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HALLOWED BUTCHERY
Down-tempo / Metal / Psychedelic

"Grim, gloomy, great."



Maine
United States

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Member Since12/22/2004
Band Websitehttp://www.hallowedbutchery.com
Band Members!!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!! !!! End Code To Apply Top Banner !!! Ryan Scott Fairfield
InfluencesAcrimony, Amon Duul II, Arvo Part, The Beach Boys, Black Sabbath, Brian Eno, Candlemass, Carcass, Cathedral, Cocteau Twins, Comus, Dead Can Dance, Dinosaur Jr., Dio, Evoken, Eyehategod, Far Out, Flower Travellin' Band, Frank Zappa, Gene Clark, Gong, Hank Williams (Sr., Jr., & III), Hawkwind, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Judas Priest, MC5, MDC, Motorhead, Neil Young, The Obsessed, Os Mutantes, Pink Floyd, Reverend Bizarre, Sleep, Slint, The Small Faces, Spirit, Spirogyra, Tangerine Dream, T. Rex, The Zombies, The 13th Floor Elevators, Uriah Heep, and many more.
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Record LabelVendetta Records
Type of LabelIndie


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Visit the official Hallowed Butchery store to order "Funeral Rites for the Living" on vinyl or CD (or both!). Now shipping internationally!

As an added bonus, the next 20 orders will receive a free CD (while supplies last) of their choice: Njiqahdda - "Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn." (Black Metal/Noise), Panopticon - "Collapse" (Progressive Black Metal), or RQTN - "We Were... We Are" (Post-Rock). Please specify your choice in the comments section of your order.



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REVIEWS FOR "FUNERAL RITES FOR THE LIVING"

"...the songs move from stretched out expanses of tense avant-doom a la Khanate, with huge chunks of abstract riffage exploding amongst stretches of near silence, and overseen by some awesome over-the-top death metal growls, to gorgeous psychedelic folk songs that blend together flutes and acoustic guitar and dramatic male singing that definitely reminds me of the dark psych-folk like Comus and Incredible String Band." - Crucial Blast

"...Funeral is easily the most ambitious effort in the doom-metal genre in years, and shows Fairfield capable of playing any instrument (guitar, bass, drums, keyboard). Butchery blends everything from Native American rhythms to ’90s pagan black metal to acoustic ’70s folk-pop." - Las Vegas Weekly

"In just nine songs he grasps the essence of doom metal that is beyond anything I have heard in years! The fluent song structures, crazy musical ideas, deep philosophical thoughts, heartbroken passion, low tuned guitars and harsh programming in the vein of Ahab, Khanate, Earth and The Ocean are solely his! To top it all, he recorded it at home with the means he found there!" - Lords of Metal

"Macabre doom marches through riffs cast in fire and brimstone are the lifeline of this record, but don't be surprised to find the roars burning up in the atmosphere around spiritual acoustic passages, tribal flickers, odious moments of discordant nothingness and other layers of undefinable chaos. Fairfield's lyrics are thoughtful and personal, as he explores environmental themes with different shades of mournful singing and damning cries; tackling a hatred for christian extremity with the aforementioned voices of twisted preachers." - MetalReview

"Like a carnival bizarre, sections of groaning angry sludge morph into warm acoustic strumming, while moments later tribal drums and symphonics take over and push the wall of sound sky high, to later dissolve into a Neil Young cover that leaves you with that particular feeling you have after having been drugged up and drugged out for way too long." - Metal Storm

"The tools are chosen for their narrative relevance: what must be expressed? Which instrument will best serve the emotion that must be instilled? Some Pop music lines, some gloomy Funeral Doom, some Sludgy filth give way to thundering industrial modulations, melodic flute, hypnotic atonal litany, moody acoustic guitar; pagan dance goes along with cosmic ode, soft Folk with meditative drones. Hallowed Butchery’s music is primarily melodramatic, at the service of an environmental message, it proclaims love of nature and roars against the devastating human enterprises. Not in a childish way. I think that point is important: if the lyrics had been of another kind, if the themes had been different, the music wouldn’t have been shaped that way. At all." - Doom-Metal.com

"The first thing you'll notice are the trudging atonal riffs and unearthly rasps, but closer inspection reveals wisps of industrial static, droning melancholy and vague traces of forgotten folk, suggesting that while a debt may well be owed to the likes of Burning Witch and Thergothon, the album's creator is also more than au fait with the further-flung territory mapped out by the likes of Gnaw Their Tongues, Coil and Nadja." - Collective Zine

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HALLOWED BUTCHERY's Friends Comments
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Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 24 2009 5:04 AM

You will love this album, I think:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3IU3S034

Ramases - Space Hymns

Some English guy who was in the army and installed central heating systems decided to make a music project whose lyrics are from the perspective of an Egyptian pharaoh(he thought he was a reincarnation of him) with lots of lyrics about space/cosmic stuff. It's psychedelic but not as hare-brained and silly as most. Lots of good songs.
Zebulon Kosted

Zebulon Kosted



Nov 23 2009 7:21 PM

Ten Years in Space, the 2 disc Metal and Experimental Best of Zebulon Kosted, is now available from Kapustin Yar Records! These albums feature the most essential material the long time fan, or new listener to Z.K. MUST OWN! Buy each separately for $8, or both for $14, and remember the words of Sun Ra......SPACE IS THE PLACE!!!

