BAND SPOTLIGHT

Estrus with the Dread Corsair, Ghost of Verdon, Eyes of the Enemy, Renae, and Avex, plus lots of surprises Friday Jan. 9 Moose Lodge 221 N. Madison, Litchfiled 7:30pm www.myspace.com/estrus

Estrus

Fans of metal music on the edge should saunter down to the Moose Lodge in Litchfield on Friday to check out Estrus for a CD release show. The band, based in the Montgomery and Macoupin counties area, is far into the metalcore side of things and posts on their MySpace page peg the new CD as “brutal.” Recorded in St. Louis and Chicago, The Defining Moments is state of the art, metal music, with million-miles-an-hour drums, shredding guitars and throat-splitting vocals, plus lyric material most worthy of the genre. The band, according to their MySpace designations, consists of Dustin T. on vocals/media, Brandon on guitars/vox, Erik on bass/keyboards, and Dustin K. on drums. They’ve performed with some hard-hitting names in the progressive metal canon, including Carnifex, 3, Kill Whitney Dead and Salt the Wound. This band is not kidding around.