Orthrelm

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Existing somewhere on the overlapping flanges of extreme metal, avant-garde jazz, and progressive rock, the Washington, D.C.-based duo Orthrelm specializes in intricately composed guitar-drum instrumentals of vast, almost alien complexity. The band formed in mid-2000 when guitarist Mick Barr (formerly one half of Crom-Tech) sent drummer Josh Blair, then based in New York, a tape of songs he had been working on over the last several years and wanted to put to rest. Blair then came up with drum parts to go along with what Barr had sent him and the results...[more]

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Orthrelm

Iorxhscimtor (2004)

Mick Barr plays guitar (very fast). Josh Blair plays drums (very well). Mick was in the duo Crom Tech (Ixor Stix, Slowdime, Gravity) and has a solo double CD under the name Octis (Peterbilt). Orthrelm have toured with The Locust and The Thrones.

CD $9.99

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Orthrelm/Touchdown

Orthrelm/Touchdown [Split CD] (2002)

This is an excellent split CD pairing two instrumental duos doing some astounding things, despite their seemingly limiting instrumentation. Orthrelm (Mick Barr on distorted, treble-heavy guitar and Josh Blair on drums) checks in first with four untitled tracks totaling about 13 minutes. Nearly overwhelming in their detail and information density, these songs are firmly within Orthrelm' s by-now distinctive personal idiom, sounding like a cross between high energy '60s free jazz (due to the dr [ read more ]

CD $9.48

Orthrelm

Ov (2005)

DC's Orthrelm is Mick Barr (Crom-tech, Quix*o*tic, Octis and more) on guitar and Josh Blair (ABCS, WWIII, Supersystem) on drums. With three full-lengths under their belt, they join the Ipecac Recordings roster with OV, a one-track album that spans 45-minutes and multiple musical genres. With OV, Orthrelm embraces repetition.... sort of. While metal still undeniably influences Mick and Josh's music, this new recording equally evokes flavors of the Middle East and the early minimalism of Tony Conrad.

CD $5.00

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Orthrelm

Iorxhscimtor (2004)

VINYL FORMAT! Mick Barr plays guitar very fast. Josh Blair plays drums very well. Mick was in the duo Crom Tech (Ixor Stix, Slowdime, Gravity) and has a solo double cd under the name Octis (Peterbilt.) Orthrelm have toured with The Locust and The Thrones, and will tour for the month of Novermer.

LP $9.99

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Orthrelm

Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln (2004)

RESTOCK. Here you have two shred wizards from Hebron, MD, making every hesher shit himself with the sickest and most twisted sounds to ever hit planet Earth. This bad boy of an album is like one long solo, telling (somewhat of) a story without words, making every musician want to stop playing "music" and scare the crap out of the entire human race. These ex-members/ current members of CROM TECH, ABC'S, and QUIXOTIC mix their influences of death metal, avant-jazz, modern classical, and world music on this al [ read more ]

CD $14.99

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