Young Metal/Thrash band arises from the Edinburg area

06/11/16

The Thirsty Monkey in Mcallen hosted a mixed genre show by Valley Texas Hardcore, The opening band Archangel took me by surprise because they did not have your usual opening lunchbox amplifiers they rolled in with Marshall half stacks. I heard them talk among each other and it reminded me a lot of when I was there age, tons of teasing and making fun of each others iPod playlists. They have a strong 80 thrash metal sound, rooted towards Death, (old Metallica), Megadeth and Anthrax. Archangel seems to have all the tools to create some amazing songs, just what they are willing to do, or will do with it remains the question. They do have a cheesy cliche look, but I do see themselves outgrowing it and participating in a heavier role in our local music community.

https://www.facebook.com/archangelmetal1/

About Me

I'm 34 born and raised in north central Pharr and I've been living in Weslaco with my wife for the past 8 years. I work at a middle school in Donna as a Teachers Assistant, I've been running a promotion company called Valley Texas Hardcore for the past 12 years. We host over 20 shows a year catering towards the underground Punk, Hardcore community. I've been a vegan for over 3 years, I love to go on nature walks and take pictures or Texas Wildlife. I have a vintage shop in Pharr called Riff's Vintage that I started over a year ago,we carry new and old items from pop culture, sports, entertainment and all genres of music. This year I started a pop up taco shop that serves street style vegan tacos called Riff Valley's, majority of our pops up have been at Yerbaria Cultura in downtown Mcallen.