Stand Aside
EP [8 Tracks]
1. Born of Hatred
2. Suffer Like Heaven
3. Their Blood Falls
4. Our Lord Lies Dead
5. Fat Sack O Shit
6. Fates Grip (demo)
7. ...And Oblivion Fell (demo)
8. To Promise An Ifrit (demo)
As soon as ‘Born of Hatred’- the first track form the Fury of the Dojo ep started, I knew I was going to be treated to some decent hardcore metal. With riffs as strong as those of early stuff from Integrity, Strife, and at some points Sepultura, and some spot-on hardcore drumming, the music has the energy and intensity that a good hardcore band needs, and Stand Aside, are a good hardcore band. Vocals reminiscent of earth crisis’ Karl Buechner – raw, angry and powerful.Track 5, ‘Fat Sack O Shit’ is reminiscent of old Downset material, and sees a change in the vocal style. The track veers more towards rapcore and this vocal style seems more acceptable than the style from the other tracks, which is impressive as it shows that the band are capable of much more than just hardcore. I was also particularly impressed with the backing vocals on track four, ‘Our Lord Lies Dead’, simple but incredibly effective.Each track on the CD is as enjoyable as the last one, and I would strongly recommend Stand Aside to anyone into Hardcore Metal.
Review by Jim Biscuits
Rating :: 8/10

"Raptures" has a very nice opening riff, firstly clean then heavier, then brooding, all around the same theme. When the whole thing kicks in, there is definitely a mid 90's Euro HC / Metalcore feel, not unlike Drowning, early Breach, 108, Dehumanize, with quite a nice stomp and addictive riff being the main focal point.
Vocals are strong, a raspy shout, also catchy and definitely hooking well. A top starter and already I am impressed thoroughly with Stand Aside.
"Condemned" sounds more straight forward old school heavy hardcore with moments reminding of Biohazard, but also there is a stoner / sludge hint in a few of the grooves and note choice. "Deadeye" has a little classical widdle before the early Slayer style trashings and Earth Crisis vocal hollers..
Stand Aside tip their hat to old and new school hardcore, mosh and thrash, and this ultimately makes their sound more interesting and original. The rocking and imaginative "The name haunts me" proves this, one minute it's Exploited, then Integrity, then Metallica, Disembodied, and "Let's be friends" continues the mixed bag trend.
Definitely worth a listen and certainly could well be a big name in the future if this is anything to go by.

The Packaging as represented on their bio flyer looks pretty impressive with the lyrics to the songs and an acid trippy montage of skeletal activity.
This is a band with a sound so fat – its difficult to escape its gravitational pull!, with ‘Testament’, Suicidal Tendencies’ to a ‘Death Metal’ approach. It opens with RAPTURES, which has an epic start, that leads into a gallop of guitar work that throughout is rich in talent. Don’t look to this band for repetitive cheesy lyrics more suited to commercial fare that’s more poppier than bubble wrap; They have some intelligent and quite poetic lyrics, “Show me the way you grace the skies” and “Elysian denied” their take on an inability to go to heaven, providing some of the competent prose.
The vocals are delivered in a harsh ‘Death metal’ style barking out at times, with all the passion of an angry Chinaman. I can imagine this band inducing circle moshes and this C.D. I’m sure captures the intensity of their live shows.
DEAD IN MY EYES is more of the same, with intelligent lyrics and bursts into some amazing guitar work. Their songs in no way sound the same all the way through; - multi layered with different sections, its good to see that there are quite a few time changes and song structures in abundance.
CONDEMNED, has a kind of ‘don’t judge others or you may be judged yourselves’ moral going on here and is able to capture the style and pace in the time it has; racing through in just under 2 minutes.
THE NAME HAUNTS ME, doesn’t escape the great galloping riffs and time changes either. There’s a really good melodic riff in this song, not hiding the presence of very talented guitar work. I like the style of Death growling vocal bands in general which in this song at times has crow cawing reverberations and at times sounds a bit strained, but with the melodic and skilful guitar work it lends to a Maiden like sound albeit without Bruce Dickinson.
What I like about the next track LETS BE FRIENDS, is the way the vocals are broken up with some talking vocal section’s adding some diversity to the norm. Also- the doom-laden sound of the cool moody bass work that is apparent throughout, giving a Black Sabbath’y edge to the riffs. There’s also a kind of waterfall of cascading, brilliant guitar sounds.
There’s no break in the intensity with 7 SEVERED, providing more of the enjoyable to listen to guitar work. I think the backing vocals included ads just a bit more to the song. It’s kept predominantly with Death growling and I would say, unless it changes the bands sound too much – could do with more of this inclusion of variation in vocal ranges, adding another dimension to their already perfect sound.
It’s quite a high praise compliment from me to say that END IN PAIN, which was recorded in the guitarists own room, has a Maidenesque edge to the song; still though, able to capture the individuality of ‘Stand Aside’. There’s some monk like chanting vocals included also, adding to the much welcome atmosphere.
I could imagine this band would easily go down and would have no hesitation in saying that their material would create a fantastic live and moshable atmosphere, with songs fatter than a fat arse that looks like two badly parked volks wagons

