MULTICOLORED MIRRORS
MIRACLES OF GOD
MISERY INDEX
In their 12-year existence, MISERY INDEX has released 4 studio albums, several EP’s, and performed over 1000 concerts in 45+ countries. Their long-awaited new full-length is expected in 2013 on SEASON OF MIST records.
MISERY INDEX began as a studio project in 2001, when vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton (ex-DYING FETUS) joined together with guitarist and vocalist Mike Harrison and drummer Kevin Talley (ex-DYING FETUS) to record their debut EP “Overthrow.” This 5-song death/grind-attack received considerable praise in underground circles, shifting Misery Index into a full time project with the addition of Sparky Voyles (ex-DYING FETUS) on guitar.
In 2002, Mike Harrison and Kevin Talley left the band to focus on other projects and the latter was replaced by Matt Byers, who took up drum duties for their first US tour that summer in support of KATAKLYSM. In 2003, MISERY INDEX released their first full-length “Retaliate,” to exceptional reviews and numerous support tours in Europe and North America supporting bands such as DYING FETUS, AMON AMARTH, DEICIDE, and NILE. In 2004 a video for “The Great Depression” was released, complimenting their first Live DVD, which featured a full set recorded in Athens, Greece. Later in 2004, Adam Jarvis (ex-ALL WILL FALL, currently in PIG DESTROYER) took over on drums, just in time for MISERY INDEX to hit such European festivals as Wacken Open Air, Brutal Assault, and Party San Open Air, followed with more touring alongside bands such as BEHEMOTH, NAPALM DEATH, SUFFOCATION, ROTTEN SOUND, and MAGRUDERGRIND. In 2005, guitarist and vocalist Mark Kloeppel (ex-CAST THE STONE) joined Jason, Adam, and Sparky, solidifying the line-up for the next 5 years.
In 2006, the second full-length “Discordia” was released, followed by even more persistent touring alongside bands such as FEAR FACTORY, DESPISED ICON, JOB FOR A COWBOY, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, NECROPHAGIST and ORIGIN. In 2007, MISERY INDEX appeared on festivals like Hellfest in France and Tuska in Finland, as well as hitting places like Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania and Croatia for the first time. However, despite being on the road for months, MISERY INDEX were ready to finalise their third full-length, so recordings commenced with Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE) at God City Studios in May of 2008. Later that year “Traitors” was released, and the band embarked on their next tour with ORIGIN and ABYSMAL DAWN right as the album was hitting stores. Reactions from both critics and fans were raving, and the album showcased an exceptional return to form.
In 2008 and 2009, the band toured extensively, playing alongside and supporting bands such as THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, SOILENT GREEN, HATE ETERNAL, THE FACELESS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, PSYCROPTIC and many more, as well as seeing their first trips to play in places like Mexico, Russia and Iceland, an appearance on the prestigious Extreme the Dojo festivals in Japan, the Maryland Death Fest in Baltimore and European festivals such as Summer Breeze, Party San, Hellfest, and Death Feast. Entering 2010, the band booked time at Wrightway Studios with producer Steve Wright in their home state of Maryland to commence recording of the fourth album.
MISERY INDEX released “Heirs to Thievery” in May of 2010, dropping like a bomb on the death metal masses and shattering all expectations. The album was both a commercial and critical success, elevating the band into headlining slots in both Europe and the United States. “Heirs to Thievery” showcased the growing maturity and depth of the band, as the varied song writing shifted naturally from nuanced, blasting technicality (Fed to the Wolves), to pit-inducing groove (The Carrion Call), to crushing heaviness (the 7th Cavalry). The growth and penetrating hooks of the songs took the band to new levels, and was followed by several tours with bands such as GRAVE and AEON in Europe, PSYCROPTIC, ORIGIN, and DECAPITATED in Australia and DESPISED ICON, REVOCATION, JOB FOR A COWBOY, GOATWHORE, and ETEHATEGOD in North America. 2010 also saw the departure of long time guitarist Sparky Voyles, who was replaced by lead guitarist Darin Morris.
