Rinoa

So, five guys playing Final Fantasy VIII in Essex. And, this guy, Rinoa Heartilly comes into the battlefield. What is the first thing you might think? Exactly.... the guys will form a post-metal band named Rinoa. Unfortunately the band "demised" last year (2010) but its' members are now bussy running their own projects.

In 2008, they released their first EP called Rinoa. As the audience welcomed them in the underground post- something something scene, the EP was followed by a split with Bossk. (also a great band!) Just a few weeks before the break up the brittish music magazine Rock Sound listed their debut album An age among them as one of the best albums of 2010.I can imagine that the guys didn't go along musically, since James May (their drummer) joined the dubstep group Tek-One, and their guitarist Josef Norocky joined Devil Sold his Soul (touring with Architects last year)

The reason for picking this band is that they manage to put in so much emotion in their music. The perfect combination of hard continious drums and metal guitars, followed by heartbreaking vocals, just gives me the chills. Seriously, it's a perfect choise for, "one of those days". To be honest though, I can recognize a lack of imagination and variety on their album An age among them. But hey, I still like it.

Sol Winds

Between the Pillars

Enjoy//Captain