NEW
YORK (www.crossingpoint.za.net) - Crossingpoint are four guys from
Durban, South Africa who play positive, progressive hardcore music.
Founded by brothers Wesley (vocals, sampler/keyboards) and Brandon Van
Eeden (guitar) in 1998, their sound has developed with numerous member
changes and responses to what they see in the scene around them. Today
the band are best described as playing a passionate and often brutal
synthesis of metal, hxc and electronics with a positive, relevant
message.
In a world where hardcore music is slowly being
embraced by a wider audience, many bands have watered down their
message to suit the listener. Where it used to be about an
uncompromising message in response to societal problems, these days it
seems to mostly be about the sound, with any sort of message being
secondary. Crossingpoint have stayed true to their roots by playing
creative, energy-driven music with a message that demands application.
It's hard to go to a crossingpoint show and leave unchanged. Whether
you're screaming your lungs out with the band or following their lyrics
on their lyric sheets handed out before each show, theirs is a power
and a passion that few bands achieve.
Crossingpoint's
self-titled album is their first full length offering, and is released
independently. All stops have been pulled out in terms of its
recording, production and presentation. In what is a first for a South
African band, it comes as an eye catching 6 panel 'digipak' package!
For
obvious reasons, heavy and thought-provoking music has little support
from labels in South Africa, so an independent release made the most
sense, especially as it meant that the band could remain in full
creative control of the message and the sound that they want to convey.
With the release of the full length, crossingpoint hope to communicate
with a wider audience who may not be able to attend their shows.
In anticiaption for official release date of 15 March 2005, the album is available for pre-order right now from :
Amazon.com,
CDNow.com, Bestbuy.com, CDuniverse.com, Virginmega.com, Target.com,
HMV.com, cdbaby.com, interpunk.com, and FYE.com .
Please visit the official band website for more info and sounds:
http://www.crossingpoint.za.net
