Mouth of the Architect
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Mouth of the Architect is an American atmospheric post-metal
band from Dayton, Ohio
, creating music influenced by and similar to Neurosis
, Isis
, Pelican
, Cult of Luna
, and various post-metal bands.
in 2004 to positive reviews.
Soon after the band released a split with label mates Kenoma in 2006, Vernon left, leaving Lahm to record all the guitar parts on their second album The Ties That Blind
which was released in August, and featured Brent Hinds
of Mastodon
on guest vocals on one track, and bass from Brian Cook of Botch
, Russian Circles
, and These Arms are Snakes
. To support The Ties That Blind, the band toured extensively around the United States, first with These Arms Are Snakes
in late 2006, then with 400 Blows and Unsane
in May and June 2007.
Their latest album, Quietly, was recorded after Lahm in turn left the band, with Vernon returning alongside newcomer Steve Brooks to jointly handle guitars and vocals, with Kevin Schindel providing bass. Soon after the release of the album by Translation Loss Records, Vernon left yet again, with Schindel filling the guitar void.
Schindel, Vernon, Mann and Brooks have been members of the band Twelve Tribes
at various points in the past.
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
band from Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, creating music influenced by and similar to Neurosis
Neurosis (band)
Neurosis is a post-metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music...
, Isis
Isis (band)
Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
, Pelican
Pelican (band)
Pelican is a post-metal quartet from Chicago, Illinois.-Biography and description:The band is known for its dense combinations of different melodies and extended track lengths. Its distinctive sound draws from stoner rock, doom metal, post-rock, and other influences...
, Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå. They formed from the remnants of a Umeå hardcore punk band called Eclipse in 1998. They slowly garnered critical appreciation and underground popularity with early releases Cult of Luna and The Beyond ; however, it is 2004's Salvation that can...
, and various post-metal bands.
Biography
Mouth of the Architect formed in 2003 with the lineup of Jason Watkins, Gregory Lahm, Dave Mann, Alex Vernon, and Derik Sommer. They released their first album Time and WitheringTime and Withering
Time and Withering is the debut album of Atmospheric sludge metal band Mouth of the Architect....
in 2004 to positive reviews.
Soon after the band released a split with label mates Kenoma in 2006, Vernon left, leaving Lahm to record all the guitar parts on their second album The Ties That Blind
The Ties That Blind
The Ties That Blind is the second studio album by the Atmospheric sludge metal band Mouth of the Architect.-Track listing:# "Baobab "# "No One Wished To Settle Here "# "Carry On "# "Harboring An Apparition "...
which was released in August, and featured Brent Hinds
Brent Hinds
Brent Hinds is an American guitarist/singer best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he shares guitar duties with Bill Kelliher and vocal duties with Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor....
of Mastodon
Mastodon (band)
Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band is composed of bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor...
on guest vocals on one track, and bass from Brian Cook of Botch
Botch (band)
Botch was a four-piece mathcore band from Tacoma, Washington, United States, that formed in 1993 and disbanded in 2002.-History:The band released two full-length albums and a handful of smaller releases including several singles and an EP. Its members went on an indefinite hiatus to form Roy,...
, Russian Circles
Russian Circles
Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental rock/metal band from Chicago. Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to soft delicate passages...
, and These Arms are Snakes
These Arms Are Snakes
These Arms Are Snakes was an American post-hardcore band that formed in 2002 and featured former members of Botch and Kill Sadie. The band was known for their intense live shows, which often feature vocalist Steve Snere crowd surfing and spending a large portion of the live performance in the...
. To support The Ties That Blind, the band toured extensively around the United States, first with These Arms Are Snakes
These Arms Are Snakes
These Arms Are Snakes was an American post-hardcore band that formed in 2002 and featured former members of Botch and Kill Sadie. The band was known for their intense live shows, which often feature vocalist Steve Snere crowd surfing and spending a large portion of the live performance in the...
in late 2006, then with 400 Blows and Unsane
Unsane
Unsane is an influential noise rock trio that formed in New York City in 1988. Their music also touches on elements of hardcore punk and metal...
in May and June 2007.
Their latest album, Quietly, was recorded after Lahm in turn left the band, with Vernon returning alongside newcomer Steve Brooks to jointly handle guitars and vocals, with Kevin Schindel providing bass. Soon after the release of the album by Translation Loss Records, Vernon left yet again, with Schindel filling the guitar void.
Schindel, Vernon, Mann and Brooks have been members of the band Twelve Tribes
Twelve Tribes (band)
Twelve Tribes was a metalcore band, from Dayton, Ohio, USA. Originally established in 1998, the group is currently signed to the independent record label Ferret Music...
at various points in the past.
Discography
- Time and WitheringTime and WitheringTime and Withering is the debut album of Atmospheric sludge metal band Mouth of the Architect....
CD (2004, Translation Loss) - split EP with Kenoma (2006, Translation Loss)
- The Ties That BlindThe Ties That BlindThe Ties That Blind is the second studio album by the Atmospheric sludge metal band Mouth of the Architect.-Track listing:# "Baobab "# "No One Wished To Settle Here "# "Carry On "# "Harboring An Apparition "...
CD (2006, Translation Loss) - For the SickFor the SickFor the Sick is the title of the various artist tribute album to one of the most influential sludge metal bands, Eyehategod. It was released through Emetic Records on March 20, 2007.-CD 1:...
(EyehategodEyehategodEyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...
tribute album, 2007, Emetic Records) - QuietlyQuietlyQuietly is the third studio album by the Atmospheric sludge metal band Mouth of the Architect."Generation of Ghosts" features vocals by Julie Christmas .-Track listing:# "Quietly" - 10:34...
CD (July 22, 2008, Translation Loss) - The Violence Beneath EP (April 17, 2010, Translation Loss)
Members
- Jason Watkins – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, samplesSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically... - Dave Mann – drums
- Steve Brooks – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals - Kevin Schindel – guitar, vocals
- Joe Lester- bass guitar
Former members
- Alex Vernon – guitar, vocals
- Gregory Lahm – guitar, vocals
- Derik Sommer – bass guitar
- Brian Cook - bass guitar (session musician on The Ties That Blind) (Botch, These Arms Are Snakes)
- Zach Pahl - bass guitar
- Dan Wilburn - guitar
- John Lakes - bass guitar, vocals
- Evan Danielson - bass guitar