Swarm of the Lotus

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Swarm of the Lotus
General information
origin Baltimore , Maryland , United States
Genre (s) Post-Metal , Sludge , Mathcore
founding 1998, 2009
resolution 2006, 2010
Founding members
Peter Maturi
Electric guitar
 Bob Brockmeyer
John Brockmeyer
Jon-John Michaud
Last occupation
initially electric guitar, then electric bass, vocals, then electric guitar, then drums, finally electric bass, vocals
 Chris Csar
Drums
 Jon-John Michaud
Electric guitar
 Bob Brockmeyer
Electric guitar, vocals
 Peter Maturi
former members
Electric bass
 Dave
initially electric bass, later electric guitar
 Jamie Garonzik
Electric bass
 Graham Millner
Electric bass
 Nathan Trowbridge
Drums
 Jimmy Rhodes
Electric guitar
 Greg Howell
Electric guitar, vocals
 Jamie
Electric guitar
 Cole Crickenberger

Swarm of the Lotus was an American metal band from Baltimore , Maryland that formed in 1998 and split in 2006. In 2009 and 2010 it was later active again before it was finally dissolved.

history

The band was formed in November 1998 and consisted of singer and guitarist Peter Maturi, guitarist Bob Brockmeyer and bassist and singer John Brockmeyer. Bob and John Brockmeyer are twin brothers. The band name instead of Maturi and should symbolize the term freedom. In November 1999 Jon-John Michaud joined the cast as drummer. The band made their first appearance in August 2000. Since Swarm of the Lotus was friends with the band Meatjack , which was under contract with At A Loss Recordings , they drew the label's attention to the band, whereupon they could also sign with the label in 2001. After further appearances, the band played at the Relapse Contamination Festival in the summer of 2002 . The first songs were recorded in 2002 and 2003. The first recording was a first demo that comprised four songs. John Brockmeyer fell seriously ill in January 2003, after which he left the band. His twin brother John didn't think it was right to stay alone in the band, which is why he also left the line-up. The group was replaced by guitarist Chris Csar and bassist Dave Beck. In January 2004 and in the spring of the same year, the debut album When White Becomes Black and the single Torrential were released . The single contains three exclusive songs that cannot be heard on the album. The sound carriers consisted of recordings from 2002 and 2003. The recordings for the album had taken place from February 2002 to May 2003 under the direction of Jon Smulyan in the TVR Studios . After the album was released, the band went on a two-month US tour and played with bands like Ion Dissonance , Psyopus , The Red Chord , Dove and Six Feet Under . Meanwhile, the band was already writing new material. The tour included the first appearances outside in and around Baltimore. In the spring the band played at the Emissions from the Monolith Festival . Later in 2004, Csar switched to bass and vocals while Cole Crickenberger took over the electric guitar. In 2005 Csar switched back to the electric guitar and Jamie Garonzik joined as the new bassist. A little later, the drummer Michaud left the group, whereupon Csar took over this position. In the course of this, Garonzik switched to the electric guitar and the new member Nathan Trowbridge now played the bass. During this time the band recorded their second album, which was released in July 2005 under the name The Sirens of Silence . The recordings had taken place from late 2004 to early 2005 in Godcity Studios under the direction of Kurt Ballou ( Converge ). Alan Douches ( A Life Once Lost , Burnt by the Sun ) had mastered the material. Towards the end of the year, all members except Peter Maturi left the cast. With the guitarist Greg Howell, the bassist Graham Millner and the drummer Jimmy Rhodes the line-up was completed again. This line-up remained until the band split up in November 2006. In October the band had played with ASG and Sourvein , before appearing with Intronaut and Misery Index in November . 2007 appeared afterEyehategod -Tribute album For the Sick at Emetic Records , on which the tape of the song their version Blood Money contributed.

