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Exemption (New EP Soon!)

RIP Brian.

About Me


Good band. Medicore name.
Since 2003 Exemption has been carving its name into the Long Island scene one show at a time. Combining precision, ferocity, soul, and skill, Exemption has managed to create a sound all their own that fans of anything under the Rock and Roll roof can appreciate. Not concerned with any trends, Exemption plays the music they want to play and has compiled a diehard fan base over the last few years, that grows steadily with each show.
With their most recent full-length, self-released album, “The Rabbit Hole (2007),” Exemption has brought their sound to a new level of ability and independence. It has been written, recorded, mixed, designed, and promoted all by the band themselves with only some occasional help from supportive friends. The album was featured in the “New Noise” section of Live-Metal.net and was voted Ultimate-Guitar.com’s best “Unsigned Band of the Month” for February 2008. The album is now available on iTunes and CDBaby.com/cd/exemption.
Exemption has shared stages with the likes of The Misfits, Byzantine, L.A. Guns, Dry Kill Logic, Slaughter, and Rhino Bucket as well as countless talented, unsigned, and underappreciated bands in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, and North Carolina and they are continuing to try to reach new people everyday.
The band plans to release an E.P. full of some of their best new material, showcasing some of their most mature and focused songs to date in later winter 2008.
All questions, comments, booking inquiries, and love/hate mail can be directed to Nick at: [email protected] or you can just message them.
Recommended if you enjoy any of the following: Black Sabbath, Pantera, Clutch, Down, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Slayer, Mastodon, The Bronx, Corrosion of Conformity, Pelican, Jimi Hendrix, sex, music, and hot sauce.

Click this link to buy "The Rabbit Hole" on ITunes!
CDBABY LINK for EXEMPTION: The Rabbit Hole --
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"The Rabbit Hole" is also currently abailable at these fine stores:
Looney Tunes (West Babylon, NY)
Made in New York (Massapequa, NY)
South Shore Music (Massapequa, NY)
You can also buy the album (via iTunes style) at Digstation.com/exemption!
Check out our full set @ Ritual 4/26! Thanks Andrew!
Setlist: Die, Friction, Rapids, Honey, Swing, Puss ..
Exemption - "Swing Darling" @ VPSouth 3/20/08. Shot by Shayna.
Exemption - "Friction" @ The Crazy Donkey 10/14/07
Thanks Shay!
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Member Since: 10/12/2004
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/exemption
Band Members: Tom - Vocals & Bass

Nicky - Guitar

Ray - Drums

Influences: Black Sabbath
Pantera
Clutch
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Motorhead
Down
Metallica
Slayer
The Bronx
Guns N' Roses
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray
Randy Rhoads
The Beatles
John Lennon
Anthrax
Fastizio
Voice of Dissension
Vision Through Sound
Superjoint Ritual
Smashing Pumpkins
Pink Floyd
Weedeater
Allman Bros.
Mastodon
Jeff Buckley
Bob Dylan
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
The Ramones
Pulp Fiction
The Doors
Boris
The Misfits

...blood.
Sounds Like: "...quite possibly you've stumbled onto the bastard children of The Beatles."
- The Metal Den review of "The Rabbit Hole"

"When Exemption isn't rocking your face off with bashing riffs they're boogieing and bluesing. I haven't heard a more diverse band in recent memory."
- Live-Metal.net review of "The Rabbit Hole"

"Exemption have somehow uncovered that sweet spot that enables the band to epitomise the precise, yet raw sound that only very few three-pieces have captured over the years. This band does New York’s divine musical dynasty proud...." - Ultimate-Guitar.com review of "The Rabbit Hole"

"This trio of eighteen year olds will blow you away. I haven't heard a band this impressive in a long, LONG time! Think Clutch meets Black Sabbath with a side of Pantera."
- M.T. Head Records review of "The Rabbit Hole"
Record Label: http://www.MTHeadrecords.com/
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Goofy-ass videos from Jan tour

These are some dumb videos we took during our tour last January. They're pretty dumb, but maybe some of you will get a kick out of them...enjoy? ...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:26:00 PST

New song/next show/other shit!

What's up?  As (I hope) you've heard, we will be posting a new song tomorrow. The track is called "I Wanna Die," and will be on our upcoming E.P. which is as of today yet to be named.  The s...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:42:00 PST

Exemption on FOX (UDTV!)

UNDERGROUND DOWNTOWN Television (UDTV) is back!!!Starts this Friday at 3-4am and Saturday 3:30am.April 4th and 5thFeaturing all styles of music...Exemption on the Thrash N Bash ReportFunks Inc on the ...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:08:00 PST

New Review on Ultimate-Guitar.com

http://ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/summaries/unsigned_bands_ of_the_month_february_2008.html   Check it out.  We were named best unsigned band for February 2008.  Here's the text: ..>...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:39:00 PST

New Review!

This is an awesome review by our good friend Andrew (if anyone else writes a review this cool I'll throw it up too). Read it now.  Or here's the text: (unauthorized) Review of Exemption's "T...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST

Live-Metal.net review of "The Rabbit Hole"

Click here to check out the new review of "The Rabbit Hole" done by Jeff Maki of Live-metal.net.  The site also featured us in their "New Noise" section which focuses on kick ass up-and...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:07:00 PST

TMD Review of "The Rabbit Hole"

Hey guys, Themetalden.com has posted their review of our debut album, "The Rabbit Hole," on their page.  Here's the link if you want to check it out: http://themetalden.com/index.php?categoryid=1...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:29:00 PST

EXE on TV 7/26/07

Our set from the show we played June 9th, 2007 at Bartinis in Babylon will be shown on Public Access channel 20 on Thursday July 26th, 2007 at 11pm.  Here's the general info we received...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:41:00 PST

Nick's interview with TMD!

http://themetalden.com/index.php?categoryid=1&p2_article id=4263 Check out the interview I did with Themetalden.com!  Check back soon to see Tom and Ray's interviews (yet to be conducted). &nb...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Tue, 29 May 2007 12:26:00 PST

Exemption signs with TMD Promo!

http://themetalden.com/index.php?categoryid=1&p2_article id=4239 I'm happy to say we're signed up with Randy "Rocket" Cody and The Metal Den, and will now be working together to spread the word of ...
Posted by Exemption (New EP Soon!) on Sun, 27 May 2007 10:54:00 PST