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Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Doom Metal |
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Page online:
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February 15, 2016
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Last update/review:
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September 18, 2017
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Blackfinger
Eric Wagner was the distinctive and iconic vocalist for the mighty
Trouble
back in the day, the Chicago band ruling the doom scene until he
left and the band went quiet around 1995.
Since then, however, he hadn't done a lot, quietly releasing an album
with the
Lid
project back in 1997 and then briefly returning to Trouble for their
comeback-of-sorts album (
Simple Mind Condition) in 2007.
Finally, word came out concerning a new project named Blackfinger, and
several years later a self-titled album was released in 2014.
Comparisons to Trouble are inevitable and occasionally are valid
(there are a few up-tempo numbers reminiscent of later Trouble), but
more often than not,
Blackfinger shows a far more
somber, reflective band at work, even though Wagner's vocal style really
hasn't changed much over the years.
A commendable effort from a long-missed metal veteran.
Current Members
Terry Weston
guitars (ex-Dream Death, ex-Penance)
Matthew Tuite
guitars
Matthew Cross
bass
David Snyder
drums
Former Members/Guests
Eric Wagner
vocals (ex-Lid, ex-The Skull, ex-Trouble) RIP: August 22, 2021, COVID-19, age 62
Rico Bianchi
guitars
Douglas Hakes
guitars
Ben Smith
bass
Larry Piatz
drums
Discography
Blackfinger
2014
Church Within
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- I Am Jon
- Yellowood
- Why God
- On Tuesday Morning
- As Long as I'm with You
- Here Comes the Rain
- Keep Fallin Down
- My Many Colored Days
- For One More Day
- All the Leaves Are Brown
- Till Death Do Us Part
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Eric Wagner
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Rico Bianchi
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Douglas Hakes
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Ben Smith
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Larry Piatz
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When Colors Fade Away
2017
M-Theory
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- When Colors Fade Away
- Can I Get a Witness
- All My Sorrow
- My Old Soul
- After-now
- Crossing the River
- Beside Still Water
- Waiting for the Sun
- Till We Meet Again
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Eric Wagner
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Terry Weston
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Matthew Tuite
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Matthew Cross
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David Snyder
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