- Lead Guitar, Doubleneck Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, Violin Bow, Theremin, and devices.
Janis Cimerol
- Vocals, vocals, and some more vocals.
Kevin Williams
- Bass, Guitar, and additional vocals.
Bri Alves
- Violin, Harmonies.
Jay Myers
- Drums, and all manner of percussion.
Also, it'd be unfair to not mention....
Dave McNally - Production, Arrangement, And All Manner of Keyboards including Moog Synthesizer, Mellotron 400, Arp 2600, Hammond Organ and Grand Piano as well as Theremin.
Request us @ Pixy 103 now!!!
Influences
Hmmm.....the "bands that the four of us are influenced by" list....that could go on all day....So to excerpt it, there'd be The Beatles, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sigur Ros, A Perfect Circle (Because EVERYONE should do a video with the Bikini Bandits), Nightwish, Tool, Bauhaus, VAST, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, David Bowie, Metallica (Nothing after 1991, thanks.), Peter Gabriel/Genesis, Pink Floyd (especially Meddle/Atom Heart Mother), Phish, This Mortal Coil, Cream/Clapton (We can do without the Michelob years, though), Nine Inch Nails, Joy Divsion, Rage Against The Machine, Rush, Van Der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill, Audioslave......and so on....
Sounds Like
Well....let's see. We get a lot of Pink Floyd comparisons, and it'd be good to mention bands like A Perfect Circle, VAST, Alice In Chains, Tool, Led Zeppelin, and King Crimson
Thank you for all you support in 2009, watch this space for more info about upcoming shows and music!!! Also, contact us at info@hemlok.com
Hemlok's New Vocalist is Janis Cimerol!
If you haven't caught Janis live with us yet, don't miss your next chance. More updates are coming this week, and Hemlok returns live later this month....
Biography
An epic continues!
Hemlok was formed with the thought of creating different music that would lend itself to dramatic live performance. With one foot firmly in solid rock and the other in textural detail songs could open with a dramatic, droning bowed guitar fanfare and quickly give way to schizophrenic band interplay, held together by standout vocal or instrumental themes. Hemlok soldiered through two or three incarnations before arriving at their current lineup, their most proficient and musically accomplished ever.
The strength of their material and performances afforded them the opportunity to work at Oxbow Studios in Wayland, MA with production by David Butler (Boston, Led Zeppelin). Additional production was provided by TRS studios, who had provided ace video and sound work for acts such as Ministry and Buckcherry. Musical enigma Dave McNally gave Hemlok's music the "widescreen treatment": lush mellotron orchestration and otherworldly moog synthesizers and theremins to help fill out their epic intentions. It was also now that small, living room-sized club shows began to be replaced with more ambitious bookings, ranging from a packed fetish club in Providence, Rhode Island, the Keene Music Festival in New Hampshire, the Emergenza Festival, and the New England Punk goth and Metal Festival at the Worcestor Palladium. Their music has had a constant online presence through their own website's soundpage and plays on 95.5 WBRU The accolades continue, with a nomination in the Phoenix music poll and a heavy-hitting slot on the Rock The Ink Festival in Providence, RI..
Which brings us to the present. "Shades of Passing", Hemlok's debut CD is available and is making its way to retail NOW. What Hemlok bring to the table are an unbeatable, musically theatric live show which grabs the audience through moods chilling and fantastic, spacey yet immediate. Acquire the taste now, and experience an act unlike any making the rounds today.
Website
http://www.hemlok.com
Discography
Featuring:
Chris Whittier - Vocals
John McGrath - Guitar, Bowed guitar, Devices
Kevin Williams - Bass, guitar, additional vocals
Bri Alves - Violin, additional vocals
Jay Myers - Drums and percussion
Tracklisting
Cybernaut
Birds Of A Feather
Hope's Silent Scream
Isildur
Mad
Headfirst
The Purge
Seamless
Toad (The Tale Of Hop-Frog)
Nyarlathotep
Astrology
Click above to watch Hemlok perform "Nyarlathotep" @ Club Hell! Video comes from TRS live screen feeds from the performance.
let me just put this out there for the world to see, its very important
so I need you to make sure your sitting down. Ok here goes....your
fuckin awesome dude. =) Justin (lol and you thought I had something
important to say)
had a great time @ the BlackStone last nite, great bands, great atmosphere. Great shows put on my Kuan, Kevin Williams & the Invisible Orphans, Tevellus feat Jamie Lee Fury bellydancing and Hemlok--their vocalist is AWESOME and the tunes were outstanding. Great Time!
![❥╠╣ydii [.4k]](http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/122/s_e7b47a4f9eb14fd69280e43097b400f4.gif)
Online Now!
![Arian 1 [Immersion Global]](http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/118/s_edd07c10fe264b4db4e3084b5114a0a2.jpg)
