Encircling Sea
Ambient Black Metal/Doom from Melbourne, Australia. "I" Self Released Demo 2009 "Écru" An Out Recordings 2010 Info and show updates can be found at http://encirclingsea.wordpress.com
Ambient Black Metal/Doom from Melbourne, Australia. "I" Self Released Demo 2009 "Écru" An Out Recordings 2010 Info and show updates can be found at http://encirclingsea.wordpress.com
There are two artists with this name: James Walker is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Walker has numerous band appearances to his credit. His current solo project is also his first. James Walker (other names include "Jay-Jay", "Strawberry Blonde Gangster" and "Go away") is also an upcoming and promising solo artist who's track record includes allegedly playing keyboard with led zeppelin and the white stripes. This has never been proved as his image cannot be captured on camera and his existence is still only myth.
RISE OF AVERNUS are a doom metal five piece from Sydney, Australia. The brainchild of guitarist / vocalist Ben Vanvollenhoven (Ex-STODOWA) and vocalist / keyboardist, Catherine Guirguis (KATABASIS, Ex-BLACK HORIZON), the music is based around the incongruent, yet complimentary combination of Guirguis’ classically inspired piano melodies and Vanvollenhoven’s monolithic riffs. Through their duelling vocal personas, Guirguis and Vanvollenhoven explore dark, poignant themes with impassioned arrangements and a unique down tempo theatricality.
"We're 6 dudes playing music that we dig. DOOM, grind, crust, STONER, hardcore, punk. We dig it. We play it. Narrow minded, $$$ driven, elite scene fucks can die. We've played with bands such as Pisschrist, 731, Cut Sick, Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Fattura Della Morte, Pack (Switzerland), Regulations (Sweden), Born/Dead (USA), Kyklooppien Sukupuuto (Finland) and The Wrong Men (New Zealand). - Taken from their myspace. http://www.myspace.com/spacebong
Archaic was formed by 3 ex-members of Braindeath (2001-2004, Hungary) in 2004, setting a new path in musical experience - mainly thrash coloured with many kinds of other influences - but still based on the old style of the group. Among a couple of concerts, the band had its second blitzkrieg in Kiev (Ukraine) the same year, but for the first time under the name Archaic. The members have decided to record the first album and started prepare for the big event.
Southern metal band from Paris, France formed by former <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Es+la+Guerilla" class="bbcode_artist">Es la Guerilla</a> members. They released a split-CD with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eibon" class="bbcode_artist">Eibon</a> in february 2007. Their first album, (A Lament For...) The Addicts, was released in september 2007. Some members of the band also play with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Arkangel" class="bbcode_artist">Arkangel</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Hellbats" class="bbcode_artist">Hellbats</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Third+Arm" class="bbcode_artist">Third Arm</a>. In 2008, Keo (vocals) and Renart (bass, also in <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Every+Reason+To..." class="bbcode_artist">Every Reason To...</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fate" class="bbcode_artist">Fate</a>) were replaced by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Inhatred" class="bbcode_artist">Inhatred</a>'s singer and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/L%27Esprit+du+Clan" class="bbcode_artist">L'Esprit du Clan</a> bass player (who previously played in <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Knockoutz" class="bbcode_artist">Knockoutz</a> alongside members of Es La Guerilla and Hangman's Chair). Their drummer also joined French doom-metal band <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Rising+Dust" class="bbcode_artist">Rising Dust</a>.
Acid King is a stoner doom band that was formed 1993 in San Francisco, California, USA. Acid King's signature is distortion, tight guitar-bass riff attacks and a Marshall-stacked, bloated low rear end. Ampeg bass amps and Osbourne's Ludwig drum kit supplemented the heaviness accordingly. Heavy but spacey. Lori's searing guitar leads contrasted nicely with her nefarious vocal stylings. People appreciated something different and distinctive, enthusiastically supporting Acid King's opening slots for the likes of The Obsessed, Sleep and Hawkwind.
Sunn O))) is an American drone metal/experimental band based in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA and formed in 1998. The band’s core members consist of Stephen O’Malley (Khanate, Burning Witch, SARIN, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Lotus Eaters, Ginnungagap, Thorr’s Hammer, Fungal Hex, KTL, Æthenor, Gravetemple) and Greg Anderson (Goatsnake, Thorr’s Hammer, Burning Witch, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Brotherhood, Engine Kid, False Liberty, Burial Chamber Trio, Ascend). The band was formed as a tribute of sorts to Earth, another very heavy band noted as the pioneers of drone metal.
There are 2 bands with the name Catacombs: 1. Formed in 2000 by Xathagorra Mlandroth and released only one full album in 2006 - "In the Depths of R'lyeh". Catacombs comes from USA and plays very slow funeral doom metal. Xathagorra Mlandroth plays on all the instruments as well as vocals. Lyrical Themes: Lovecraftian, Dark, Esoteric and Conceptual Discography (from Encyclopaedia Metallum):
Echoes Through the Catacombs (EP, 2003)
In the Depths of R'lyeh (Full-length, 2006) 2. Catacombs is a melodic death metal band from Melbourne, Australia.
There are many bands with the name Anguish. These include: 1. A Swedish doom metal band influenced by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Candlemass" class="bbcode_artist">Candlemass</a>. Released their debut album Through the Archdemon's Head on Dark Descent Records in early 2012. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/anguishdoommetal" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/anguishdoommetal</a> 2. A 5-piece deathcore band from the North-West coast of Tasmania formed in 2009 influenced by the likes of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Red+Shore" class="bbcode_artist">The Red Shore</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Whitechapel" class="bbcode_artist">Whitechapel</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Thy+Art+Is+Murder" class="bbcode_artist">Thy Art Is Murder</a>. After releasing numerous demos Anguish have just released their debut EP Absolutist. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Anguishtas" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/Anguishtas</a>