The contortionist
| The contortionist | |
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.jpg) The Contortionist live in November 2012. |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Technical Death Metal , Progressive Metal , Deathcore |
| founding | 2006 as Achilles Rising |
| Website | myspace.com/thecontortionistband |
| Founding members | |
| Jake Morris (until 2008) | |
| Robby Baca | |
Electric guitar |
Cameron Maynard |
| Christopher Tilley (until 2014) | |
| Joey Baca | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Michael Lessard (since 2013) |
Electric guitar |
Robby Baca |
Electric guitar |
Cameron Maynard |
Electric bass |
Jordan Eberhardt (since 2014) |
Keyboard |
Eric Guenther (since 2014) |
Drums |
Joey Baca |
| former members | |
Vocals, keyboard
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Dave Hoffman (2008-2010) |
Vocals, keyboard |
Jonathan Carpenter (2010-2013) |
The Contortionist is an American progressive metal band from Indianapolis , Indiana , which was founded in 2006 under the name Achilles Rising, renamed itself to At the Hands of Machines a year later and since another name change in 2008 under its current name occurs. The band is attributed to the Djent movement.
history
Singer Jake Morris, guitarists Robby Baca and Cameron Maynard, bassist Christopher Tilley and drummer Joey Baca met in high school and formed the band Achilles Rising in 2006. After renaming in 2007 to At the Hands of Machines, the band released their debut EP with Sporadic Movements , which the band distributed themselves. Shortly after the band renamed itself The Contortionist in 2008, singer Jake Morris left the band in the summer and was replaced by Dave Hoffman, who from then on supported the band on keyboards as well as vocals. In September of the same year, the band released their second EP, which was called Shapeshifter . A year later, Apparition, the band's third EP followed , with which the band distanced themselves from deathcore for the first time and came closer to technical death metal.
In March 2010, the band signed a record deal with the US record label Good Fight Music . During the recording of the first studio album, singer Dave Hoffman left the band for personal reasons, whereupon Jonathan Carpenter, a good friend of Hoffman, who the band already knew from the time they were formed and who had helped with the production of the third EP Apparition , joined the band . At the end of August the band released their debut album with Exoplanet , to which Jonathan Carpenter had made some changes during the recording as a result of the member change within a month in order to bring his own style into the album. Between April and May 2011 the band toured the USA alongside Arsonists Get All the Girls , A Plea for Purging and Volumes, followed by further tours through North America with bands such as Structures , Periphery and Textures in the summer . Then in November the band went on their first tour outside America through Australia with the band The Storm Picturesque .
After another US tour alongside Jeff Loomis , Chimp Spanner and 7 Horns 7 Eyes , the band released their second studio album, Intrinsic, in July 2012 , which, unlike its predecessor, was also available in Europe via the French record label Season of Mist . After the band toured the United Nations in November with Born of Osiris , Unearth and Obey the Brave , among others , singer Jonathan Carpenter left the band after he became engaged and was expecting a child. He was temporarily replaced by Michael Lessard of Last Chance to Reason , who helped out as a singer on two US tours with bands like After the Burial , Glass Cloud and Within the Ruins between March and April and was introduced as the band's new singer in June .
As part of the announcement of their third studio album, it was announced that bassist Christopher Tilley, who was leaving the band, will be replaced by Jordan Eberhardt and Eric Guenther will join the band on keyboards.
The album Language was released on September 16, 2014 .
style
The band uses seven-string guitars which are tuned down a semitone (A # D # G # C # FA # D #). The lyrics on the two studio albums deal with science fiction topics in which the entire band is particularly interested. The texts mainly deal with the question of how life outside the earth will be shaped in the distant future.
Others
Guitarist Robby Baca and drummer Joey Baca are twin brothers .
Discography
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Albums
- 2010: Exoplanet (Good Fight Music)
- 2012: Intrinsic (North America: Good Fight Music / E1 Music, Europe: Season of Mist)
- 2014: Language
- 2017: Clairvoyant
EPs
- 2007: Sporadic Movements (self-distribution)
- 2008: Shapeshifter (self-distribution)
- 2009: Apparition (self-distribution)
- 2019 Our Bones (eOne)
Web links
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- ↑ Intrinsic CD review . ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. metalnews.de; Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ↑ Interview with The Contortionist on mindequalsblown.net; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ Version of The Contortionist's biography dated October 28, 2008 on last.fm; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ The Contortionist signs with Good Fight Music on blabbermouth.net; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ a b The Contortionist's Jon Carpenter on Band's newfound success in Metalsucks interview on metalsucks.net; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ Facebook post from The Contortionist: Lineup change… on facebook.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ AGATG, A Plea For Purging, Lionheart tour on lambgoat.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ “Frak The Gods” Periphery Headlining Tour Dates Announced! on heavyblogisheavy.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ Local supports for The Contortionist's Australian tour announced! on chuckingamosh.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ The Contortionist sign with Season Of Mist, details about the new album! on stormbringer.at; Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ↑ Prog Nerds Unite! The Contortionist, Jeff Loomis, Chimp Spanner, and 7 Horns 7 Eyes To Tour America This July! on heavyblogisheavy.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ Born Of Osiris Announces New Tour Dates, Gearing Up To Record Album on metalunderground.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ The Contortionist Part Ways With Vocalist & Keyboardist Jonathan Carpenter on heavyblogisheavy.com; Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ Interview: The Contortionist Guitarist Robby Baca Discusses the Band's Upcoming Second Album on guitarworld.com; Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ↑ Vocalist / Keyboardist Jonathan Carpenter provides a track-by-track guide to the Contornitionist's Intrinisc on metalsucks.net; Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ↑ The Contortionist plays the Emerson on nuvo.net; Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ↑ US chart history
