Welcome to the latest installment of USA: The Underground Sounds of America, our series that shines a spotlight on the most underrated rock, metal, punk, and hardcore bands in the United States. Each week, we ask one band member to answer five unique questions so you can get to know them better. Because if you aren’t already a fan of the artist featured below… you should be. *** Years of hard work leave some bands grizzled and narrow-minded; for The Contortionist, the result has been only nuance and grace. Though they started as a more traditional progressive death metal band, the Indianapolis-bred sextet slowly developed their sound, sanding down their typically-brutal edges and putting more thought into their spacier, adventurous keyboard-driven moments. All of this led to this year...
