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Melodic. Symphonic. Ethereal. Bang your head and sing along.
Alex Haines is a cinematic metal singer and musician based in New York City. She writes songs about grappling with and overcoming adversity. Her influences include Kittie, In This Moment, Mushroomhead, System of a Down, Stone Sour, Evanescence, Cold, and Disturbed.
She has been singing since before she could talk, and playing guitar and piano since she was a child. After forming a few bands and realizing it wasn't her style, she decided to self-produce and embark on a career as a solo artist. Her music has now grown in complexity, with the addition of MIDI percussion, bass guitar, and orchestral simulations, which she showcases in her 2021 release "The Instrumental Sessions." This record features the instrumental versions of some songs that will be on her future albums. Her next EP, "The Rain on Your Parade," is tentatively scheduled to drop in early 2027.
Her band Shattered Serenade is on hiatus, but their music is available for streaming and purchase.
PRESS RELEASES
"The influences are present, but not obvious. There are echoes of Evanescence in the emotional density, touches of System of a Down in the rhythmic fragmentation, and a certain melancholy of Cold and Disturbed in the layered texture. But Haines doesn't imitate; she interprets. And by choosing to remove the human voice, she forces us to listen to the music with other senses, as if to say: “Feel first, ask questions later.” The result is a work that is both raw and refined, seemingly handcrafted, note by note, like an embroidery of anger, vulnerability, and ingenuity. "The Instrumental Sessions" is not just a collection of lyricless tracks: it is a wordless confession, an intimate diary translated into frequencies."
“Leave it to Alex Haines to throw out the rulebook and shred a new one from scratch. With her latest album, The Instrumental Sessions, the New York-based melodic metal artist shows that vocals aren’t the only way to scream from the soul. This background music is so emotionally layered as a body of work that it hits like a wrecking ball and heals like a symphony.”
Source: https://illustratemagazine.com/the-instrumental-sessions-by-alex-haines-album-review/
"What makes this album special is not just the strength of the music but the dedication behind it. She recorded and produced everything herself, building full arrangements and crafting each detail with care. It’s impressive how much depth and emotion she’s able to capture using only instruments, showing her talent not only as a guitarist but also as a producer and arranger."
Source: https://boredcity.co/alex-haines-the-instrumental-sessions/
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