Somewhere between the paltry tourist traps and the sun baked ocean fronts of Virginia Beach, a flourishing metal scene thrives along side the overweight out-of-towners and the overly tanned. In a city that garners its fame from hip-hop superstars like the Neptunes, an aggressive force of underground metal takes root; and it was this shocking display of aggression that inspired Murder No Motive to conceive of their abrasive power-house metal styling’s that remind the masses of what heavy metal was, is, and always will be all about.
When Murder No Motive began in 2004, the metal scene was controlled by pretty voices and male counterparts in makeup that appeared to spend more time crying over fabricated dejection then they did playing the guitar. Feeling completely uninspired by the new direction metal was taking; Patrick Dooley decided to form a band that would relive the glory days of the guitar riff. Inspired by the metal gods of the late eighties and early nineties, the band began to perfect a sound that would combine thrash metal with their southern roots. By 2005 Murder No Motive where a self produced movement exalted for being loud, fast, and angry. After self-releasing their first full length album (Lessons in Aggression), Murder No Motive left their hometown and began traveling the country opening up for national acts such as The Autumn Offering, Hell Within, Caliban, Arsis, Sworn Enemy, ABACABB, Skeleton Witch, Dead to Fall, Dying Fetus, Origin, Halo of Locusts, Ion Dissonance, This Moment, Thy Will Be Done, and Run before attaining an opening spot on a national tour with Metal Blade Recording artists, Forever in Terror. Lessons in Aggression is a fresh, provocative, and capricious album that relentlessly delivers a wide variety of blistering riffs from start to finish; a welcomed change to the metal scene from a new and up-and-coming band.
Lessons in Aggression caught the attention of people nation wide and quickly allowed the band to build a legion of loyal follower’s egger to cram themselves into any venue the band was scheduled to play. Riding the current underground buzz of the bands success, Murder No Motive reentered the studio in 2007 egger to begin work on their second album which is expected to be released in March of 2008. Murder No Motives hard-hitting style of domineering song writing brings forth a refreshing sigh to a community of metal heads craving the extreme, the elaborate, and the enraged. With their boisterous riffs and catchy groove-influenced breakdowns it's no surprise that the bands popularity continues to rise at an exceptional rate with every live performance. In an era where R&B and Hip-Hop dominate the Billboard charts, Murder No Motive is a band that's prepared to do whatever it takes to show the world that heavy metal is still alive, well, and a force to be reckoned with.
Murder No Motive have perfected and aggressive style of thrash and hardcore that outshines it's shallow beach going community while remaining true to both it's metal and southern Virginia roots. Their faultless metalcore riffs and hardcore breakdowns allow them to stand out from the pack while giving the fans of every generation something to relate to. Be prepared, audible face crushing will begin Nation wide in 2008.
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