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 ...

Opening the borders of genre, acoustic guitar duo Opal Ocean fuses together #Rock and #Flamenco techniques to create their own epic wall of #sound. Forming in late 2013, New Caledonian Alex Champ and New Zealander Nadav Tabak decided to take their #music to the streets busking, using it as a platform for composing their #original #instrumental pieces. Based on the heart of #Melbourne, the #eclectic duo have seen their works enjoying great success, selling over 12,000 physical CD's Independently...

New Zealander Nadav Tabak is one half of the power #duo Opal Ocean . With #influences varying from Opeth and Dream Theater to John Butler and Rodrigo y Gabriela, this duo has come up with a signature #sound of their own fusing #flamenco and #progressive #rock steering away from #acoustic music stereotypes.  Tabak has been playing the guitar for 13 years now, upon picking up his mother's acoustic guitar in his teen years. 

New Caledonian Alex Champ is one half of the power #duo Opal Ocean.What's characteristic about their #music is that it breaks away from #acoustic #music stereotypes fusing #flamenco techniques with #progressive #rock sounds to create their own unique sonic universe.  The project started with them crafting their #original #compositions in a Melboune basement in 2013.  Champ studied music at the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand. 

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. 

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.

Music is therapeutic in its presence and absence. If #silence is the lack of any kind of #sound and #music being the sum of sounds coming together, there's remedy in the way the two are in contrast and harmony. When music and silence become one in unison and when your #breathing pattern aligns with the #rhythm of t...

Seattle-based Katelyn Isaacson is a sound designer, composer, singer, and songwriter of multiple genres. She's highly interested in new ways to use #audio in visual and interactive #media. Katelyn has extensive experience in scoring and #sound designing for films and #video #games, as well as #studio recording, audio #editing / processing, and singing. Over the past few years, Katelyn has been performing as a classically-trained #soprano and working as a #composer for Guillotine Studios (produc...

On his third full-length #album, singer/songwriter Allen Stone proves himself deeply devoted to making uncompromisingly soulful music that transcends all #pop convention. Stone’s debut for Capitol Records, Radius marks the follow-up to the Chewelah, Washington-bred 28-year-old’s self-released and self-titled sophomore effort, a 2011 album that climbed to the top 10 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and gained acclaim from renowned #rock critic Ann Powers (whose NPR review hailed Allen Stone...

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...

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,...