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Black Spyral Dancer

About Me

BLACK SPYRAL DANCER: PRESS RELEASE
Black Spyral Dancer is a group of four aspiring artists from Athens, Ohio creating a highly energetic and evolved progressive musical fusion that commands the stage with the angst and passion of a manic depressive freight train.
Raw, yet refined, their unique style incorporates the brooding atmosphere of metal with the professional prowess of a distinguished jazz band. BSD draws both eclectic and mainstream appeal from sauntering middle aged-men to raving teenagers with a passionate display of on stage acrobatics and a sound that is both accessible and dynamic. As said in the 2004 Halloween issue of the Athens Insider, Black Spyral Dancer, infuses a danceable swagger with and undercurrent of dark, ethereal intricacies. Their message is both political and personal, drawing upon the trials of being human and the struggle to create a meaningful existence. Their performance is one that few forget.
***FAREWELL TO YOU ALL***
After several years of music, members, and gigs, BSD's time has finally come to an end. Although it is a sad fact, life must go on. We are in the process of archiving all of our set lists, getting hard copies down of our music, and (possibly) coming together for one last ridiculous jam before our lives take us down our respective paths. Majed is continuing his solo acoustic act, so be sure to catch him around town in the next few months.
We miss all of you more than you may ever know, and the memories of the nights we shared with our fans are undoubtedly some of the fondest times we can recall. Thanks for all the support, love, and dancing.
Stay tuned and connected with us here, don't be a stranger.
Peace,
The BSD boys.
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And for some more current show pics, check out some shots by our wonderfully talented Gabriel Wilson:
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Music:

Member Since: 30/03/2006
Band Members:
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Alyx Andrews - Vocals

Majed Khurshid - Lead Guitar

Matt Hutchinson-Bass Guitar

Justin Farcas - Percussion
Influences: Soundgarden

Tool

Rush

Incubus

Led Zeppelin

The Mars Volta

Mad Season

311

Audioslave

Jeff Buckley

A Perfect Circle

Sounds Like: Haunting familiarity from the grunge revolution driven by modern progressive metal that seduces your pulse with the class and groove of a jazz/funk fusion.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Last Night

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Our farewell show was everything we hoped it would be, and we will never forget it.  You made us feel at once appreciated, understood, and sublimated.  We are forever...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:04:00 GMT

***The Farewell Show***

It's time to say goodbye to all of you, and to do it right.  As you probably know, the band's members will be going their separate ways this year. Before then, however, we're putting together a fuckin...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:28:00 GMT

As Youve Probably Heard...

Black Spyral Dancer is no more.It happened late August/early September this year, and although it seemed abrupt, it had been building for a while.  Suffice it to say that it was time for us to pa...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:11:00 GMT

Cinci, Cornstalk, Casa, etc

Hey Dancers-We're playing in Cinci again this weekend, over at the Mad Frog.  We'd love to see our Cinci folks again, and we're not gonna be back that way until October!Also, we're down at the Co...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:19:00 GMT

Merch Is In!!!

Hey all,We've been working on this for months, and it's finally paid off!  We got a whole new batch of stickers, tee-shirts, and buttons to raise money to get us through our one, possibly two tou...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:32:00 GMT

Bring It!

Hey All, We're back from a short show break and we have two (yes, two!) chances for you all to catch us in Athens this weekend.  Starting the weekend off, Friday night we'll be hanging around ove...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:46:00 GMT

After A Siesta

Well, we've been busy on the homefront here, and just to give you an update:We've got a whole new line of merch coming out.  Stickers.  Tees.  Buttons.  Hats.  You name it.&nb...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 14:37:00 GMT

New Blues!

Come one come all and hear our latest effort!  We just recieved the mixed cut of our song Blues Delux from Pendlwood Studios in Columbus and we're excited to let our fans get ahold of it.&n...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 07:05:00 GMT

The 4-20 Show

Thanks for all your support over the weekend, the band was super impressed with how energetic and responsive you guys were!  You make it all worth while...And thanks for singing on Bail, Bugs, an...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Wear Your Blacklight Sh**!

Hey allJust wanted remind you all to bring the blacklight clothes, makeup, paint, lights,  whatever to the gig on Saturday night - it'll look wicked with a whole posse of glowin' fools!We're pump...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:37:00 GMT