over ten years of classical training, David developed an interest in complex/progressive rock that made him choose the #electric guitar as his instrument of choice. David composed and premiered a couple of small classical pieces while living in Spain, as well as playing in small local ban...

Jacob Alves plays the #drums. The Cali-native #drummer lives by the coast of Santa Monica where he practices his love for #woodworking in his shop while drinking Coors Light and hanging out with his pit bull, Sasha. His favorite foods include pizza and desserts.

Maxx Richmond is originally a #classical #cellist who first picked up the #bass as a hobby, to be later on turned into a masterful skill with restless practice, shaping him into a multi-instrumental talent with refined #technique and grip of the low frequency at a young age.

Event Horizon is a #LosAngeles based, six-piece Progressive Death Metal band that draws their sound from classical and symphonic influences; conceptual and thematic lyrical plots; and harmonious #vocal contrasts between eclectic/dynamic #female clean vocals and deep #male growls.  In 2011, classically-trained guitarist/vocalist Max Sindermann  began tinkering with the idea of building a bridge between #metal and classical #guitar. Taking inspiration from contemporary metal acts such as Opeth,...