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Giant Squid – Lester Stillwell
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Sacramento, United States (2002 – present)
The band was originally conceived in 2002 in Sacramento, California, after the core members, Aaron Gregory (guitar, lead vocals), Bryan Beeson (bass guitar), Bill Hughes (guitar), and Aurielle Zeitler (keyboards, vocals), had already been playing in Northern California under the monikers Koi and Namor. The band self-released its debut album ‘Metridium Field’ in 2004 through its own record label, Tyrannosaurus Records. Metridium Field contained re-recorded versions of the songs “
Revolution in the Water” and “Ampullae Of Lorenzini”, two tracks originally released locally in 2001 as a two-song CD under the band’s previous name, Namor, which featured Dave Reynolds on drums.Recording of Metridium Field started in February 2003, and now included Jason Divincenzo on drums. In addition to the two aforementioned songs, the album contained the additional tracks “
Neonate”, “Namor Versus the Siren”, “Summit”, and “Metridium Field”, as well as two non-musical tracks, “Megaptera In The Delta” and “Eating Machine”. Giant Squid hired heavy music producer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, High on Fire, Mr. Bungle, Melvins) to record and produce Metridium Field in Sacramento at the recording studio The Hangar. AJ Welham was assistant engineer for the week long session, and Brandon Oreno later recorded much of the vocals on the record. The album was mastered by Eric Broyhill at Monster Lab Audio in Sacramento. During the middle of the recording process, Aaron Gregory’s father was killed in a motorcycle accident, which delayed the eventual release until April 2004.
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The Ichthyologist
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Metridium Fields
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moatilliatta12
Sounds like Maudlin of the Well.
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ElHoffmaestro
You gotta be squidding me! I thought it was inkpossible for a band to be this tentacular!
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BoubouMacoute
"Fiirst to be eaten... YOU WILL! YOU WILL!
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marcelo_hissa
Awesome....
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aphoticapathy
Great band! :D
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PitFiend
1st time heard this evening. I bow down to the Ichthyologist ness of it all. Amazing... truly and fer real.
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ccm_
naw son the ichthyologist is the shit
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PeterCore
I love how each song on "The Ichtiologist" evolves into different kind of sea monster.
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AaronIsCrunchy
Hadn't listened to these guys for a few months until today. And now I'm asking myself... WHY?!
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PeterCore
The most underrated band in this universe? Very probably so. Surely one of the most creative and imaginative ones I have pleasure to know.
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MiasmaRising
Metridium Fields is the shallows. The Ichthyologist was the deep. Cenotes is the rock bottom.
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PostWarBlues
Very nice!
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Themiren
It's so good :O
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Metal_Ganon
Done with Cenotes, it was good, definitely much better than The Ichthyologist, but still not on level their early material.
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Massiskate
Come to Italy, please, I need you.
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GiaNXGX
Metridium fields crushes
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GiaNXGX
@p0ryg0n ; however vocals get into subjectivity , Giant Squid's Vocalist(s) is very talented , like a incredible mixture between Mastodon and System of a down's vocalists.. the female vocals ♥
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p0ryg0n
This band is really sick, but ugh the vocals
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BtBaM27
you too will eat your young
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wilko125
Just picked up 'The Ichthyologist' and 'Cenotes' from ebay, can't wait until they arrive :D
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