Rather*

About Rather*

Odd grindy crunch-widdle with some tunes aswell. Like when you get a metallic frog caught under your boot.

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Rather* began honing their riffs in the summer of 2003, when a mutual love of heavy music, and a general weariness with the baggage that usually accompanies it, spurred them to forge a new evolution of metal.

All four members have thoroughly exorcised their demons of youthful angst, having been regular faces on the Southampton live circuit since the late nineties with their previous bands (Dilutral, Down:Time, Flatline and Counterpoint), so Rather* was conceived to inject a dose of positivity and a splash of humour into the UK metal scene. Far from being tortured souls, Rather* realise that there isn't a great deal that can be achieved by sitting around moaning about things.

Picking up where fallen heroes of UK Metal like earthtone9 and Vacant Stare left off, Rather* collide great slabs of metal riffage with funk-tinged grooves, flyaway melodies and the odd spot of math-core fret-board wizardry. With other points of reference including Faith No More, Mudvayne and Sikth, you can be sure that no point on the musical spectrum will be taboo for Rather*.

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