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▐▓▌▐█▌ Artist : Like A Storm ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▀▄██ Album : Like A Storm ██▄▀▌
▄███▌ Label : Prospect Park ▐███▄
▀███▌ Genre : Rock ▐███▀
▐▄▀██ Street date : 2009-07-06 ██▀▄▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Quality : 156 kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo ▐█▌▐▓▌
▓█▄▀▀ Encoder : Lame 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ▀▀▄█▓
▓███ Size : 26.65 MB ███▓
▀ ▀█▌ Time : 22:41 min ▐█▀ ▀
▓▄███ Url : http://www.likeastorm.com/ ███▄▓
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█▓▌ 2. Just Save Me 3:40 ▐▓█
█▓▌ 3. Enemy 4:03 ▐▓█
█▓▌ 4. Keep The Pain Alive 6:54 ▐▓█
█▓▌ 5. Chemical Infatuation (Unplugged At The System) 3:56 ▐▓█
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▐▓▌▐█▌ EP teaser for full length album. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Chris Brooks (vocals/guitar/programming/didgeridoo) ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Matt Brooks (vocals/guitar/programming) ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Kent Brooks (bass/vocals/programming) ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Thomas Karanasos (drums) ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ On their debut album THE END OF THE BEGINNING, Like A Storm ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ stir up a torrent of infectious hard rock. The ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Vancouver-based quartet's first full-length is an avalanche ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ of captivating choruses and hard-hitting grooves, as ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ exemplified by the first radio single Chemical Infatuation. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Electronic textures and string flourishes cascade into a wall ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ of distortion as vocal melodies hypnotize. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Brothers Chris, Matt and Kent Brooks along with Thomas ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Karanasos conjure a dynamic rock sound that's simultaneously ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ ethereal and edgy. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Like A Storm's journey began in 2005. After rehearsing once ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ in their native New Zealand, Matt, Chris and Kent decided to ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ move to North America and pursue the rock n' roll dream. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ "New Zealand is such an awesome place to grow up," says ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Chris. "It's a really inspiring place- so beautiful and ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ isolated. But the first time we jammed, we had this amazing ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ chemistry, and we knew we had to take our sound to the world. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ We left our family and friends and set up in Canada. There ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ are so many different experiences from that time, and the ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ songs on the record are about them." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Upon moving to Canada, it only took one show for Like A Storm ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ to build a buzz. Kai Marcus (Methods of Mayhem/Noise Therapy) ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ saw the band and was instantly blown away. He struck up a ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ friendship with the guys and introduced them to ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ multi-platinum producer Mike Plotnikoff (Three Days Grace/My ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Chemical Romance/Buckcherry) in early 2006. Plotnikoff and ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ the boys immediately began trading ideas for what would ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ become THE END OF THE BEGINNING. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ The band began officially recording with Plotnikoff in ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Calabasas, CA in early 2007. Virtuoso musician and former Yes ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ keyboardist Igor Khoroshev joined the production process, ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ bringing his progressive and classical influences to the ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ record. After over 16 months of writing, recording and ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ experimenting, the band emerged with THE END OF THE ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ BEGINNING. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Matt continues, "THE END OF THE BEGINNING is really the start ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ of the next stage. We spent two years making the record, and ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ we really lost ourselves in the recording process. We ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ seriously evolved as artists and as writers. For us, it's a ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ snapshot of two years of our lives and all that we went ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ through. Musically and lyrically, it's our story." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Like A Storm packages that story in the powerful hard rock of ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ fist-pumping anthems like "Lie to Me" and "Just Save Me." The ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ band strikes a balance between warm electronics and massive ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ hard rock. Matt describes their style comprehensively. "It's ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ a big rock sound with a lot of different textures. Every time ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ you listen to it, you'll hear something new. It's a ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ combination of all of our favorite sounds - from heavy rock ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ to electronic music." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ "Chemical Infatuation," hits radio in August 2009, and it's ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ the perfect introduction to the band. Not only is it dark, ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ but it's also undeniable. Chris explains, "The first riff ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ comes in like a sledgehammer right into your skull. The riff ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ sets the tone for this dark place of addiction and obsession. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ It captures all the elements of Like A Storm. It's a heavy ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ and ambient journey." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ The video conveys that journey in disturbing but strangely ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ sexy fashion. Its dark narrative is memorable all around. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ "The video is about a guy who becomes obsessed with these ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ girls, says Chris. He seduces them, kills them and then turns ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ them into a drug that he can take. Every time he takes it, he ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ hallucinates that he's making love to them." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ On the other end of the spectrum, Like A Storm penned a ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ heartfelt and epic eulogy for their grandmother entitled ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ "Galaxy (Rest In Peace)." Matt goes on, "She was a huge part ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ of our lives, and she passed away while we were making the ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ record. Because we were in L.A., we couldn't be there for the ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ funeral. So that song was our tribute, and we wrote it for ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ the funeral. We had two days to write the track, and the idea ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ came right away. It was probably the easiest song we've ever ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ written. It meant so much to all of us. We wanted to do ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ something special and immortalize her." They did by creating ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ one of their most touching and vibrant songs. Chris adds, ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ "That experience brought us even closer together." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Like A Storm has grown into an extremely tight unit with ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Thomas Karanasos rounding out the lineup behind the kit. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Thomas adds a pummeling presence that heightens the drama ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ inherent in Like A Storm's sound. It began with the live ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ show, and the Like A Storm concert experience is still ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ crucial. Chris elaborates, "The live show is a huge part of ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ what Like A Storm is. We love being on stage and blowing ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ people away. It's an energetic explosive rock show." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ In the end, for Like A Storm, artistic integrity is paramount ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ to their path. Matt offers, "The albums sound is epic, ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ surreal and ominous. That's the kind of art we want to make. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ I want the music to transport people away from their every ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ day lives and into this world we've created. We feel lucky we ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ got to make a really ambitious record for our first album." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Chris concludes, "We didn't have any rules making this ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ record. We pushed ourselves, and it was such a creative, ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ chaotic experience. Out of that came a lot of honesty." ▐█▌▐▓▌
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▐▓▌▐█▌ Being honest is always the best way to start a revolution. ▐█▌▐▓▌
▐▓▌▐█▌ Let this storm sweep you away. ▐█▌▐▓▌
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