They don't rap, and they don't sound like Korn.

Nothingface, a heavy rock band who aren't afraid to raise a few eyebrows, will thrash at 9:30 p.m. Monday at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.

Baltimore-based Nothingface prides itself on its originality, not pinning themselves down to any particular genre.

Their music is loud and aggressive, recalling more of the older metal bands like Pantera. However, there are many times when the melody will shift midway through a song, giving way to vocal harmonies much like that of Alice in Chains.

"The metal that's popular today is very rhythmic. What you hear is a lot of downtuned guitar with rapping over it. We're trying to take the sound in a more musical direction," vocalist Matt Holt said.

In October, the band released its third album, Violence, which features the single, "Bleeder."

Holt's lyrics and singing are often quite diverse; one minute he's screaming, the next, he's barely audible.

Violence talks about subject matter that you normally wouldn't find on the radio. One song, "Same Solution," is Holt's interpretation on what runs through the mind of a serial killer when he's looking for a victim.

For the past five years, Nothingface's brutal honesty has earned them much attention — and loyal fans that the band affectionately calls "The Sick."

This past summer the band was also a part of the Tattoo the Earth tour, where they played with bands like Slayer and Slipknot.

Band members Holt, Tom Maxwell (guitar) and Tommy Sickles (drums) have recently said adios to founding member and bassist Bill Gaal, who left the band amicably to pursue a career in the music production business.

Band friend Jerry Montano, formerly of the Deadlights, has replaced him.

Violence is the quartet's TVT Records debut. Their earlier albums, Pacifier and An Audio Guide To Everyday Atrocity was on the small indie label DCide.