Send Cash/Check/Money Order to -

Zebulon Kosted
P.O. Box 893
Stevensville, MT 59870
U.S.A.

Please forgive my excessive promotion, and thank you for your support :)
£leŦriKa {[|(NEW+TUNE=v3.1)|]} ╬BrazilianM£ŦAL

£leŦriKa {[|(NEW+TUNE=v3.1)|]} ╬BrazilianM£ŦAL



Nov 22 2009 8:30 PM

£leTriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check £leTriKa out!

Hugs from Brazil,
Claudio David

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[BrazilianM£TAL]

Valeu demais a força! Quando rolaumtempinho, me fala o que achou da £leTriKa. Agente junta Metal com umasparada Brasileira. Tamutendumbom feed nas rádios gringas nos quatrocontos. Mantenha contato, blz?

Grande abraço,
Claudio David
Lyset

Sebastian Rusten



Nov 19 2009 1:48 PM

Thanks! I'd be most honored to do some artwork for you, Funeral Rites For The Living is incredible!
Sebastian
PROCESSION OF AEONS [Writing/Recording]

PROCESSION OF AEONS [Writing/Recording]



Nov 17 2009 7:16 AM

Thanks a lot man, the new material we're working on right now is much more refined, and sounding awesome. Probably gonna make some DIY demos this time around, get discs printed maybe. Would you ever put a band together for HB, or do shows by yourself like old times again?
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 16 2009 10:10 PM

Ah, well, the guy I am talking to is from India, though I don't think he lives there anymore. I don't know if that would technically make it an Indian label. But there isn't a website or anything, yet. I think he's trying to get at least 7 artists on board before he does any of that. I think it's something to do with the printing press.
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 15 2009 4:40 PM

What was the name of that early metal band? Something-something-Baltimore?
PROCESSION OF AEONS [Writing/Recording]

PROCESSION OF AEONS [Writing/Recording]



Nov 13 2009 9:18 AM

I disagree that this band sounds like an eyeball opening and closing

!!!
Arms and Sleepers (PRE-ORDER FROM THE INLAND SEA!)

Arms and Sleepers (PRE-ORDER FROM THE INLAND SEA!)



Nov 13 2009 5:33 AM

MATADOR

The new full-length album from Arms and Sleepers is available now!

Featuring guest appearances by Tom Brosseau & Shelley Short, Ben Shepard & Catherine Worsham of Uzi & Ari, Philip Jamieson of Caspian, Mona Elliott of Travels, Adam Arrigo of The Main Drag, and Matt Lajoie of Cursillistas!

* North American CD version comes with a hand-made lyrics sheet (limited to 100): www.fakechapter.com/matador
* EU/UK CD version comes with the bonus track "L-Orizzont": www.expectcandy.com/releases/matador
* Japanese CD version comes with the bonus track "we're all Paris now (pt. 2)": www.fomr-d.com
* Limited edition vinyl pre-orders still available (first 100 units on gold vinyl): www.fakechapter.com/matador

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THANKS FOR LISTENING!
WDNFRA ( 150K , Thx! )

WDNFRA ( 150K , Thx! )



Nov 11 2009 8:52 AM

Thx a lot for adding us, we're almost done with the album and we posted a video of us at the studio on our page, check it out!

Keep rockin!

www.WDNFRA.com

Mat, WDNFRA
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 11 2009 2:16 AM

Noisy experimental-industrial rock/punk from the late 70's. You might like it as well because some of the songs are about zombies and vaguely post-apocalyptic stuff:

http://morbidmindz.blogspot.com/search?q=chrome
franz!ngwer

franz!ngwer



Nov 8 2009 9:13 AM

thanx for the add
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 6 2009 10:53 PM

Yeah, that's why that album is amazing, because of that song. Probably one of my new favorite 70's rock songs, especially because of the lyrics.
Endless Ink Screen Printing Solutions

Endless Ink



Nov 6 2009 4:54 AM

Sorry we couldn't leave a HTML here but please check out our space to see the deals and sample photos. We have some sick sick deals for all you band's and clothing lines. Over 6 years experience with bands and clothing lines all over the US , even stretching out to Brazil and Canada. Endless Ink is a full function screen printing shop located in an industrial location of the city , not some kids in a basement.
Flying Man and Friends

Flying Man And Friends



Nov 5 2009 2:53 PM

Thank you for adding me!
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 5 2009 4:29 AM

I'll check it out, though my computer is saying that mediafire doesn't work with my browser, which has never happened before. WEI-AHD.

