tD - voX/theremiN/fX and mania, tmill- guitarS and band psychotherapist/fX, j2- percussion and ADD
Influences
Pantera, Mr. Bungle, Alice in Chains, Queensryche, Slayer, Tool, Mudvayne, The Doors, Van Halen, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Faith No More, Aphex Twin, Frank Zappa, Ephel Duat, Soulfly... and much more
Sounds Like
audioblacK is a darkly ferocious band that meshes metal, jazz and noise with entrancing FX and puzzling theatrics making them one of the unique and mesmerizing bands you'll ever experience.
audioblacK performs "Slither Eat and Shit" at their second annual fetish ball @ Geno's, October 6th 2007. Video courtesy of Lenny Smith
Audioblack~Slither...
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420-07 live @ Geno's, Portland, Maine -Marrijane Magazine Release Party, audioblacK performs "Shatterable", video courtesy of Lenny Smith
audioblacK performs "Forget the Sun" live @ The Linwood in Boston, July 10th, 2003 after winning the WBCN PureRockFury.com contest. Video courtesy of The Entertainment Experiment.
In 1995 guitarist tmill met Vocalist TD through the formation of P6 with the late, great drummer Dave Rankin (6-Gig, Vampire Lesbos). P6 was a frenetic mix of musical styles which never saw the light of day but planted the seed for what was later to become audioblacK.
Fast forward to 1999, tmill, who never forgot the unique chemistry of the P6 project, tracks down TD to re-open the dialogue of musical experimentation that had begun four years earlier. A style of writing that incorporates metal, industrial, jazz, noise, FX layers and lyrical alchemy, a style which has gone through an evolution of names and descriptions i.e. neurotic metal, psychoactive metal and most recently hallucinogenic metal.
In the following months tmill and TD write feverishly and recruit drummer J2 and original bassist JBeals. On Halloween night 2000 the four of them seal the deal and choose the name audioblacK beginning a four year run, the highlights of which include: releasing a self-titled EP on Beatdown MusicK ( a record label started by the Bangedup?com boys ), winning a PureRockFury.com contest to open for Haste the Day at The Linwood in Boston and shooting the video for "Forget the Sun" at that show ( special thanks to EntertainmentExperiment.com ), winning The Portland Phoenix/FNX "Best Live Act" award and opening for Mudvayne at The State Theatre in Portland, Maine.
In the summer of 2005 bassist Jbeals left the band on good terms to pursue other interests while the remaining members got busy writing new music and looking for the new audioblacK bassist.
In the Fall of 2005 ( sick-fucking ) bassist Canada LaFrench ( Confusatron, No ) joined audioblacK, kicking the over-all chemistry of the band into high gear. On April 29th, 2006 audioblacK played a propulsive comeback show to a packed Alehouse in Portland, featuring three new songs written with LaFrench and the new sights and sounds of TD's Theremin/Power-Glove combo: an electronic glove/gauntlet which TD uses to trigger samples, strobe lights, and other auditory hallucinations remotely and on the fly ( VERY special thanks to Brian Leone and Joe Paulus ).
Yo! anybody home??? You guys still alive??? This summer totally sucked, My now ex-girlfriend and I broke up and there was no shows at all, nobody wants to come to Maine anymore! I see only 3 names in the band members section, do we have a man down? Anyway I figured I'd finally check in with ya'll to let you know I still give a shit and hope all is well (I figured I'd wait for updates so it doesn't sound like i'm dick ridin or nothin).
.. Hi there audioblacK first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people you can click the link below to visit our profile which wlil provide you with more information and also give you the link to our website! I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
I probably won't be able to make the show Thursday, I gotta work the next morning. I had to learn my lesson the hard way 2 weeks ago the day after The Konami Kode show!
Need studio time but really strapped for cash?, just contact me and name your own rate, We are willing to work within your budget.
Due to Home studios and the price of gas, many are turning into "Do It Yourself-ers" not realizing the full potential of an acoustically tuned room, and engineers with years of experience mixing and mastering. Thanks again.
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