Sculptured

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Sculptured
Origin Bellingham, Washington, United States
Genre(s) Progressive Death Metal
Years active 1996 – Present
Label(s) The End Records
Associated acts Agalloch
Age of Silence
Especially Likely Sloth
Estradasphere
Nothing
The Deserts of Traun
Tholus
Winds
Website MySpace.com - Sculptured
Members
Don Anderson
Thomas Walling
Jason William Walton
Dave Murray
Andy Winter
See Below
Former members
Brian Yager
Burke Harris
Clint Idsinga
Chris Maycock
John Schlegel
John Haughm
See Below

Sculptured is an American experimental heavy metal band, mixing classic death and doom metal riffs and vocals to atonal segments and unexpected brass sections.

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[edit] Biography

Sculptured's unusual style is particularly evident on the first track of Apollo Ends, "Washing My Hands of It". The band also introduces classical orchestrations in some of its pieces.

The history and fate of Sculptured is inherently related to that of another folk/doom metal band, Agalloch. With the release of Ashes Against the Grain in August 2006, the future of the band was quite uncertain. Members have since then confirmed a new album was in the process of being recorded.[1]

While the band has not had a new release since 2000, a new full-length album entitled Embodiment is in the works and should be released through the band's label, The End Records.

“ Taking their influence from the musical iconoclast and prankster Charles Ives, Sculptured aims to upset death metal harmony and melody. Following in the heels of Rock in Opposition artists Henry Cow, and Dimension Hatröss-era Voivod, the band flats their fifths and sharps their sevenths for unlistenable and awkward chords. ”

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Full-length albums

[edit] Compilations

  • Until the End of Time: An End Records Compilation (1998)
  • Maiden America: Iron Maiden Tribute (1998)
  • White: Nightmares in the End: An End Records Compilation (1999)
  • Phases: the Dark Side of Music: An End Records Compilation (2002)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current members

[edit] Past members

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "News Update - Myspace Blog" February-December, 2006.
  2. ^ "The End Records - 2007 - SCULPTURED announces new drummer, album title and recording schedule" 2007.

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