haloblack are an American industrial rock group formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The original incarnation consisted solely of Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black) until Bill Morrisette and Damien Ray joined. Their style of industrial rock combined elements of electro, glitch, trip hop and metal music. They have been on tour with other industrial outfits including
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History
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Bile
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Fifth Colvmn Records
Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH
COLVMN, located in Washington D.C.
The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...
and '' Throb'' for Armalyte Industries/The Sick City.
History
haloblack was formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Bryan Barton (as Bryan Black). His first release was the cassette '' HB2'' in 1992. Musicians Olivier Grasset and Arianne Schreiber joined to Barton make haloblack into a band and
Fifth Colvmn Records
Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH
COLVMN, located in Washington D.C.
The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...
signed them in 1994, releasing the band's debut album titled '' Tension Filter'' in November. The music was favorably compared to Trent Reznor of
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and the compositional depth received praise. The band followed that release in 1995 with the EP titled ''
raw tension e.p.
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''. haloblack moved to a less guitar driven sound for their third and final full-length album '' funkyhell'', released in 1996 for Fifth Colvmn. The album was highly informed by
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and lead with the track "Distractor", which had previously appeared on the '' Fascist Communist Revolutionaries'' various artists compilation. In 1997 Haloblack has received commissions to score sonic backgrounds for 3D video games.
After the haloblack's second album Barton moved from Minneapolis to London in the late 90s. After being inspired to write again after listening extensively to '' Maxinquaye'' by Tricky and other electronic music Barton began working on a third album. The band released '' Throb'' on the United Kingdom-based music labels Armalyte Industries and The Sick City. The album was made with collaborative efforts of musicians
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