Two great instrumental one-man projects.
INDRICOTHERE - Self-titled - 2007
www.myspace.com/indricothere
Download
Solo-project of the prolyphic Colin Marston from Behold... the Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice...
This is his only release to date under this name.
Instrumental and technical metal.
Much recommended.
"The animal known as Indricothere was the World’s largest pre-historic herbivorous mammal. The man known as Indricothere is Colin Marston, the World’s foremost purveyor of gargantuan shredding. As Indricothere, Colin surpasses his previous works in Behold the Arctopus & Dysrhythmia with an instrumental drum machine tech-death metal creation that quakes the very ground it treads upon. Fear the path of Indricothere!"
http://www.last.fm/music/Indricothere
"Indricothere is a truly brutal instrumental assault from beginning to end. While Behold... The Arctopus is a band pushing a weird, technical agenda, Indricothere is the Arctopus's primal brother, a gargantuan crusher using a constant mechanical battery to bludgeon the listener. The music is more straightforward using less dynamics in the rhythm and more mechanical thuggery, though the technicality is still the main show. Much like fellow Arctopus metaller Mike Lerner's pet project Direwolf, Indricothere's backbone is an inhumanly energetic drum machine organized for a constant barrage - and constant is the key. This is really five tracks of unrelenting metal, few breathers and a pace akin to a less monotonous Orthrelm. The guitar pieces follow suit with the mechanical rhythm offering a precise but trance-inducing hammering, matching the drums in terms of heaviness."
www.metalunderground.com
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CLOUDKICKER - ]]][[[ - 2010
www.myspace.com/cloudkicker + http://cloudkicker.uk.googlepages.com
Download (full discography also available)
One-man project of Ben Sharp.
Just gave it a first listen yesterday and it sounds pretty good to me. Instrumental, progressive.
This is his very last release to date.
You should definitely try it.
Highly recommended.
"Cloudkicker rhythmically, is heavily influenced by "Nothing" and "Catch Thirty-Three" era Meshuggah. Many of the fundamental drum patterns and the heavy use of syncopation should feel instantly familiar to the fans of either of the above albums, as well as the ultra-tight gridlock between the drums and guitars. However, on top of the angular riffing and the mechanical rhythmic patterns are layers upon layers of atmospheric melody that makes this music come across as some kind of ethereal math-metal/post-metal hybrid. Think a mixture of the rhythmic permutations of Meshuggah, the strangely dystopian melodic flights of Textures ("Drawing Circles" more so than any other album), and the winding atmospherics of bands like Isis and Long Distance Calling."
www.progarchives.com
INDRICOTHERE - Self-titled - 2007
www.myspace.com/indricothere
Download
Solo-project of the prolyphic Colin Marston from Behold... the Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice...
This is his only release to date under this name.
Instrumental and technical metal.
Much recommended.
"The animal known as Indricothere was the World’s largest pre-historic herbivorous mammal. The man known as Indricothere is Colin Marston, the World’s foremost purveyor of gargantuan shredding. As Indricothere, Colin surpasses his previous works in Behold the Arctopus & Dysrhythmia with an instrumental drum machine tech-death metal creation that quakes the very ground it treads upon. Fear the path of Indricothere!"
http://www.last.fm/music/Indricothere
"Indricothere is a truly brutal instrumental assault from beginning to end. While Behold... The Arctopus is a band pushing a weird, technical agenda, Indricothere is the Arctopus's primal brother, a gargantuan crusher using a constant mechanical battery to bludgeon the listener. The music is more straightforward using less dynamics in the rhythm and more mechanical thuggery, though the technicality is still the main show. Much like fellow Arctopus metaller Mike Lerner's pet project Direwolf, Indricothere's backbone is an inhumanly energetic drum machine organized for a constant barrage - and constant is the key. This is really five tracks of unrelenting metal, few breathers and a pace akin to a less monotonous Orthrelm. The guitar pieces follow suit with the mechanical rhythm offering a precise but trance-inducing hammering, matching the drums in terms of heaviness."
www.metalunderground.com
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CLOUDKICKER - ]]][[[ - 2010
www.myspace.com/cloudkicker + http://cloudkicker.uk.googlepages.com
Download (full discography also available)
One-man project of Ben Sharp.
Just gave it a first listen yesterday and it sounds pretty good to me. Instrumental, progressive.
This is his very last release to date.
You should definitely try it.
Highly recommended.
"Cloudkicker rhythmically, is heavily influenced by "Nothing" and "Catch Thirty-Three" era Meshuggah. Many of the fundamental drum patterns and the heavy use of syncopation should feel instantly familiar to the fans of either of the above albums, as well as the ultra-tight gridlock between the drums and guitars. However, on top of the angular riffing and the mechanical rhythmic patterns are layers upon layers of atmospheric melody that makes this music come across as some kind of ethereal math-metal/post-metal hybrid. Think a mixture of the rhythmic permutations of Meshuggah, the strangely dystopian melodic flights of Textures ("Drawing Circles" more so than any other album), and the winding atmospherics of bands like Isis and Long Distance Calling."
www.progarchives.com
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