Virus
This bizarre Norwegian combo has strong ties to
Ved Buens Ende
(in fact, the short-lived VBE reformation was
largely a reincarnation
of Virus, and when that reformation ended, Virus
officially re-launched),
though the styles of the two bands are somewhat
dissimilar.
Their sole album
Carheart, released in 2003, is
as odd as its song titles suggest
("Gum, Meet, Mother",
"Kennel Crash Recovery", etc), but while it
shares the dissonance and strangeness that
VBE had, somehow this album seems a bit more
focused and, well, better (or, perhaps, a revisit
to that old VBE album is in order).
Basically this is a curious form of jazzy
art/post-black metal with rather meandering vocals
and a sort of lazy experimentalism that is actually
refreshing in this age of *-core bludgeoning.
A new album, said to resemble VBE as much if not
more than
Carheart, is in the works.
Discography
Carheart
2003
Jester
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- Something Furry This Way Comes
- Carheart
- Queen of the Hi-Ace
- Road
- Gum, Meet, Mother
- Dogs With Wheels
- It's All Gone Weird
- Kennel Crash Recovery
- Hustler
- Bandit
- Be Elevator
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The Black Flux
2008
Season Of Mist
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- Stalkers of the Drift
- As Virulent as You
- Lost Peacocks
- The Black Flux
- Intermission: The Ocean Highway
- Inward Bound
- Archives
- Shame Eclipse
- Strange Calm
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Reviews: Sea Of Tranquility
Lords Of Metal
The Agent That Shapes The Desert
2011
self-released
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- The Agent That Shapes the Desert
- Continental Drift
- Chromium Sun
- Red Desert Sand
- Intermission: Furnace Creek
- Dead Cities of Syria
- Where the Flame Resides
- Parched Rapids
- Call of the Tuskers
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Reviews: Metal Review
Lords Of Metal
(EP) Oblivion Clock
2012
Duplicate
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- Oblivion Clock
- Inverted Escape
- The Pull of the Crater
- Gaslight Exit
- Saturday Night Virus
- Seen in the Sediments
- Shutout
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