Release Date: Sep 23, 2021
FFO: Chimera, Fear Factory, Devin Townsend Project
Snipers
of Babel are a 6-piece band out of Washington DC. Their epic,
ground-breaking sound fuses brutal metal and industrial influences with
classical and soundtrack-esque ambience. Multiple powerhouse vocalists
cover a wide range of sounds from guttural growls to piercing screams
and soaring melodies. The result is an intricate, skillfully crafted
soundscape unlike anything else heard in metal to date.
Founded
in the summer of 2016 by Mike Bossier and Jeremy Dyer, the band quickly
grew into its present day incarnation of Bossier on guitars, keys, and
samples, with Dyer, Tommy Mott, and Layla Singer on vocals (a trio of
vocalists which the band refers to as “a band within a band”), Chris
Hicks on bass, the monstrous Kevin Talley on studio drums, and Mike
Lumer on live drums.
Many
things have been said about Snipers of Babel’s unorthodox sound and
arrangement, and many have struggled to label them. Even the band
members themselves find it difficult, but the truth is they don’t need a
label. As Bossier himself has said, “All we can really say is that it’s
metal. You just have to hear it.”
