Behold The Arctopus
With a name like Behold The Arctopus
(actually Behold ... The Arctopus until recently),
song titles containing
words like "exospacial" and "amusia", and no vocals, you can
bet this is some pretty out-there music.
Colin Marston is no stranger to bizarre metal, as he's also the
bassist in another weirdo instrumental band
(
Dysrhythmia),
but if anything these guys are even more chaotic, at times
approaching a vocal-less
The Dillinger Escape Plan.
And if that wasn't enough, Marston plays an odd instrument
called a Warr guitar, apparently a 12-stringed beast that
one plays primarily by tapping, covering both bass and guitar
ranges.
There's some amazing technical musicianship going on, but
despite their goal of being an accessible band, they often fall
into the same trap that many a technical band has (particularly on
early releases), that being that the wizardry overshadows
the songs themselves -- a bit of groove and restraint could go
a long way here.
That said, there's enough musical dexterity to satisfy any
tech-metalhead, which is clearly the target audience.
Discography
Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
EP
2005
Troubleman
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- Exospacial Psionic Aura
- Estrogen/Pathogen Exchange Program
- Sensory Amusia
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Colin Marston
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Mike Lerner
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Charlie Zeleny
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Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
2006
Blackmarket
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- Exospacial Psionic Aura
- Estrogen/Pathogen Exchange Program
- Sensory Amusia
- Alcholocaust
- You Will Be Reincarnated As An Imperial Attack Spaceturtle
- Alcoholacaust (Live)
- You Will Be Reincarnated As An Imperial Attack Spaceturtle (Live)
- Exospacial Psionic Aura (Live)
- Sensory Amusia (Live)
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Colin Marston
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Mike Lerner
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Charlie Zeleny
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Skullgrid
2007
Blackmarket
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- Skullgrid
- Canada
- Of Cursed Womb
- You Are Number Six
- Some Mist
- Scepters
- Transient Exuberance
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Colin Marston
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Mike Lerner
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Weasel Walter
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Horrorscension
2012
Blackmarket
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- Disintegore
- Monolithic Destractions
- Horrorsentience
- Deluge of Sores
- Putrefuckiton
- Annihilvore
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Colin Marston
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Mike Lerner
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Weasel Walter
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Cognitive Emancipation
EP
2016
independent
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- Obnoxiousing in Irritation
- Exasperating the Idiotic
- Resummon the Unreaching
- Cognitive Emancipation
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Colin Marston
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Mike Lerner
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Jason Bauers
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Hapeleptic Overtrove
2020
Willowtip
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- Quithtion
- Adult Contemporary
- Telepathy Apathy
- Blessing in Disgust
- Forgotten Explanations
- Other Realms
- Perverse. Esoteric. Different.
- Hapeleptic Perspective Respect
- Quithtion Overtrove
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Colin Marston
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Mike Lerner
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Jason Bauers
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