The Music of Bandwhore
The music exists as 3 main parts:
I. “Artforms of Butchery”
II. “Self-Fulfilling Prophecies”
III. “Epoch of the Ancients”
*early artwork for Bandwhore by Mark Cooper.
***BANDWHORE Music & Line-ups in Excruciating Detail***
The music is basically 3 segmented works; AOB, SFP’s, & EOTA.
*AOB is made up of several variations on a theme. The theme being the the first 13 song album, of the 1st set, titled “Artforms Of Butchery”. 13+ full album variations in this set.
**SFP’s consists of 4 more albums with the same song orders and titles as the AOB sets, but have completely different structures and musicians. 4 albums in this set
***EOTA is a traditional black/death metal album with more even and typical song structures. 1 album set.
The song order/titles are identical across the entire project (except for EOTA), so each song also belongs to its ‘own album set. The song order is as follows:
1) Song 13
2) Analgesia
3) Artforms Of Butchery
4) Devoured
5) Insectile
6 Sickened
7) Circle
8 FuckYou
9) Wrath
10) Path
11) Profane
12) Self Fulfilling Prophecy
13) Song 13 Reverse
The (AOB) ArtformS Of Butchery Variations
AOB1 Artforms of butchery (1 hour 9 minutes)
Artforms of Butchery is 13 tracks of brutal death metal, with elements of grindcore, black metal, thrash, slam, and atmospheric styles mixed in with equal parts virtuosity and brutality. There are 4 variations of drums which are interchangeable across this entire AOB set. So you get 4 x 13+ albums. This is the first album of the entire project.
~songs and the musicians.
1) Song 13- DerekRoddy drums -AntonZhikharev bass -JimRoss guitars -BrianFitzgerald vocals -PaulWardingham 1st Solo - AdamArmaganian 2nd Solo
2) Analgesia- DerekRoddy drums -MikePoggione bass - JimRoss guitars -FloydWinters vocals & 1st Solo -BenDavis vocals -JohnTyler 2nd Solo
3) Artforms Of Butchery- Shawna Leigh intro -DerekRoddy drums -DominicForestLapointe bass - JimRoss guitars -MikeHrubvocak vocals -MarcoEscalante 1st Solo -JayFernandez 2nd Solo -JamesMurphy 3rd Solo -JimRoss 4th solo
4) Devoured - Shawna Lea intro -Derek Roddy drums -MikeBass bass -JimRoss guitars -DimaOrlov vocals - JimGreco vocals -DenisAkulshin 2nd & 4th Solo DanGonzalez 1st & 3rd Solo
5) Insectile- DerekRoddy drums -PaulMcBride bass -JimRoss guitars & solos-CobyKoch vocals -Ben Davis-BrianFitzgerald-JimGreco-JoshJetty additional vocals -more SOLOS>>>?
6) Sickened- DerekRoddy drums -DominicForestLapointe bass -JimRoss guitars -BrianFitzgerald vocals -TomGeldschlager 1st & 4th Solo -Richie Brown 2nd & 3rd Solo -JimGreco-JoshJetty-TonyAnderson-WayneClark additional vocals
7) Circle- KevinTalley drums -DominicForestLapointe bass -JimRoss guitars -MikeShaw vocals -BenDavis-BrianSmith -CobyKoch -JimRoss additional vocals- JoaoJacinto solos - James Murphy solos -JimRoss outro
8) FuckYou- KevinTalley drums -MikePoggione bass -JimRoss guitars & vocals -MartyMoody vocals
9) Wrath- KevinTalley drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -JesseJolly vocals -JimRoss Solos -BenDavis-BrianFitzgerald-CobyKoch-JimGreco-JoshJetty-TonyAnderson
10) Path- MattFrancis drums -TerranFernandez bass -JimRoss guitars & vocals-ScottTaylor vocals -RonJarzombek 1st Solo -SantiagoDobles 2nd Solo -JamesMurphy 3rd Solo -TerranFernandez 4th Solo
11) Profane- MattFrancis drums -Mike Poggione bass -JimRoss guitars -Tom Stevens vocals & solos, JimGreco-BenDavis-JamesBrame-
12) Interitum Perpetuum- JohnLongstreth drums -Mike Poggione bass -JimRoss guitars -JimRoss Solos
13) 31 gnoS ( reverse)- DerekRoddy drums -AntonZhikharev bass -JimRoss guitars -JimRoss vocals -PaulWardingham 2nd Solo - AdamArmaganian 1st Solo
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***The AOB sets are made from the same bones of the original AOB songs.
