Razor of Occam
| Razor of Occam | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Thrash metal |
| founding | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/razoroccam |
| Current occupation | |
| Matt Razor (Matt Snow Milk) | |
Electric guitar |
Ian Shrapnel (Ian Gray) |
| Alexandros Antoniou | |
| Didier Almouzni | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Chris Hastings |
Drums |
BC |
Drums |
Peter Hunt |
Razor of Occam is a Thrash Metal band with influences from Black Metal , originally from Australia and now based in London . The name of the band is derived from the scholastic principle of Occam's razor .
history
Founded in the late 1990s -years in South Australia, which created the band quickly demo recording Diabologue from which a year later two songs on a same vinyl - EP released by Damnation Records. The name of the EP Pillars of Creation , published four years later, comes from the photograph of the same name ; the said photo was also used for the cover illustration . The debut album Homage to Martyrs was released in 2009 on Metal Blade Records . In the course of its existence the band played concerts with Asphyx , Primordial and Dismember , and also completed a European tour with Gospel of the Horns . In autumn 2009 another tour through Europe followed with the bands Absu , Pantheon I and Zoroaster.
Matt Razor and Ian Shrapnel also play together at Deströyer 666 , Didier Almouzni was previously active at DragonForce .
Music style and lyrics
The band itself compares themselves on their Myspace profile with Destruction , Whiplash , Sodom , Deströyer 666 and Absu. Allmusic's Grag Prato attributes the band's mix of Thrash and Black Metal elements to influences from power and classic heavy metal . He called the music on the album Homage to Martyrs a "malicious acoustic blitzkrieg " and awarded three and a half out of five possible points.
The band's lyrics often deal with the conflict between science and religion throughout history. However, she distances herself from religious content, according to her own statement, her lyrics avoid the " mystical nonsense typical of the genre and instead illuminate the harsh reality of the godless, callous and awe-inspiring universe we inhabit". When asked about the emphasis on spiritual, personal and sexual freedom in "modern" Satanism after Anton Szandor LaVey , Matt Razor commented on asexual reproduction and ended his remarks by saying that he could not imagine Satanism having anything reasonable to do with the subject say.
Discography
- 1998: Diabologue ( demo recording )
- 1999: Diabologue ( EP , Damnation Records)
- 2003: Pillars of Creation (EP, Circle of the Tyrants Records)
- 2009: Homage to Martyrs ( Metal Blade Records )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Razor of Occam .
- ^ Greg Prato: Homage to Martyrs - Razor of Occam | AllMusic , allmusic.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ↑ Ramon: Razor of Occam .