Leyona Spice! CD - Import

About Overloaded's music, what does the term 'Hard Rock' mean? Today, the term 'Metal' really refers to death metal or metal core. The hard rock genre is essentially extinct, so few people have any sort of understanding of what hard rock is. First off, hard rock requires a singer who can sing with out relying on effects to deliver his voice such as distortion, auto tune etc. The voice has to come from a blues based foundation. Note, this is the opposite of progressive rock which is based on classical and operatic themes. Most people do not know that Prog rock and Hard rock are polar opposites. The guitars must have a warm sound. The amps are distorted, but not too the point of over-saturation. It is very important that a hard rock guitarist can strum an open chord with the distortion full on, and the listener can pick out every individual note. The riffs are geared to be a driving foundation for the vocals. The leads are written to be sing-able. In hard rock, the beat comes from a sense of 'feel'. The emphasis is not about technicality, it's about getting the point across. Different songs have different feels, and it's important that the listener physically feels movement underneath the melodies.

'The devil mighta gone down to Georgia back in the day, but of late he's content making the rounds in Carolina -- sans fiddle -- doing his best to channel Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt. Empty Chamber Grace, indeed.