In 2009 the band got together again and played their first concert since the re-establishment on October 23 in Baltimore. She played with EyeHateGod , Pig Destroyer , Strong Intention and Triac . In addition, the group announced they were working on a new album, which, however, never appeared. Instead, the renewed dissolution was announced on December 19, 2010. Michaud joined another band while Csar, Maturi and Bob Brockmeyer formed a new band called The Band That Shall Not Be Named. During their creative period the band also played with groups such as Converge, Mastodon , Lamb of God , Today Is the Day , Unsane , Pig Destroyer, Misery Index and Superjoint Ritual .

style

Windhawk from progarchives.com described the music as a mixture of post-metal, sludge and extreme progressive metal .

David Perri wrote in The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 4: The '00s about When White Becomes Black that this is a good album, but nobody knows it. The music is raw and aggressive. The Sirens of Silence is characterized by aggression and fears. He described the music as massive, gigantic and hectic. The music can roughly be compared with that of Mastodon, Cult of Luna and Neurosis . The album is the right antagonist to the latest Bloc Party release.

Christopher J. Kelter of roughedge.com wrote in his review of When White Becomes Black that he remembers describing the band as a more experimental version of Today Is the Day a few years earlier. The group now play dark, thoughtful and metallic noise core on the album . The band itself describes their music as A-Bomb Rock . The album puts the listener in a rollercoaster of emotions. The album is suitable for fans of Mastodon and Neurosis.

Yourlastrites.com's Patrick Dawson compared the band to Converge, Today Is the Day and Neurosis in his review of The Sirens of Silence . The band has the gift of playing coherent and captivating riffs that often have a complex structure. He described the singing as intense. In contrast to its predecessor, the album is less senseless chaos, this album is based on an energy that inspires you to lose control for no reason. He felt the album better than the works of Ion Dissonance and Isis and referred to the group as a post-hardcore band.

Matthias Olejnik from metal.de also reviewed the album and described the music as a “mixture of metalcore and not too exaggerated mathcore” and offers “[v] tricky parts and confused sounding passages”, “straight riff attacks” and “abnormal Shouting ”. The group moves on the edge of the avant-garde . In terms of sound, parallels to Mastodon, Converge and Isis can be heard. The singing offered no change in the songs.

Jordan Rogowski of punknews.org described the music on the album as cakophonic and comparable to The Dillinger Escape Plan and Ion Dissonance. The group mixes normal with technically demanding, noisy Metal and Grindcore-like chaos. On the album, the band represent Neurosis and Ed Gein equally. Slow, sludge-like, and fast passages would be in balance. Rogowski found the singing variable.

Discography

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c d e f Swarm of the Lotus. unboundzine.com, archived from the original on December 1, 2008 ; accessed on November 21, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c d About Swarm of the Lotus. Myspace , archived from the original on December 21, 2008 ; Retrieved November 20, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b c Biography. (No longer available online.) Musicmight.com, archived from the original on November 22, 2015 ; accessed on November 21, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicmight.com
  5. ↑ a b about the band. abacusrecordings.com, archived from the original on July 23, 2007 ; Retrieved November 20, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Various - For The Sick - A Tribute To Eyehategod. Discogs , accessed November 21, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Invisibleoranges: Eyehateweekend. invisibleoranges.com, accessed November 18, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Swarm Of The Lotus shelved, new band formed. lambgoat.com, accessed November 18, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Martin Popoff , David Perri: The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 4: The '00s . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2011, ISBN 978-1-926592-20-6 , pp. 478 .
  10. ↑ Christopher J. Kelter: "When White Becomes Black" (At a Loss Recordings; 2004). roughedge.com, accessed November 21, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Patrick Dawson: Swarm of the Lotus The Sirens of Silence. yourlastrites.com, accessed November 21, 2015 .
  12. ^ Matthias Olejnik: Swarm Of The Lotus. The Sirens Of Silence. metal.de, accessed on November 21, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Jordan Rogowski: Swarm of the Lotus. The Sirens Of Silence (2005). punknews.org, accessed November 21, 2015 .