Festivals followed in 2011, with MISERY INDEX making appearances at Obscene Extreme, Tuska, With Full Force, Metalfest Open Air, and Neurotic Death Fest, as well as seeing their first visit to countries such as Colombia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In 2012, the band made an appearance supporting CANNIBAL CORPSE on their US ‘Torture’ tour, while also joining the Full of Hate festival tour in Europe alongside CANNIBAL CORPSE, BEHEMOTH and LEGION OF THE DAMNED. On the Munich date of Full of Hate tour, the band recorded their first live album. Captured professionally in all their raw intensity, the album will be released on numbered, die-cut vinyl and digital download in February of 2013.
The new album ‘The Killing Gods’ is due May 23rd, 2014 on Season of Mist Records
MISERY LOVES COMFORT
MISERY SIGNALS
Misery Signals is an American metalcore band formed in Wisconsin in 2002. The sound of their music is defined by bright melodies backed up by odd time signatures, chugging riffs, and breakdowns
MISS MAYA SINSTRESS
MISS TESS
MISSILES AND MARKERS
MISSING SCORE
MISSING THE POINT
MISSION:16
MISSISSIPPI CACTUS
MISSISSIPPI GABE CARTER
As a young man Carter saw a guitarist by the name of Jack Owens — of Bentonia, Mississippi — in a documentary that had been rented on video from the local public library. Carter, from that point on, was deeply influenced by the music of Owens; and the school of music that is native to the Bentonia region of Mississippi. By far, the most well known musician from Bentonia was Skip James. During Carter’s last decade of living and busking on the streets in Chicago, he earned the nickname “Mississippi” through his front porch, “down-home” style of playing. Today, Carter’s blues has remained firmly rooted in the blues tradition and style of Bentonia; and has grown into something completely original and unique to the genre. In the summer of 2009 Carter played at the now legendary Deep Blues Festival of Minneapolis. In March of 2010 he performed at the Blues Autour du Zinc, blues festival in Beauvais, France. In the spring of 2010 he toured the South American country of Peru. And he also traveled to Bari, Italy to perform at the Tra Blues e Avant-Garde, blues festival in July of 2010.
MISTER BROWN
MISTY LYN & THE BIG BEAUTIFUL
MIXING IN ACTION
MODERN CHEMISTS
MODERN CONVERSATION
MODERN DAY ESCAPE
MODERN DAY RIPPERS
Get ready for the new shit babies. You thought you seen it all…you ain’t seen nothin’. It’s time to rip it up in a modern way, it’s time to rip it up in the modern day, It’s time for the MODERN DAY RIPPERS! Featuring members of Rotten Fruits, Hotlips Messiah, Turbo Vamps, and Brothers in Crime. You’ve been warned bitches.
MODERN DAY SAVAGE
MODERN HISTORY
MODERN MOTION
MOIST GUITARS
The Moist Guitars are a high energy original five piece band from the Chicago area. Their live shows are infused with theatrics and comedy that always leaves the crowd with a smile. Critics have said “they sounded like a genetically engineered mutant offspring of the Butthole Surfers, the Dicks, and the B-52s.” and “They were extremely entertaining and very energetic and their whole setwas just good fun.”The Moist Guitars have shared the stage backing up bands like The Eagles of death metal, The Tubes, and The Batusis. (Sylvain Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome) and have headlined shows at The Abbey pub, Silvies, Champs rock room ,and many other clubs in the Chicago and New York areas.
MOLE HILL
“Do not be fooled by the name. Chicago’s Molehill is more like a mountain constructed with big guitars, melodic keyboards, and pounding drums. Combining elements of progressive rock with pop sensibilities along with expansive and emotionally charged lyrics, this band delivers a symphonic listening experience.–Jesse Menendez, Vocalo and WBEZ, 89.5FM and 91.5FM Chicago
Chicago’s Molehill rose to the top 10 and Final Round of the Global Battle of the Bands ‘Hard Rock Rising’ 2012 Competition after 3 judged live performance rounds and 2 rounds of public voting. 12,000+ bands entered worldwide with 550 in the Chicago area. Coupled with the release of their first full-length album ‘Equinox’ 2012 continues to build for Molehill.
