BAND OF THE WEEK: Vanisher

By Scotty McMeans

I have to go with the most buzz-worthy of the week, Vanisher. Their first full-length CD, “Unbound,” debuted July 31 and immediately went to bandcamp.com's third most-downloaded in the world.

From the band's profile:

Vanisher is a band that started by accident.

Two years ago when guitarist Kyle Odell was wrapping up a year's worth of constant touring with his band Bloodjinn, he decided to start writing again. Not sure of the direction that the sound was going, he started working with current Bloodjinn vocalist Joel Collins on what would become the band Zero System. Collins reeled in the singing and bass talent of then Glass Casket fill-in guitar player Justin Reich and the music started to take shape.

After months of pre-production, Collins decided to part from Zero System to dive deeper into his record label and promotions company. Leaving this spot open, Reich contacted Glass Casket vocalist Adam Cody to fill the void of front man and a new direction was formed for the band.

The music was more aggressive, but more sharp and precise than the original radio metal groove Zero System was initially carving for itself. With this change and with their then drummer Trey Harding moving on to start a family, the moniker Zero System had run it's course.

With the addition of Andrew Gore on drums, his songwriting skills and multi-talented music abilities really moved the founding members to start fresh.

Vanisher was a name change of purpose.

In an interview, vocalist/bassist Justin Reich states: "We really couldn't be happier with the current state of this band...for a while there things were looking kind of bleak and we really felt like everything we were doing was just, well fake. Nothing made sense.

“Everything with Vanisher from the newer songs that we are writing to the older Zero System songs we are revamping seems to finally click. We are doing this because it is what we love to do, not what someone else wants us to do. Now with Tribunal working with us, we really feel like this is our niche and can't wait to see what grows from it"

These guys are as professional as it gets. Reich also runs a video production company called Antimatter Studios and produced and directed the band's videos.

Odell produced, recorded and engineered their CD through his production company, Attack Time Recordings.

Visit their website here: http://www.thisisvanisher.com/home/

HERE'S THE VIDEO FOR VANISHER'S “REACTION”