There are at least 4 different artists by the name of Acme:
1) ACME (アクメ) is a Visual Kei band that formed in 2017 consisting of former DIV vocalist CHISA and guitarist SHOGO, former ArtemA drummer HAL, and bassist RIKITO. The name of the band means "the vertex of evolution." Well known for their post-hardcore sound and colorful "oshare" style visuals, ACME are quickly rising in the Visual Kei scene. Their first mini-album release in August of 2017, "SENKOU", sold out first press copies nationwide. ACME's second single release "ROTTEN ORANGE" also had the track "CALL MY NAME" featured in the movie "Namae no nai onna tachi: Usotsuki Onna," starring Mitsuru Fukikoshi.
ACME made their overseas debut performances in the US in 2019 at Milwaukee, WI and Dallas, TX. ACME also headlined a tour in January 2020 in 4 cities along the US west coast.
【2021-01-08】
ACME (アクメ) changes their notation to ACME.
• Official website: https://acme-official.com/
2) Acme (from Bremen, Germany) were among the most influential metalcore bands of the 1990's. Edison released their album "...To Reduce The Choir To One Soloist" in 1996, but the recordings date back to 1993/1994, these nine tracks comprise the entirety of Acme's recorded career (one 7", three compilation tracks, one demo).
Presumably the band take their musical cues from early 90's bands such as Born Against and 'Protestant'-era Rorschach, but this is occluded so thoroughly by a dense (funeral) fog of extreme metal, sludge and grind that their original hardcore influences are difficult to pinpoint. The result is one of Acme successfully straddling all of their influences without ripping them off, and unlike some of their imitators, they don't resort to blast-beat extremity by excess.
The influence and importance of these recordings has become impossible to ignore in the wake of the metalcore and 'screamo' explosions that followed. Converge, Orchid, Morser, Caliban, Shikari, Breach...the list is expansive and far transcends the infamous 'Bremen scene'. Do not let these names fool you though. The originators were the masters, and for people who like genuinely intense, dark, challenging, extreme music of any form - this record is impossible to fault.
3) Acme (from Poland)
...złamało się u nich drzewo w ogródku, w dzień pogodny, słoneczny, nagle drzewo w ogródku złamało się, więc to były takie, takie dziwne sygnały...
Released selftitled album at October 3, 2020.
4) Acme (from Canada)
2000s Alternative rock band from Kitchener, Waterloo (ON, CA).
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