Behold ... the Arctopus
| Behold ... the Arctopus | |
|---|---|
 Behold the Arctopus at Death by Audio in Brooklyn |
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| General information | |
| origin | New York , United States |
| Genre (s) | Progressive Metal , Extreme Metal , Mathcore |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | www.beholdthearctopus.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Weasel Walter | |
| Mike Lerner | |
Electric guitar |
Colin Marston |
| former members | |
Drums |
Charlie Zeleny |
Behold… the Arctopus is an American band from New York .
history
The band was formed in 2001 by guitarists Colin Marston and Mike Lerner. After playing together for a year and a half, drummer Charlie Zeleny joined the band and completed the line-up. Up until the arrival of Zeleny, Marston and Lerner had already published two demos online, in which a drum computer was still used. In 2003 the demo Arctopocalypse Now… Warmageddon Later followed , which in 2005 was followed by the EP Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning . In order to promote the EP, appearances followed in June of the same year in the USA together with Time of Orchids and Genghis Tron . In 2006, a split release with Orthrelm followed, which included the new song Paincave . The cover of the publication was designed by Michel “Away” Langevin ( Voivod ). In the same year the compilation Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning was released , which included the EP of the same name and the demo Arctopocalypse Now… Warmageddon Later , as well as four live songs. In 2007 Black Market Activities released their debut album Skullgrid , which was followed by the second album Horrorscension on the same label in 2012 .
style
Particularly characteristic of the band is the use of a Warr guitar , a 12-string guitar that covers the sound spectrum of the bass and the guitar. The guitar is usually played by tapping by Marston . According to Allmusic's Marisa Brown , Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning was heavily influenced by metal , 20th century classical music, and the improvisational nature of jazz . Conor Fynes from metal-observer.com described the music on Horrorscension as technically very demanding Extreme Metal , with no clear song structure recognizable in the songs. Udo Gerhards from Baby Blue Pages assigned the album to Math Metal ,
Discography
- We Need a Drummer (Demo, 2002, self-published)
- Arctopocalypse Now… Warmageddon Later (Demo, 2003, self-published)
- Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning (EP, 2005, Troubleman Unlimited )
- Behold… The Arctopus / Orthrelm (Split with Orthrelm , 2006, Crucial Blast Records )
- Nano Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning (Compilation, 2006, Metal Blade Records / Black Market Activities )
- Memphis 6-3-06 (DVD, 2007, self-published)
- Skullgrid (Album, 2007, Black Market Activities)
- Horrorscension (Album, 2012, Black Market Activities)
Web links
swell
- ↑ a b Behold ... The Arctopus. Discogs , accessed August 26, 2013 .
- ^ Garry Sharpe-Young : New Wave of American Heavy Metal . Zonda Books, New Plymouth 2005, ISBN 0-9582684-0-1 , pp. 250 .
- ^ A b Marisa Brown: Behold ... The Arctopus. Allmusic , accessed August 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Behold ... The Arctopus - Skullgrid. Discogs , accessed August 27, 2013 .
- ^ Behold The Arctopus * - Horrorscension. Discogs , accessed August 27, 2013 .
- ^ Conor Fynes: Behold ... The Arctopus - Horrorscension. metal-observer.com, accessed August 28, 2013 .
- ↑ Udo Gerhards: Behold ... The Arctopus. Baby Blue Pages , accessed August 28, 2013 .