Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shotguneulogy website: http://www.shotguneulogy.com/ Shotgun Eulogy is a "newbie" they have been around over a year and they have successfully produced an EP titled, "Hand Of Fate". it took about four half days to finish and was released on July 19th, 2014! Sounds like they didn't want to waste time getting this EP out! I have been given an awesome opportunity to get to know the vocalist, Jay Howell and bassist, Joshua Hamby and they rock! Awesome personalities and I bet the rest of the members are just as sweet! Don't be afraid to hit them up, I am sure they would love to hear from you! so first things first! As soon as the EP began to play, all of my attention shut off from everything and I keyed into the music. The first song is actually a sample of an incident that happened in Georgia. I will not reveal the sample because that's for you to find out! It's creepy as hell! When you get into the EP, you can't help but to notice all of the work put in....and just to know it took four half days blows my mind! Jay talks to me about the lyrics, he describes the songs as different stories. For an example, one of the songs titled "Modern Prometheus" is about the famous Frankenstein or another good one, "Hand of Fate" which talked about the plague. The lyrics were creatively made but what about the actual music? The band is heavily inspired by a decently wide range of different types of metal such as hatebreed and The Black Dahlia Murder. They tend to pull more towards the American metal side, but in the long run each member has their own inspiration and they just come together as a whole. so I would recommend this band to fans who love metal that's simple but heavy. This would be Hatebreed fans, Lamb of God, or anyone really that just wants to enjoy some metal and have a great time! | When reviewing bands, I generally like to attack different age groups because I feel your target audience is important! Let's face it: there are bands out there where generally the fans are a bit younger then there are bands who attract older people. I think this band is a perfect target for younger or older people who are not huge fans of complex pieces of music. I think it's easily to get into, and for those newer metalheads: you don't have to watch the vocalist to see when to bang your head (yeah...we know you di it!). I keep up with Shotgun Eulogy! So be sure to be on the look out when their next show is and try them out! If you see them, I would love some feedback! I have not yet seen them live so if you have, come talk to me about it! And if you are like me and haven't, help the metal scene and come out to one of their shows! Facebook "likes" are great and all but actually coming out to a show is honorable and true support! STAY HEAVY! \M/ |