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By Rose Adams
Brooklyn Paper
They’re breaking new ground!
A Brooklyn band is breathing
fresh air into the heavy metal
genre, combining a Metallica-inspired
sound with high-tech post-production.
The Unbroken, performing as part of
the “March Metal Beatdown” at Gowanus’s
Lucky 13 Saloon on March 20,
uses down-tuned instruments and slick
technology to create “punchier” songs,
said the band’s drummer.
“Modern sound has a different tuning,
with newer sounds on the instruments, as
well as using today’s technology to create
a fresher, cleaner ‘modern’ feel to the
overall sound,” said Tamas Vajda.
The band — whose hit song “Suffering
in Silence” has racked up more
than 170,000 views on Youtube — got
its start in 2017, when Vajda and lead
singer Chester Oszustowicz decided to
combine forces.
“We’re old friends,” said Vajda. “We
met through the metal circuit 15 years
ago or so.”
The pair recruited two more members
of the scene and called the group, “The
Broken Co.” — until a new band name
came to Vajda in a vision, he said.
“I had a dream which gave me a very
positive sign,” he said. “There’s nothing
wrong, it’s not broken therefore it’s
Unbroken.”
The Unbroken plays “groove metal,”
a sub-genre that features raspy shouting,
guitar riffs, and syncopated beats, Vajda
said. The group has quickly gained
a loyal following, but expanding its audience
has been difficult in Brooklyn’s
small heavy metal community.
“It’s pretty underground,” Vajda said.
“I can’t say New York has as much of a
metal scene as it used to.”
To expand its reach, the band created
an online experience to accompany its
debut album, “Human Crown.” Rather
than buying the collection, fans can sign
up to receive one song from the album
each day, along with its music video and
behind-the-scenes footage. According
to Vajda, the band began the multimedia
project to amp up its online presence
and give listeners an original experience.
“You’ve got to give them something
new, something special,” he said. “That’s
our specialty.”
At the show, the band will play songs
from “Human Crown,” along with some
new tunes they are preparing for a new
album, which the group hopes to finish
by the end of the year.
Heavy weights
Brooklyn metal band brings
punchy sound to Gowanus
The Unbroken at Lucky 13 Saloon
644 Sackett St. between Third and
Fourth avenues in Gowanus, (718)
596–0666, www.lucky13saloon.
com. March 20 at 11 pm. $12.
Photo by Caroline Ourso
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