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Common Dead "Critical Mass" Official Video
Common Dead "Wound" Official Video
Press Reviews:
"An underground metal fist pumping good time... Inspiring guitar solos, intermittent forays into melodic death metal... A sound that is memorable and anthemic... The pissed off and shouted vocal delivery strongly brings to mind Pantera."
Ty Arthur - Metal Underground
"This disc is better than many of the other acts I've already heard this year... Runs the gamut from death metal to groove, grind and even a bit of tech metal... It's raw, it's uncompromising, it's in-your-face... There are some highly creative and original riffs."
Bruce Moore - Pure Grain Audio
"Common Dead is one of those hidden islands that is really worth visiting... Laurenson alone - performing the drums, vocals, keyboards, and guitars - sounds better than four people performing them in some of the 'bigger' bands who only wish they could have such ingenuity on their own."
Colin McNamara - Brutalism
"A huge undertaking for any musician, let alone one musician ... Excellent staccato leadwork and kick ass rhythm guitar to boot ... Gifted and accomplished axman ... He's obviously a very driven individual ..."
Robert Williams - Metal-Rules.com
"9 out of 10 ... This is actually really f**king good ... All the melody you'd expect is there, too... There's some real quality chops on display here, hell, not just that but all the instruments are tight and audible..."
Kyall Robinson - The Metal Forge
Artist Bio:
Drawing from thrash, groove, and death metal influence alike, Common Dead's technical yet melodic riffing and raw vocals help illustrate a lyrical base that is candid, empowering, and reflects the conflicts of a free thinking individual. Under the frequent banner "We Are All Common Dead Eventually", the band name alludes to more than morbid truth; ironically, band founder Andrew Laurenson was himself declared "dead" as a child before medics could restore his pulse following a brutal skull fracture.
The Chicago native is principally the band's lead guitarist/vocalist in live settings, despite having performed all instruments himself on every studio release thus far. This includes Common Dead's most recent and defining album yet, "Diatribe".
Brave Words commended the album for "knockout riff after knockout riff", while Metal Underground called the sound "memorable and anthemic", adding "the pissed off and shouted vocal delivery strongly brings to mind Pantera". Brutalism also awarded the effort 4 out of 5 stars, remarking that Laurenson "sounds better than four people performing in some of the 'bigger' bands who only wish they could have such ingenuity on their own".
Released in 2012, "Diatribe" is actually the third formal album from Common Dead. A self-titled debut, with a deliberate "old school" sound, arrived in 2009 and scored a 9 out of 10 from The Metal Forge. The brief and grind/industrial "Interim Flesh EP" followed in 2011, and was received even better by Metal Rules. In addition to various college and internet radio appeal, all albums have spawned music videos of which Laurenson is the director, if not co-director, and editor.
www.commondead.com
Common Dead "Critical Mass" Official Video
Common Dead "Wound" Official Video
Press Reviews:
"An underground metal fist pumping good time... Inspiring guitar solos, intermittent forays into melodic death metal... A sound that is memorable and anthemic... The pissed off and shouted vocal delivery strongly brings to mind Pantera."
Ty Arthur - Metal Underground
"This disc is better than many of the other acts I've already heard this year... Runs the gamut from death metal to groove, grind and even a bit of tech metal... It's raw, it's uncompromising, it's in-your-face... There are some highly creative and original riffs."
Bruce Moore - Pure Grain Audio
"Common Dead is one of those hidden islands that is really worth visiting... Laurenson alone - performing the drums, vocals, keyboards, and guitars - sounds better than four people performing them in some of the 'bigger' bands who only wish they could have such ingenuity on their own."
Colin McNamara - Brutalism
"A huge undertaking for any musician, let alone one musician ... Excellent staccato leadwork and kick ass rhythm guitar to boot ... Gifted and accomplished axman ... He's obviously a very driven individual ..."
Robert Williams - Metal-Rules.com
"9 out of 10 ... This is actually really f**king good ... All the melody you'd expect is there, too... There's some real quality chops on display here, hell, not just that but all the instruments are tight and audible..."
Kyall Robinson - The Metal Forge
Artist Bio:
Drawing from thrash, groove, and death metal influence alike, Common Dead's technical yet melodic riffing and raw vocals help illustrate a lyrical base that is candid, empowering, and reflects the conflicts of a free thinking individual. Under the frequent banner "We Are All Common Dead Eventually", the band name alludes to more than morbid truth; ironically, band founder Andrew Laurenson was himself declared "dead" as a child before medics could restore his pulse following a brutal skull fracture.
The Chicago native is principally the band's lead guitarist/vocalist in live settings, despite having performed all instruments himself on every studio release thus far. This includes Common Dead's most recent and defining album yet, "Diatribe".
Brave Words commended the album for "knockout riff after knockout riff", while Metal Underground called the sound "memorable and anthemic", adding "the pissed off and shouted vocal delivery strongly brings to mind Pantera". Brutalism also awarded the effort 4 out of 5 stars, remarking that Laurenson "sounds better than four people performing in some of the 'bigger' bands who only wish they could have such ingenuity on their own".
Released in 2012, "Diatribe" is actually the third formal album from Common Dead. A self-titled debut, with a deliberate "old school" sound, arrived in 2009 and scored a 9 out of 10 from The Metal Forge. The brief and grind/industrial "Interim Flesh EP" followed in 2011, and was received even better by Metal Rules. In addition to various college and internet radio appeal, all albums have spawned music videos of which Laurenson is the director, if not co-director, and editor.
www.commondead.com
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