Metridium Fields
Giant Squid
2006
Metridium Fields is a Electronic album by Giant Squid, originally released in 2006. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Electronic
About
prefixmag.com: Metridium Fields is an eating machine, swallowing broad swaths of the musical panorama and squeezing out a dinosaur dump of mythic proportions. The general sound is as much brachiosaurus as elusive sea beast -- plodding dropped-tuned sludge metal walking side-by-side with Arabian instrumentals and forlorn indie-rock songwriting. Plaintive trumpet lines burble up unexpectedly, adding to the gloom from analog synthesizer drones and one-fingered power chords. Mastodon may have its great white whale, but Metridium Fields proves there's room for more than one leviathan in the Eclectic Metal Sea. Engineered by Billy Anderson (High on Fire, Melvins, Mr. Bungle) and .
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Tracklist
- 1Megaptera In the Delta0:50
- 2Neonate6:39
- 3Versus the Siren9:24
- 4Ampullae of Lorenzini9:16
- 5Summit6:39
- 6Eating Machine0:55
- 7Revolution In the Water5:33
- 8Metridium Fields21:09
Credits
Performers
- Bryan BeesonBASS
- Michael ConroyDRUMS
- Tim ConroyTRUMPET
- Aaron GregoryVOCALS GUITAR BANJO
- Aurielle GregoryVOCALS GUITAR BANJO
- Jason Rufuss SewellSYNTHESIZER ORGAN
- Andy SouthardSYNTHESIZER KEYBOARDS
6 pressings tracked on Gatefold