Soulfly

Soulfly's website has a band of the month thing going on and MLIW is July's band of the month!

here's what they had to say, check it out at www.soulflyweb.com:

To most fans of aggressive music, hardcore is all but a dead genre. Originally developing right alongside the thrash scene in the early 80s, hardcore was a fast version of punk that was synonomous with a do-it-yourself attitude, inventive, fast paced song stuctures, and a purely punk rock ethic. In all honesty, true hardcore bands don't even exist today. The genre has been reduced to million different second rate subgenres and brand-names, none of which capture the true essence and what traditional hardcore meant to achieve. Still, a very few handful of bands are still making progress in the small scene, and Iowa's Modern Life Is War is one of the greatest hardcore bands to come out since the genre "died" in the early 90s. Nothing that Modern Life Is War does feels like typical hardcore music, yet at the same time, it feels more authentic and punk rock than any other band that releases music under the "core" tag today. Their latest release, 2005's Witness, is an ugly recount of small-town American life; the type of place where you know everyone and everyone knows you. The lyrics are the best (and most believable) to be put to hardcore music in years and the hoarse vocals do well to communicate the hopeless stories of a midwestern youth. The dynamics of the album are unbelievable as well; a faint layer of distortion surges and sears through chord progressions that are unparalled on a record with songs of only 27 minutes. But perhaps the most refreshing and amazing aspect of this album is the actual structure of the songs. There are no breakdowns, now token sing-along moments, and no prefabricated point-and-yell-go setups. In fact, there are no verses, no chorus, and no typical song structuring at all. Just amazing artistry, and unbelievable concepts and talent. The guys of Modern Life Is War are onto something truly brilliant, and their future output should be very welcome to the ears of anyone who has enjoyed the hardcore music of past, but cringes when the repititious styles of metalcore or emocore are brought to mind.