Norma Gold

[Jason Tate]

Norma Jean (http://www.normajeannoise.com) will be going into the studio this weekend with Matt Goldman (Underoath, Copeland) to record a new song for the upcoming Solid State 5 comp.

Submitted_By: Paul

[AreTwoKay]

damn i need to hear new Norma Jean already and i love when my news gets posted haha

[ArthurTrevor]

ill bet it has a breakdown and a part that goes "eeeeee eee eee eee"

[Frank Giaramita]

ill bet it has a breakdown and a part that goes "eeeeee eee eee eee"

hahah i was thinking the SAME thing. All hardcore breakdowns have the "(low) (low) (low) (high pitched annoying chord)". It's gettting really old, really fast. You know how much money a person could make by claiming that chord progression and riff was stolen from them..they could seriously sue like every single hardcore band in the world. Hopefully Norma Jean breaks away from the "annoying chord" trend.

[ModulateMe]

Hey these guys are awesome annoying chord riff or not.....they rock my socks off!

[War on errorism]

word.. goldman?, didnt the chariot release a goldman demos? along with underoath..

are they named after the dude that records the demos?

[AreTwoKay]

word.. goldman?, didnt the chariot release a goldman demos? along with underoath..

are they named after the dude that records the demos?

yes they are

[ArthurTrevor]

i think those "annoying chords" sound like fucking alarm clocks. i dont mind them here and there, but norma jean abuses them.

[oldwirehands]

hahah i was thinking the SAME thing. All hardcore breakdowns have the "(low) (low) (low) (high pitched annoying chord)". It's gettting really old, really fast. You know how much money a person could make by claiming that chord progression and riff was stolen from them..they could seriously sue like every single hardcore band in the world. Hopefully Norma Jean breaks away from the "annoying chord" trend.

Obviously, you don't have a well developed ear. If you would open your mind up instead of wanting to hear the expected power chord, you would understand. Those aren't chords they use, they're called intervals. Disonant intervals. To be able to structure the songs they way they do, is amazing. I'm not trying to rip on an of you that are talking about these disonant intervals. I'm just trying to open your mind up to new and interesting music. And if you really get into it, and you really understand what's going on, then you will discover the fun of thrash dancing.

[Frank Giaramita]

Obviously, you don't have a well developed ear. If you would open your mind up instead of wanting to hear the expected power chord, you would understand. Those aren't chords they use, they're called intervals. Disonant intervals. To be able to structure the songs they way they do, is amazing. I'm not trying to rip on an of you that are talking about these disonant intervals. I'm just trying to open your mind up to new and interesting music. And if you really get into it, and you really understand what's going on, then you will discover the fun of thrash dancing.

Almost every single kid i know (hardcore fan or not) can admit that every hardcore (when I say hardcore i mean like Norma Jean style) sounds exactly the same. throw in some double bass and some "whatever the fuck they're called chords" and you have yourself every hardcore song in the world (instrumentally.) the music isnt "new" when youve heard the same song structure and chords over and over again. Throw your fingers on 19 on G and 16 on B and you have Hardcore's foundation.

p.s.- im not expecting power chords, I'm expecting something original.

[oreo_emokid89]

Almost every single kid i know (hardcore fan or not) can admit that every hardcore (when I say hardcore i mean like Norma Jean style) sounds exactly the same. throw in some double bass and some "whatever the fuck they're called chords" and you have yourself every hardcore song in the world (instrumentally.) the music isnt "new" when youve heard the same song structure and chords over and over again. Throw your fingers on 19 on G and 16 on B and you have Hardcore's foundation.

p.s.- im not expecting power chords, I'm expecting something original.

well of cource bands in the same genre are going to sound alike, you could say all pop-punk sounds alike, all punk sounds alike, even all electronic, or ambient sounds alike, but they're all different.
but saying they sound the same is just ignorant, because have you heard every single hardcore band? no

[oldwirehands]

Almost every single kid i know (hardcore fan or not) can admit that every hardcore (when I say hardcore i mean like Norma Jean style) sounds exactly the same. throw in some double bass and some "whatever the fuck they're called chords" and you have yourself every hardcore song in the world (instrumentally.) the music isnt "new" when youve heard the same song structure and chords over and over again. Throw your fingers on 19 on G and 16 on B and you have Hardcore's foundation.

p.s.- im not expecting power chords, I'm expecting something original.

Good point, most hardcore is the same. Almost all of it is exactly how you described it but Norma Jean, in my opinion, takes it to another level. Same with The Chariot. They seem more intense and more brutal than all other hardcore bands lol. I'm a all round music lover. I listen to everything literally. Classical, country, jazz fusion, you name it. Norma Jean and The Chariot are the most intense and unique aspects of hardcore music. Then you have the Daughters and The Number Twelve Looks Like You. Dear God, I'm starting to ramble. The point I'm trying to get at is that most hardcore does sound the same.

Also, I worded the expecting power chords thing. What I was trying to get at is expecting something predictable. Like you're expecting one thing to happen but something else does. Sometimes people don't like that. The Mars Volta are totally unpredictable. Thats what I love about them.