Wolf Age - Muziek

Skullflower One Of The Most Important And Influential British Noise Bands Formed In 1988. They Are Eternally Led By Matthew Bower Pure Total Sunroof! Hototogisu Mirag The Current Lineup Featuring Lee 'Culver' Stokoe And Samantha Davies. Recent Studio Recordings And Concerts Have Featured Original Drummer/vocalist Stuart Dennison. The Band Originally Evolved From A Group Of Occasional Floating Players Working Under Various Guises Which Became Skullflower Prior To The Release Of The Debut "Birthdeath" EP On Broken Flag Records In 1988. This First Record Featured The Following Line-Up Stefan Jaworzyn Gary Mundy Of The Seminal RAMLEH Matthew Bower And Stuart Dennison. The First Full-Length Skullflower Album "Form Destroyer" Released On Broken Flag Records In 1989 Re-Released With Extra Tracks As "Ruins" On Shock Records In 1990 Featured The Same Central Line Up Alongside Additional Musicians Including Anthony Di Franco RAMLEH AX Novatron On Bass And Stephen Thrower Coil On Drums 2 Tracks . The Follow-Up Album "Xaman" Was Released On Stefan Jaworzyn's Shock Imprint In 1990. Featured Mathew Bower Guitar/Bass Stuart Dennison Drums /Vocals Stefan Jaworzyn's Guitar And Alex Binnie International Tatto Guru Bass . However Creative Tensions Within The Band Soon Lead To Jaworzyn Leaving Following It's Release. In 1991 Skullflower Entered The Studio To Record The "Third Gatekeeper" Album The Line-Up This Time Featuring Matthew Bower Guitar Stuart Dennison Drums Vocal Piano Guitar And Anthony Di Franco Bass . The Album Was Released In 1992 On HeadDirt And Re-Released In 2007 On Crucial Blast Records. Shortly After This Lp Anthony Di Franco Was Replaced By Russell Smith Guitars Ex Terminal Cheesecake God A.R.Kane For The Following Releases. Over The Years The Group's Style Has Changed Considerably. Their Earlier Releases Drew Influence From Industrial And Psychedelic Scenes Forming A Minimalist Wall Of Guitar Squall Distorted Vocals And Tribal Drumming. They Later Evolved Into A Free Form Noise/jazz/improv Outfit Abandoning Traditional Song Structure And Including Instruments Like Chinese Horns. In 1996 Bower And Dennison Ended Skullflower. Bower Got Involved With Other Bands Mostly Noise Projects Whilst Dennison Continued To Play With Ramleh Until It's 1997/8 Dissolution. In 2002 Bower Brought Skullflower Out Of Retirement And Released Several New Recordings. Styles Range From Early Skullflower Exquisite Fucking Boredom To Drone-Noise Orange Canyon Mind And Tribulation . The More Recent Recordings 'Desire For A Holy War' 'Pure Imperial Reform' And Triple Cd 'Circulus Vitiosus Deus' Are Blackened Noisescapes Situated Between Wagnerian Pomp And Lofi Blackmetal Buzz Dronemetal But Without The Bass Heavy Drones A La Sunn O / Earth. May 2009 - The New Skullflower Album "Malediction" Studio Recording Featuring The Line-Up Of Matthew Bower Samantha Davies Voltigeurs Lee Stokoe Culver And Stuart Dennison Ramleh Original Skullflower Back On Drums And Vocals Has Just Been Released On Second Layer Records . Three Long Tracks Of Blackened Guitar Wall. No One Is Making Music That Sounds Like This. read less