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LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS THE OLD ADAGE IS THAT LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS NEVER LAST. HERE'S HOPING THAT WHEN YOU ADD SWEAT AND DEATH METAL GOODNESS TO THE MIX, THE "BREAK-UP CURSE" WILL BE LIFTED. THE NAME: SOLAMORS. THE MISSION: TAKE THREE VETERAN PLAYERS AND CRAFT A LEGENDARY SLAB OF PROGRESSIVE DEATH METAL FROM THE CONFINES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPUTERS AND DIY HOME STUDIOS USING CROWD FUNDING. ANTICIPATION IS HIGH BECAUSE THESE ARE NO ORDINARY MUSICIANS. JASON WISDOM WAS THE FRONT MAN AND VOCALIST FOR BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE (BTA) FROM THEIR BEGINNING THROUGH THE ALBUM CELESTIAL MESSENGERS. SOLAMORS MASTERMIND ALEX KENIS WAS A FOUNDER AND AXEMAN OF CRUTCH/ALETHEIAN AND ALSO PLAYED GUITAR FOR BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE ON THE PHYSICS OF FIRE ALBUM. TRAVIS TURNER PLAYED DRUMS ON HOPE PREVAILS AS CRUTCH AND ON APOLUTROSIS AS ALETHEIAN AS WELL. TRAVIS IS ALSO IN THE BAND UNTEACHERS WITH HIS COUSIN STEPHEN SARRO (FORMERLY OF TANTRUM OF THE MUSE) AS WELL AS A TON OF OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS. TRAVIS DESCRIBES UNTEACHERS AS "URGENT ORTHODOX NOISE ROCK – IF NEUROSIS AND PETER GABRIEL JAMMED ON RUSH SONGS." AS SOLAMORS STARTS MELTING THE FIBER OPTIC LINES BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AND GEORGIA, READ ALONG FOR MY FOUR-WAY CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL PARTIES INVOLVED HERE. BY CHRIS GATTO
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