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IDIOM - New - UK tour with Shotgun Riot

July 2009

 “Suggesting you check out this awesomely promising new British band might be the best advice since ‘Don’t piss on the plug socket’ 8/10” Metalhammer June 09

“8/10!” (EP review)
Rocksound magazine

“Meanwhile on the Skuzz stage Idiom (8/10) throw a post-hardcore slant on everything from RATM, Sikth to Strapping Young Lad.  Idiom's music pulsates around the Bar Academy like a thousand drills punctured by unhinged bouts of melodic ecstasy.  Thrilling stuff!” Hellfire Festival review.

Rock Matrix 24 Feb 2009  

12 Bar Blues EP

You can now download tracks here from TWELVE BAR BLUES’s NOW for just 0.69p each!

Is This Something I Can Just Quit?
Twelve Bar Blues
End Is Near The Unborn
4 Letter Word   

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“A mixture of everything and appealing to everyone!”
Rockbeast.com, Feb 2009

“With a hardcore vibe to their live approach, IDIOM’s throbbing, pulsating sound is a thrill to behold and the constantly twisting, turning approach to the songwriting definitely keeps things interesting. 8/10.” Metalhammer, May 2009

 Exeter four-piece IDIOM are at the forefront of the welcomed 2009 rock-rap revival. Formed in Devon in 2005, the hard-working collective take influence from bands as diverse and eclectic as Incubus, Rage Against The Machine, SiKth, System Of A Down and Deftones.

The group have self-released two EPs through their own Dirt Track label, both produced by former Dub War members Jeff and Ginge at the Not In Pill Studios in Newport, Wales.

2006’s Side Show enabled the band showcase their debut tracks on local stages, and 2007’s follow-up Twelve Bar Blues propelled the energetic crew onto a full UK and European tour with Californian nu-metal gods Hed(pe).

In 2007 the group played the infamous Bulldog Bash and Bloodstock festivals in the UK, and in early 2008 the group returned to the stage for a European run of shows with New York hardcore titans and Vagrant Records moshers From Autumn To Ashes. The successful mainland run also included a string of shows with upcoming UK heavyweights Bring Me The Horizon and Brighton superstars Architects.

In May 2008, after hearing the group’s studio material, Benji Webbe – vocalist for Welsh raga-rockers Skindred – personally invited the group onto an impressive two month run of 35 shows around the UK, with IDIOM vocalist Matt joining the headliners on stage for a nightly rendition of hit Nobody to packed venues across the country.

In February 2009, Metal Hammer magazine picked IDIOM’s track Twelve Bar Blues for inclusion on their cover CD – sharing stereo space with such big names as Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir and Deathstars, and the band also received frequent plays on the XFM Rock Show.

The rest of the year sees the band hit the studio once more in July for another impressive forthcoming CD, to be released on Transcend Records, and a UK tour with US legends Aiden in June.

IDIOM are: -

Matt Sharland (vocals), Kris Gibbs (guitar), Grant Knight (bass), Dan Harrison (drums).

For more information and tracks see - www.myspace.com/idiomuk
Five-track EP Twelve Bar Blues, out now through Dirt Track Records. 

Contact idiom@dirttrackrecords.com

 

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 "...In the blink of an eye Idiom can change from a laid back sound cruising along with the likes of Incubus then blasts into RATM - esque with a metal edge. Idiom are a mixture of everything it seems and appealed to basically everyone in the Cavern tonight who cheered and danced until the very end of their set."  - Rockbeast.com Feb. 2006

 IDIOM have supported the likes of Skindred, Aiden, (Hed)PE, OPM, From Autumn to Ashes, The Architects, Murder One, Breed 77, Exit 10, Raging Speedhorn, InMe and many others.

  Please also check out the IDIOM myspace site