Ripple News - Hypno5e announces 2nd month of METAL AS ART Tour w/ Starring Janet Leigh, Fallen Martyr

French experi-metalists HYPNO5E have just announced they will be co-headlining the 2nd month of the METAL AS ART Tour with Metal Blade/Ironclad Recordings act Starring Janet Leigh.  Special guests of the tour include melodic metal monsters Fallen Martyr, from Maryland.

Yes, you heard that right.  The road warriors HYPNO5E is touring for 2 months straight in the US!  HYPNO5E is currently out on the road with Revocation and The Binary Code for the 1st month of METAL AS ART.  The 2nd month of METAL AS ART will kick off in Philadelphia @ Khyber on February 9th, and conclude in early March in New York City at the free Tones Of Death show @ Fontana’s.

The METAL AS ART Tour presented by Tones Of Death.com has a whole host of sponsors including us here at the Ripple Effect, plus Ultimate-Guitar, MetalSucks.net, SMNnews, Metal Injection, Killer Tours, Metal Reviewt, Roxwel, and Ed Stone Rockwear who will be giving away two free exclusive METAL AS ART t-shirts at each show.


METAL AS ART 2nd Run w/ HYPNO5E, Starring Janet Leigh, FALLEN MARTYR

2/9/2010 – Philadelphia, PA @ Khyber w/ This Or The Apocalypse

2/10/2010 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone

2/11/2010 – Charleston, SC @ The Oasis

2/12/2010 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn

2/13/2010 – Savannah, GA @ The Wormhole

2/14/2010 – TBA

2/15/2010 – Lexington, KY @ Buster’s

2/16/2010 – Nashville, TN @ The Muse w/ Enfold Darkness *

2/17/2010 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club

2/18/2010 – Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn

2/19/2010 – East Lansing, MI @ Small Planet

2/20/2010 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Breakroom

2/21/2010 – Detroit, MI @ Paycheck’s

2/22/2010 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s

2/23/2010 – TBA

2/24/2010 – Buffalo, NY @ Broadway Joe’s

2/25/2010 – TBA

2/26/2010 – Oneonta, NY @ Foothill’s Pac

2/27/2010 – Burlington, VT @ 242 Main

2/28/2010 – Manchester, NH @ Ground Zero

3/1/2010 - TBA

3/2/2010 – TBA

3/3/2010 – TBA

3/4/2010 – New York, NY @ Fontana’s - TONES OF DEATH SHOW



* = No HYPNO5E



Remaining METAL AS ART dates w/ Revocation and The Binary Code

1/25/10 – Portland, OR @ Ash Street Saloon

1/26/10 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven

1/27/10 – Spokane, WA – Cretin Hop

1/28/10 – Boise, ID @ Gusto’s Bar

1/29/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Outer Rim w/ Birdeater

1/30/10 – Denver, CO @ Lion’s Lair

1/31/10 – Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge

2/1/10 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews

2/2/10 - TBA

2/3/10 – Nashville, TN @ The Muse

2/4/10 – Cincinnati, OH @ Dirty Jacks

2/5/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar

2/6/10 – Trenton, NJ @ The Championship





**Reach out to your friendly TEAM ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC for all HYPNO5E press requests, guest list spots, interviews (in person, phoners, email – you name it!), and any ideas you may have – we are always willing to go with the flow!





TIME OUT NEW YORK –

“French outfit Hypno5e juxtaposes technical, dissonant metalcore with pretty abstraction.”



METAL UNDERGROUND -

“From breakdowns behind classical female vocals to gut-wrenching screams and syncopation, the band covers more ground than Rambo ripping through a jungle…  A surrealistic venture through several genres of haunting ass-kickings, because this is an album meant to frighten, impress, and envelope the listener.”



THE RIPPLE EFFECT -

“Experimentally proggy, technically over the head, and brutal all at the same time, these guys hear music in their own unique way and aren’t afraid to stretch their sound to distant and, as of yet, unimaginable dimensions... This is the type of album that will make you question all that you know, or think that you know, about music…

Fallen Martyr - The Six Roots of True Will

We’ve made it a policy here at The Ripple Effect to never post negative reviews about a band, especially if it’s an unknown unit who no one would care about anyway. Really . . . what’s the point of railing on a group that you’ve never heard of in the first place? It’s a rather pointless act. However, in recent weeks, something has come over me and I’m taking it upon myself to bend the policies that we’ve worked hard to enforce. Always the rebel, I know. This case is a little different because this band is not terrible, in fact, as far as musicianship goes, they could play scales around me with their eyes closed, pack me in a box and mail me to Madagascar, and beat me with a lead pipe before I could utter my name. But most importantly, there are some ideas within this EP that have some serious potential. I hear what they’re trying to do, but it’s almost like they’re missing that last, all important piece to the overall puzzle.

Fallen Martyr’s EP The Six Roots of True Will is jam packed with riffs that will boggle the mind in their complexity, but unfortunately, the overall sound is mired in a constant one dimensional blast beat and vocals that sway from angst ridden bellowing to off key crooning. “All In” shows the greatest potential with the band incorporating some nice dimensional qualities . . . breaking down the riff, changing it up by adding more clean tones and subtle textures, but the off key clean vocals make the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up, and I grit my teeth through the pain. Again, I hear where they’re going with this, but the execution misses the mark. I’m not exactly sure if one would categorize their sound as metal-core or demonic math-rock or what, but it’s pretty straight forward and doesn’t deviate stylistically from one song to the next. If you like it flat out brutal and ugly, well, Fallen Martyr should fit the bill and may intrigue you with their more progressive leanings. And like I said, it’s not all bad and there’s enough positive stuff going on that I think these guys can build on what they’re doing, specifically in the use of dynamic changes. Keep an eye (and ear) out for these guys. I wouldn’t be surprised if their next release is a major step in the right direction. - Pope JTE

www.myspace.com/fallenmartyr