I was a 14-year-old kid when I was fully enamored in the Nu-Metal and Hardcore Metal scene and wanted to start my own band. My brother and I founded the band together. I was going to be the singer, and he was going to learn guitar. A couple other people joined us but the band went no where. Though I continued writing lyrics for songs I had in my head. This version of the band dissolved quickly, and it wouldn't be until I was 17 when I would try and pursue it again, writing lyrics for three years.
Then I discovered my hardcore growling vocals were actually really good and my brother was impressed also. I sang like that for a while but I really didn't enjoy it if I'm being honest.
Fast forward to 2007, I released my first "Psyconatics" album, which was more electronic than metal and my singing at the time was very dull and monotone. I released way too much music (with none of it available anymore thankfully) over several years. Maybe a couple songs were good but most were bad in retrospect.
In 2013, I gave my life over to the Lord and my passion for Metal music had went away. My passion for singing too. I was a pretty stiff Christian. But I was baptized in 2013 and I fell in love with the Lord and still in love with Him to this very day.
I then got interested in Christian Rap and tried to rap for a little while, but my voice at the time didn't sound good, and I didn't like the beats I produced. For a while after, I completely lost interest in music and got rid of my instruments and equipment. I never thought I would return to music.
Then recently, I started producing music, not as a frontman, but as producer and lyricist and I fell in love with music all over again.
But it didn't take long in the producing albums that I began getting hungry again to be on the mic. I knew I wasn't a good singer, and I didn't want to growl, so I rapped and actually like how my voice sounds now. It's become rich with age, and I don't sound corny like when teachers would do the Math Rap.
This year of 2024, I've finally released an album with me on vocals that I'm actually proud of, going by the name Maxx J Razor (Max is what my family calls me. J is in honor of my deceased cat Julian, and Razor is a play on words because I'm straight edge.) And it feels great to be the frontman of my project Psyconatics again. I'm a Christian rapper doing the kind of music I've wanted to do since I was 14, Nu-Metal. I grew up in that scene and I've always loved Nu-Metal.
I hope you all will stick with me on the journey into the future. I have great things planned. And maybe with my first album as Maxx J Razor, I'll be hitting the stage with a live band or a DJ or something.
Stay tuned!
-Maxx J Razor
I founded Psyconatics with my brother when I was 14-years-old. We were interested in forming our own band and we grew up in the Nu-Metal scene, and that's the kind of music we've always wanted to do. My brother is no longer in the band and Psyconatics has become my solo project. the Psyco in Psyconatics is misspelled on purpose. The band name stands for Psychotic Fanatics. Back then we were obsessed with the word psycho or anything to do with psychosis and insanity.
Only in front of friends and family thus far, but I'm hoping to hit the stage. I was on stage before but as an actor when I was in high school, and though it's technically not the same, I enjoyed being on stage. It gave me a thrill and I hope to relive it with my music one day.
I loved KoRn, Mushroomhead, Static-X, Murderdolls, Chevelle, Hatebreed, Slipknot, etc growing up in the nu-metal scene. I still don't listen to most of those bands anymore as a Christian but I still like a lot of their songs.
Anything that works. Because I got rid of all my equipment, I have to make do with what I have right now. My computer and my microphone, a DAW for my computer to make music, my mic to record my vocals.
I'm hoping to continue making the kind of music I love, which is Christian Nu-Metal. I love heavy music with positive lyrics. I want to encourage people to follow their dreams, because life is finite, and people should embrace their gifts and share them with the world.