AOBArtforms Of Butchery (set1) is the first incarnation of this whole project, all the variations of this set retain the original tempo map and also retain the core note structures of each song (except for the AOBStages Of Decomposition album). All these songs were written first and drums were written and recorded to the original guitar parts.
AOB2 Stages of Decomposition (1 hour 9 minutes)
Stages Of Decomposition is the exact same drums as “Artforms Of Butchery”, but with completely different riffs, vocals, and solos. The lyrics are the same on every song, except where the vocalist wrote their on take on the original AOB lyrics. All the drummers/drums are identical to the AOB1 set. Bass by Jim Ross except Analgesia Kevin Mccombs plays bass on this AOB2 set. Vocals and Solos are as follows:
1) Song 13- DerekRoddy drums -JimRoss guitars and bass -MikeHrubovcak vocals
2) Analgesia- DerekRoddy drums -JoeLachapelle vocals -YoussefHelayel solo
3) Artforms Of Butchery- DerekRoddy drums -RickyMyers vocals -KeithMerrow solo -BarrettNevins
4) Devoured - Derek Roddy drums -SteveGiddens vocals - MattRoberts Solo
5) Insectile- DerekRoddy drums -KenEngland vocals -JayFernandez solo
6) Sickened- DerekRoddy drums -BrianKingsland vocals -LeeCozens Solo
7) Circle- KevinTalley drums -ErikSayenga vocals -PaulWardingham solo
8) FuckYou- KevinTalley drums -? vocals
9) Wrath- KevinTalley drums -GenePalubicki vocals -MattSotelo Solos
10) Path- MattFrancis drums -ShaunBlack vocals -TomaszRadzikowski Solo
11) Tetragrammaton- MattFrancis drums -JimGreco vocals
12) Interitum Perpetuum- JohnLongstreth drums -MikePoggione bass -JimRoss guitars -JimRoss Solos
13) 31 gnoS ( reverse)- DerekRoddy drums -JimRoss guitars and bass -MikeHrubovcak vocals
AOB3 ArchaIC DOOM (1 hour 9 minutes)
Archaic Doom is the entire set performed in a more minimalistic sort of way. *All drums for this were written and recorded by Derek Roddy. The Bass and Rhythms are all by Jim Ross. The guitar riffs are made by playing only the first note of each riff /riff section, and/or accented parts. The result is an album with a heavy, slower, doom laden feel. This is interchangeable with the AOB1 set, the timing, and the notes all align together, but with a different overall ‘feel’. So vocals and solos generally can be dropped in place with this set, and work perfectly.
AOB4 FOUL SANCTUM (1 hour 9 minutes)
Pretext Of A Dead Civilization is similar to the doom set in that it uses a more minimal approach, but the picking and overall speed is still intact with this set. It’s not quite as busy as the AOB1 set…so it has kind of an old-school death metal feel, but with the same exact timing as AOB1. Like the AOB3 doom set, the vocals and solos generally can be dropped in place with this set, and work perfectly.
AOB5 Warped AXIS OF THE VOID (1 hour 9 minutes)
Warped Axis Of The Void is all the same timing and note selection, but the instrumentation is all crazy electronic midi/VST sounds with electronic drum beat, and heavy on effects. It’s kind of an abstract, drug-induced/trippy atmospheric set, as opposed to the straight on METAL approach of the first 4 sets.
AOB6 BANDWhorchestra (1 hour 9 minutes)
bandWhorchestra is is the entire AOB1 set scored for Symphonic Orchestra instrumentation.
AOB7 BROKEN String Elegies (1 hour 9 minutes)
Broken String Elegies aka: Stringed Whoretet is basically the same as the Whorchestra set, but it’s the AOB1 set played with a traditional stringed quartet rather than a full orchestra.
