Orthrelm

Orthrelm
Origin	Washington, D.C., USA
Genres	Avant-garde rock, math rock, avant-garde metal, technical metal, experimental
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Ipecac Recordings Three One G Troubleman Unlimited Tolotta Records Crucial Blast
Website	Official website
Members
Mick Barr (guitar) Josh Blair (drums)

Orthrelm is an American avant-garde band from Washington, D.C..

Biography

Orthrelm is a duo with Mick Barr on guitar and Josh Blair on drums, experimenting in many forms of unconventional songwriting styles and musical concepts in general.

The band's members have released a few notable and significant releases since Orthrelm's inception, with projects such as Crom-Tech and Barr's solo side-project Octis. For example, their 2002 release Asristir Vieldriox is 13 minutes long with a total of 99 songs, each one averaging between 5 and 15 seconds in length.^[1] In contrast, the OV album features a single, 45-minute track based on extremely intense repetition, marrying the speed of grindcore and the repetition of Terry Riley's brand of minimalism.^[2] The band have been chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they will curate in May 2011.^[3]

Discography

Albums

• Iorxhscimtor (2001; Tolotta Records)
• Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthilnv (2002; Three One G)
• OV (2005; Ipecac Recordings)

EPs

• Asristir Vieldriox (2002; Troubleman Unlimited)

Split Albums

• Touchdown/Orthrelm (2002; Troubleman)

Split EPs

• Orthrelm/Behold... the Arctopus (2006; Crucial Blast Releases)

References

1. ^ Official Orthrelm website, as of July 13, 2007
2. ^ "The History of Rock Music. Orthrelm: biography, discography, reviews..." by Piero Scaruffi, 2003
3. ^ ATP: All Tomorrow's Parties