Growing up to some of the most influencial metal bands signed to Roadrunner Records, Five Pointe O still can't get over the fact that they share the same label. Coming right out of Joliet, IL, Five Pointe O is ready to show the world their unique style of metal and why they belong on one of the heaviest labels around.

By blending melody, beautifully crafted song writing and death metal growls, the end result is truly amazing. Five Pointe O started the night off with "Purity 01" and slammed through "Double X Minus" and "Untitled." If you haven't seen them live yet, you're missing out. When Daniel goes into death growl mode, it almost looks as if he's possessed. This is definately one of my favorite up and comers this year so far, I highly suggest checking these guys out.

Noize Pollution: How did you catch the eyes and ears of the people at Roadrunner?
Daniel Struble: Actually we did a showcase down at the Metro in Chicago probably about 3 years ago. It was the first time we actually ever played in the city of Chicago. It was pretty much a showcase of bands and we were the very first band to play, we were the opening act. I guess the show sold out so fast unlike any other local show and there was all kinds of people who showed up and we had all kinds of fans there that we didn't even know we had but we were promoting a lot. How many flyers did we pass out? Do you remember?
Sharon Grzelinski: We handed out like 10,000 or so.
DS: Yeah, we handed out so many flyers in Chicago the previous month before the show and a whole bunch of people came out. I think it was the first time that we grabbed Roadrunner's attention. After we established ourselves in Chicago, we played a show with Liquid Gang and their manager who was also our A&R; guy. He had never heard us before and he really liked us, and then when he started working for Roadrunner he wanted to pursue us more. So we just kind of stuck with it. We all really wanted to be on Roadrunner because that's the label we all grew up with, with all our childhood heroes were on it.

NP: What was your first reaction when you were on the same label as Slipknot, Type O Negative, Coal Chamber, etc�
DS: I don't think it's ever going to hit me because it happened so fast. But every once and awhile I'll think about it and it's too weird for me. Too weird to comprehend.

NP: "Untitled" came out March 19th and it sounds like your listening party/midnight sale in Joliet, IL went well. Were you guys there for that?
DS: No we were actually already out on the road with Mushroomhead. We wish we could have been there and we saw a video of it not too long ago. We kind of knew it was going to go over really well because nobody ever comes out of Joliet, everyone there is just rooting for someone to break. I think everyone in Joliet is proud of it that we finally did something. I wish we could have been there for that though and we haven't been home since but we are going home in a couple of days. We have one more date on this tour, and then we are going home for 2 days then we are going back out with Mushroomhead.

NP: "Untitled" is so far my favorite disc of the year and I mean that very sincerely!
DS: Thank you very much!
NP: One interesting fact that I've noticed off of it is your song structure. No song is the same and it's not the boring cut and dry riff-chorus-riff-chorus. They sound to me like a kind of story telling that you are taking the listeners on.
DS: I think that the way it comes together is just how we feel. We just start playing and whatever way it comes out is pretty much how we keep it. We go back and make adjustments and tweak it here and there but we let it come out for itself. It's not like we start off structured and we really don't have a formula and it seems to work well for us.

NP: When we saw you play with Mushroomhead out here, it looked like Eric was doing the death growl that we hear on the CD, but that's actually you right?
DS: A lot of people think that Eric does all the heavy stuff but I actually do the vast majority of it. Eric does quite a bit of stuff and a lot of people think that. But I've had a lot of people come up to me afterwards and say, "I thought you just sang." But we switch off here and there a few times. I know a lot of bands have a clean vocalist and a heavy vocalist underneath it and that bothers me sometimes. I think the way I do it works really well.
NP: Did producer Colin Richardson have a hand in that since he has worked with the likes of Cannibal Corpse and Napalm Death? Did he bring that out of you? He's done his fair share of work on death growls.
DS: We actually already had that element before we met him. Colin really just made everything sound good and he came out a week before to our home in Joliet and listen to the song structure to see if there was anything he wanted to change. But he we did little things and we left the structure alone or the arrangements and he was like, I really like what you guys are doing and I just want to capture it and that's what he did.

NP: Let's talk about some of the songs on "Untitled." What's the first single going to be?
DS: It's actually still undecided, we're not sure yet. I know that when all the kids were sent out to radio, they were pushing to play "Double X Minus" and "Untitled." We have not decided what the first single is going to be. We're still in that process and hopefully we'll figure it out sooner than later. I'd rather let the fans decide.
NP: Like have a poll up on the website?
DS: Yeah definately!