Cincinnati is best known for its blue-collared, whiskey-drinking bar scene. Seven Orchids is spawned from this rugged atmosphere of crusty punks, panhandlers, and dive metal bars. Depression, heartbreak, and ex-girlfriends are the subject matter that Seven Orchids stays clear of, and leaves that to the rest of the metal bands out today. Seven Orchids takes a different direction in the world of heavy metal. They make extreme a little more accessible, blending many facets of music together to make a unique blend of chaotic yet melodic and "catchy" metal.
"Raising Hell in Whiskey Heaven", the debut CD by Seven Orchids, can best be described as a fast maelstrom of thundering beats, menacing barks, and shredding guitars. Song titles like "Crossing the Cross", "Silence is Dead", and "A Scorpions Death" evoke a quandary of elicit images, and paint a picture for the listener. The musicianship is technical yet fluid with a precise, hammering rhythm section.
Over the past four years, Seven Orchids has garnered a dedicated, ardent, underground following in the Midwest and East Coast, playing along side acts such as God Forbid, Black Dahlia Murder, A Life Once Lost, Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch, Weedeater, Cephalic Carnage, Misery Index, Origin, Macabre, Kataklysm, Vehemence, Exhumed, Uphill Battle, Losa, Number 12 Looks Like You, Byzantine, The Dream is Dead, Ion Dissonance, and Halo of Locusts.
