Tom Walker
| Tom Walker | |
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| Residence | Template:Country data UK [[City:=Milton Keynes|Milton Keynes]], [[State_Name:=England|England]], [[Country_Name:=United Kingdom|UK]] |
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| Born | [[Birth Date:=1990-03-23|1990-03-23]] Milton Keynes |
| Contact | checkpointalbum@googlemail.com |
Tom Walker is a heavy metal musician from Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom. As of June 2009, he has released two full-length albums and six singles. His music is predominantly classified by its lack of a drumbeat - the reason for this being his desire to have every element of the songs being his genuine playing, combined with the fact he doesn't play the drums. The songs are therefore driven by the guitars. The two albums were released on CD, while the singles have all been released online. He is currently working on a new release, a five-track E.P. called 'You Can't Stop Me'. The E.P. has been the subject of a long, drawn-out revealing of information leading up to its release. Prior to the announcement of the name, it was referred to as 'Project Nine'.
Musical Style
Most of Tom Walker's songs can be described as 'heavy metal', although as mentioned above they lack the drum section which is a part of that genre. A few of the songs are more gentle, leaning towards a progressive rock style. Almost every single song includes a guitar solo, something which is typical of classic heavy metal. Another progressive element is the track lengths of some of the songs. The longest song to date, 'The Return', is 9:32 in length. Walker cites his biggest musical influences as being Iron Maiden and Metallica.
Tom Walker's music also draws influence from more modern acts and genres. Several songs include passages of screamed vocals, inspired by the screaming styles of Trivium's Matt Heafy and System of a Down's Daron Malakian, among others. Several of the songs also experiment with unusual time signatures and keys. The song 'Within the Cloud of War' is in 7/4, 5/4 and 4/4, whilst 'Experiment' features a guitar solo played in 5/4 time.
Discography
Showing albums, E.P.s and singles.
- Another Ode (03/2008)
- Downhill Flight (01/2008)
- Checkpoint (02/2009)
- Within the Cloud of War (08/2008)
- Storm's Coming (09/2008)
- Come Back to Me (03/2009)
- Welcome to the Village (05/2009)
- You Can't Stop Me (09/2009)
- The Truth Will Survive (08/2009)
- The Mission / Testment (10/2009)
Stand-Alone singles:
- Heart of Your Soul (02/2009)
External links
- [1] Tom Walker's myspace music profile
- [2] ilike page.
- [3] The official website of the album 'Checkpoint'.
- [4] Walker's mediafire page, where the online singles can be downloaded.
- [5] Walker's youtube channel, including a compilation of his guitar solos.
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