Disharmonic Orchestra is an Austria

Austria

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Death metal

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Grindcore

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 band that was formed in Klagenfurt, in 1987. Two demos were recorded. A gig in Germany with Pungent Stench led to a deal with Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

 in 1989. The first outcome of that deal was a split with country-mates Pungent Stench

Pungent Stench

Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous death metal band from Vienna, Austria, which formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc , El Gore , and Alex Wank...

. After they released two full-length albums with Nuclear Blast they signed a new deal and released their third album on Steamhammer. The albums sound rather different from each other. The band took a break in 1994 . This timeout lasted until 2002 after their debut album Expositionsprophylaxe had been re-issued. A new album was recorded, titled Ahead.

Members

• Patrick Klopf - Guitars, Vocals (1987-2000-)
• Martin Messner - Drums (1987-2000-)
• Herwig Zamernik - Bass (1988-2000-2008)
• Hoimar Wotawa - Bass (2008-)

Discography

• The Unequalled Visual Response Mechanism (Demo, 1988)
• Requiem for the Forest (Demo, 1988)
• Split with Pungent Stench
  Pungent Stench
  Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous death metal band from Vienna, Austria, which formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc , El Gore , and Alex Wank...
  
   (EP, 1989)
• Successive Substitution
  Successive Substitution
  Successive Substitution is an EP by Disharmonic Orchestra. It was released in 1989 by Nuclear Blast.-Track listing:#"Inexorable logic" – 3:55#"Unsupported by evidence" – 2:22#"Successive substitution" – 4:08...
  
  (EP, 1989)
• Disappeared With Hermaphrodite Choirs (Compilation LP, 1990) on Witchhunt Records - Believe in Church and Agonize
• Disharmonisation (Compilation LP, 1990)Witchhunt Records - Believe in Church and Agonize
• Expositionsprophylaxe
  Expositionsprophylaxe
  Expositionsprophylaxe is the debut album by Disharmonic Orchestra. It was released in 1991 by Nuclear Blast Records.-Track listing:# "Introphylaxe" – 1:32# "Inexorable Logic" – 3:17# "Life Disintegrating" – 2:22...
  
  (CD, 1990)
• Not to be Undimensional Conscious
  Not to be Undimensional Conscious
  -Credits:*Martin M. - Drums*Patrick K. - Voice & guitar*Herwig Z. - Bass*Recorded & mixed at Sunlight Studio, Stockholm in Jan. 1992 by Tomas Skogsberg*Produced by Disharmonic Orchestra & Tomas Skogsberg*Executive production by Markus Staiger...
  
  (CD, 1992)
• Mind Seduction (Single, 1992)
• Pleasuredome (CD, 1994)
• Ahead (CD, 2002)

External links

• Official website
• Disharmonic Orchestra at MySpace
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• Disharmonic Orchestra at Purevolume
  PureVolume
  PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...