KLANK
General Info
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Genre: Electro / Industrial / Metal
Location San Jose, CA, Un
Profile Views: 96453
Last Login: 5/19/2013
Member Since 6/17/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbXVzaWMua2xhbmtuYXRpb24uY29tLw==
Record Label SmokeDogg Productions
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. .. New KLANK e.p, available now !!! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Yes it is true... "In Memory Of..." the newest release from KLANK has eveything you need to quench your Thirst for New Tunes!!!!! Thick, heavy guitars and Fat dancy beats are intertwined within a foreground of Deep Synthesized Electronics, Thumping low end, and Honest, heartfelt lyrics. Basically everything you've come to expect in a KLANK release can be found here. .. .. "In Memory Of..." can be purchased directly through the band by sending a Money Order in U.S. Currency for $ 11 payable to Daren Diolosa po box 18213 San Jose, Ca 95158 Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing. .. .. .. ...... ...... ...... ...... .. .. You can also find KLANK at iTunes.com or You can go to CdBaby.com for audio clips and to purchase the cd. DONT FORGET TO ADD US ON FACEBOOK!!! .. .. Splicing the Mosh Pit and the Dance Floor, the wrecking machine from New York known as KLANK released their debut album "Still Suffering" on the Seattle based Tooth & Nail Records (MxPx, Living Sacrifice….) in 1997. Breaking musical boundaries with a sound described as Dancy Aggressive Dark Electronically Influenced Groove, KLANK spent 18 weeks on the CMJ Top 40 charts and their monster single "Downside" which was added to over 170 radio stations nationwide. KLANK gained an immense amount of attention and notoriety while forming a strong, loyal fan base with their constant touring and growing reputation for intense live shows. .. .. .. .. .. .. KLANK then made their mark once again with their sophmore release "Numb" which was recorded, engineered, produced, mixed & mastered by the band at their own recording facility & originally offered as a Fan Club / Live show release.Numb was later released through their own label SmokeDogg Productions with distribution through Progressive Arts Music. NUMB showcased KLANK keeping true to their trademark sound, while also showing much maturity from that of their debut, which includes the crushing single "Blind" which again made it into the top 40 on the CMJ charts. A video was also filmed for "Blind" which has become a regular fixture on the Much Music channel. Following Numb, KLANK then appeared on a Metal compilation and contributed their cover of "I'll Wait" to "Running with the Devil- a Tribute to Van Halen " which were both released by Progressive Arts Media. Their version of "I'll Wait" was hailed in numerous reviews as "The only reason anyone should even consider buying the CD". .. .. .. .. .. .. KLANK consists of Daren "Klank" Diolosa (ex - Circle Of Dust) on vocals, guitars & keys, Pat Servedio on guitar, keys, & programming, Danny Owsley on guitars & backing vocals and John "JMF" Zaletel on drums & percussion. "Writing music is a form of therapy that helps to release bottled up frustrations and emotions that otherwise have no outlet..... We write music that we feel comes from deep down inside and a lot of people can relate because it's based on real life situations and emotions from everyday life... From mood swings, bitterness, the longing for inner peace to elements of hope, happiness & Despair. We all have to deal with these in our lives and this is our way to vent those issues", explains Diolosa. .. .. .. .. .. .. After the release of NUMB, Diolosa contributed vocals to the song "Silhouette of Rage" found on Argyle Park's "Suspension of Disbelief". KLANK then decided take a break & fly low under the public radar for a while so they could each tend to their families and venture into various projects like Recording / Producing & even writing with other artists in a vast array of genre's from Hip Hop, R & B, Hardcore, Psychedlic Funk Metal & even Top 40! .. .. The latest release from KLANK titled "In Memory Of..." was Unleashed at the Cornerstone Festival on June 27 '07 in which KLANK peformed their First show in over 6 yrs. The show was part of a Day Long Metal Tribute to a close friend of the band who had passed away earlier in the year. The show went great and the new music was well received. "We had a great time playing again and getting a chance to hang out with alot of old friends" stated Diolosa. In true KLANK fashion, "In Memory Of..." features the trademark KLANK sound with layers of guitars, keyboards, samples, thumping bass, live and programmed drums fused with melodic, deep heartfelt introspective lyrics. .. .. .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. On April 20, 2010 KLANK unleashed their latest release titled "NUMB...Reborn". 15 tracks of the classic KLANK sound which included guest appearances by Jim Chaffin, Larry Farkas and Mike Phillips. Fans have been raving about the new release which is quite obviously a straight up, guitar driven, aggressively heavy masterpiece. Songs like Don't Count Me Out, Blind, D.F.L. and The Rules tip the scales of heaviness, while songs like Broken, God? and So Very real lets the bands melodic side shine through in full form. NUMB...Reborn is available now through cdbaby.com, www.fixtstore.com/klank and iTunes.... .. .. .. .. .. -
