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If you've been looking for more shred in your life, you would have found it in spades at the Hawthorne Theatre on Tuesday night. The Fall of Troy , about halfway through its farewell tour, blazed through an incendiary 70+ minute set of guitar wizardry and rock star theatrics. Led by singer and guitarist Thomas Erak , the Washington state based post-hardcore power trio fed a hungry crowd of worshiping fans exactly what they have been anticipating since they found out the group would break up. With his black metal hair ever flowing, Erak sped [...]

The Fall of Troy have made up for everything that was wrong with Manipulator . The Mulkiteo, WA trio are back with the Phantom on the Horizon , a five-track EP revolving around a story that his been brewing in the band's mind for many years. This effort is different from anything the band has done before - rather than release a mini-collection of individual songs, Phantom on the Horizon is more like one "flowing" song divided into multiple tracks. I use the word "flowing" hesitantly because, if you're at all familiar with the band, you [...]

• The Fall of Troy - Chapter II: A Strange Conversation

The Fall of Troy, hailing from Mukilteo Washington, a half hour up the I-5 from Seattle, have gone through a lot, since forming in 2002. There rough around the edges, self titled debut, garnered them attention, and combined with their off the charts live show, The Fall Of Troy went about earning critical praise, and a rabid, highly dedicated fan base, all while honing their skills, and continually attempting to push themselves to a higher level. They released a much more polished album in 2005 in the form of doppelganger, produced by Barrett Jones. The album managed [...]