MONDAY CORNERS
MONDOMEGA
MONIKA H BAND
MONK 9
MICHAEL ALEXANDER
MICHAEL BERMUDEZ
MICHAEL ROFFMAN
MICHAELANE
MICKEY HARTE
MIDDLE CLASS TRASH
MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER
MIDNIGHT CRAZIES
MIDWEST BLUES ALLSTARS
MIDWESTERN MASS
MIGGS
MIKE FLYNN’S NORTH OF MEMPHIS
MIKE GOT SPIKED
MIKE HERRERA’S TUMBLEDOWN
MIKE MICTLAN + LAZERBEAK ARE HAND OVER FIST
MIKE MICTLAN
Mike Mictlan is a native to Southern California and a current proud resident of South Minneapolis. His style has roots in both scenes. In his delivery, he’s a rapper’s rapper and a technician. He can stick fast stuccato runs, flip a pattern, and freestyle long after everyone else has gone to bed. But he’s also a writer who doesn’t shy from big themes and personal narrative.
Mike met the founding members of Doomtree during his junior year in high school. In response to his deliquent streak, Mike’s parents had sent him from their L.A. home to live with his uncle in Minnesota. (No, the Fresh Prince storyline is not lost on us, please save your letters.) Living with his uncle and attending Hopkins High, he met P.O.S, Lazerbeak, MK Larada, and Paper Tiger. Although Mictlan soon returned to L.A., the Doomtree family tree had taken root. As the collective gained momentum in Minneapolis, Mictlan received more and more phone calls urging him to move to the Midwest. Five years later, he got off a plane with 2 duffel bags and a footlocker, ready to go wherever Doomtree was headed. In his debut collaboration with Lazerbeak, Hand Over Fist, Mictlan employed his understated poetry to epic effect. The album goes by in a pageant of imagery: of fire and flight, long odds and close calls.
A lot has changed in the four years since Mike Mictlan released Hand Over Fist, his first full-length album in collaboration with Lazerbeak. He’s played a key role in helping Doomtree, his rap crew for over a decade now, steadily climb into the national spotlight; touring the world over again and again, playing major summer festivals (Lollapalooza, Paid Dues), and winning over critics the likes of Pitchfork, MTV, Spin, and Rolling Stone off of their collaborative 2011 release No Kings.
SNAXXX is the culmination of those four years grinding it out on the road, and it marks a giant leap forward from Mike’s previous solo work. His million-mile-a-minute delivery, tongue twister patterns, and abstract introspection remain completely intact, but there is a much more playful, ambitiously creative side that now creeps heavily into the mix. Musically,SNAXXX takes the traditional everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink Doomtree sound and blows the doors off the hinges. New comer 2% Muck (Tha Clerb, Spyder Baybie Raw Dog) produces 11 of the 15 tracks, and it’s his rapid fire snare patterns, crushing low end, and blown out synth lines that anchor and shape this new sonic direction for Mike. SNAXXX also features a slew of Minnesota’s finest up and coming rappers (Lizzo, Greg Grease, Spyder Baybie Raw Dog, Freez) along with lifelong Doomtree partner-in-crime P.O.S, who shows up on two of the album’s cuts.
Doomtree released SNAXXX for free in the fall of 2012 while Mike wraps up his next official full length, HELLA FRREAL in order to give people a taste of where he’s at now and where he’s headed. With mainstream appeal, surgical precision, and unshakable crew love, Mike Mictlan is an unparalleled force in the underground. His live show is a spectacle of sweat and laughter and fury and communion. You could search every venue in every city, but you will not find an emcee in rap music with more heart than Mike Mictlan. No hype, just a simple guarantee. He believes in the music, the movement, and in his crew of friends. To see him in person, and to hear his voice, makes it hard not to believe it too.