Members
Daren "KLANK" Diolosa- Vocal chord destruction, Guitars. .. .. .. .. .. PAT SERVEDIO- Gtrs, Programming, Keys, Corona distribution. .. .. .. .. .. DANNY "DUCCI" OWSLEY Gtrs, Bgv's, Breakin stuff. .. .. .. .. .. ERIC WILKINS - Master skins basher, Bringer of da Funk!!! .. .. .. .. .. The "BLIND" Video From The "NUMB" Release As Seen On MUCH MUSIC Video Channel. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The "DOWNSIDE" Video From the "STILL SUFFERING" Release. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DOWNSIDE Video courtesy of a real cool KLANK Fan who shot / Edited This Video Himself!!!!!! -
Influences
Everything under the sun from Abba to Zombie- Including, but not limited too... Black Crowes, Slayer, Pantera, Stereomud, Coal Chamber, Judas Priest, God Lives Underwater, Kings X, Ratt, Electric Light Orchestra, Deftones, Machine Head, King Diamond, Sevendust, Iron Maiden, Depeche Mode, Prong, Fight, Wired All Wrong, Dokken, Life Of Agony, Fear Factory, Mudvayne, THC, Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop, Xzibit, White Lion, Cool 80's Hair Metal, Electronic/ Industrial music, Speed metal, Thrash, Manson, Prince, Snoop, Johnny Cash, Kansas, Social Distortion, Type O Negative, Stabbing Westward, The Dreaming, David Reilly, Ozzy / Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Dr. Dre, Alice in Chains, Mercyful Fate, Dream Theatre, Rush, AC/DC, Anthrax, Believer, Of Military and Mathmatics, Metallica, STP, Hed(PE), Drown, Famous, Faith No More, Boo Ya Tribe, Wicked Wisdom Kicks My Ass, Black Label Society. .. .. I've been really into the whole "MASH UP" Thing for a while. Just the thought of combining 2 songs that are totally opposite in every way possible and basically splicing them together to form a totally different bastard of a creation...That ends up somehow sounding awesome. .. .. Life is too short to remain in just 1 musical box, The idea is to branch out and expose yourself to as many flavors of audible enlightenment that you can. Klank is influenced by life, How it is seen, how it affects us and how it affects those around us... whether it be it good or bad. -
Sounds Like
Metal Edge magazine described KLANK as Ministry meets Depeche mode. We personally describe it as "Dancy, Agressive, Electronically induced Groove."
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KLANK promo video for upcoming NUMB...Reborn release
01:14 | 180 plays | Apr 14 2010
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Bio
Splicing the Mosh Pit and the Dance Floor, the wrecking machine from New York known as KLANK released their debut album "Still Suffering" on the Seattle based Tooth & Nail Records (MxPx, Living Sacrifice….) in 1997. Breaking musical boundaries with a sound described as Dancy Aggressive Dark Electronically Influenced Groove, KLANK spent 18 weeks on the CMJ Top 40 charts and their monster single "Downside" which was added to over 170 radio stations nationwide. KLANK gained an immense amount of attention and notoriety while forming a strong, loyal fan base with their constant touring and growing reputation for intense live shows.
KLANK then made their mark once again with their sophmore release "Numb" which was recorded, engineered, produced, mixed & mastered by the band at their own recording facility & originally offered as a Fan Club / Live show release.Numb was later released through their own label SmokeDogg Productions with distribution through Progressive Arts Music. NUMB showcased KLANK keeping true to their trademark sound, while also showing much maturity from that of their debut, which includes the crushing single "Blind" which again made it into the top 40 on the CMJ charts. A video was also filmed for "Blind" which has become a regular fixture on the Much Music channel. Following Numb, KLANK then appeared on a Metal compilation and contributed their cover of "I'll Wait" to "Running with the Devil- a Tribute to Van Halen " which were both released by Progressive Arts Media. Their version of "I'll Wait" was hailed in numerous reviews as "The only reason anyone should even consider buying the CD".
