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Out of the ashes of a Cincinnati Tri-State and Kentucky
based Heavy Metal band, going by the name of Golgotha,
arose an Industrial revolution which became known as
Crystmynd. As he saw that Golgotha was beginning to
crumble, Jerry W. Roark, JR(or, as he later became known,
Scary Jerry) began to put together an Industrial, Garage,
Punk, and Hardcore Rap influenced side-project. Born in
1994 as a result of the experiments of several musicians
headed by one Scary Jerry, the brainchild that was
Crystmynd became a device of vision.
After its first year of existence, fellow-former member of
Golgotha, guitarist Steve Burris joined the band, and
Crystmynd became more machine than man as technology
replaced all human constituents aside from its engineers,
Scary Jerry and Steve Burris. These two men set out to
create a new soundtrack for a world where music, art,
science, and religion all merged into one vision.
The name, itself, has a deep spiritual meaning. It, broken in
parts, says Cryst(or Christ) crys(or cries) in my mynd(or
mind). It is a reference to the pain and suffering of being
crucified and how that pain and suffering is ever-present in
the mind and music of Crystmynd. Bringing great offense to
all those with limited depth of thought, Crystmynd presented
to the world a myriad of sounds and images underlined with
a message for those with ears to hear.
After four years since their last release, the five song EP "A
Glimpse Into The Mynd", Crystmynd surfaced once again,
with the addition of female vocalist Judy Burris, from the
catacombs of Scary Entertainment to bring a more direct
and much more aggressive vision to another epoch of
entertainment with their newest offering "The Effect".
Unfortunately, fate was not to see the trio put the album
into production. Steve and Judy left the band to make their
own music shortly before the first show of the year and the
distribution of "The Effect" sampler CD's and release of the
new album.
The saga does not end here. Scary Jerry had already
foreseen the coming end(as he did with Golgotha) and
already had plans being made in the background. A brand
new age is dawning for Crystmynd, and all will be revealed
in good time.