Blaxmyth,
Founded by Sackraphyce and Brimstone:
Lead Vocalist Sackraphyce,
Second Vocalist Brimstone,
The band’s unique blend of rock, heavy metal, funk, rap and blues combines to form what they proudly call “Ghetto Metal.”
The term was coined by co-founder D-Roc of Body Count, the famous metal band fronted by Ice-T and infamous for the hit single “Cop Killer” from its eponymous 1992 debut. (T
he single created uproar among various law enforcement agencies for encouraging people to incite against cops.) D-Roc
(http://www.discogs.com/artist/369812-D-Roc-3)
founded Pitch Black along with Brimstone and Sackraphyce in 2000. Blaxmyth’s road to success hasn't been perfectly paved. In 2004, D-Roc’s involvement in the band (Pitch Black) came to an abrupt end when he passed away from Lymphoma, a rare but deadly form of cancer. Sackraphyce and Brimstone being the ONLY foundering members of Pitch Black left decided their sound was “way too good to let die” and decided to carry on and named the new band "BLAXMYTH'.. (The origin of its name is as unique as its sound.Like a blacksmith or alchemist, the group “forges, shapes and reshapes metal and adds a little bit of themselves during the process,” explains Sackraphyce.) The first couple of months without D-Roc were difficult for the band.
“D-Roc is Ghetto Metal,” says Sackaphyce. “Without him there is no band.”
Although the band was D-Roc’s “baby,” Sackraphyce and Brimstone realized there was still potential to create something beautiful in honor of D-Roc’s legacy. Over the course of time the band went through a name change, lost a founding member and recruited three-fifths of their band to form what is presently known as Blaxmyth. The band’s mantra since D-Roc’s passing has been: “THE TREE BRANCHES HAVE TO RESPECT THE ROOTS”. In that respect, they have pushed themselves to extraordinary limits to pay homage to D-Roc. With influences including, but not limited to Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, System of a Down, Bad Brains, Body Count, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine and Slayer, it’s difficult to pigeonhole the band into one genre. What makes the group unique, aside from its variety of influences, is the message in its lyrics. The lyrics are rooted in spiritual themes intertwined with political ideology. One could easily draw parallels between Blaxmyth and Rage Against the Machine in terms of political awareness. Like Rage Against the Machine, Blaxmyth strives to mobilize its fans to become aware of their political atmosphere. Hence the creation of Blaxmyth's own street team called the “Vanguard Militia.”
“You can’t have an army without soldiers,” says Sackraphyce. So the founding members formed the “Vanguard Militia” in hopes of creating something revolutionary, aside from its music.
“Jesus Christ was revolutionary,” shares Sackraphyce. “He came to wake up the brain dead … and that’s what we want to do as a band.”
The band knows its Liberal agenda might put off some potential fans from their music, but it doesn't bother them.
“We don’t want the people we could potentially offend to be in our fan-base anyway,” Brimstone points out.
“The band has no particular political philosophy; we just stand for what is right, and we don’t take any partisanship.”
If there’s any label you can place on Blaxmyth’s political philosophy, it is “truthism;” they are “anti-establishment because it is corrupt from the top to the bottom.”
"The world is in desperate need of a human teacher,” and through the power of their music, they hope to inspire people to do what is right and fight for what they believe. Blaxmyth in no way seeks to tell people how and what to think. The group believes that musicians have a platform to inspire their fans. Its lyrics reflect the members’ opinions about our current, past and future Political administrations and how they believe it’s flawed as well as the world governance as a whole. Some of you may remember Blaxmyth taking part in Bodog’s inaugural Battle of the Bands, a popular television program that aired on Fuse. Blaxmyth placed 2nd out of over 7,000 bands nationwide in a very controversial decision. Blaxmyth's live shows are second to none and not to be missed. They truly are a force to be reckoned with!!
