3TEETH

Founding Members: Alexis Mincolla, Xavier Swafford.
Line-up Past/Present: Andrew Melendez, Justin Hanson, Alexis Mincolla, Chase Brawner, Andrew Means, Nick Rossi.
Genre: Industrial, Rock, Electro, EBM.
Biography:
Formed in 2013, 3TEETH initially began as a passion-project between Mincolla and Swafford, who lived down the street from each other in Los Angeles. Mincolla did not have a musical background but had experience in visual arts and promotion. Mincolla and Swafford met at a weekly party called Lil Death, which was hosted by Mincolla, where they began discussing some ideas for a multi-media mix of visuals and music. The two soon met Andrew Means after being impressed by an online video he sent the pair which Mincolla described as looking “like a computer virus.”

The band took the name 3teeth from the concepts of Odontomancy, which Mincolla described as an ancient form of divination where “the seer would read prophecies in the teeth like rune stones” as well as the word trident, which comes from Latin for “three teeth.” Mincolla said of the trident, “…this divine weapon of God that brings destruction. It’s what Marduk killed Tiamat with — this caught thunderbolt or trident.”

The original line-up consisted of Mincolla, Brawner, Swafford, and Means, with Andrew Means performing live drums on an electric kit. Andrew Melendez joined as a live drummer the spring and summer tours in 2017 before Justin Hanson joined the group in the fall of 2017. The band signed to Century Media Records in April 2018 with Hanson being announced as the official fifth member of the band. Nick Rossi joined the live band in Fall 2019 as a temporary replacement for Hanson, who had injured his foot on the European tour earlier that year. In June 2020, the band announced that they had mutually parted ways with Hanson and that Rossi would be joining them as the new drummer to commence recording on the band’s fourth album.

Described as industrial metal, 3TEETH’s music heavily features sequenced beats, down-tuned guitars, samples, and synthetic melodies.The band has been compared to bands/artists such as Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, Bile, Dope, Rob Zombie, Rammstein, and Tool. Lead vocalist, Alexis Mincolla, listens to bands like Sepultura, Pantera, White Zombie, and Nine Inch Nails. He cites The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails as a huge influence for 3Teeth’s music.

Albums:
• 3Teeth (2014)
• <shutdown.exe> (2017)
• Metawar (2019)

EPs:
• REMIXED (2014)

LINKS:
Bandcamp: 3teeth.bandcamp.com/
Apple Music: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/3teeth/
Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCdUZ81wDL5GF_v0XUOyJRSg