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CD REVIEW IN FEBRUARY ISSUE OF "TERRORIZER"
THE HANDSHAKE MURDERS ’Usurper’ GOODFELLOW
The opening bars of ’Dissector,’ the first track on Arkansas’ The Handshake Murders debut, will have you double-taking the CD credits wondering whether Sean Ingram has a new band, so similar is the visceral scream of THM frontman Jayson Holmes to the unmistakable tones of the erstwhile Coalesce vocalist. Musically, however, THM are a more technical proposition than Coalesce’s dirt-laden grooves, a cross between the shape-shifting, clinical mathematics of A Life Once Lost and Norma Jean’s staccato noise. And yes, the overall effect is thoroughly engaging. ’Usurper’ proves to be an unexpected gem, the spiralling bounce of ’Mind Bender’ summoning a Meshuggah-esque groove to underpin Holmes’ freociously unrelenting vocals. A surprising and refreshing album then, and a find for those preferring their noise to come with a brain matching its brawn.
7/10
Leander Gloversmith - for TERRORIZER magazine
The music of defeat, of mud and ash, the handshake murders, this is what we are. We are thread and flesh clinging to processed bodies and encompassing desire. We are nowhere. We are arkansas. We are the singular erratic formation of five years and competence, a journey of crippling respiration and dispersing cries of hope. We are a juggernaut splintering the future. We are human, and we are increase.

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Member Since: 12/8/2004
Band Website: goodfellowrecords.com
Band Members: jayson - vocals

jeff - guitar

brian - guitar

john - bass

jeff king - drums
Influences: meshuggah, coalesce, a life once lost, the end, tool, ROCK MUSIC, crucial taunt

Sounds Like: padlock... in a sock... TO THE FACE!
Record Label: Goodfellow Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Listen to our new record @ goodfellowrecords.com

You can go to www.goodfellowrecords.com to listen to our new record "USURPER" in it's entirety. Pre-orders are also available. Thanks.
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:02:00 PST

Norma Jean, Chariot, ALOL, The Handshake Murders Tour

We will be hitting the road with these awesome bands  in March/April. Dates to be announced soon.....
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:59:00 PST

BOOKING

We are now being booked by the amazing Tara Ruttle (previously of The Kenmore Agency). She has started her own booking agency called Back Bay Booking. [email protected] We are very stoked ...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:52:00 PST

The New Record "USURPER"

Our new recorded (recorded at trax east) is scheduled for release on Feb. 20th (Goodfellow Records). It will be availabe nationwide and will kill you.
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:42:00 PST

recording

For those of you who were wondering where we were...... We have been taking time off in order to write our upcoming debut full-length for GOODFELLOW records. We are more and more excited about it as i...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:51:00 PST

Goodfellow Records

Goodfellow Records ink THE HANDSHAKE MURDERS Arkansas metallic hardcore unit THE HANDSHAKE MURDERS is the newest addition to the Goodfellow Records roster. The band has just agreed to a deal for th...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Thu, 04 May 2006 10:00:00 PST

velocirap-tour dates posted!!!

this is a monster! -norma jean, darkest hour, still remains, haste the day- a monster of a tour indeed! most of the dates have bee posted. check out the dates and check out the rest of the dates, w...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:42:00 PST

order this online...

ok...so you can order the new CDep from here revhq.com or here independentonestop.com. we have dates posted for our fall tour very soon. this thing will be a monster of a tour: norma jean, darkest h...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:41:00 PST

CDep release date and information...

ok...so the release date for our new CDep "what time and earth would not bury" has been set for the 23rd of august. that is soon. if you are interested the very best thing you do for everyone would ...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Land of Tears myspace page..

I just got my space site up. There are two newer songs on here.. very rough versions however. There are also two older songs. I am planning on finishing up one more song or so and then re-recording...
Posted by the HANDSHAKE MURDERS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST