Channeling the stark sound and fatalistic worldview of vintage Southern rap, the New Orleans duo takes grim pleasure in grappling with substance abuse and mental illness.
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The conventional idea of what makes a ‘great’ player is often centred around the expectation of blazing solos and guitar pyrotechnics. Of course, experienced guitarists know there’s more to it than that.
Think of your favourite players. Whoever they are, even if they’re better known for blistering solos, we’d lay odds that they have razor-sharp rhythm guitar skills to match. When it comes to rock music, rhythm playing is a particularly broad church.
It’s not enough to just be a competent strummer. You could be tackling single-note pentatonics, chords and arpeggios of all flavours, countless altered and drop tunings, and rhythms ranging from straight eighths to syncopated math-rock in whacky time signatures.
Jim Root. However, Fore was initially hesitant about adding a woman to his fledgling band. It didn’t take long for Rowe’s talent to shine through beyond her gender and form what would later become Tetrarch, but this early experience with prejudice in the world of music only hardened her resolve to become a stellar ax player, regardless of gender.
Rejuvenating nü metal with a fresh melodic menace, Tetrarch bring an amped-up approach to a genre that otherwise faded into the background of the early 2000s, framing Fore’s sinister bite with Rowe’s blistering riffs. As a result, the Georgia crew have shared the stage with