Artist: Baroness
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
First
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
Baroness plays an eclecticist brand of heavy metal, embracing the violence and sharp technique of new-millennium alloy simply with melodic accents and thinking guitar solve that suggests the influence of indie stone and post-punk bands. The quaternion members of Baroness -- John Baizley on guitar and vocals, Brian Blickle on guitar, Summer Welch on bass, and Allen Blickle on drums -- ar all earlier from Lexington, VA, only they pulled up bet and relocated to Savannah, GA, when they formed the band in mid-2003. Baroness made their recording debut in 2005 with Low, a three-song EP released through Savannah-based indie label Hyperrealist Records. A second EP from Baroness, only called Moment, appeared in stores later the same year. In 2006, Baroness teamed up with some other upbeat simply powerful band from Savannah, Unpersons, for a split EP entitled A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk released through At a Loss Records. In 2007, Baroness signed with the well-respected independent alloy label Relapse Records, and in the flow of 2007 they issued their low gear full-length saucer, The Red Album, followed by all-inclusive touring.