KLANK consists of Daren "Klank" Diolosa (ex - Circle Of Dust) on vocals, guitars & keys, Pat Servedio on guitar, keys, & programming, Danny Owsley on guitars & backing vocals and John "JMF" Zaletel on drums & percussion. "Writing music is a form of therapy that helps to release bottled up frustrations and emotions that otherwise have no outlet..... We write music that we feel comes from deep down inside and a lot of people can relate because it's based on real life situations and emotions from everyday life... From mood swings, bitterness, the longing for inner peace to elements of hope, happiness & Despair. We all have to deal with these in our lives and this is our way to vent those issues", explains Diolosa.
After the release of NUMB, Diolosa contributed vocals to the song "Silhouette of Rage" found on Argyle Park's "Suspension of Disbelief". KLANK then decided take a break & fly low under the public radar for a while so they could each tend to their families and venture into various projects like Recording / Producing & even writing with other artists in a vast array of genre's from Hip Hop, R & B, Hardcore, Psychedlic Funk Metal & even Top 40!
The latest release from KLANK titled "In Memory Of..." was Unleashed at the Cornerstone Festival on June 27 '07 in which KLANK peformed their First show in over 6 yrs. The show was part of a Day Long Metal Tribute to a close friend of the band who had passed away earlier in the year. The show went great and the new music was well received. "We had a great time playing again and getting a chance to hang out with alot of old friends" stated Diolosa. In true KLANK fashion, "In Memory Of..." features the trademark KLANK sound with layers of guitars, keyboards, samples, thumping bass, live and programmed drums fused with melodic, deep heartfelt introspective lyrics.
On April 20, 2010 KLANK unleashed their latest release titled "NUMB...Reborn". 15 tracks of the classic KLANK sound which included guest appearances by Jim Chaffin, Larry Farkas and Mike Phillips. Fans have been raving about the new release which is quite obviously a straight up, guitar driven, aggressively heavy masterpiece. Songs like Don't Count Me Out, Blind, D.F.L. and The Rules tip the scales of heaviness, while songs like Broken, God? and So Very real lets the bands melodic side shine through in full form. NUMB...Reborn is available now through cdbaby.com, www.fixtstore.com/klank and iTunes....
Member Since:
June 17, 2006Members:
Daren "KLANK" Diolosa- Vocal chord destruction, Guitars.
PAT SERVEDIO- Gtrs, Programming, Keys, Corona distribution.
DANNY "DUCCI" OWSLEY Gtrs, Bgv's, Breakin stuff.
JOHN "JMF" ZALETEL - Master skins basher, Bringer of da Funk!!!
The "BLIND" Video From The "NUMB" Release As Seen On MUCH MUSIC Video Channel.
The "DOWNSIDE" Video From the "STILL SUFFERING" Release.
DOWNSIDE Video courtesy of a real cool KLANK Fan who shot / Edited This Video Himself!!!!!!
Influences:
Everything under the sun from Abba to Zombie- Including, but not limited too... Black Crowes, Slayer, Pantera, Stereomud, Coal Chamber, Judas Priest, God Lives Underwater, Kings X, Ratt, Electric Light Orchestra, Deftones, Machine Head, King Diamond, Sevendust, Iron Maiden, Depeche Mode, Prong, Fight, Wired All Wrong, Dokken, Life Of Agony, Fear Factory, Mudvayne, THC, Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop, Xzibit, White Lion, Cool 80's Hair Metal, Electronic/ Industrial music, Speed metal, Thrash, Manson, Prince, Snoop, Johnny Cash, Kansas, Social Distortion, Type O Negative, Stabbing Westward, The Dreaming, David Reilly, Ozzy / Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Dr. Dre, Alice in Chains, Mercyful Fate, Dream Theatre, Rush, AC/DC, Anthrax, Believer, Of Military and Mathmatics, Metallica, STP, Hed(PE), Drown, Famous, Faith No More, Boo Ya Tribe, Wicked Wisdom Kicks My Ass, Black Label Society.I've been really into the whole "MASH UP" Thing for a while. Just the thought of combining 2 songs that are totally opposite in every way possible and basically splicing them together to form a totally different bastard of a creation...That ends up somehow sounding awesome.
Life is too short to remain in just 1 musical box, The idea is to branch out and expose yourself to as many flavors of audible enlightenment that you can. Klank is influenced by life, How it is seen, how it affects us and how it affects those around us... whether it be it good or bad.