{"id":31111,"date":"2015-07-14T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=31111"},"modified":"2015-07-14T10:40:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T15:40:22","slug":"the-best-band-in-utah-is-disforia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-best-band-in-utah-is-disforia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Band in Utah is Disforia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in August 2014 we asked you to\u00a0help us find the best unsigned bands in America<\/a>. After listening to hundreds of submissions and slaying thousands of posers with the true steel of unsigned glory, we have found our pick from the most latter day state of America. The best band in Utah is Disforia.<\/em><\/p>\n

HAIL, WARRIORS<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I have gathered us here in the hall today to\u00a0officially proclaim the warriors of Disforia<\/strong> to be the mightiest unsigned heroes of Utah! For those of you who are false<\/a> and are normally denied entry to the hall (which is most of you,)\u00a0you are hereby allowed temporary entry while we celebrate the victory of progressive power metal.\u00a0For those of us who are true, we will be serving\u00a0hors d’oeuvres\u00a0and shrimp cocktails once the posers leave.<\/p>\n

Disforia wield a blade forged in the duel fires of progressive and power metal. Their debut album, The Age of Ether<\/em>, (which I wrote\u00a0about last year<\/a>,) twists into a dirge capable of delighting both fans and haters of power metal. Their debut exudes\u00a0sincerity, a bit of depression, and, most blatantly, sci-fi. The lyrics of singer John Yelland<\/strong> tell\u00a0the story of two characters in a dying world who seek survival, existential meaning, and purpose. The music and lyrics support each other in a way few bands can achieve, building an entire universe for the listener and populating it through vivid musical and lyrical imagery all while moving the plot forward in both storylines. Guitarists Chad Anderson<\/strong> and Dayton Anderson<\/strong>, as well as key-master Austin Bentley<\/strong>, work together as musicians with John as if one mind.<\/p>\n

Together, these warriors are an indisputably powerful force. To ensure that all before them are slain in the grandest of fashions, however, they\u00a0teamed up with\u00a0some of earth’s mightiest heroes. On “Lunar Sunrise<\/a>,”\u00a0Brittney Slayes<\/strong> of Unleash the Archers<\/strong> lends her enchanted voice\u00a0to the chorus in a very impressively blended and high harmony with John. As if her might combined with Disforia’s isn’t already overwhelming enough, they were able to recruit possibly the most powerful power metal vocalist in existence: Hansi K\u00fcrsch<\/strong> of Blind Guardian<\/strong>. On the pen-ultimate track, “The Dying Firmament,<\/a>”\u00a0Hansi loans his power to tell of stars across the sky\u00a0blinking out as billions of years pass\u00a0and\u00a0the march of time steadily overtakes the universe.<\/p>\n