Slant

With Fahim Zaman on vocals and guitar, Munir Haque on guitar,Ilya Karpman on bass, and his bro,Andrew Karpman on drums, Slant formed in 2001, to contribute their perspective on music. This phenomenally unusual mix of international influences jells somehow into a sound that's completely original and clean. Fahim and Munir, are both from Bengali households. Brothers, Ilya and Andrew, came to the U.S. from Russia in '96. Andrew joined SLANT first; then, Ilya came in after a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, turning in his M-16 for a bass guitar to round out the group in 2002. They have opened up for bands such as: Silver sun pickups,Hed PE, Adema and Powerman 5000. SLANT released their debut album "A Thin Line," (released by Gotham Records) in 2005, featuring the hard hitting and emotional songs such as "Broken Wings" and "Insight" and the melodic and thoughtful "Trust". They had gone overseas to play through the Armed Forces Entertainment to play shows for the United States Military troops in 2007 and recently in 2009, They have just completed and released their sophmore album effort: Slant (self produced and released) featuring "All I'm good for", and "Through it all," along with attention grabbing "Thru my own steps," amongst the individually intriguing tracks. They're back, they undoubtedly rock, and they here definitely to stay....