Brace yourself for 85east. Crushing, devastating, hypnotic and brutal, this eastern Ontario 5 piece is the newest — and likeliest — contender for the rap metal throne. Three years of bashing around the stage's of establishments has garnered 85east a massive regional following, all under the radar of the glitzy Toronto indie folk scene. 85east's fans have come out of the woodwork to support a new kind of rap metal, and it's not about sunny South Beach pomposity. It is, in fact, the opposite. Now it's time for the rest of the world to catch up, as the 1000 metric tons of Audio Visual abuse known as 85east set to release its debut album, weather The Storm. In the album's ten tracks, 85east indeed makes a definitive Statement that the outer boundaries of rap metal have at last been surveyed.
"No frills... what you see is what you get," says drummer Cory Stoll when asked to describe 85east's music. Produced by Jon Gillard Guitarist, Weather The Storm culminates a musical evolution for the band. "These songs represent the three years we've been together," adds Dustin Wareham, the band's ferocious frontman, vocalist, and chief lyricist. Along those lines, Weather The Storm covers a good deal of adventurous musical ground, while always remaining relentlessly hardcore.
Not that anyone would mistake this band for some sort of trip-hop hybrid. For all it's intricate musicality, 85east is unalloyed kick-your teeth-in hard rock. Their origins go back several years to Scarbough Ontario, where Toronto native Jon Gillard first formed and led a band called Caustic. The Hard rock movement had already begun in earnest, but Jon wasn't satisfied with what he could accomplish with the band and the music. Jon left the band and started a side project hoping to put together his own metal dream team. Enter Long time friend Dustin Wareham. After attending a recording session with Jon, Wareham "fell in love with the music." From there, he landed an audition with Jon and was added to the line-up on the spot. By 2006, Kyle Marshall ( Bass )had joined on bass and after writing the first Ep Full Circle. Romeo Machado ( Lead Guitar ) and Cory Stoll ( Drums ) we're also added to the line up.
Bluesy and sonically bombastic, Romeo was a gifted guitar master, while Kyle — a cross between Les Claypool and a MMA superstar. All along, the members of 85east have had one mission in mind: expand the base. "We're constantly converting people," says Wareham. "Our live shows are pure chaos: screaming kids with smiles on their faces. We have a great relationship with our fans."
Once Weather The Storm begins making the rounds, they'd better make room for a lot more of them.
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