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| Newsletter - December 2007 | |||
| Concrete Prophet Show | |||
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be hitting another college campus on Saturday, December 8th when we perform at
Harford Community College. The show supports another worthy cause in Toys
for Tots and is open to the public ages sixteen and up. We'll be performing
with Tears of Mars, Bay of Pigs, and Carbon Kin. The show starts at 7:00
P.M. and is $3.00 for HCC students, $5.00 for non-students. This is a quality
line-up for a great cause, so make sure that you're there! | |||
| December 8, 2007 (Saturday) | |||
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| Review | |||
| We've received a spot-on great review by music reviewer Noah Richards a.k.a. "Noktorn". From http://noktorn.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/concrete-prophet-concrete-prophet/ -Brian Dobbs | |||
| "Concrete
Prophet is yet more proof that Dream Theater-style prog CAN be pulled off. Just
not, you know, by Dream Theater themselves. Elements of this band’s debut
EP are clearly very Dream Theater influenced, be it in the LaBrie-esque vocals
of Mike Newberry, or in some of the riffing which seems like what you might hear
on ‘Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence’. But despite these rather obvious
influences, Concrete Prophet does manage to maintain a unique identity, primarily
by possessing the key values that much prog metal lacks: songwriting and a genuine
heaviness to the music. Concrete Prophet plays substantially rock-based music, but apart from the middle track, ‘Just Call My Name’, the music is metallic enough to appeal to many metalheads out there. Indeed, it’s more metallic than most prog metal, though the heaviest moments are usually kept brief, such as on one of the grinding intro riffs on ‘The Conquest’. The guitars have a substantial growl to them which offsets the more lilting and melodic leads that are such a staple of prog. The first and final tracks are better than the middle simply due to the more metallic nature; while ‘Just Call My Name’s pop sensibility is enjoyable, it doesn’t quite have the staying power of the other tracks here. The production is clear and has a higher than usual bass presence, which actually adds a lot to the sound. The extra low end gives the riffs the punch that they really deserve and helps offset some of the more openly melodic sections. The tempo of the music is midpaced, and rhythmically, everything is an extra-technical rock base. The description doesn’t sound tremendously appetizing, but the finished product is definitely moreso. Concrete Prophet are very solid and professional songwriters who craft tunes full of catchy and heavy riffs, as well as a keen ear for the balance between prog complexity and straightforward rock and heavy metal simplicity. The prog parts maintain your interest because they’re expertly crafted as well as being virtuostic in nature, and never go into meandering, meaningless territory. The material has room to breathe, but is kept lean as well to maintain the forcefulness of each track. Concrete Prophet is a very strong new member of today’s modern prog metal scene. Fans of Clay Withrow, Adamind, or other heavy prog metal artists would be encouraged to give these guys a try soon. Their debut EP is brief but effective, and does a very good job of introducing this musical endeavor to the world. Here’s hoping they can keep it up." | |||
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| Interview | |||
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Check out this new interview with Michael and Kevin given by Greg Szeto of www.bmoretunes.com. Read the interview here! | |||
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| Behind The Scenes | |||
| I
always enjoy playing a new venue and meeting new friends, and we had the opportunity
to do just that in November when we visited UMBC. We got a really warm reception
from the metal crowd at UMBC and had the opportunity to play some great tunes,
get our disc in some new hands, sign a few posters, and meet some new CP friends,
and also raise awareness for the Guitar
Center Music Foundation. We've been blessed to have Enoch
Chan as our photographer and we've got some great performance shots on our
site, so we took the UMBC gig as an opportunity to grab the camera and get a few
behind the scenes shots. -Michael Passen | |||
| Photos
by Brian Dobbs (Thanks Cat!) Concrete Prophet at UMBC November 2007 | |||
 2:00 p.m. - Kevin setting up to rehearse click to enlarge |  2:15 p.m. - Warming up click to enlarge | ||
 4:00 p.m. - Equipment loaded click to enlarge |  4:30 p.m. - Brian on the road click to enlarge | ||
 4:45 p.m. - Approaching UMBC Campus click to enlarge |  5:00 p.m. - Arriving at UMBC click to enlarge | ||
 5:15 p.m. - Arriving at UMBC Commons Building click to enlarge |  7:00 p.m. - The stage is set… click to enlarge | ||
 7:15 p.m. - Guitars tuned (standard, drop D, and the "B" guitar) click to enlarge |  7:30 p.m. - Planting our flag for the evening click to enlarge | ||
 11:00 p.m. - Michael and Mike unwinding after the show click to enlarge |  12:30 a.m. - Filling up, then going home click to enlarge | ||
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