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Gatling

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1) Gatling is a progressive metal band from Canada who play some of the most unique music available today. Gatling's songs are typically lengthy and consisting of multiple light and dark parts. Alex Crosty and Elliot Slater make up the guitar line-up- their riffs vary from complex to atmosphere-inducing, and solos are sometimes integrated in the songs. Slater's soothing clean singing adds another element to the music, while Matt Luu on bass and Alex Sallas on drums provide the rhythm section. A blend of several influences, Gatling is a unique force in the metal world. Their album "Beforemath" was released in April 2012, and can be streamed on the band's Bandcamp: gatlingonline.bandcamp.com History The first recordings by Gatling were made in July 2006, when two friends, Alex Crosty and Alex Sallas from Burlington, Ontario, Canada, started experimenting with music. Crosty had a small recording studio in his basement, where the two would improvise material. They didn't really know anything about mixing or producing when they first started, so: "we just cranked the volume on everything and were done with it." They officially became Gatling in November of 2007. Both played in a number of unsuccessful cover bands (in some cases together,) and both expressed disinterest in covering other artist's material. The two decided to meet and when they did, ended up recording seventeen songs together, including "The Disguise," which would later be featured regularly on CFRB's The Richard Syrett Show. They decided to form a band at this point and decided on the name Gatling. Sallas came up with the name when, "a random thought of Arnold Schwarzenegger mowing down guys with a gatling gun came into my head...

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