Mournful doom metal with ethnic and progressive overtones and a heavy dose of melancholy. The extensive use of atmospheric keyboards, various organ sounds and chanted vocals (although a lot of the vocals are grunted) creates a solemn, mystical atmosphere on many tracks. The music also incorporates many metal riffs as well as faster and more aggressive interludes.
There are two bands with the name Gyroscope. The first is a pop punk/alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia formed in 1997 by Daniel Sanders (vocals, guitar), Zoran Trivic (guitar), Brad Campbell (bass), and Rob Nassif (drums). They recorded their first demo cassette, First, as Gyroscope Sunday in 1998, and took up playing regularly on the Perth live circuit whilst also finding time for work and school commitments. The second is a psychedelic jazz outfit from Quebec, Canada.
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Italian Gothic Metal band. The jewel DISMAL was created back in June 1995, nearby Turin, when Bradac and Parsifal joined to the call of the Earth, gradually becoming one thing with it while cultivating in an inseparable way their art and spirit. The passion and the big efforts result in a new decadent artistic experience, deeply rooted in both medieval and classic music, which soon becomes the fruit of both the visions and the sensations of their sublimation.
There seem to be four artists with this name: 1. Rhino is a Spanish sludge doom band formed in Bilbao, 2004. Now called Horn of the Rhino. With big experience on their backs and with influences of the most bestial rock, the sickest doom and the heaviest metal, born in Bilbao, Rhino, a band that delivers brutal and monolithic songs with blasting guitars, thundering apocalyptic drums and aggressive vocals.
Dark, doomy, sludge influenced hardcore from Durham in the north of England. Formed late 2011. Ltd. tape released on Runalone Records - Sold Out. Ltd. tape released on Church Of Fuck Records - Due September 2012.
Wizard's Beard are a group of filthy sludge merchants hailing from the Leeds, England. After releasing their debut album 'Pure Filth' through psycheDOOMelic, Wizard's Beard followed this up by hitting the studio again a mere 8 months later and then departing on a UK & European tour. The restuls of that 2nd trip in to the studio were released as 'Four Tired Undertakers' on Feb 10th 2012 through Altsphere productions, a european tour will follow in the summer. 'Four Tired Undertakers' was featured as Roadburns album of the day:
1) Pale Horse are a London, UK Sludge / Doom band who in 2002 released debut album "Gee, That Ain't Swell" on Dry Run Records. The band then went on Hiatus after touring the UK consistently, but recently (2007) started doing live shows again and have released a new EP called Habitual Linestepper containing 5 tracks on Eyeofsound records. "Up and down the UK London's edgiest arbiters of leftfield noisecore have been grilling audiences into submission for much of 2002.
The seeds were planted in late 2001. Four kindred souls coming from different sides of the music spectrum converged, in London, UK, to discover a common disillusionment with a local Metal underground ecosystem that seemed to operate on mundanity, technicality, brutality for its own sake and 'scene points' rather than nurturing artistic individuality, atmosphere and imagination. Several evening-time meetings (both intoxicated, and intoxicating) and extensive talks about conceptual interests, visual art and music in its many guises...
There are more than one Band with this name: 1)Voltron is a UK Funky / Chicago House / Disco band signed to Discobelle Records / Silverback Recordings 2)Voltron is a 5-piece heavy metal, sludge, noise-rock-band from Berlin, Germany. They released several albums / CDs. They performed lots of shows for about 5 years. They toured Germany with Kint in 2008.
They are signed with Raddatz Records. 3)Voltron is a cybergrind band that were on the Drum Machinegun comp put out by Relapse Records.