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Call Us Forgotten
12+ albums
post-hardcoremetalcorescreamohardcoreemocore
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Call Us Forgotten has a story as unique as the music itself. “The inspiration for the band's name is that you can 'Call Us Forgotten' and put us against insurmountable circumstantial odds and we will smile and scream 'What Makes You Think These Walls Can Hold Us?’ (Lyrics from the band’s anthem-esque ‘Under An Ashen Sky’) says Front man / Lead Vocalist, Josh Oliveri. Josh continues “the band’s name was inspired by my personal past and the vast amount of kids out there, past and present, who have been forgotten. Raised by TV sets, foster parents or ourselves, we are told who we are supposed to be, what we can be, what we'll never amount to and are left with a skeleton of dreams and an expectation of failure.” Hailing from Portland, Oregon, CUF’s sound is a force to be reckoned with. The band has quickly gained international recognition, and is consistently reigning at the #1 Spot on MySpace’s “Unsigned” Metal Charts and in the Top 5 “Overall” Metal Charts. With heartfelt lyrics, brutal instrumentals, epic choruses and catchy clean vocal melodies, CUF dynamically constructs songs that will sear their signature on your bones. The project started in 2007 as the brainchild of Josh Oliveri, who relocated to Portland from southern Oregon. Leaving an old music project behind in the small town of Grants Pass, OR, Oliveri set out to start something special and build it from the ground up. Shortly after getting settled, he met drummer, Kory Thielen. With a concise vision and direction
