8月21日 Fruday 星期五

火锅音乐强力呈献 HOT POT presents

美国前卫/氛围金属核新贵SILENT PLANET中国巡演——北京站

SILENT PLANET CHINA TOUR - BEIJING

美国前卫/氛围金属核新贵Silent Planet（下文简称SP）于2010年在洛杉矶成军，至今已经发表了两张EP和一张全长专辑。

2012年，SP远赴亚特兰大，携手Underoath、The Devil Wears Prada、Anberlin、The Chariot等多支著名乐队的御用制作人Matt Goldman进棚录音，并于同年5月12日发表了首张EP《Come Wind》。之后他们与技术死亡金属/死核名团Becoming the Archetype一同巡演，并参战了加州一年一度的重型盛事California Metalfest 2012。

2013年2月14日，SP发表了单曲《Tiny Hands (Au Revoir)》，这首歌讲述的是在1944年6月10日，第二次世界大战的惨案——法国奥拉杜尔大屠杀（Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre）中唯一幸存者玛格丽特·鲁方什（Marguerite Rouffanche）的故事。同年7月23日，SP发表新作《Darkstrand (Hibakusha)》，与之前发表的《Tiny Hands (Au Revoir)》类似，歌曲主题仍然是献给二战中的幸存者，但这次是关于广岛核爆。2014年1月2日，SP发表了第二张EP《lastsleep (1944-1946)》，歌曲收录了之前发表的二战主题的两首单曲以及新作《Wasteland (Vechnost)》。不久之后，乐队与This or the Apocalypse、Phinehas、Those Who Fear等乐队的巡演非常成功。

2014年年初，SP找到了美国前卫金属核名团Volumes吉他手Daniel Braunstein，由他担任SP首张专辑制作人。同时，SP更是力邀Being as an Ocean、Branches、Phinehas、Dayseeker、 I, of Helix等好友乐队的成员前来客串。11月10日，SP首张专辑《The Night God Slept》在重型名厂Solid State旗下正式发表。这张唱片一经发表就获得了极大的好评，美国权威重型音乐杂志HM Magazine为这张专辑评分为4星半，著名音乐杂志New Noise Magazine更是把SP形容为“未来金属核大牌”（“the next big thing in metalcore”）。

2015年夏天，SP将应火锅音乐邀请首次来华巡演。

“There is a constant discussion between those who study theosophy (the philosophy dealing with the nature of divinity) about if there is a God how can God allow so much evil to happen. Writers throughout time have suggested, in poetic terms, that the state of universal chaos and moral entropy leaves us only to assume that God may have simply "fallen asleep." Garrett Russell, vocalist of the Los Angeles based sextet, Silent Planet, engages with this quandary on the band's forthcoming debut record.

That album, The Night God Slept will be released via Solid State Records (Fit For A King, Demon Hunter) on November 10th. Co-produced by the band’s guitarist Spencer Keene and Daniel Braunstein (formerly of the band Volumes) musically it contains some of the most frenetic metal-core put to tape. However as possessed of tremolo picked guitar fury and double-bass attack, there is a balance of melody, moodiness and ambient sections making it a well-rounded and well-paced auditory experience.

Though using aggressive and energy inducing riffs in their music, Silent Planet brings a fresh insight and message of openness as a band. Lyrically, Russell (a self-professed ‘history nerd’ who holds a Master’s Degree in clinical psychology) acts like a theosophist who seeks to understand the bonds that unite humanity and the divine. On The Night God Slept and their previously released Lastsleep (1944-1946) EP the main lyrical thrust is songs through the eyes of women protagonists throughout history.

Spanning from the dawn of time (“First Mother” Lillith) to the bombing of Hiroshima Japan (“Darkstrand” Hibakusha) to the modern day crisis of Sex trafficking in America (“XX” City Grave), the validity of these tales are reinforced by Russell’s choice to add source footnotes that further the literary experience of the album by citing historical and literary references.

Speaking on this direction Russell says “we see a lot of cultural misogyny in music, certainly in heavy music. Women in heavy music are caught in a binary - they are either written as a ‘good’ moral, ideal woman or a ‘bad’ sinful, tempting woman - but almost never written from their own perspective. What links all of the women in our songs is that they ultimately have to make difficult decisions under the systemic oppression of their coercive ruling forces. Forces which include government, authority figures and the society they live in.”

Though a voracious researcher, Russell admits that working at a counseling center for the past year gave him new insight into other people’s struggles to tackle these subjects. “I interacted with many different people of gender and sexual orientation who certainly represent people who are part of our music scene and the same age as our audience. I believe everyone has their own narrative to tell and hopefully giving these characters a voice can open people’s minds and invite new thoughts into our scene.”

Rounded out by Alex Camarena (drums), Thomas Freckleton (guitar, keys), Igor Efimov (bass) and Mitchell Stark (guitar) geographically Silent Planet includes natives of California, Russia and Canada within their ranks. Originally forming in 2009, the band’s debut EP, Come Wind, Come Weather, which was produced by Matt Goldman (The Chariot, Underoath) was released in 2012. Since 2013 Silent Planet has completed several national tours including with such notables as Sleeping Giant, Impending Doom, Fit For A King, Gideon and Phinehas.

Still unsigned at the beginning of 2014, the Lastsleep EP was initially recorded just to have something new to sell on tour while writing this full-length album. However the reaction to the material was staggering and reached far beyond those who already knew of the band. Examples of this include HM Magazine’s Editor In Chief, David Stagg giving the EP a perfect five star review and calling it “a perfection of the metalcore genre” and not hearing anything like it since “some random band called August Burns Red released Messengers.” Also impressed was Solid State Records, who stepped in to add the band to their roster and bring their musical message to the masses.

晚9点 // 120元（现场）/ 100元（预售）

Pm 9 // Rmb 120 (door) / 100 (presale)