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Stemage

On "Failure" Tribute Compilation in '08

About Me


As shown in its balance between guitar driven hooks and seemingly chaotic rhythmic dissonance, Stemage offers a collection of catchy, high-energy space rock with metal, pop, and prog coatings. Unsatisfied with generic rock predictability, Strati (meaning "layers") thrives on complex backbones, piled on melodies, dodging time changes, cleverly peculiar lyrics, and ensuring that the listener never gets bored. The debut album, Strati, is out now on Silent Uproar Records .
"You’ll swear ‘Library’ involves J. Robbins on guitar, vocals, or twiddling knobs somewhere ... Damn impressive … and a benchmark in any genre." - Illinois Entertainer
"Enigmatic and invigoratingly divergent styles" - Smother
"Grant Henry obviously has a fertile and creative mind for music that few possess ... Each track seems to have its' own personality and complexity, from soft passages to very complex heaviness" - Space City Rock
“Stemage is hard rock mixed with early 90's crunch, math rock, and some prog-rock. The result is original, and Stemage's lyrics are hilarious.” - Pulse Weekly
“I have no idea who this dude is, or why he recorded an album full of crappy nü-metal riffs with his shitty high school talent show vocals on top of wannabe emo verses... Plus, what the f**k's up with the Good Charlotte cover art? - PunkNews.org

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/9/2005
Band Website: stemage.com
Band Members:

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Influences: Self, Regurgitator, Hum, Failure, Meshuggah, Cave In, The Dead Milkmen, The Fixx, That Dog, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sikth, Opeth, Hella, Thingy, Medications, Between the Buried and Me, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Frente
Sounds Like: Tight, catchy, ethereal, progressive, space rock
Record Label: Silent Uproar Records
http://www.surecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ground Pink available for Download and Failure Compilation

Hey all! :)  Due to popular demand, Ground Pink is now available for download.  Also, there's Failure compilation coming out in 2008 that I'm lucky enough to have 2 tracks on (one on the CD,...
Posted by Stemage on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:28:00 PST

"Strati" now on Itunes!!

After months of waiting, it's finally up!  Anyone interesting in nabbing the record "instantly" can check it out here:...
Posted by Stemage on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:53:00 PST

New SAMPLER track online

To show the variety of styles in Strati, I decided to do a montage of parts from the album. Hope you enjoy this new sampler track. :)...
Posted by Stemage on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:04:00 PST

The Stemage record is out! And a new track posted...

Strati is out!  You can order your copy from stemage.com or on the myspace page.  One more track, Anosmium, has also been posted.  Hope you enjoy it!  It's the pop anthem. ;)Thank...
Posted by Stemage on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:44:00 PST

New song up - Fabulous Fabulist. Click here for a primer...

Fabulous Fabulist is a sarcastic homage to a few of my favorite metal acts - those with undecipherable vocals that ironically cover up some of the best lyrics you could ask for (not Fabulous Fabulist'...
Posted by Stemage on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:03:00 PST

Preorders for "Strati" are LIVE, and a new track up!!!

Hey guys. :)  There's a preview track from the upcoming album in the myspace player.  Hope you all like it!!  And the album is definitely hitting later this month.  You can preorde...
Posted by Stemage on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:03:00 PST

Stemage signed to Silent Uproar Records - album details

The album is called Strati, and will be coming out on Silent Uproar Records - www.surecords.com. The "street date" for the record hasn't been set, but all that's pending is art and pressing. I'm setti...
Posted by Stemage on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:44:00 PST

b-side posted from upcoming album

Hey guys.  I decided to post this "re-recording" of an older song, Ground Pink.  It's not going to make it to the album, since the album is more "vocal" oriented.  Hope you enjoy it!And...
Posted by Stemage on Tue, 02 May 2006 07:04:00 PST