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Growing up in the Death and Black metal scene of North Carolina, James cut his teeth in theatrical production and sound design.Already an accomplished audio engineer, James opened up creatively while scoring a sound heavy and experimental production of 448 Psychosis.Inspired by the dark electronic sound he created for the play, James hit on the moniker MorningStar.Combining his love of such artists as Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, Pantera, Excision, Rusko, Skinny Puppy, Venetian Snares and Schpongle, MorningStar presents an organic blend of gothic ambience, psychodelic progression, classical orchestrations, deep bass, world instruments, driving rythyms, and precise beats.Described by Dubstep producer D-Queue as "creative and epic,"MorningStar is a dark and introspective soundscape that ranges from pounding and shredding to trancy and meditative.


::james is a Monster ::
::a Monster creates music to feel Human ::
::james feels Human ::

Categories are part of the business, but now and then they can be just time-consuming. You can claim that ANY GIVEN DAY from Gelsenkirchen, Germany can be related to the sub-genres new age metal, metalcore and deathcore. It's also save to say that their sound unites low tuned, energy loaded, hard-lined heaviness with enthralling melodic parts and an impressing vocal performance. But what you also can do is to describe their style as down-to-earth as the band does and "just leave it with metal." ANY GIVEN DAY set the very normal, daily madness to music. Rough and unadorned! Straight in your face! Just metal.

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