A well-known and well-traveled heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Hemlock formed around 1993. The group, led by vocalist and bassist Chad Smith, focused on its live show (which featured a pit standoff known as The Wall of Death) more than studio recordings, but that didn't mean that Hemlock didn't take time to put CDs on store shelves. In 2004 the band released Bleed the Dream, and over the next few years released four more albums, and also toured with such names as Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Slayer, Otep, and Disturbed. Hemlock signed to Continental Entertainment in late 2006, spent 2007 on tour with Ministry, and released their album No Time for Sorrow in 2008. ~ Chris True