Heavy metal middle schoolers land record deal
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E-mail CNTV, July 24, 2014
The landscape of heavy metal rock just got a little younger, thanks to three middle school boys from Brooklyn, New York. Their band is called "Unlocking the Truth," and is already making news in the music world. The band just signed a 1.7 million contract with Sony last week, scoring them a two-album deal.
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The trio is made up of Malcolm Brickhouse and Alec Atkins, both 13, and 12-year-old Jarrad Dawkins. |
The trio is made up of Malcolm Brickhouse and Alec Atkins, both 13, and 12-year-old Jarrad Dawkins. They're currently working on their first studio album. Atkins says their long term goal is simple.
"To become one of the biggest heavy metal bands," Alec Atkins said.
Their love of metal formed by watching wrestling and playing arcade games, and Metallica, Slipknot and Disturbed are just a few of their favorites. The band officially formed two years ago after Brickhouse and Dawkins recruited their former preschool buddy. Since then, the group has gone from performances in Times Square to opening for Guns N' Roses, and doing their own set at the Coachella music festival. The boys say getting use to the fame has been fun.
If the paparazzi was up in my tree taking a picture of me I don't care. It is what it is.
"They take paparazzi shots in a tree?" Malcolm Brickhouse asked.
"I wouldn't care as long as they don't sue me if they fall from my tree," Alec Atkins said.
Each member shares writing duties, and say the process is collaborative.
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The trio is made up of Malcolm Brickhouse and Alec Atkins, both 13, and 12-year-old Jarrad Dawkins. |
"Either me or Malcolm come up with a main riff. And then Jarad comes up with the drums," Alec Atkins said.
However, in between all the shows and studio sessions the group are typical tweens. When asked who's best at charming the girls, Dawkins says they all have luck with the ladies, yet their social media statuses proves differently.
"I say Jarad. I look at your Facebook Jarad," Alec Atkins said.
In the end, the guys say all that matters is that they enjoy what they're doing. Next up for the band is a performance at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal on August 9th.
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