Martyr

[jimbobhickville]

Trapped, I finally checked out Martyr. Pretty damn good so far. If you like these guys, check out Lethargy. Very similar, but Lethargy is a little more insane.

It is you who is always talking about Martyr, right?

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

...There is some awesome stuff by Martyr. Which album did you listen to?

Lethargy... hmm... i'll give 'em a spin.

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

I just checked Lethargy out.

They are australian... right?? They're pretty good, but they aren't as crazy as martyr, sorry.

Thanks for the band plug...!

 

[jimbobhickville]

no, Lethargy are from Rochester, NY, from what I understand. They broke up a year or 2 ago. I downloaded both Martyr CDs, but I was just listening to songs as they got done. I'll put them in order so I can really listen to them. Which Lethargy songs did you get (some are more chaotic than others)?

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

no, Lethargy are from Rochester, NY, from what I understand

Maybe i found the wrong band?? There is an australian 'semi-technical' death-metal band from perth(?) that i found. They're okay, but nothing great.

I'll have another look for another band of the same band.

 

[Jody42147]

Yes Lethargy is from Rochester. Actually Matt-man's (my fiance) cousin is the drummer for them. He has tattoos and piercings EVERYWHERE (& talks about them (owwie!!) We have a copy of their CD, but it is definitely not my style, maybe some of you guys would like it. It is some crazy thrashy stuff. Actually I am surprised you brought them up, because I thought they were unknowns....

HMMMM.....guess not!

 

[jimbobhickville]

Which CD? The Discography '93-'99 one? I'd definitely be interested; I've been looking for it for a while.

 

[jimbobhickville]

Trapped, if you'd like I can email you a couple .mp3s. They are harder to locate; I looked for a long time and only found about 10 or so.

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

...Thanks...

Song names:

This Persistence Unknown...
The entombment...

Is this them?

 

[jimbobhickville]

yes, but that isn't their best stuff.

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

It's pretty straightforward... It's almost like a 'technical' nu-metal band.

I've downloaded a few songs, but i'm not sure of the albums they come from, or what albums they have released...

This Persistance Unkown
The Entombment
Thread
Soil
Erased

There is a few more, but no song names..

What songs/albums should i check out?

 

[jimbobhickville]

Subtle, Stitch, and Careborne are probably my favorite songs. Listening to it again, it isn't as similar to Martyr as I remember, but it is still some nice chaotic technical thrash. From what I understand, they released one CD, then compiled it with a bunch of demos into a "Discography '93 - '99" CD.

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

Cool, I'll have a look for it.

it's not bad, it's kindof like 'Jazz-Thrash', not really that technical, but lots of time changes here and there, so it's pretty good.

 

[jimbobhickville]

The guitars aren't so technical, but the drumming is good. And that's what I look for most often

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

I'm opposite, i'm a guitarist. That's why i love Martyr so much...

 

[jimbobhickville]

Yeah, I know. I remembered that after the recommendation. The guitars are still good in Lethargy, but the drums are what win me over. I normally don't like the hardcore style vocals, but sometimes I can take them.

Later.

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

The drummer is pretty good, yeah.

The vocalist is terrible tho, and the guitars aren't that great. Simple stuff... There's some pretty good ideas here and there tho.

 

[Jody42147]

Originally posted by jimbobhickville
Which CD? The Discography '93-'99 one? I'd definitely be interested; I've been looking for it for a while.

I was going to reply last night, but I kept getting kicked out with the god damn script errors. FUcking explorer!!! ARRGGG!!

Anyways, we have It's hard to Write with a Small Hand (1996). And I was wrong about something. Eric plays guitar and sings for this band, but he also plays drums in another band Cannabis. I guess they are playing here in Rochester this week or something, (Cannabis).

Track List of the Lethargy CD is:
Careborne
Humor Me
Create
Spill
Erased
Medley
Spineless
Thread
Among
Humorless

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