Dan our current bassist is going to continue playing with us until we find a replacement (recording, current shows). He's in school and doesn't think he will be able to continue with us much longer. Shawn our 2nd guitarist (founding member of the band) is being forced to leave us due to wrist injury that doesn't look like will get better anytime soon. I love those dude's so it's very hard for me to do this, but we must move forward.

Just a few requirements we ask:
-must own equipment, good enough for live shows. no combo amps.
-a positive/serious attitude (we're all a bunch of goofballs, but we're serious when we have to be)
-flexible schedule (lots of shows, weeknights, weekends) and ability to tour if we get a label deal worked out.

-guitar: rhythm is the most important aspect, sure you can solo like yngwie (which is a bonus) but it doesn't really mean much to us if you can't play anything else.
-bass: we'd prefer someone who doesn't play with a pick, but it's not a must if are really proficient with one.

We currently practice in North Woodstock, NH every sunday...we have a member who drives from Berwick, ME and Somerville, MA. So car pooling from these locations is a possibility. We will be relocating in southern NH area sometime this fall so the travel will only be temporary.

you can check out a newly recorded track that's unmastered @
http://www.myspace.com/porphyria

please contact us if you are interested and we will setup a tryout ASAP:
porphyria603@hotmail.com
or call tom @ 603.781.0993

thanks.

Shit man, that sucks. I hope you guys find some dudes to keep you going.

Shit shawn!!
Sucks about Dan, but it really sucks about Shawn, seeing how he has no control over it. I really hope you get better, bro.
MUCH LUCK!!

Yeah man, best of luck finding people to fill those shoes, both of them are great musicians, and outstanding players.

Tom, I'll keep my eyes peeled for you guys, and I'll let you know if I find anyone.

Shawn, I hope you get better man!

KEEP THIS AT THE TOP, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!

If I lived closer.............

handinjury said:

yeah Brian, that'd be the shit.

::bump::

If I lived closer and still had a seven string guitar.....

7-string is not neccessary. I play 6.

yea i know but i prefer using 7 string in that case, if i ever had to id tune a 6 string down that low, but considering how cheap the 7 string guitars can be these days Id probably go back down that route.

What a drag, good luck.

Fuck man. Fuuuuck.

hooker, you interested? ;)

bump

I take that as a compliment. That'd be sweet, but I can't commit to it.

good luck finding a bassist that is good that isnt a pussy

i would jump on this if i wasn't so far away

Hooker nli said:

understandable. I take that as a compliment that you take it as a compliment...you are a really, really good player.

El Justin said:

and I would jump on you if you weren't so far away, fack.

i have a boner.

powerkok said:

Thanks man.

I really hope you do.
stay in PT

good luck guys. sorry to hear about the wrist injury.

::BUMPAGE::

because this is important!

Bump for tom because I have some strange infatuation with him.

damn if i didnt have a band..id move to N.H. in a second to play tom...massatwoshits sux!

::BUMP::

Porphyria must carry on!

I'd rather not have to bump this and have the lineup stay the same...

No combo amps? That eliminates me I guess. And that distance is a bit much.

shawn, just stop working out! you're sexy enough. let that wrist heal dammit. You're band is too good to not be in...

hahahahaha yes

bass whore!

are there any members of ascendancy that you can carve out?

*tasteless joke*

What's wrong with combo amps? I understand that a Fender 50 watt combo that cost $129 at GitCenter or something is out of the question, but there are plenty of LOUD and very nice higher-end combo amps out there. Plus they're easier to carry.

Anthony nli said:

um, metal band + loud = no combo amps. Sure, there are some that are loud, but they don't move as much air as a 4x12 cab. I haven't put this much money into my equipment for some dood with a crate 2x12 combo to be playing shows with us. If the person fit well enough, I would consider letting them use one of my cabs and backup head. Otherwise seeing one dude with a combo amp on stage just doesn't seem right to me especially since most of the shows we play our guitars are NOT miced.

hey, those non mastered songs sound great!

RustedAngel said:


oh youre talking about GUITAR amps. I thought you were talking about bass. There are plenty of bass combos (4x10, 1x15, even 2x10) that are plenty loud for a metal band, just as loud as their head-cab-separate counterparts.

hehe misunderstood ya

anonymous said:

anonymous= me

im an idiot

CarrotsandSticks said:

thanks dood, we actually got it mastered in boston today. So have a copy of the master in my hands right now. I'm going to post a couple tracks asap.

RustedAngel said:

New Alliance east?

My hartke combo sucked up 350 watts and competes with Marks blue voodoo and Evan's Peavey all the way up on half the volume, biatch.

I lived in woodstock nh for 6 years, then I moved to concord.
I can play rythm, and have for 13down,bent-hogan(few weeks),mindset-x. been playing for 15 years, I'm 32 and looking for something i can dedicate myself to.
I'll be giving a call. my email is mikedown@gmail.com

Not the best of amps.. but it's loud.

we've tried out one guitarist so far from boston.

we're trying another guy this weekend from portsmouth, nh.

it looks like we have 2 other possible tryouts.

ANY BASS PLAYERS AND GUITARISTS WANTING TO TRY OUT PLEASE CONTACT ME...

tried out one bass player and one guitarist so far.... NO LUCK yet.

we've got another guitar player coming up sunday, and another one next weekend. Anyone else get ahold of us please. We may be close to getting label interest and need to get our shit together so we don't look like a bunch of unprofessional bastards before we're even signed. haha.

Oh come on, we're unprofessional and look where it's gotten us. Oh yeah, that's right, nowhere! hahaha

You'll find someone -- hey talk to Todd about Erik Jakes. He's a good bass player, but I'm not sure about his level of commitment.

i'm surprised not more people are jumping on this

LOOKS like we're nearing our last month of shows with Dan our bassist. IF YOU ARE A BASS PLAYER AND THIS IS A BAND YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN TRYING OUT AT LEAST, PLEASE INQUIRE!

we've tried out 1 bassist/2 guitar players thus far with no luck. 2 more tryouts coming up.

I heard Nate tried out for you guys, did that not work out?

Junior said:

yep he was pretty good. we still haven't gotten that 'this is him!' feeling yet. we still got another person to try out.

where do you guys practice, so i can tell some kids

thedeparted said:

woodstock, nh & berwick, me for this summer.

LOOKS like we're nearing our last month of shows with Dan our bassist. IF YOU ARE A BASS PLAYER AND THIS IS A BAND YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN TRYING OUT AT LEAST, PLEASE INQUIRE!

we've tried out 1 bassist/2 guitar players thus far with no luck. 2 more tryouts coming up.

figured I'd bump the classfied at the same time as the others.

i would do this to if it wernt so far away...we should all just make a super group...hahaha

Seriously, stop being in NH/ME. Goddamnit you bastards.

bump for tommy

2 bassists left to tryout.

GUITARISTS INTERESTED, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH BASTARDS!

GUITARISTS, BASSISTS, FUCKING A. GET AHOLD OF US!

I play guitar & my band just broke up, where do you guys practice?

I play guitar and you live too far away, jerks.

anonymous said:

currently at my house in Maine, about 1 hour 15 min from boston.

we may need to get another spot though and where that will be, we don't know yet.

GUITARISTS, FUCKING A. GET AHOLD OF US!

Word up. I think Bobby doing this. maybe.

I would if I didn't suck.

this sucks. i could get a ride up with the somerville duder, but i still have no real free time and no money.