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Former DARKEST HOUR Guitarist Launches Death Metal Side Project

March 18, 2009

Former DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has started a death metal side project and is currently seeking submissions for musicians. He has posted a demo on his MySpace page for interested parties to hear. Kris states, "I grew up on death metal. I remember buying an old HYPOCRISY record with Ryan Parrish [DARKEST HOUR drummer] when we were like 14 years old or something. Wow, it's been 16 years since I've been into this music, and throughout the times, I've gone melodic I've gone soft — I've gone every which way you can except this avenue. So, just for fun, I'm trying to compile a CD of old-school death metal combined with the new a bit and just looking for people to bring something to the table with me."

Norris has uploaded a version of his video for the song "Everything Expires" with an alternate mix (unmastered) for people to check out. You can watch it below.

Kris is currently writing material for his second solo CD, which he says "will be a branchout from the metal style" he is known for. It "will be very instrumental, very Paul Gilbert, and yet very melodic and thematic," he says. A firm believer in the Internet to promote music, Kris will make available demo versions of the songs available to the public. He states, "I think the new medium of music is the live show. Well, not the new medium, but the next step is to bring more people to the venues. Record sales suck. So what?! I need to create an album people will want to see live. I need to create something I myself would want to see, so that is my goal, to just better myself as a musician and hope people want to check it out. If not, eh... I had fun making it."

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