Carheart

Last updated
Carheart
Carheart (Virus album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Avant-garde metal
Jazz rock
Length48:53
Label Jester Records
Producer Ingar Hunskaar and Virus
Virus chronology
Carheart
(2003)
The Black Flux
(2008)

Carheart is the debut album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal/jazz rock band Virus.

Album collection of recorded music, words, sounds

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at ​33 13 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.

Norway Country in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Avant-garde metal subgenre of metal music

Avant-garde metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and innovative, avant-garde elements, including non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques. Avant-garde metal is influenced by progressive rock and extreme metal, particularly death metal, and is closely related to progressive metal. Some local scenes include Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Seattle in the United States, Oslo in Norway, and Tokyo in Japan.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Something Furry This Way Comes" – 1:36 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Kim Sølve, Zweizz)
  2. "Carheart" – 3:56
  3. "Queen of the Hi-Ace" – 4:15 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Yusaf Parvez)
  4. "Road" – 5:44 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Parvez)
  5. "Gum Meet Mother" – 5:00
  6. "Dogs With Wheels" – 1:33 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Solve, Zweizz)
  7. "It's All Gone Weird" – 5:39
  8. "Kennel Crash Recovery" – 2:30 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Solve, Zweizz)
  9. "Hustler" – 5:19
  10. "Bandit" – 4:32
  11. "Be Elevator" – 8:49 (Czral, Plenum, Esso, Zweizz)

Personnel

Carl-Michael Eide Norwegian musician

Carl-Michael Eide is a Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum.

Kristoffer Rygg Norwegian singer

Kristoffer Rygg, also known as Garm, Trickster G. Rex and recently God Head, is a heavy-metal vocalist, musician and producer known primarily for his work with Ulver and Arcturus.

Ulver Norwegian band

Ulver are a Norwegian experimental musical collective founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album Bergtatt, were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band has since evolved a fluid and increasingly eclectic musical style, blending genres such as rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise, progressive and experimental music into their oeuvre. 1997 marked their international debut with the release of their third album Nattens madrigal through German label Century Media. However, following discord with the label, Kristoffer Rygg formed his own imprint, Jester Records, in 1998. British composer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O'Sullivan joined the collective in 2009, and the band performed some of their first live concerts in their 15-year lifespan, including the prestigious Norwegian National Opera.

Related Research Articles

<i>New Adventures in Hi-Fi</i> 1996 R.E.M. album

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was their fifth major label release for Warner Bros. Records, released on September 9, 1996, in Europe and Australia and the following day in the United States. New Adventures in Hi-Fi was the last album recorded with founding member Bill Berry, original manager Jefferson Holt, and long-time producer Scott Litt. It is also their longest studio album, with a total track time of 65 minutes.

Cadaver (band) Norwegian band

Cadaver is a death metal band from Råde and Fredrikstad, Norway. The band had a brief venture in the early 1990s before splitting in 1993. Cadaver would eventually re-emerge as Cadaver Inc. in 1999 which consisted of only one founding member. For their final album, they fell back to using their original band name Cadaver and ended their activities in 2004, with their final live show in 2005. The band reformed in April 2019.

Ved Buens Ende was a Norwegian avant-garde metal band. Their sound is diverse with quiet instrumental jazz influenced sections and aggressive black metal blast beats and vocals. Ved Buens Ende means "By the end of the bow" referring to the mythological rainbow Bifröst.

Toyota HiAce Van manufactured by Toyota

The Toyota HiAce is a light commercial van produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. First launched in October 1967, the HiAce has since been available in a wide range of body configurations, including a minivan/MPV, minibus, panel van, crew van, pick-up, taxi, and an ambulance. In Japan, the HiAce is exclusive to Toyopet Store locations.

Dødheimsgard Norwegian extreme metal band

Dødheimsgard is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed in 1994. Dødheimsgard was originally a black metal band, but 1999's 666 International saw them change into an experimental and avant-garde / industrial metal band. In 2000, they shortened their name to DHG.

Nathan Foley (singer) Australian dancer

Nathan Foley is an Australian musician, singer, performer and an original member of Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5. He left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.

<i>666 International</i> 1999 studio album by Dødheimsgard

666 International is the third full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Dødheimsgard. It was released on June 11, 1999, by Moonfog Productions.

<i>Discipline</i> (Cadaver Inc. album) album by Cadaver

Discipline is the third album by the Norwegian death metal band Cadaver, but was released under the moniker Cadaver Inc. It is particularly notable for the vocal contributions of two Norwegian black metal figures - Bard "Faust" Eithun (ex-Emperor) and Fenriz (Darkthrone). Design and Illustration were by Justin Bartlett.

<i>Necrosis</i> (album) 2004 studio album by Cadaver

Necrosis is the fourth and final album by the Norwegian death metal band Cadaver. A video was released for the song "Decomposed Metal Skin". Design and Illustration is by Justin Bartlett.

<i>Department of Apocalyptic Affairs</i> 2000 studio album by Fleurety

Department of Apocalyptic Affairs is the second album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Fleurety. The band used many guest musicians from the Norwegian music scene.

Virus (Norwegian band) Norwegian metal band

Virus was a Norwegian avant-garde metal band signed to Jester Records. It was formed in 2000 by Carl-Michael Eide. The band was considered by Czral as a continuation of his previous band Ved Buens Ende because of similar musical elements and an avant garde form of unusual experimentation, although the band had its own characteristic sound.

<i>Supervillain Outcast</i> 2007 studio album by DHG

Supervillain Outcast is the fourth full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Dødheimsgard, now under the moniker DHG. It was released on March 26, 2007, by Moonfog Productions. It was their only release to feature Kvohst on vocals, who replaced Aldrahn after he left the band in 2004.

<i>The Yawn of the New Age</i> album by Zweizz

The Yawn of the New Age is the debut album by the Norwegian electronic/noise/avant-garde metal artist Zweizz.

<i>Black Necrotic Obfuscation</i> 2004 EP by Zweizz

Black Necrotic Obfuscation is the debut EP by the Norwegian electronic/noise/avant-garde metal artist Zweizz. It was released in a limited edition of 512 copies; 256 of these had red transparent vinyl, whereas the remaining 256 had transparent blue vinyl.

Sheer Heart Attack Tour concert tour

The Sheer Heart Attack Tour was the first world tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack.

<i>Tenement Steps</i> 1980 studio album by The Motors

Tenement Steps was the third and final studio album by English rock band The Motors, originally released in early 1980. The album reached number 174 in the Billboard 200. Four singles came from the album, "Love and Loneliness", "That's What John Said", "Tenement Steps" and "Metropolis". "Love and Loneliness" reached No. 58 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 78 in the Billboard Hot 100. The other singles did not chart.

<i>Origins, Vol. 1</i> 2016 studio album of cover songs by Ace Frehley

Origins, Vol. 1 is the seventh studio album by American guitarist Ace Frehley, released on April 13, 2016 in Japan and April 15 in the United States. It is a covers album which features guest appearances from Slash, Lita Ford, John 5, Mike McCready, and Frehley's former Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley. The album was announced on February 11, 2016.

<i>Spaceman</i> (album) 2018 hard rock album by Ace Frehley

Spaceman is the eighth studio album by American guitarist Ace Frehley, released on October 19, 2018. The album features guest appearance from Ace Frehley's former Kiss bandmate Gene Simmons. The album was announced in February 2018 and was expected to be released in April 2018, but was delayed.

References