Ehnahre
Ehnahre | |
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| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Avant-garde, Experimental music, Avant-garde metal, chamber music, Contemporary classical music |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Crucial Blast Records |
| Members | Ryan McGuire (vocals, bass, contrabass); Ricardo Donoso (percussion, electronics); Richard Chowenhill (guitars); Jared Redmond (pianos) |
| Past members | John Carchia, Brandon Terzakis, D.J. Murray, Tom Malone, Andrew Hock, Brendan MacDonald |
| Website | [1] |
Ehnahre is an experimental Extreme metal ensemble and contemporary composition collective based in Boston, Massachusetts. Their music incorporates elements of Contemporary classical music, Aleatoric music, Doom metal, and Death metal, and utilizes extended techniques, aleatoric rhythms, aspects of Serialism, and elements from free improvisation, contemporary chamber music, and extreme metal styles.
According to critic and composer Matthew Guerrieri, Ehnahre's music, "fueled by dissonance, constantly slips free of such genre expectations", "[unfolding] in heavy, slow-moving clouds of sound".[1] Although their compositions are fixed, usually in conventional notation, their dense rhythms, harmonies, and avoidance of repetition often draw comparisons from Free jazz and Free improvisation.[2] They do not write their own lyrics, choosing instead to set texts by great modernist poets.
Discography
Studio albums
- The Man Closing Up (2008)
- Taming the Cannibals (2010)
- Old Earth (2012)
- Douve (2015)
EPs
- Alpha/Omega (2010)
Live albums
- Pipeline (2009)
Demos
- Negative Reasoning (2001)
External links
References
- ^ Guerrieri, Matthew. "Sounds Heard: Enhahre - Old Earth". NewMusicBox.
- ^ Stepanic, Stanley. "Ehnahre - Taming the Cannibals". The Vault.