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In the winter of 2006, an experiment began. A torrent of heavy, gut-wrenching tones began emerging from a single amplifier in an apartment in Astoria, Queens. These sounds evolved into songs that channeled the inherited anger of an angst-weary, frustrated generation that demands social justice and redemption. Months later, violinist Earl Maneein assembled a group of musicians to become the collective instrument of this creation: Resolution15.

An evolutionary step in the progression of aggressive music, Resolution15 fuses post-thrash hardcore, metal and the roots of heavy music into one unified skull-crusher of a band?without the use of guitars. The lineup consists of drums, bass, vocals, and electric violins. Named for the resolution passed by the North Vietnamese in 1959 to aid the Viet-Cong insurgency, leading directly to U.S. involvement in the second Indo-Chinese War, Resolution15 embrace the political/introspective dark side of human nature. Calling the listener to look for answers within, while restlessly pressing on in search of an uncorrupted truth in our modern society, the tracks on the 2007 self-titled debut recall the influences of bands as prominent and diverse as Black Sabbath, Slayer, Alice In Chains, Tool, Pantera, Meshuggah and early Metallica. However, Resolution15 maintains a sound that is utterly unique through the use of the electric violin as the primary instrument. Simply put, "There were no guitars played in the making of this record!"
1 Intro: Fire and Ice.
2 New Security Measures.
3 Blowback.
4 No Recourse.
5 The Allegory.
6 Katsu!
7 The Insurgency.
8 War Policy/Evitable Payback.