Brainoil

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Brainoil
General information
origin Oakland (United States)
Genre (s) Sludge
founding 1998
Website www.brainoil.com
Current occupation
Drums
 Ira Harris
Vocals, guitar
 Nathan Smith
Electric bass, vocals
 Greg Wilkinson

Brainoil is a sludge band from Oakland, USA, founded in 1998 as Mrbrainoil .

history

Singer and bassist Greg Wilkinson founded Mrbrainoil in 1998 as a solo project. The first recordings were made with the help of a drum computer . Wilkinson was offered to publish material on the World Demise compilation . This resulted in the piece I Won't Die, which varied the musical direction of the project and aroused in Wilkinson the desire to continue operating as a band. In 2000, the guitarist Nathan Smith of Code 13 joined, whereupon Wilkinson renamed the project and the duo recorded a first renamed demo as Brainoil , which was released as a download for free . In the same year, Ira Harris of Watch Them Die joined the group. The demo tape was re-recorded as a trio in 2001 and released as an MC . Also in 2001 via appeared Boredom Noise the Split - EP Brain Lung , for which Brainoil with Iron Lung cooperated. Another split EP, this time with Cruevo, another project with Wilkinson involved, also followed in 2001 on Berserker Records. The group appeared live for the first time in March of the same year. In the same year Brainoil played concerts with Iron Lung and Teen Cthulhu .

After the announcement that 2002 would be quieter and recordings for an upcoming album, the self-titled debut album was released in 2003 on the Californian hard and crustcore label Life Is Abuse , which members of Dystopia had originally founded in order to publish their own material . The album was recorded by Dan Rathburn at Polymorph Studios . The album Brainoil was positively received by the music press and years after its release it was declared an almost forgotten classic of the genre by some reviewers.

After the debut there was a long creative break, which the musicians explained by concentrating on other bands such as Stormcrow , Graves at Sea or Watch Them Die and projects such as Wilkinson's efforts to set up their own recording studio. Despite the release hiatus, the group continued to rehearse, write new pieces and perform regularly. In August 2011, the second studio album Death of This Dry Season , which was recorded in Wilkinson's studio in June 2010, was released over 20 Buck Spin . Death of This Dry Season was highly praised by the music press, although the short running time of around 25 minutes was criticized. The band produced a music video for the track Gravity is a Relic . In September 2011, Brainoil released the compilation Oddities, Obscurities and Releases Mix # 1 , which included unreleased material and pieces from Death of This Dry Season , as a free download. In 2014 a split EP with the power violence band Dropdead was released on Armageddon Label with Dropdead / Brainoil .

style

Brainoil is considered a sludge band. Their music is often compared to that of popular genre representatives like Dystopia, EyeHateGod , Buzzov • en , Noothgrush and Iron Monkey . Brainoil is described as punk and riff oriented . The pieces are mostly based on simple repetitive guitar riffs. According to Jeb Branin from In Music We Trust , the riffing achieves an almost physical presence. The rhythm section plays mostly at a high and powerful tempo. The slow Doom passages that are usual for sludge and often dominate the style contrast the otherwise fast play as short passages that are introduced from the middle or at the end of the pieces. Just like the rhythm and riffing, the hoarse roaring vocals are brought close to hardcore punk.

Discography

  • 2000: Demo (download, self-published)
  • 2001: Demo (Demo-MC, self-published)
  • 2001: Brain Lung (split EP with Iron Lung, Boredom Noise)
  • 2001: Cruevo / Brainoil (split EP with Cruevo, Berserker Records)
  • 2003: Brainoil (album, Life Is Abuse)
  • 2011: Death of This Dry Season (Album, 20 Buck Spin)
  • 2011: Oddities, Obscurities and Releases Mix # 1 (compilation, self-published)
  • 2014: Dropdead / Brainoil (Split EP, Armageddon Label)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b anthonypand: Brainoil (2001). Archived from the original on May 5, 2007 ; Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b Aaron Pickford /: Brainoil: Brainoil. The Sludgelord, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c d dr. park: Brainoil: Brainoil. Apeshit, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Jeb Branin: Brainoil: Brainoil. From Music We Trust, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c Mr. Jones: Brainoil: Brainoil. More Fuzz, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Jonathan Horsley: Interview: Oakland Riff-Titans Brainoil End The Drough. Decibel Magazine, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  8. ^ A b Chuck Kucher: Brainoil: Death of This Dry Season. teeth of the divine, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Trash Bot: Brainoil: Death of This Dry Season. Heavy Planet, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  10. ↑ a b Chris Ayers: Brainoil: Death of This Dry Season. Exclaim, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Willem van Tuijl: Brainoil: Death of This Dry Season. Markzware Metalen, accessed July 6, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Brainoil: Brainoil: Oddities, Obscurities and Releases Mix # 1. Brainoil, accessed July 6, 2017 .