AOB8 Primordial CymAtic Battery (1 hour 9 minutes)
Primordial Cymatic Battery is a version with all nylon/acoustic guitars and percussion all 100% in synch with the AOB1 s
AOB9 deATHSEED (1 hour 9 minutes)
Deathseed is what might have been the official BANDWHORE album, if we had not decided to make this the huge collaboration it has become. This could be considered ‘demo’ tracks, although these were intended to be the album drums written and recorded by Dani Sandvoss back around 2012. JimRoss guitars, bass, vocals, and leads on this version, with Dani on drums and programming. The tempo map and rhythm guitars are identical to the AOB1 set. 4) is from the “Warped Axis Of The Void” set, which is made up of trippy electronic samples, and electric beat drum sample sets.AOB9 L`APpel du vide (1 hour 9 minutes)
AOB10 CLEAN (1 hour 9 minutes)
Clean is similar to the Doom set as far as being a more minimal approach and with some creepy ‘feels’.
AOB11 L`APPEL du vide (1 hour 9 minutes)
L`Appel du vide could be described as a dark, atonal jazz-fusion set. Complete with odd voicings, and jazz/fusion instrumentation
AOB12 MISC EXTRA (1 hour 9 minutes)
MISC Extra is a mix of “outtakes” alter versions, and extras.
AOB13 REVERSE (1 hour 9 minutes)
Reverse is basesd on song13 reversal themes
AOB14 CROSS CONTAMINATION (1 hour 9 minutes)
Cross Contamination is set of mixed fragments of all of the AOB sets.
AOB15 RITUAL CONTORTION (1 hour 9 minutes)
Ritual Contortion is a series of drum variants. There are 4 drum versions: the original drums from AOB1, the Doom drums from AOB3, Dani’s drum tracks from AOB
AOB16 ALCHEMICY & TRANSFORMAT (1 hour 9 minutes)
Alchemical Transformations is a ca series of drum variants. There are 4 drum versions: the original drums from AOB1, the Doom drums from AOB3, Dani’s drum tracks from AOB collection of AOB1 done in several different languages and all with different vocal placements/and solo sections.
AOB-1Afrikaans- GrayBack
AOB- 2Arabic- Scott Taylor
AOB- 3Bangla- Mir Hisham,Rizwan Abid
AOB- 4 English- Ricky Myers
AOB- 5 French - Kamal El Khoueiry
AOB- 6 Japanese- Kiyo Nishihara
AOB- 7 Portuguese- DiogoSantana
AOB- 8 Russian- Dima Orlov
AOB- 9 Spanish- JuanCarlos
AOB-10 Swedish- Rogga Johansson
AOB-11 Ukrainian Sergius Baytalaal
SHADOW FRACTALS
RITUAL DEPRAVITY
BIOMORPHIC DEFORMITIES
SFPs SELF FULFILLING PROPHECIES 1-4 (1 hour 9 minutes)
Self Fulfilling Prophecies is 4 albums of 13 songs. 52 tracks of sick, heavy, original metal music. Each album has a different drummer on every song. No drummer plays the same title song throughout the set of 4. All of the songs were arranged from the improvised/structured form of each drummer, with the guitar/music written after. ***These retain the same song order as all of the AOB sets
SFP1 is 1 of 4 from the battery collection. featuring several amazing drummers!
1) Song 13
DerekRoddy drums -AntonZhikharev bass -JimRoss guitars -BrianFitzgerald vocals -PaulWardingham 1st Solo - AdamArmaganian 2nd Solo
2) Analgesia
Derek Roddy drums -Mike Poggione bass - JimRoss guitars -FloydWinters vocals & 1st Solo -John Tyler 2nd Solo
3) Artforms Of Butchery
Derek Roddy drums -DominicForestLapointe bass - JimRoss guitars -MikeHrubvocak vocals -MarcoEscalante 1st Solo
-JayFernandez 2nd Solo -JamesMurphy 3rd Solo -JimRoss 4th solo
4) Devoured
Derek Roddy drums -MikeBass bass -JimRoss guitars -Dima Orlov vocals - JimRoss 1st Solo -DenisAkulshin 2nd & 4th Solo Dan Gonzalez 3rd Solo
5) Insectile
DerekRoddy drums -PaulMcBride bass -JimRoss guitars -CobyKoch vocals -SOLOS>>>?
