Seether November 25, 2007

The South African rock band Seether plays a style of heavy metal mostly associated with the post-grunge era of alternative music, complete with self-obsessed lyrics and a sound that mixed crunchy distortion with brooding texture. Hurt is an up and coming band that has made inroads, touring with Staind on the Jagermeister Music Tour. Traces of Tool, Nirvana, and mid-period Metallica flicker throughout their debut album, but Hurt have created a remarkably individual sound nonetheless. Red is a Florida band that plays Irish folk and rock music.