MIKE MIDDLETON
MIKE PARK
MIKE RELM
MIKE STONE
MIKE WINEGARDNER
MIKEYS IMAGINARY FRIENDS
MIKKEY HALSTED
MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON
MILES NIELSON
MILK AT MIDNIGHT
MILKBABY
MILKPLOW
MILLION DOLLAR MANO
Chicago dj native, Mano is a Artist/Producer with a super ability to seamlessly blend a mix of hip-hop, electro, alternative, and indie rock music. With a wide and versatile collection of music, Mano has mass appeal – the ability to liven up any crowd and elevate any song.
Mano’s DJ background transcends the local party scene. He currently serves as Kanye West’s personal DJ and has toured and spun for artists by the likes of Travis McCoy & MIA.
DJ, Producer, Trend-setter. Million Dollar Mano is triple threat – a connoisseur of the “new school.”
MIND DROP
MIND’S HIDEAWAY
MINDSIGHT
Mindsight
Aaron Graunke – Vocals
Brian Weathers – Drums
Danni Schaper – Guitar
Marquette Fricot – Bass
Mindsight has opened for internationally recognized bands including Staind on the Jagermeister Music Tour, Three Days Grace, P.O.D., In This Moment, The Cult, Powerman 5000, Soulfly, Stone Sour and many more.
MINDWARP CHAMBER
Mindwarp Chamber, based in Chicago, IL. is composed of musicians well respected in the industry. They have all joined forces, blending their unique styles to create a very progressive and melodic style of music, filled with technical prowess, mellifluous passages, and displays of virtuosity.
With 2 full length releases under their belts, the band has carved out their own style and approach to the Prog Metal genre. Currently, they are writing and recording new music for an upcoming full length release, slated for 2013, that promises to establish them on the international scene.
MINIATURE TIGERS
MINIMAL
MINSK
MINUS THE GIRL
MEAH!
Patrick Rios and Geoffrey Carr. Chicago, IL. Best friends with best friends. Many kisses. Feel good.
MEAN OHIO
MEANDER
MEANDMYMACHINE
MEANTOOTH GRIN
Formed in 2006 this Blues influenced hard rock trio has played all over the country and opened for Clutch, Monster Magnet, Chris Duarte, Buddy Guy, Gov’t Mule, Joe Bonnamassa, The Steepwater band, Scott Holt, Lonnie Brooks, Jeff Beck and Bob Marley’s Wailers. The three piece sites influences ranging from Clutch and the Sword, to Hank III and RL Burnside and even ZZ Top. Meantooth prides itself on its snarling dirty slide guitar and heavy thumping rhythm section, complimented by front man Tom Jordan’s Tom Waits meets Neil Fallon style vocals. Their debut album topped several wisconsin radio charts and was even on sever “best of” lists in various music mags and on several websites, including Blues underground; who gave it “best debut album” as well as placing in the top five of several other lists of theirs. The album was the #1 seller in their hometown of Wausau for 8 weeks straight and still enjoys radio play on 37 radio stations in the U.S. as well as 42 stations over seas. Their new live album “Outnumbered and Outgunned” will be available July 3rd. In 2010 the band won a WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) award for people’s choice, and were nominated again in 2011 and in 2012 the won peoples choice for the second time. Frontman Tom Jordan was also nominated for Guitar Player of the year. The band continues to be a presence in the mid-west, staying on the road as much as possible. They achieve a certain unique quality that in this day and age is a rare thing indeed.
MEAT NUMBER 5
MEATY OGRE
Meaty Ogre is a Rockford, IL born seasoned beat maker/producer/drummer/DJ from Chicago known for his dusty dirty beats since1998. He is a champion of rare records, crusty samples from around the globe, hard drums, and playful styles. Check out his past work on with rappers like Chicago’s Galapagos4 crew and instrumental 7″ releases on Heardrums, Memphix, Bully, Fieldwerk, Curio, and Ish