It's Sunday again... and here I am with the presentation of a underground band from **Switzerland**, which I had the lucky opportunity to watch live at the **Met Bar**, in **Lenzburg**, a small town in the outskirts of **Zurich**. The concert I attended to was **in September of 2016**.

By the way, **Zurich** is the band's hometown, so they play here at **Lenzburg** quite a few times. 

When the show started, I had no idea who were **Expellow** and what kind of band it was. When the concert came to an end, I was a fan. 😎 

Here's a shot I've taken during the show:

<center>![sf97ur.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/sf97ur.jpg)</center>

These guys are fast, furious and loud. Just as I like it!

In their own words: **_"the lyrics contain a solid dose of middle finger, insanity and rebellion, which might also leave you questioning things."_**

Their songs are varied, combining fast riffs and brutal breakdowns with melodic parts. In some of the songs **Expellow** use a good mix between clean and harsh vocals, as you can experience while listening to the **Track Your Voice In My Head**.

The footage is from a concert at **Werk 21**, in **Zurich** and the track is included in their previous album: **Modern Age Credo**, from **2015**.

<center>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCoQdsEhWJc</center>

The vocalist **Mik Dean** actually uses three different styles of singing / screaming in this song. Here is the initial part of the lyrics, so you can scream along.

> Pull the trigger, make my skull shatter under your three stripes
> Hit me with your best shot, I can go all night
> And I can never find peace again
> I’m going insane with your voice in my head

> I can feel your presence burn me
> Every time I’m down here
> But I keep coming back

> I’m getting lost in this, damn I feel so alive
> One step closer on my strive
> No remorse, my all time low
> Falls apart as I put on the show
> But I feel observed by the voice within
> You’re a ghost that stares from the edge of the room

> Speak! Make your golden words storm towards me
> Scream! I’ll take them on, ‘til it kills me
> Please! Tell me if the path I chose was right, ‘cause I
> I can’ t tell no longer what’s righteous

> A raging war inside me, a shiver down my spine
> With my weakest point exposed to you, my life ain’t worth a dime
> This madness that I’m hiding, thrills a void beyond your spell
> Every time I face my demons, I’m facing you as well

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Before I introduce you with another track, here's a photo where you can feel a glimpse of her emotions, while **Mik Dean** is singing with clean vocals:

<center>![jl31bx.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/jl31bx.jpg)</center>

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One of my favourite tracks from **Expellow** is **Game Insane**, it's the first track from their latest album: **We Held the Line**, published in **2018**.

Beware, because there are fewer clean vocals on this one and plenty of furious screaming. The song starts in a gentle way... and then **Mik Dean** starts screaming. It quickly escalates to a very fast track, with intense and yet melodic riffs.

<center>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy3juGffBI4</center>

<center>[You can accompany the lyrics here.](https://www.expellow.ch/game-insane)</center>

**Mik Dean** will bend herself like this, to make her voice come out as strong as possible:

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The public goes crazy and hairs start flying all around you, so you better store your camera away and join the headbanging festival.

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The album **We Held the Line** includes a really fast track named **Hometown**, where **Mik Dean** is assisted by the singers **Sumo & TC**, from the Swiss band **Vale Tudo**. The song has some moments were **Mik Dean**'s clean vocals come out again... and quick transitions to parts where all three of them are singing together. 

<center>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbVJIuy6AhI</center>

<center>[Again, the lyrics are available in their website.](https://www.expellow.ch/hometown)</center>

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I wish to take you back to the previous album, **Modern Age Credo (2015)** and show you another very interesting song, with a perfect mix of styles, where **Mik Dean** keeps **alternating between melodic parts with clean vocals and more hardcore material, with constant screams**.

This song is called **Purgatory Preacher** and this time you don't need to go to their website for the lyrics, since this is a **Lyric video**:

<center>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SU5LOfqz_s</center>

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Now, some of you might be asking...

**Just exactly what genre of music is this**? I guess the best term to describe it is **Metalcore**, even though some might disagree. Classifying bands with just one label is hard and usually kicks off a big discussion among the fans.

**Some claim that Metalcore doesn't even exist... and that this is Hardcore**, a sub-genre of **Punk**. Others claim that it's more close to **Metal** than **Punk**, hence the term: **Metalcore**.

Well, I leave that up to you to decide. But since the band consider themselves to be **Metalcore**, I'm happy to go along with it.

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Meanwhile, here are the rest of the _(halfway decent)_ photos I took at that show. Sorry, but my camera at the time wasn't good enough for these kind of shots. I tried my best... and this was the result:

<center>![wy66hk.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/wy66hk.jpg)</center>

<center>![ktb8eg.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/ktb8eg.jpg)</center>

This smiling guy at the center is **Michael "Taz" Tamas**, the **bass player**.

<center>![sxfs19.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/sxfs19.jpg)</center>

The guitar player on the foreground, on the photo below, is **Nici Weissmann**. He's in charging with the **second guitar**... leaving the spotlight for the **lead guitarist**, **Daniel "Gudi" Gutweniger**, which you can see having fun at the right side of the two shots above.

<center>![nc0bzt.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/nc0bzt.jpg)</center>

Catching the **drum player** on a photo was quite tricky... but I eventually managed to get a clear shot at him. His name is **Moritz Blaser**.

<center>![fzf1eu.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/fzf1eu.jpg)</center>

As you can see from the name in the drum kit, the bigger name of the night were playing last: **Infected Rain**, a very cool and crazy band from **Moldova**.

At the end of the show, all the members from **Expellow** hanged around with the crowd, happy to chat with every fan who appeared to greet them, to ask for photos and signatures... but also eager to watch **Infected Rain**.

<center>![z2s70g.jpg](https://img.esteem.app/z2s70g.jpg)</center>

And finally, here's a shot from a part of the **Met Bar** which I found quite interesting, as it was decorated with **drum cymbals from several bands who performed at the place.** 

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I hope you enjoyed this band... and if not, then at least I hope you liked my article and photos! 😜 

Here are the sources I used to write this post:

- **[Expellow Official Site](https://www.expellow.ch/about)**
- **[Wikipedia - Metalcore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalcore)**
- **[Wikipedia - Hardcore Punk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk)**

And lastly, in case you're interested, **[here's an English interview with the band](http://www.skruttmagazine.se/expelloweng.htm)** at the Swedish site **Skrutt Magazine**.

If you're lucky enough to understand German, you can see this 12 minute interview instead - with the vocalist **Mik Dean** and the guitarist **Nici Weissmann**, after a concert at **Met Bar, in 2017**.

<center>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKL8ecPO3gc</center>

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