Don’t you just love the ironies in life? C’mon, life really is all ’bout the little things right? My husband said to me just tonight, “We should check out what’s playing at Bottom of the Hill on Friday night.” It’s actually the second time this week he’s mentioned BOTH so I guess it’s some kind of sign. Then I sat down to write my piece about Judgement Day, and guess who’s playing at BOTH on Friday the 21st? Judgement Day!!! Now I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that all forces are pointing towards me getting my booty to BOTH on Friday night. Seriously, y’all should come on down and join me; a great show is waiting for you.

I jumped at the chance to write a blurb about Judgement Day because I’ve had my eye on this band for awhile now. With Anton Patzner on violin, Lewis Patzner on cello and Jon Bush on drums, these fellows are a batch of solid musicians doing something extremely unique and creative - stretching the boundaries of the genre rigidity that is so often linked with the notion of “solid musician.”

Upon visiting Judgement Day’s myspace I had to laugh at the following bold, all-caps disclaimer: THERE ARE NO GUITARS IN JUDGEMENT DAY. So you’ve been warned, but I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Just check out what Mushroom Stamp Productions had to say…

“One of the best live acts we’ve witnessed in the past year … a bold fusion of classical music and rock music that somehow managed not to be derivative towards either influence.”

Judgement Day refers to itself as a “string metal” band. Ryan Myashiro of Amoeba Music supports this expression with his assessment of “Violin, cello and drums playing brutal metal with crunchy distorted riffs.”

Check out the video for “Out of the Abyss” and whet your string metal appetite.

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