Behold... the Arctopus

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Hailing from New York City, Behold… The Arctopus are a 3-piece neo-avant prog metal band that pushes the absolute extremes of technical and rhythmic complexity. The band currently consists of Mike Lerner and Colin Marston, after the recent departure of the band’s original drummer Charlie Zeleny. On November 25, 2009, Weasel Walter announced that he was moving to New York City to join the band on drums and will be writing “new, more extreme material from scratch.”

Fusing free-jazz, ambient soundscapes, and experimental math metal, Behold… The Arctopus swerve from the logical to illogical with ease. The Warr Guitar, a 12-string instrument that is primarily played by tapping and covers the range of guitar and bass, is the predominant instrument. That in itself is a tremendous oddity, as you rarely ever see such an instrument used in extreme metal, much less in the leading role. There are no vocals, but the density and texturing of their material eliminates any need for words.

Behold… The Arctopus are currently signed to Metal Blade Records for their first album, entitled Skullgrid that was released on October 16th, 2007.

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mcgillroy wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

bta + weasel walter = win! can't wait.

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becker_90 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Fucking mindblowing.

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Tri-Edge92 wrote:
Monday morning

Weasel Walter of The Flying Luttenbachers will be filling in for the drums. This ought to be interesting...

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Callumsharpe wrote:
Saturday morning

Skullgrid is fucking mindblowing.

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Kretenos wrote:
last week

only one word: bad (not meaning bad, but bad meaning good)

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x_Steve_x wrote:
last month

I dont undertand anything about youre music. how is it possible to play such songs.

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almightyjoey wrote:
last month

I can't believe people are still having the technicality/goodmusic debate. It's been going on for three years. :(

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Leichengott wrote:
last month

Nope

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holychameleon wrote:
last month

Also, does anyone else think that their earlier stuff is better than most of Skullgrid?

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inconforme wrote:
last month

so technical that scares :P

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holychameleon wrote:
last month

In my opinion, the point of Arctopus' music isn't to be cohesive or to have "feeling" like the sense of a typical metal band- it's meant to be unpredictable and at times seemingly random. If they wanted to have constant grooves and feelings throughout each song (which is the thing most haters seem to have against them), they could just make typical metal or whatever type of music.

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AddictedAvi wrote:
last month

Dysrhythmia is twice as listenable as Arctopus, but half as awesome.

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Leichengott wrote:
last month

This band is godlike. Dont try to understand, just listen! An experience in rhythm. An explosion for your brains. So fucking awesome ...

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Starfox10 wrote:
last month

This definitely fucked me up a bit! I lost focus halfway through the second track of Nano-Nucleonic.... you know the rest. Good stuff, but needs moar groove and a little less pomp.

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chilledvondub wrote:
last month

amazingly good

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THXmille138 wrote:
last month

"Totalitarian systems don't like dissonance.'' Gyorgy Ligeti

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unholymassacre wrote:
October 2009

Maybe they can think about writing songs for a change instead of abusing the Warr guitar nonstop.

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ERRORist_404 wrote:
October 2009

OMG WTF :D

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SerpentLazarus wrote:
October 2009

Seems like they've been on hiatus for a while. Hopefully they're testing some drummers out during whatever free time they might have.

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Screaminguy wrote:
October 2009

this music is confusing, complex, and i fucking love it

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