1. Four-piece metal band from Florida that garnered major-label attention with their album Ember To Inferno, released on the German imprint Lifeforce, then released the metal
masterpiece Ascendancy on Roadrunner Records in 2005. Although they are a fairly young group, they possess a great knack for song composition, as well as ample talent in the instrument department. While there is not a song on Ascendancy below good, I'd have to go with "Rain", "Ascendancy", and "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" as some of their standout tracks.
2. A band that I like, and is nestled in my iTunes library along with bands like RHCP and
Led Zeppelin. Just remember dude above me, "not un-similar" is both a
double negative and a nonexistent word.