Colin Marston (born September 13, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist

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and

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residing in

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. He graduated from

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with a

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degree in music technology in 2004, and runs Menegroth The Thousand Caves Recording Studios in

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while not on tour with one of a number of bands. He is also known for his performances in acts such as Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice, and the reunion lineup of Gorguts. Marston has produced, mastered, and mixed music for artists such as Imperial Triumphant,

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, Kayo Dot, Jarboe,

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, Altar of Plagues, Liturgy, Pyrrhon, and

Orthrelm Orthrelm is an American avant-garde band from Washington, D.C. Biography Orthrelm is a duo composed of Mick Barr on guitar and Josh Blair on drums. Their songwriting style is mostly experimental, and shows the influence of avant-garde music ...

, as well as for his own bands.

Bands

* Behold... The Arctopus - ( technical metal with

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influences). * Dysrhythmia - ( experimental post rock). *

Byla Byla is an American ambient duo, formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2003 by Colin Marston ( Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, et al.) and Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia). They released their eponymous debut album in 2005. Byla creates predominantly instru ...

- ( ambient/

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soundscapes with guitar melodies). * Krallice - (avant-garde/experimental/progressive

black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw ( lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an em ...

featuring Mick Barr of

). *Indricothere - (

Technical death metal Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting. Techni ...

with various metal influences and ambient soundscapes, formerly known as "Vegan Death"). *Infidel? / Castro! - (abstract electroacoustic, conceptual metal with

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). * Gorguts - (

, bass in Gorguts reunion line up). *Domestigrind - (grindcore) *Encenathrakh - (

)

Performance Discography

Infidel?/Castro!

*2000: ''Infidelicacy'' (Self-released/independent) *2001: ''Case Study In Bioentropy'' (Self-released/independent) *2003: Infidel?/Castro! And Friendly Bears - ''A Split Experience'' (Epicene Sound Systems / Rice Control) *2005: ''Bioentropic Damage Fractal'' (Crucial Blast)

Behold... The Arctopus

*2003: ''Arctopocalypse Now... Warmageddon Later'' (Epicene Sound Systems) *2005: ''

Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning ''Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning'' is the second EP album by Behold... the Arctopus, released in 2005 on Epicene Sound Systems and limited to 800 copies. It was later released on 12" screen-printed white vinyl limited to 500 copies. Black Mar ...

'' (Troubleman Unlimited) *2006: Split with Orthrelm (Crucial Blast) *2007: ''Memphis 6-3-06'' (s.l.a.p.) *2007: ''

Skullgrid ''Skullgrid'' is the first full-length studio album by Behold... The Arctopus, released in 2007 on Black Market Activities. It contains seven studio recordings of previously unreleased original compositions. The album was released on CD and two ...

'' (Black Market Activities) *2012: ''

Horrorscension ''Horrorscension'' is the second studio album from Behold... The Arctopus, released in 2012 on Black Market Activities. This is the first album to feature drummer Weasel Walter after the departure of previous drummer Charlie Zeleny in 2009. Tr ...

'' (Black Market Activities) *2016: ''Cognitive Emancipation'' *2020: ''Hapeleptic Overtrove''

Byla Byla is an American ambient duo, formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2003 by Colin Marston ( Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, et al.) and Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia). They released their eponymous debut album in 2005. Byla creates predominantly instru ...

*2005: ''Byla'' (Translation Loss Records) *2007:

+ Jarboe - ''Viscera'' (Translation Loss Records)

Dysrhythmia

*2006: ''Barriers And Passages'' (Relapse Records) *2007: Split with Rothko - ''Fractures'' (Acerbic Noise Development) *2009: ''

Psychic Maps ''Psychic Maps'' is the fifth studio album by American progressive metal band Dysrhythmia. The album was released through Relapse Records, on July 7, 2009. Critical reception ''Kerrang!'' gave the album a generally positive review. "Throughout ...

'' (

Relapse Records Relapse Records is an American independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990. The label features many grindcore, death metal, metalcore and sludge metal artists. History The label w ...

