The ominously monikered Alex Serpent is the mind behind some of the spookiest gothic metal your ears will ever kneel in fear and trembling before. Thick guitar, shadowy ambiance, dark personality, a melodic demon from some Faustian hell rising up to claim your soul. But, hey, it's all good. Serpent crafts music that channels the darker side in all of us to something creative and cathartic, something magnificent and glorious, something noble and grim. Alex Serpent's music is a knife stabbing through the darkness and bringing the blacklight to creation, causing understanding to surface in the mind's eye.
Don't Ignore the Dark
There are those who would eschew the shadows and sing only about those things bright and sunny. But Serpent realizes the fullness of the human soul and that all aspects of the human psyche ought to be explored, not ignored. Embracing and facing the tenebrous regions of the mind, Serpent delves into shadows and brings the listener to confront the inner demons, to master them, and thus to gain strength. Freedom is the challenge we all face.
Freedom
It makes me feel free and alive, says Alex Serpent of music. That is how his music affects the listener. By stabbing through to the darkest parts of the heart, the listener is awakened to his full self and made to joyously confront all light and dark that is mankind. By so doing, fears are confronted and defeated. Music is a powerful tool for human understanding and Serpent's recognition of this factor brings a slicing edge to his music that is lacking in so many metal artists. Serpent is a ruler of dark kingdoms.
Music
Most musicians and artists bring a specific world view to the creation of music. It's where the special personality of each individual songwriter comes into play. Says Serpent of music, It's harmony and chaos, just like life. Again, his embracing of all facets of existence order versus chaos makes his music well-rounded and bitingly true. Yet despite its sometimes devastating honesty, the listener cannot help but to be pulled in. It's accessible confrontation with one's self. And it's delicious entertainment.
Variety
Musically, Serpent finds influences in everything from classical music to extreme black metal. Once more, the universality of his musical world view comes into play and shows us how he can craft songs that are both classically relevant and post-modern and snarling. Beauty and death co-exist and become one in the songs of Alex Serpent.
Work
Serpent is a hard worker, as is the case of any great band. He has performed in Las Vegas for a number of years as Abstract and is in the midst of non-stop recording. He has already released Vindictive and new material is on the way. And he wants you to know one thing: There's beauty within the beast. Helping take the beast to the top and showing the beauty to all is A&R Select, Hollywood, CA's top independent A&R firm.
Review
Alex Serpent's stunning blend of melody and metal grit speaks volumes for this musician's ability to scan the horizon for a blend of flavors that merges into virtuosity.
