Psychogrotesque
Encyclopedia
Psychogrotesque is the fifth studio album by the Italian
/Norwegian
industrial
black metal
band Aborym
.
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fear No One Studios by Emiliano Natali, with the sound consulting of Marc Urselli (founder of The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab and sound engineer
for artists like John Zorn
, Laurie Anderson
, Lou Reed
, Eric Clapton
) at the Eastside Sound Studios in New York.
Additional
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
/Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Aborym
Aborym
Aborym is an Italian/Norwegian industrial black metal band, initially hailing from Taranto, Apulia, in Italy. The band has described their music as "alien-black-hard/industrial", whilst Allmusic described them as playing "a truly original brand of futuristic black metal [with] jagged samples,...
.
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fear No One Studios by Emiliano Natali, with the sound consulting of Marc Urselli (founder of The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab and sound engineer
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
for artists like John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
, Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
, Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
, Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
) at the Eastside Sound Studios in New York.
Track listing
- "I" - 1:56
- "II" - 5:03
- "III" - 4:05
- "IV" - 4:36
- "V" - 5:40
- "VI" - 6:14
- "VII" - 5:12
- "VIII" - 2:30
- "IX" - 2:48
- "X" - 8:43
- "X (Hidden Track)" - 2:09
Credits
- Malfeitor Fabban - Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
- Hell:I0:Kabbalus - Guitars, Keyboards
- Bård G. "Faust" Eithun - Drums
Additional
- Karyn Crisis - Additional Vocals (3, 6, 10) [Crisis, Gawk]
- Davide TisoDavide TisoDavide Tiso is a guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He originates from Padova, in Italy, but currently resides in Berkeley, California. He is a member of extreme metal band Ephel Duath, a band he started in 1998...
- Additional Guitars (2 intro, 9, 10 outro) [ Ephel DuathEphel Duath (band)Ephel Duath is an Italian progressive metal band, formed in 1998 in Padova, Italy. They have had a constantly changing line-up with guitarist and songwriter Davide Tiso, being the only original member. To date, they have released one demo, four studio albums, and two remix albums...
, Parched ] - Richard K. Szabo - Additional Electronics (9) [T.W.Z.]
- Marc "M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab" Urselli - Addictional Music (3), Beat Production (3) [The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab]
- Giulio Moschini - Guitar Solo (10) [Hour Of Penance]
- Pete Michael Kolstad Vegem - Guitar Solo (10) [ Blood TsunamiBlood Tsunami-Biography:Blood Tsunami formed in 2004 with Pete Evil, Jay, Riff Randall and Dor Amazon. The band recorded their first demo shortly thereafter and made their live performance debut on August 24, 2004 as the support act for Swedish death metal legends Entombed. That was followed by a support slot...
] - Emiliano Natali - Guitar Solo (2L), Additional Bass, Falsettos
- Narchost - Addictional Industrial Samples (5)
- Marcello Balena - Saxophone (5, 6)