| The Arusha Accord | |
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| Origin | Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Genres | Mathcore Progressive Metal |
| Years active | 2005-2010 (Hiatus - Only from live shows) |
| Labels | Basick Records |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/thearushaaccorduk |
| Members | |
| Alex Green Paul Green James Clayton Tom Hollings Luke Williams Mark Vincent |
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The Arusha Accord are a mathcore-technical metal band from Reading, Berkshire, who took their name from an agreement aimed at ending the Rwandan Civil War.[1][2] They play in a modern mathcore sound, with technical guitar work as well as cyclical, progressive, Tool-inspired melodies. The band have received comparisons to Sikth and Dillinger Escape Plan,[2][3] and they state their influences to be Dillinger Escape Plan, Sikth, Tool and Meshuggah, as well as Karnivool. They are well known for the fact that they are one of the only mathcore bands, along with Sikth (only partially) to utilise slap bass, and Luke Williams uses this style heavily. According to a recent press statement [4] dated February 2011 the band are writing their second album, which will be released in the not so distant future. Also, they plan to release a two-disc Collector's Edition of their debut album The Echo Verses, paired with their EP Nightmares of the Ocean, which includes various bonus features such as desktops, tablature for the whole The Echo Verses album, new artwork, and the video for their song "Dead To Me". This collector's pack was released internationally on 12 April 2011 through Basick Records. Basick Records, for a limited time, offered copies of the collector's pack signed by each member of the band, which have since sold out. It is also worth noting that Alex Green is, as well as vocalist for The Arusha Accord, vocalist and guitarist for the post-hardcore band Attention Thieves.
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