quicksand

Is it possible to be a "heavy" band without being a "metal" band? One needs to look no further than New York City for the answer, where bands such as Quicksand, Helmet and Unsane have for the most part avoided the metal tag, despite being unquestionably heavy...

Japanese band Fact, newly signed to Vagrant Records, owe a bit to the 1990s era of post-hardcore and bands like Quicksand and Texas is the Reason on their self-titled debut. Bassist Tomohiro told Noisecreep, via a translator, "We listened to a lot of 90s metal and hardcore, but to be honest, we aren't really familiar with a lot of the current metal and hardcore bands...