6) Sickened
DerekRoddy drums -DominicForestLapointe bass -JimRoss guitars -BrianFitzgerald vocals -TomGeldschlager 1st & 4th Solo -Richie Brown 2nd & 3rd Solo
7) Circle
KevinTalley drums -DominicForestLapointe bass -JimRoss guitars -
8) FuckYou
KevinTalley drums -MikePoggione bass -JimRoss guitars & vocals -MartyMoody vocals -
9) Wrath
KevinTalley drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -JesseJolly vocals -JimRoss Solos
10) Path
MattFrancis drums -TerranFernandez bass -JimRoss guitars -ScottTaylor vocals -RonJarzombek 1st Solo -SantiagoDobles 2nd Solo -JamesMurphy 3rd Solo -TerranFernandez 4th Solo
11) Tetragrammaton
MattFrancis drums -Mike Poggione bass -JimRoss guitars -Tom Stevens vocals & solos
12) Self Fulfilling Prophecy
JohnLongstreth drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -JimRoss Solos
13) 31 gnoS ( reverse)
DerekRoddy drums -AntonZhikharev bass -JimRoss guitars -JimRoss vocals -PaulWardingham 2nd Solo - AdamArmaganian 1st Solo
Self Fulfilling Prophecies I: featuring; on DRUMS- Mark Cooper, Gus Rios, Juan Pablo, Tomasz Pilasiewicz, Kevin Talley, Marco Pitruzella, Romain Goulon, Kevin Paradis, Erik Schultek, Hannes Grossman, Derek Roddy, Josh Jetty.
Self Fulfilling Prophecies II:
Self Fulfilling Prophecies III:
Self Fulfilling Prophecies IV:
Epoch of the Ancients is 9 songs in the vein of black/melodic/death metal. These songs are simpler arrangements, with less emphasis on technical writing, and more on atmospheric dark feels. Featuring Derek Roddy on drums, Paul McBride bass, Jim Ross guitars, vocals, synth, Erik Seyanga and Joe Lachapelle backing vocals.AOB (1 hour 9 minutes)
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SFP1 is 1 of 4 from the battery collection. featuring several amazing drummers!
1) Song 13
DerekRoddy drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -MikeHrubovcak vocals
2) Analgesia
Derek Roddy drums -JimRoss bass - JimRoss guitars -JoeLachapelle vocals -YoussefHelayel Solo
3) Artforms Of Butchery
Derek Roddy drums -JimRoss bass - JimRoss guitars -RickyMyers vocals -BarrettNevins 1st Solo
-KiethMerrow 2nd Solo -JimRoss 3rd solo
4) Devoured
Derek Roddy drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -SteveGiddens vocals - JimRoss 1st Solo -MattRoberts 2nd Solo
5) Insectile
DerekRoddy drums -JimRoss bass bass -JimRoss guitars -KenEngland vocals -Jay Fernandez Solo
6) Sickened
DerekRoddy drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -BrianKingsland vocals -LeeCozens 1st Solo
7) Circle
KevinTalley drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -ErikSayenga vocals -PaulWardingham Solo
8) FuckYou
KevinTalley drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars & vocals -YohannFriedman
9) Wrath
KevinTalley drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -GenePalubicki vocals -MattSotelo Solo
10) Path
MattFrancis drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -ShaunBlack vocals -TomaszRadzikowski 1st Solo
11) Tetragrammaton
MattFrancis drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -JimGreco vocals
12) Self Fulfilling Prophecy
JohnLongstreth drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -JimRoss Solos
13) 31 gnoS ( reverse)
DerekRoddy drums -JimRoss bass -JimRoss guitars -MikeHrubovcak vocals
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Epoch of the Ancients is 9 songs in the vein of black/melodic/death metal. These songs are simpler arrangements, with less emphasis on technical writing, and more on atmospheric dark feels. Featuring Derek Roddy on drums, Paul McBride bass, Jim Ross guitars, vocals, synth, Erik Seyanga and Joe Lachapelle backing vocals.
*disclaimer: the art shown is not the finished product
Artforms of Butchery AOB-
Self Fulfilling Prophecies SFP-
Epoch Of The Ancients EOTA-
