Mindrot

Unless your band was busy co-opting the rebellious teen male hip-hop demographic for the purpose of propagating noxious, formulaic nu-metal, 1990s America was a tough, tough place for heavy metal bands to thrive and survive in. With very few exceptions (Pantera, System of a Down), most of the groups that tried doing something original or unique with the genre were shut out of the charts and confined to the deepest underground -- including Orange County, CA-based Mindrot. Had they been as prolific or persistent (or as good, let's be frank) as future post-metal godfathers Neuros...