) *2012: ''

Test of Submission ''Test of Submission'' is an album by the band Dysrhythmia. It is their first album with Profound Lore Records. Track listing # "In Secrecy" - 5:11 # "Test of Submission" - 4:54 # "The Line Always Snaps" - 6:06 # "Running Towards the End" - 5:41 ...

'' (

Profound Lore Profound Lore Records is a Canadian independent record label founded in May 2004, which "began as the 'hobby-like venture' of a few friends but, over the past six years, the label has evolved into a one-man enterprise, shaped a distinct 'aestheti ...

) *2016: ''The Veil of Control'' (

) *2019: ''Terminal Threshold''

Solo

*2007: Colin Marston - ''200220032004'' (Self-released/independent) *2007: Indricothere - ''Indricothere'' (The Sacrosanct Opuscule) *2013: Indricothere - ''II'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2013: Indricothere - ''XI'' (Self-released/independent) *2015: Indricothere - ''Plagued'' (Self-released/independent) *2015: Indricothere - ''XI.'' (Self-released/independent) *2016: Indricothere - ''III.'' (Self-released/independent)

Krallice

*2008: '' Krallice'' ( Profound Lore Records) *2009: '' Dimensional Bleedthrough'' (Profound Lore Records) *2011: ''

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'' (Profound Lore Records) *2012: '' Years Past Matter'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2015: '' Ygg huur'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2016: '' Hyperion (EP)'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2016: ''Prelapsarian'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2017: ''Loüm'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2017: ''Go Be Forgotten'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2019: ''Wolf EP'' (Self-released) *2020: ''Mass Cathexis'' (Gilead Media) *2021: ''Demonic Wealth'' (Self-released) *2022: ''Crystalline Exhaustion'' (Self-released) *2022: ''Psychagogue'' (Self-released)

Sailors With Wax Wings

*2010: ''Sailors With Wax Wings'' (Angel Oven Records)

Pyramids

*2009: ''Pyramids With Nadja'' ( Hydra Head Records) *2015: ''A Northern Meadow'' (Profound Lore Records)

So Is The Tongue

*2012: ''Child of Divorce'' (Nefarious Industries) -

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East of the Wall

*2018: ''Farmer's Almanac'' (Nefarious Industries) -

Gorguts

*2013: '' Colored Sands'' (

Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pag ...

) *2016: '' Pleiades' Dust'' (

)

Sabbath Assembly

*2014: ''Quaternity'' (Svard Records)

Encenathrakh

(All self-released) *2013: ''Respekt the Demo'' *2015: ''Encenathrakh'' *2019: ''The 2 Song Promo 19'' *2020: ''Live Album'' *2020: ''Thraakethraaeate Thraithraake'' *2021: ''Studio Album'' *2022: ''Ithate Thngth Oceate''

Withered

*2016: ''Grief Relic'' (

) - Bass

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& Mivos Quartet

*2017: ''Surveillance Punishment and the Black Psyche'' - Guitar

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*2019: ''The Crescendo of Dusk'' (Bindrune Recordings) - Additional Keys

References

External links

The Thousand Caves Recording Studios
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Bands

Performance Discography

Infidel?/Castro!

Behold... The Arctopus

Byla Byla is an American ambient duo, formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2003 by Colin Marston ( Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, et al.) and Kevin Hufnagel (Dysrhythmia). They released their eponymous debut album in 2005. Byla creates predominantly instru ...

Dysrhythmia

Solo

Krallice

Sailors With Wax Wings

Pyramids

So Is The Tongue

East of the Wall

Gorguts

Sabbath Assembly

Encenathrakh

Withered

M Lamar M Lamar is an American composer, performer, and artist. He is an operatic countertenor and pianist whose work incorporates film, sculpture, installation, and performance. Lamar is the identical twin of actress Laverne Cox, and played his siste ... & Mivos Quartet

Panopticon The panopticon is a type of institutional building and a system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be o ...

References

External links

M Lamar M Lamar is an American composer, performer, and artist. He is an operatic countertenor and pianist whose work incorporates film, sculpture, installation, and performance. Lamar is the identical twin of actress Laverne Cox, and played his siste ...
& Mivos Quartet