Unlocking the Truth .... NYC Black Middle Schoolers Playing Heavy Metal

[newworldafro]

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First, I'm not sure if Heavy Metal is right word since rock music can blend through many sub genres.

I've never been into hardcore heavy metal, but after listening to them play, its not bad. And after listening to these boys play I realize that it is not so much the music as much as it is the singing, the screaming and shiit usually makes me turn away from Heavy Metal. Doesn't really matter though since, I'm sure they can do all types of sub- genres of rock with their skills. Makes me want to go back in time and learn the guitar at an earlier age in life. Only thing I wasn't feeling about the video interview below, was when dude was like I put on black nail polish to be different ... I was like c'mon son ... chill out breh . Otherwise, its worth your time to check out.

UNLOCKING THE TRUTH | Kriss Kross this isn?t. Lock up your daughters, America: these sixth-grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn are on a mission to rock your socks off. | THE AVANT/GARDE DIARIES - Digital Interview Magazine [Video in the link]

12 June 2013

There is a particular moment right before fame strikes a young musician – between the full flowering of talent and believing in a dream so pure and strong as to feel bulletproof – which at the same time is almost imperceptible as it is happening. This metaphysical friction is in full effect in a certain Flatbush, Brooklyn family basement. Unlocking the Truth, a metal band composed of twelve year old Malcolm Brickhouse and eleven year old Jarad Dawkins, is playfully arguing about which member can play a faster and more forceful rendition of their self-composed instrumental blast “Physical Therapy.” While Jarad is technically the drummer (he mastered the instrument by the age of two), he is convincingly demonstrating his guitar chops. Being the precoucious, and yet consummate, professionals that they are, the band wants to make sure that in a worst case scenario – say, a member fainting onstage – each could play the other’s instrument flawlessly. It is not atypical for Unlocking the Truth to practice for up to ten hours on weekends. They are so immersed in their music that they barely notice anything going on around them, including their parents, who usually have to force them to stop practicing when it’s bedtime. While their classmates mostly listen to radio pop or rap, Malcolm and Jarad’s enthusiasm for metal was nurtured while watching generous amounts of WWE professional wrestling. But this is no passing phase for the two boys. The band has already written two albums, Madness and Paranoid, respectively, and recently auditioned for America’s Got Talent. Amazingly, they manage to keep up good grades in school. So watch out, America – two smart, young metalheads from Flatbush are coming to a town near you in the near future.

Two 12-year-old metalheads, who grew up in a hip hop neighborhood, tell their story., page 1

 

[JohnB]

Corny. There are tons of minorities who are into and play metal, they ain't special.

 

[Big Blue]

Corny. There are tons of minorities who are into and play metal, they ain't special.

They're 12 breh.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Corny. There are tons of minorities who are into and play metal, they ain't special.

http://www.people.com/article/unlocking-the-truth-teen-metal-band-signs-contract-sony

 

[JohnB]

http://www.people.com/article/unlocking-the-truth-teen-metal-band-signs-contract-sony

how you reply to a year old post about teens playing metal you bum

 

[smoothassin7]

true music is expression.....

 

[End Cruelty]

http://www.businessweek.com/article...ruth-sonys-barely-teenage-metal-band#r=hp-lst

here's a pretty big article detailing their deal. these dudes better sell

i'm about to pre-order just off gp. i know they got ads and stuff going for them but still. sheesh. this could be huge. it actually has to be.

 

[Hope]

BUMPIN ... I ride for this group all day .

Saw them in Brooklyn this summer as part of NYC's Summerstage. Interesting day. Most of it was like a medium sized family picnic, with various young acts performing as poets, dancers, and musicians (even a film was played at the very end of night). The thing is that it was considered "family day", and there were a lot of elementary kids there there. Adults didn't arrive until the dancers came on right after UTT. I commend them for doing all these showcases, but at one point, for the type of music they do, they need to ditch these wack ass showcase shows, hit the road, earn a diploma while traveling, it aint that hard.

This video is just sad and makes them look weak (crowd sucks, mixing is terrible):



When I saw them, not many people were around for UTT's set, Metal is just not an easily accessible type of music. The drummer is the best one in the group. I play bass, and think the bassist is not on the same level as the rest of the group. They eventually need to find their own sound to suceeed. They sounded like a Bootleg Trivium, but it was still a rocking set.



It's hard to find good media on them, think this is the best, this is what this music is about, they hooked thecrowd: