No One

Hailing from Chicago, the hardcore quintet No One draws musical parallels to Korn and Incubus while also sharing the roster of Immortal Records. Murk handles vocals, B-Larz plays guitar, Flare covers bass, and Billy K. sits behind the drums. June 2001 marked the arrival of their debut release, after which the group pursued fresh audiences by supporting Slaves on Dope and Hinge on their respective national tours. Several Ozzfest dates that same summer also included No One on the bill. Reviewers have likened the band’s dark, hard-driving approach to the styles of Alice in Chains, Metallica, and Pantera. Johnny K, widely recognized for his productions with Disturbed, handled production, engineering, and mixing on the self-titled debut and further assisted the band by circulating their demos throughout the industry. Emerging alongside the wave of groups that followed the resurgence of aggressive heavy metal, No One favors an older-school sensibility rooted in the sounds of Slayer and Machine Head rather than the rap-infused hybrid favored by acts such as Limp Bizkit and Korn. Comparable to Metallica in structure, the band relies on a guitar-and-vocals foundation that fuses forceful riffs with raw, screaming delivery. The album further weaves in funk textures drawn from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the satanic vocal manner associated with Ozzy Osbourne, and the rapid-fire guitar displays characteristic of Megadeth.