American Hollow
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Topic: American Hollow
Posted By: playbass
Subject: American Hollow
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 11:56
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Band Name: American Hollow Nationality: U. S. A. Possible sub-genre: progressive metal/experimental-metal ? myspace (w/ mp3s): http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow band website: http://www.americanhollowband.com - http://www.americanhollowband.com short bio: Founded in eastern Kentucky in early 2000's, things fell apart for a few years, but the four original 4 members relocated to Salt Lake City, UT in 2008 and found a new singer. AH is picking up where it left off, and ready to go the distance. Linup: Kyle Mullikin : guitar Jim Holman : voice Chronos : time lord Nathan Alan Gilbert : bass guitar ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
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Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: March 26 2009 at 14:06
| No thoughts at all? |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: March 30 2009 at 11:23
| Take 15 minutes and give us a listen. If you have a band and want a similar listen from us, message me or reply. Thanks. |
Posted By: thanos_2112
Date Posted: April 03 2009 at 06:30
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hey dude! i listened to your music today.interesting stuff.i like the heavy and psychedelic sound! ------------- www.myspace.com/quadratheband |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: April 03 2009 at 12:09
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Hey, thanks for the listen. Good luck and get in contact with us if you ever tour the western US!
------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 19:28
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If you have some minutes, give us a watch. edit: removed video because there are better takes on our youtube or reverb nation profile. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 19:45
Pretty good, man. 
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Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 20:00
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Some more video: Edit: Removed the video for Gravity. It was not our best take. You can still see it at: http://www.youtube.com/americanhollow ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: April 16 2009 at 21:32
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Basing these comments only on the videos provided:
Not a bad overall sound, for some reason reminds me of a less dissonant and less heavy version of Anekdoten.
Nice use of dynamics throughout. A very crucial aspect to good music.
I realize the vocal melodies are complex, but at times your singer is not quite on pitch- sometimes a bit flat, sometimes a bit sharp. He seems to have potential, so a bit more rehersal could easily fix this.
Not quite sure exactly the sound you are going for, but I think you guys would benefit GREATLY from adding a keyboard player- you could let the instruments handle the melody once and a while and it would add some excellent textures that would enhance the sound greatly (IMO). Plus, it would free up the guitar a bit to do other things. I don't think ONLY the singer should handle the lead melody all of the time. Just a thought...
Overall, lots of potential. with some neat ideas floating about. I say keep going!
And if you're interested in hearing from me
 :myspace.com/farrisantoon ------------- . |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 16:31
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hi farris antoon, Thanks for your in depth thoughts. The videos posted here are not of the highest quality, but it seems easier to get the proggies here to listen if they don't have to leave the site. If you venture to our myspace page you will hear some better recordings of these songs (and soon others). I took a listen to your myspace page. I really loved your music, much of it is very epic and almost sounds like the score of a film. Our singer is originally from Jackson, MS. If you are ever in the mountain west, look us up, would love to see or play a show with you. Cheers, ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: April 18 2009 at 01:05
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Thanks for the kind words, I take the film score comment as a great compliment. When I write I actually visualize a certain scene and then sort of score the scene as if it actually were a film, so you pretty much called that one. And though I probably won't be in the mountain west anytime soon, I'll be sure to look you up if I do!
By the way, I checked out the tunes on myspace- well done. Some of it has a vibe that reminds me a bit of Riverside, which I like. As I said before, excellent dynamics. I still think keys would take it to the next level though... ------------- . |
Posted By: Lonnie
Date Posted: April 25 2009 at 04:38
| Not for sure about the snare sound/drum mix... but other than that, I'm digging it! Keep up the great work! |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: April 28 2009 at 10:33
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New video for our song: State of Decay. At about the 2:56 mark, the hi-hat overloads our video camera's mic, causing the whole mix to sound tremolo'd. We will have a proper recording up on our myspace in a few weeks, this is just for displaying more of our breadth. edit: Removed video as there are better takes of this song now at http://www.youtube.com/americanhollow ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: May 13 2009 at 18:07
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American Hollow was played on the progressive podcast Prog'opolis over the weekend. http://www.thedividingline.com/podcasts/progopolis/ - http://www.thedividingline.com/podcasts/progopolis/ Others may have interest in submitting material. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: June 15 2009 at 16:40
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American Hollow performing "Constant" live on Mountain Views. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: September 06 2009 at 17:31
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Our latest effort, soon to be complete. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |
Posted By: playbass
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 11:50
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American Hollow is soon heading back to the studio work on their first album. A demo album should be out soon followed by the real thing. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/americanhollow - American Hollow |