Diamond Fist Werny

Editorial Reviews
Label Comments
"The sounds range from smooth crisp vocals to droning bass lines, cut up with sharp-edged drum rhythms and filtered through challenging guitar riffs, all bundled together in an amazing package that takes you far away." - Barry Roark, The Stranger

"...a mix of dark, moody elements of post-punk rock, primal textures, and Eastern flavoring." - Phil West, The Seattle Times

"One of the very few bands around who actually deserve the tag 'alternative.'... In a subculture overflowing with BS and attitude and too often short on true musical inspiration it's great to hear the unself-conscious and fluid assurance with which this band incorporates its influences: elements of Beach Boys-style surf, Sun Studio rockabilly, world beat, sixties psychedelia and even Northwest grunge are merged into an organic and ecstatic whole." - MAF, Snipehunt

"They are too slow to be called World Beat, too upbeat to be called new age, too nineties to be called acid music,... too different to be alternative and too intriguing to be called rock." - Gail Jeanne McCracken, Urban Spelunker

"The band issues a refreshingly positive vibe, leading the audience (most of the time) to swaying, quasi-ecstatic dance." - Sixth Form

"They start with ethereal, Indian vibes with hooky and quirky sparing acoustic guitar rhythms, then trip into this blurry and falling groove sucking you in as your eyes close to the words' 'water.' Suddenly, as if being hooked in without knowing it, churning aggressive guitars work to accommodate your swaying motions." - Laura Horton, Pandemonium!

"The closest you can come to dancing under hypnosis." - University of Washington Daily

About the Artist
The Secret History of DIAMOND FIST WERNY

What has become the innovative, mood-melting sound of DIAMOND FIST WERNY began with the 23-year-old Todd Werny, an enthusiastic if not formally-trained guitarist and singer of Korean, Filipino and German ancestry. Werny arrived in Seattle in 1989 from the University of Delaware where he'd been in and out of a few short-lived bands. He wanted something unusual in his next band, something that would break the boundaries between musical genres.

Diamond Fist Werny

Average customer rating:

Finally something unique!
Love it! Diamond Fist is unique, mystical, and rhythmic!
Great follow-up from one of Seattle's Best

Enchanted Parkway
Diamond-Fist Werny
Manufacturer: Rudy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000BKE4
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

Fountain Head
Enchanted Parkway
Golden
Plato's Cave
Planet Claire
Shining Moment

Album Description

Diamond-Fist Werny is a unique blend of pop, trance-rock, post-punk, primal textures, with world rhythms, Eastern flavorings, and elements of dance and techno-all disguised as an alternative rock band.

Customer Reviews:

Finally something unique!.......1999-09-02

Ever since the first time I heared "Plato's Cave" I have been in love with this music. There is nothing else on the music scene quite like DFW. From start to finish Enchanted Parkway is a great CD- it is the perfect follow up to the first. DFW also puts on a great live show. If you have the chance to see them, don't pass it up!!

Love it! Diamond Fist is unique, mystical, and rhythmic!.......1999-03-07

Diamond Fist has a unique sound that is mystical and rhythmic. My favorite song on Enchanted Parkway is Fountian Head. It's so nice to have some truly interesting music that is both creative and different! Finally!

Great follow-up from one of Seattle's Best.......1999-01-29

Enchanted Parkway is the second album from this amazing Seattle band. Though hard to capture what they do so well in the live sense, this 6 track CD does pretty well. "Golden" stands out heads above the other tracks, but "Plato's cave" ranks pretty high up there too. I didn't care much for their cover of the B52's "Planet Claire" but others might. If you ever get the chance to see DFW live, do not miss them!

Average customer rating:

A favorite Seattle memory...
more to come from these great artists
Thick Rock

Diamond Fist Werny

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002Y10
Release Date: 1994-09-01

Tracks:

Mercury
All
She Never Kills Spiders
Stethoscope
Viking Winter
The Man Who Lost His Dreams

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

A favorite Seattle memory..........1999-11-28

I'm no music critic, but I have reviewed bands for college papers. Diamond Fist is a righteous band. I was fortunate enough to help them set up for a gig @ the Sub Pop Shop in the Pike Place Market last spring where I witnessed the gravitational pull of a succulent sound. I'm kind of in a plush phase now, and the tribal sounds I heard that day were right in stride. I was howling (plush-like, mind you) to some Indian drumming music on Thanksgiving Day driving through the sleepy hollow below Blue Mound in THE SHIRE(just west of Madison, WI) as the morning frost gave way to brilliant, breathless sunshine of an everlasting Indian Summer... That is Diamond Fist Wearny to me.

more to come from these great artists.......1998-05-31

Check out the new release from Diamond Fist Werny titled "Enchanted Parkway." Their new album incorporates their mystical style with electronica. This creative blend is well worth a listen.

Thick Rock.......1998-05-15

Guitar, reeds, drums, and voice, run through ungodly COMPUTERS! Rave sensibilities in a more-or-less rock format is the result. The opening track, "Mercury," is a high-energy call to prayer, "Stethoscope" is a dirge for a fallen angel, and each other track explores equally transcendent themes.

The music is a very dense, dark, yet catchy body/machine noise that is the warp to Todd Werny's vocal weave. Definitely unique and worth a listen.

Long View to the Sky
Average customer rating:

Transcendent

Not really a full-length album

Long View to the Sky
Diamond-Fist Werny
Manufacturer: Rudy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004SQZF
Release Date: 2000-04-25