Artist 9mm Solution

The severe bludgeoning 9mm Solution doles out to listeners of its meathead metal suggests a brutal pistol-whipping more than death by actual bullets. But dark subject matter like suicide and the crushing pain of life exude all the fun of an actual gunshot wound, making the name appropriate as the band riddles the crowd with kill shots like “Visualize To Terrorize” and “Hate This Place” off last year’s The Dream Is Dead. Taking cues from superior bands like Fear Factory, 9mm’s futuristic metal is all rapid-fire double-bass and horrific lyrics rattled off in unrelenting guttural growls, ensuring that all those who bear witness to its assault will leave hurting—or at least with a bad headache. 

Updated 05/25/2010