CYRILLE AIMÉE (Soul Being a Bit of an Anomaly in Metal Circles)
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------------------Feature • Straight Line Stitch ---------------- Upcoming FREE Event In It for the Long Haul at Sweetwater By Ryan Smith sharp contrast with relatively soulfully sung sections CYRILLE AIMÉE (soul being a bit of an anomaly in metal circles). Proof that sometimes a band just needs the right “I have been singing all my life. I always wanted membership to reach its potential (see Pantera), Knox- to be a singer, since I was a kid. I knew I was go- LIVE IN CONCERT! ville, Tennessee-based Straight Line Stitch have been ing to be. I didn’t exactly picture myself doing met- PRESENTED BY raging since the early 2000s but didn’t really start to al,” Brown told TheFirst3Songs.com. “When I was gain steam until Clarksville, Tennessee native Alex- younger, I was in an R&B girl group. I thought I was is Brown became the band’s vocalist in 2003. Once going to sing R&B. It was my brother who introduced Brown joined the mix, it still took three years for the me to hard rock like Pantera, Korn, and Ozzy. I fell in band to gain enough momentum to release its debut love with the genre and realized this is what I wanted record, To Be to do.” Godlike. Since Aside from then, the band has the instrumental slowly built up its and vocal talents fanbase through that make SLS steady touring stand apart from and continues on the crowd, the despite lineup band also has an shifts and record unusual name that label changes. garners its share “ P a t r i c k of attention. As Haynes (drums) for where exactly and I are the the name Straight founding mem- Line Stitch comes bers of the band,” from or what its guitarist Seth significance is, Thacker said in that is apparently an interview with a mystery even to Blistering.com. its own members. “Patrick and I “They al- like to think that ready had the the band didn’t name when I officially start joined the band. until 2003, which I think I even is when we got STRAIGHT LINE STITCH asked, “Hey, Lex to join the w/BENEATH IT ALL where did you band.” guys get the name?’” Brown Thursday, May 31 at 7:00PM While the group’s early vo- Monday, May 21 • 9 p.m. said in an interview with calists steadfastly maintained Wrigley Field Bar & Grill Pure Grain Audio. “Their an adherence to extreme metal old singer ... I think his mom Join us for a special FREE concert featuring international jazz vocal stylings, the band now 6527 E. State Blvd., Fort Wayne did some kind of tailoring or and pop singing sensation Cyrille Aimee, presented by Lauten plays a style of music gener- $5 Cover • 260-485-1038 something, and it’s like, a Audio. Cyrille will be accompanied by a top-notch band, ally known as metalcore that straight line stitch, or some- balances out pummelling metallic guitar sections that thing like that, something weird. We get that question including Michael Valeanu, Guilherme Monteiro, Tom Larsen, feature extreme vocals with more melodic sections asked all the time, and everyone’s just basically like, and Adrien Moignard on guitars; Sam Anning on bass; and Raj that include “clean” vocals (see Killswitch Engage). ‘We don’t know,’ I don’t know. [laughs]” Jayaweera on drums. The evening will comprise a full concert While it would be tempting to compare SLS with the As a lyricist, Brown does her best to keep it real from Cyrille and her band, giving you a rst-hand opportunity band In This Moment, another metalcore group that for the group’s audience. “I definitely write about features a female vocalist, their sound is actually more things that I think people can relate to, and I write to hear her captivating voice sing many of her most popular similar to All That Remains with its alternating vi- about the things I see,” she said in the Pure Grain songs. You will also be able to witness the depth and clarity cious metallic attacks and soaring choruses. Audio interview. “I write about the world ... I hate to of the new Lauten Atlantis microphones in a live performance That musical style began to congeal due to sound egotistical, but I try to write about stuff that I’ve setting. Cyrille will also have her latest CD for sale and will be Brown’s joining the band. “At the time we were hav- been through ... things that I see and just everyday life. ing issues with our [former] singer because we wanted That’s how I write.” signing autographs for those in attendance. Don’t miss this to have singing in our music, not just screaming all the Even though SLS self-released their first album, incredible FREE concert! time,” Thacker said in the same interview. “It turns To Be Godlike, along with a video for the song “Re- out Lex was having trouble in her band as well be- mission” in 2006, the record resulted in little in the cause she wanted to tour and branch out farther from way of popular attention for the band. It did, however, Register for this special event at her hometown area. Patrick knew her the best, so he ultimately lead to the national distribution of When called her up and asked her if she would be interested Skies Wash Ashore which Koch Records released in www.sweetwater.com/local/events/. in singing for us. She was all about it. She packed her 2008. stuff and made the move to Knoxville. Immediately By that point the band had adopted a road war- there was an impact from her singing with us ... we rior mentality and continued to make progress through were able to write more melodic music with her and higher-profile appearances on the Vans Warped Tour, still keep the heaviness.” and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and As is often the case with rock bands with female alongside genre heavyweights such as Slayer. In 2011, frontwomen, SLS sometimes receive as much pub- the band found themselves labelmates to the likes of licity for their vocalist’s looks as they do for their Hatebreed and Black Label Society when One Records music, with Brown even making an appearance in released The Fight of Our Lives, the title of which is Revolver magazine’s “Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock” less of a mystery than the band’s name. Call (260) 432–8176 issue. Her vocal skills can command attention on their own, however, with her powerful howls playing out in Continued on page 26 or visit Sweetwater.com. May 17, ’12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Skip Book; See the Movie Road to The Avengers, Marvel Comics, 2011 If any of this year’s blockbuster comic On Books book movies requires a study guide, Mar- vel’s The Avengers is probably the one. 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