CEBU CITY, Philippines— Flashing lights, energy to the roof and speakers blasting. This is the usual night scene for one of Cebu’s best known metal band vocalist, Carlo Solidum. But before he gets is rock mode on, Solidum works in the morning by selling luxury cars.
With gentle smiles and assurances to customers to make a sale, he morphs into a metal rock vocalist at night. He’s been living with this rock n’ roll lifestyle for 17 years. READ MORE: Aerosmith retires from touring: Steven Tyler’s voice damaged OPM band SunKissed Lola honored by IU’s cover of ‘Pasilyo’ Meet the BINI Bisdak beauties Rocking one scene with his band, Tremors, one head bang at a time.
Solidum started playing in a band back in high school. For him, it was just for fun and for the love of music, but through time, music has been his outlet to release stress and to feed his soul with passion through music. Why death metal or deathcore genre? For Solidum, it has to do something with the intensity of the music, that made him fall in love with this genre.
“The complex guitar riffs, fast drumming, and guttural vocals of metal music can be a way to release pent-up emotions or anger in a healthy way, eye opener for the current events. The intense and powerful music can provide a cathartic experience for listeners,” he said. This kind of music genre in the Philippines is usually in the underground scene.
But when it steps on the mainstream stages, you would be surprised at how many would fin.