Cassandra Syndrome

Genre: Metal
Secondary Genre: Goth Frederick, Maryland USA Contact

Female-fronted hard driving rock. Striking the perfect balance between playful and sinister, Cassandra Syndrome is an intimate theater of darkness and seduction.

Artist Information

Biography

Cassandra Syndrome is a Maryland-based Symphonic/Gothic Metal band brimming with explosive riffs, operatic punch and infectious energy. This female-fronted powerhouse combines elements that are simultaneously dark and beautiful. Forcefully heavy riffs and a healthy dose of groove combine with soaring soprano vocals to create what Metal Bite calls “[P]ure metal magic... music with a purpose while still blowing your doors off with an attack that is as brutal as a shark feeding frenzy.”

The band’s intense, high-energy performances have proven time and again that they are not an act to miss live. The heated musical edginess and dark, angry undertones of the band’s studio releases come to life on stage, delivering a concert experience with staying power. The potent alliance of Joe Cariola's punishing bass, scathing riffs of Jen Tonon's rhythm guitar, and throbbing beats of Jay Jericho's drums create a driving ground assault which weakens your defenses before being met by the searing lead lines of guitarist Chris Kackley. Above it all, radiant as Angelic Death, the resplendent soprano of Irene Jericho soars above the battlefield. The music of Cassandra Syndrome is “sung with a vocal hard to forget, over a metal framework hard to duplicate.” – Sonic Cathedral

The band is currently touring to support their 2011 release, ‘Satire X.’ Past performances include Ram's Head Live, the Ottobar, Club Orpheus and The Depot in Baltimore, MD, The Asylum, Bound and DC Midnight in Washington, DC, Alley Katz in Richmond and many more. Cassandra Syndrome has also been featured in festivals at Battery Park, NY, Winchester, VA, North Andover, MA, College Park, MD and Richmond, VA.

Instrumentation

Irene Jericho: Lead Vocals
Jay Jericho: Zendrum
Chris Kackley: Lead Guitar
Jen Tonon: Rhythm Guitar
Joe Cariola: Bass

Discography

'Dissent Into Heresy,' 5-song EP released May 2007
'Of Patriots and Tyrants, ' 10-song album released in February 2009, 'Satire X' 10-song album released in August, 2011

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Press

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    "[Irene's] voice swoops and soars admirably...Kackley lays down some serious solos throughout the al...

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    Many people like to dismiss the metal genre as being nothing more than a cacophony of noisy guitars,...

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    "This American combo is definitely different in style…[s]oprano Irene Jericho adds a rather classica...

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    "This album presents a dark and mystical theatre with heavy guitar and bass, hammer hitting drums an...

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    I am [reviewing ‘Of Patriots and Tyrants’] not just because the band truly deserves some recognitio...

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    The 21st Century has not been kind to America, nor has America been particularly kind to the 21st Ce...

  • Review of 'Of Patriots and Tyrants' [+ Show ]

    By Octavio Ramos Jr., Column Editor Cassandra Syndrome – Of Patriots and Tyrants www.cassandrasy...

Setlist

Set lists can be tailored to fit almost any time frame. We primarily play originals. Covers tend to be hard rock or metal and include: Disturbed/Genesis--Land of Confusion, Eurythmics/Marilyn Manson--Sweet Dreams, Orgy--Blue Monday, NIN--Hurt

Basic Requirements

Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
May 26, 2012 Saturday 9:00 PM Lallo's Knoxville, MD, US
Jun 23, 2012 Saturday 8:00 PM The Shenandoah Midsummer Festival Middletown, VA, US
Aug 31, 2012 Friday 7:00 PM Sonar Baltimore, MD, US