Many fans may recognize him as the former guitarist of OTEP, which was subsequent to his vocal role in Synapse as well as guitarist in another project, Anome. He truly is the epitome of the cliché that he could sing before he could talk.

Poised to be the next big thing coming out of Los Angeles’ music scene, Gemini Syndrome is coming out swinging.

The recent release of their CD Inalienable is a demonstration of Cerbellion’s chemistry between its members; the synergy that can be created when a band works as one to produce a sound that isn’t confined by labels or genres.

Hollywood Music Magazine (HMM) has talked to several music industry insiders about what it takes in the scene of the new millennium for bands to get to that next level. This is the first part of the series.

For more than a few years, fans and some critics have drawn their own lines about what is metal and what is not. From the early years of Black Sabbath through the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Motorhead it was a general consensus, “Oh that is metal!” In the decade following (1980’s) opinions started to stray.