This is a three song promo sampler for the bands forth coming CD which will contain seven tracks total. These guys play a really strong & powerful Hardcore/Death metal hybrid style of music. They do toss in lots of Grindcore type elements as well. I loved the really crunchy guitar sound as well as the hard hitting Hardcore type grooves. These guys have everything that is great about these two styles of music. The vocals also cross over between these two styles of music with low death growls & mid ranged harsh Hardcore screams. These guys are going to be big in the underground scene!!!

STAND ASIDE – crunching churning riffs, the D.I.Y Slayer-isms of the first track give way to something of a more hardcore crossover nature for round two…. They’re urgent, they’re abrasive, they’re raw, I like this demo – they’ve got attitude and energy and crunchy crunching riffs….

STAND ASIDE - "Three track demo." Opening with an ominous little riff, things quickly build to gargantuan proportions - tribal, pounding drums and solid guitar riffery speed things along as the croaking vocal spits out the lyrics. There are no song titles supplied, let alone lyrics, but this is an anguished band indeed. The next song is more thrash speed metal with a punk vibe (The Exploited), but this is a metal band. The third and final track uses a metalica style riff as backbone to what is quite a chaotic song. A good mix of heavy styles then - should be well worth a look.

Finally, an unsigned British band that rocks!
Stand Aside play a thrasy style Heavy Metal/Hardcore similar to bands like Stampin Ground' and Unite, and play it very well indeed. Guitarist JT churns out riff after riff, mostly heavy chugging riffs but there is also plenty of melody to keep things interesting, vocalist Spanky's almost "Converge" vocals suit the style perfectly, both backed by the rock solid, faultless foundations of Swets and Adam on bass and drums.
I can just imagine the band live, it would be total mayhem on and off the stage, if Stand Aside don't reach success, it would be an absolute crime, because music this good should be heard!

First up are Stand Aside, who wouldn't look out of place in a Larry Clark film... Flicking slacker metal off the wrist like it barely distracts them, SA are effortlessly cool.

Stand Aside - An excellent, raucous four piece that create something of a mosh pit - and that is just the band members! There is a thrashy, and at times almost punky ethic about the band - though the music itself is damn good metal with a rawck edge to it. Much banging and crashing from the drums sees things hurtle along nicely, with all members supplying much energy. This is a brilliant and original act that we hope to see a lot more of.

Stand Aside produce a massive sound. Harsh, thrashy metal is pumped out without mercy - yet a groove can sometimes be detected in amongst the mayhem. Indeed as with many of todays metal acts these guys have created their own secret blend of metal styles to produce something all their own - only the band know the recipe, and if they told you they'd probably have to kill you - but we can reveal that this is fast, thrashy, melodic metal that you should find most enjoyable.