Earth (American band)

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For the Japanese band, see Earth (Japanese band). For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation).
Earth
Earth live in Hamburg 2009 — Dylan Carlson
Earth live in Hamburg 2009 — Dylan Carlson
Background information
OriginOlympia, Washington, USA
GenresExperimental, drone metal, post-rock, minimalist
Years active1989–1997, 2003–present
LabelsSub Pop, No Quarter, Or, Southern Lord, Blast First/Mute
MembersDylan Carlson
Adrienne Davies
Lori Goldston
Karl Blau
Angelina Baldoz
Past membersSlim Moon
Greg Babior
Kelly Canary
Joe Preston
Ian Dickson
Dave Harwell
Sean McElligot
John Schuller
Michael McDaniel
Jonas Haskins
Don McGreevy
Steve Moore
Websitewww.thronesanddominions.com

Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by the guitarist Dylan Carlson.[1]

Earth's music is nearly all instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages. Their early work is characterized by heavy distorted droning, minimalist, lengthy, and repetitive structures; it is recognized as pioneering the genre of drone doom — an experimental offshoot of doom metal . Following a break due to Carlson's personal problems, Earth reappeared around 2005 with a markedly different sound. Their music was still drone based, slow-paced and lengthy, but now with a drummer and featuring strong elements of country music, jazz, and English folk rock.[citation needed]

Biography

Dylan Carlson founded the band in 1989 along with Slim Moon and Greg Babior, taking the title "Earth" from Black Sabbath's original name. Carlson has remained the core of the band's line-up throughout its changes. Outside of the underground music world, Carlson is perhaps best known for having been a close friend of grunge icon Kurt Cobain, as well as the person who purchased the gun that Cobain later used to commit suicide.[2] Cobain sang lead vocals in the song "Divine and Bright", from a demo included on the re-release of the live album Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars.

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
US
[3] 		US Heat.
[4]
1993 Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version
  • Released: February 3, 1993
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Format: CD, LP
 — —
1995 Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions
  • Released: April 25, 1995
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Format: CD, LP
 — —
1996 Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
  • Released: July 23, 1996
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Format: CD, LP
 — —
2005 Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method — —
2008 The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
  • Released: February 26, 2008
  • Label: Southern Lord
  • Format: CD, LP
 — —
2011 Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
  • Released: February 22, 2011
  • Label: Southern Lord
  • Format: CD, LP
 — 40
2012 Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
  • Released: February 6, 2012
  • Label: Southern Lord
  • Format: CD, LP
 — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

EPs

Year Album details
1991 Extra-Capsular Extraction
  • Released: October 18, 1991
  • Label: Sub Pop
2003 Divine and Bright
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Autofact
2007 Hibernaculum
  • Released: March 20, 2007
  • Label: Southern Lord

Live albums

Year Album details
1995 Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars
2003 070796 Live
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Autofact
2005 Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword
  • Released: January 25, 2005
  • Label: Megablade
2006 Live Hex: In a Large City on the North American Continent
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: aRCHIVE
2007 Live Europe 2006
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Southern Lord
2009 Radio Live 2007 – 2008
  • Released: September 1, 2009
  • Label: Southern Lord

Remix albums

Year Album details
2005 Legacy of Dissolution
  • Released: July 7, 2005
  • Label: Southern Lord

Splits

Year Album details
2003 Earth / KK Null
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Important
  • Other artist: KK Null
2006 Angel Coma
  • Released: March 8, 2006
  • Label: Southern Lord
  • Other artist: Sunn O)))
2007 Earth / Tribes of Neurot
2008 Earth / Sir Richard Bishop

Compilations

Year Album details
2010 A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction
  • Released: October 25, 2010
  • Label: Southern Lord

Music videos

Year Title
1996 "Tallahassee"

References

  1. ^ Scanlon, Tom (6 July 2007). "Rocker made hard choices, is back to music and life". Seattle Times.
  2. ^ "Dylan Carlson's written statement to the police". The Smoking Gun.
  3. ^ "Discography Earth". Billboard. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Earth Heatseekers Chart History". Billboard. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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