A Post-Hardcore/Alternative Rock band hailing from Staten Island, New
York, A New Shade of Black was born from four aspiring musicians who
were brought up and influenced by vastly-different genres of music.
From Jazz-Fusion, Funk, and World Music to Punk, Alternative-Rock,
Metal, and Hardcore, the band's sound incorperates pieces of each. The
product is a sound that is hard, loud, and often fast-paced; but also
incorperates melodic, technical, ambient, and fluid moods as well. The
songs all have either a story or a message behind them: questioning and
lashing out at the problems of either personal life or human society as
a whole. The drumming, both earth-shaking and technical, holds a
fast-paced beat to move both people in body and in mind. The bass, deep
and powerful, gives the sound both a direction and a purpose. Heavy and
rythmic guitar riffs remind the listener that this music isn't easy
listening, while the keyboards beg to differ: giving an ambient and
flowing sound that is reminiscent of a river. Topped off with melodic
vocals that seem to call and shout to distant worlds, A New Shade of
Black is band NOT to be missed!