By the way, DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT throw away the boxed wine. Well, you can throw away the wine itself, but I need the inside of it and the box. There is a guide online that tells about building a bagpipe using the "bladder" on the inside that holds the wine.
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 5 2009 3:18 AM

Yeah, they are interviews with Roky Erickson. Did you listen to them all the way through? He says some pretty wacky stuff. I like some of the versions of the songs better on "part 2" as well, they're a lot more noisy and manic.
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 3 2009 11:13 PM

NO, NO, NO, you have "The Evil One[Sympathy for the DEVIL]". This one is sympathy for the RECORD INNDUSTRY, not DEVIL. All the songs you have are included in part one, but part 2 is all new stuff.
Haute Magie Records

Haute Magie Records



Nov 3 2009 3:20 PM

Out now on Haute Magie Records:

HM002 - Torturing Nurse - fist a sickle / destruction output c15 cassette - $6
Cathartic and brutally harsh. Analogue noise done right
Limited to 50 copies with inserts

Still available:

HM001 - Zebulon Kosted - Novaya Zemlya c45 cassette - $6
A truly incapacitating black noise masterpiece; sounds from the snow capped mountains and barren caves of Montana
Limited to 53 copies on various coloured tapes with inserts

Visit heofthehouse.com for information, special promotions, our full distro, trades, other fun tidbits, and so on
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Nov 3 2009 4:11 AM

Would suggest:

Mark Fry - "Dreaming with Alice"

Probably the ISB-multi-instrumental-but-not-silly old acid folk you are looking for. Not a perfect album, but the song "The Witch" is pretty great.

I also got an album by Roky Erickson, called The Evil One[Sympathy for the Record Industry], which includes some different versions of those good songs, plus more. His insanity seems more present. On "Creature with the Atom Brain", instead of singing, he just rants about things that insane people rant about(murders of district attorneys by zombies, automobiles, etc.). Also has clips from some interviews which you could probably procure a good clip from.
Melankolia

Melankolia



Nov 3 2009 12:51 AM

Hello...My name is Mike. Please check out my neoclassical/dark ambient solo project Melankolia!!! Add me if you like it!!

-Mike-
He Of The House Media

He Of The House Media



Nov 2 2009 7:52 PM

Out now on He Of The House Media

HOTHCOMP001
We'll Leave the Lights On

He Of The House's very first (of many) compilation. Nineteen tracks from twenty artists, the end result of which is possibly one of the most diverse compilations I've ever heard. From soft spoken acoustic folk to raving, churning dirge tunes; from a noisy, industrial cover of a Sonic Youth song to oldschool punk from when it was still raw, fast, and unforgiving. Powerviolence peppers the grounds where spooked whispers whinny along, and the caustic words of a madman festering in his own mind play out over perpetually plucked guitar strings. A true honour it is to work with these amazing artists, and I do hope we can keep them coming back for years.

Featuring: Zombie Battle Axe, xHaroldShitmanx, Kro & Jason "EVIL" Covelli, Nemesism, Ginny Greenteeth, Don't Move, Spiral Vertigo, Chachi On Acid, Mike Bruno, Autopia, Dead Kid Harvester, Jason "EVIL" Covelli, Karmakumulator, Chelsea Wolfe, RedSK vs. teh soup rebellion, Torturing Nurse, Sleepers, Flea McGruff

Housed in handmade & handpainted paper jackets with individually original black tissue cutouts, enclosed with a button. Featuring full page insert artwork by Jason "EVIL" Covelli and a blurb about each band/artist from myself.
Limited to 45 handnumbered copies.

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Thank you
DUTCH BLACK

DUTCH BLACK



Nov 1 2009 2:41 PM




Hey check out the Debut EP from The Ghostwitch Family Band at www.gfbstuff.com. Also on Itunes!
Jared Fairfield

Jared Fairfield



Oct 30 2009 10:54 PM

I've been learning some Irish songs on my autoharp, and suddenly remembered you had a penny whistle(also Irish) and decided to read up on it. I'm pretty sure it's not garbage, but you've just been playing it wrong. You can't just blow into it, you have to almost say "too" when you blow.
Talkback

Talkback



Oct 30 2009 2:22 PM

Thanks for the add
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