Chris and Brett Rodler have been playing music together for more than ten years now. In that decade, this duo has arguably recorded some of modern prog-rock's finest moments. "Winter in July" and "Behold the Blue Sky" from RH Factor's self-titled CD are high water marks for the genre in the early 90's. The pair then recorded "Enter Quietly" and "The Story" with Leger de Main. The brothers teamed up with piano player / vocalist GRATTO for the Anakin Tumnus CD, a prog-rock concept piece released in 2002 to rave reviews. Most recently the pair added their tech-metal touches to the debut Mythologic release Standing in Stillness.

With a discography so rich in diversity, many wondered what to expect next from the siblings. Well, like a jackhammer to the forehead, Razor Wire Shrine will answer this question with their CD, Going Deaf for a Living.

On this entirely instrumental outing, all constraints have been lifted in an effort to achieve a rhythmic and harmonic sophistication only hinted at on previous releases. There is nothing conservative about Razor Wire Shrine's music. In fact, liberal may be a better description of the onslaught. Like liberal use of odd time signatures and polyrhythms. Liberal use of atonal, angular guitar motifs saturated with so much blistering distortion that many passages seem to literally be on fire... you can actually hear the crackling sound of the scorched musical landscape, and it's great!

When pressed for a description Chris Rodler offers this up, "I suppose this CD could be described as loud, complex, high-energy, rhythmically challenging, harmonically sophisticated, metal-coated, instrumental prog-rock with a bad attitude." Give it a listen and decide for yourself what to call it.

For more info visit the PMM website.

Also, several PMM artists have pages here on PlayErie.com. Check out Gratto, Leger De Main, RH Factor and Andeavor.

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