CANE HILL, AFTERLIFE, VCTMS, MOODRING

TYPICALLY, WHEN ONE THINKS OF A “VICTIM,” THEY THINK OF SOMEONE SUBJECTED TO A HEINOUS CRIME OR MARKED INJUSTICE. HOWEVER—TO A POINT—WE’RE ALL VICTIMS; VICTIMS TO OUR OWN ACTIONS AND THEIR REPERCUSSIONS. VICTIMS TO OUR THOUGHTS AND THE INSTINCTS THAT DRIVE OUR BRAIN—THAT DOUBLE EDGED FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE THAT CAN TAKE OUR OWN CATECHOLAMINES AND NEUROCHEMICAL IMBALANCES AND TURN THEM AGAINST US. THAT TYPE OF VICTIM IS THE SORT THAT SERVES AS THE NAMESAKE FOR ILLINOIS-BASED METALCORE ACT, VCTMS. BORN AT THE TURN OF THE DECADE, THE GROUP HAVE EARNED A REPUTATION FOR THEIR NU-METAL, HARDCORE AND HIP-HOP INFUSED STYLE OF METALCORE AND CONTAGIOUSLY CATCHY YET DEVASTATINGLY DEPRESSIVE WALLOP THAT IT PACKS.

VCTMS HAVE BECOME AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN POWERHOUSE IN THE METAL UNDERGROUND. EVOLVING THEIR SOUND WITH A RENEWED FOCUS ON INCORPORATING ENERGETIC AND FRENETIC NU-METAL INFLUENCE AND STARTING THE WRITING PROCESS FOR THEIR DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, VOL II: INSIDE THE MIND—WHICH WAS… [read more]