Over the last five years, on a strong EP ("As You Burn") released last August and on several demos before that, vocalist Carlos Paz, guitarists Ralph Gomez and Joe Trtan, bassist Louie Salgado and drummer Roger Guerrero have breathed new life into the sweet/sour, hard/soft merger, if not quite living up to their boast of conjuring the sound that would have resulted "if Metallica and Stone Temple Pilots had a child, it would've had Bush for step parents and Breaking Benjamin as a distant cousin."
Over the last five years, on a strong EP ("As You Burn") released last August and on several demos before that, vocalist Carlos Paz, guitarists Ralph Gomez and Joe Trtan, bassist Louie Salgado and drummer Roger Guerrero have breathed new life into the sweet/sour, hard/soft merger, if not quite living up to their boast of conjuring the sound that would have resulted "if Metallica and Stone Temple Pilots had a child, it would've had Bush for step parents and Breaking Benjamin as a distant cousin."
Sample the band's sounds and keep an eye out for upcoming gigs on its Web site, www.myspace.com/izelsspiral.
Sample the band's sounds and keep an eye out for upcoming gigs on its Web site, www.myspace.com/izelsspiral.