Act A Fool-A Live Music Babydoll Review!

 

     Act a Fool is an awesome cover band that does something uncommon--90s and 2000s + covers and well as several originals! Act a Fool is such a refreshing break from all the 80s cover bands that have saturated the city. 

 

     These guys are fantastic musicians and know how to put on a good show and have fun with their audience, and musically speaking, they definitely have the skills to become a professional cover band with just a little more showmanship.

     Their originals show promise and some of their most loyal fans are various members of local bands, like Hessian Crucible, Fiera, and From the Ashes, who took a turn to sing and play with the band for a few songs. This is a great group to go check out when you want something fun, familiar, entertaining, rocky, and alternative, and mingle with some great people while you're at it!

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Dreamy and Solid, aMedivm will rock your world!

    November 22, 2010

     Here's a tribute to a melodious group called aMedivm, pronounced short (a) as in uh-Med (long e)-ium. Medieval looks the name, but Medieval does not sound the music, with an eerie grungy twist in their guitar riffs, and haunting Indie style vocals that remind you of foreign 80s metal taking you to another time and place renaissance not of ancient British gore but of mid eastern royalty and new age dignity.

     Body swaying percussion by Paul Napier- drums and percussion, vocals, and enchanting guitar-and  Brandon Closser along with his brother Nathan Kearney play guitar, bass and synthesis as well as vocals- that remind slightly of Vinnie Moore and Satriani but a newer progressive sound surround you and becomes your seventh heaven with erotic tones suggesting seductive qualities. Napier does a fantastic performance on the percussion, and Christian Pearson throws in the erroneous and tantalizing piano along the way and Wesley Mease adds into the background on vocals and "primal" beats for an eclectic sound and harmonious mix.

     AMedivim carries a feel akin to traveling through modern day Bangladesh with nude people wandering all around, and as the opium smoke fills the air you inhale deeply and see the swarming thong with an enlightened eye as you nod your head to the rhythmic sound of Indian rock style chanting with gypsy-progression...no, not really, no opium, that's the music talking and as close to that experience you can get without partaking.

     A bit monotonous at times, with some songs more various than others, a bit more consistency of quality and input from the vocals is left to be desired. There are blasts of soft evil roaring and spooky howling that are most welcome with their dark metal passion that many want to feel and taste. The pulsing roar of malevolence you think you only hear in the movies, with great soundtrack potential, give us goosebumps and suspense; it's music for the metal niche, but a kind that entices hearers across a span of genres.

     Halloween never sounded  so creepy with captivating and wicked metal to play in the background at any given party much to the pleasure of a fiendish audience's delight.  Enjoy the season, enjoy the winding back of time in the autumn glories and fall backwards into aMedivm, a ever living breathing organism that we call musical talent alas an ever-changing and evolving one with which we play long into the night.

Fiera

   So have you heard of Fiera, a hardcore metal band with a methodical sound and brilliant percussion who also perform in glow-in-dark face paint? Dramatic is their stage presence, dramatic is their music that engages the listener in thoughtful and suspenseful enthrall.

     Vocals (Taylor/Matt Nasty) go from throaty and deep to high tenor range, along with the growls and screams we've come to love about metal music. A bit weak at times, but with an entreating lure, yet pleasant enough on the ears with focus and direction.

     This group rocks down the house with heavy dark metal guitar sounds (John, Cody, and Matt), and the percussion (Philly) is fantastic: building up the pace in perfect synchronicity with the music, triple rolls play out in beautiful precision and enchanting rhythms reverberate in a passionate display.

    There is no stereo-typing this band as typical thrash, Fiera plays it slow and fast, with a variety of tunes that extend beyond the assumptions one has of most heavy metal groups and that appeal to a variety of rock enthusiasts. "Undone" goes from reflective almost Metallica like acoustic tones to a heavy thrashy head banging blast of dark sound and appeal.

     Not to be outdone by other popular local metal bands, Fiera has an energy that seems to pour out of their being into their instruments as each member gives it all he has to their art and performance. Seeing their faces a glow in ghoulish war paint makes it clear that they intend to melt your face off with a furious rock experience you won't soon forget.

   Written by Arielle Beckham

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