Graf Orlock | |
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Also known as | Gorlock |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Died | Anaheim, California |
Genres | Grindcore, metalcore, hardcore punk |
Years active | 2003–2023 |
Labels | Level Plane, Vitriol |
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Website | graforlock |
Graf Orlock was an American hardcore punk band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were named after Count Orlok from the 1922 film Nosferatu . The band consists of members of the hardcore punk bands Greyskull, Arctic Choke, Dangers and Ghostlimb, and employs audio snippets and script dialogue from action films such as The Terminator , Aliens and RoboCop in all their songs, which has led to the band being jokingly described as "cinema-grind". [1] [2] The band formed after guitarist Jason Schmidt and drummer Alan Hunter along with bassist Sven Calhoun and vocalist Kalvin Kristoff begun releasing EPs and split albums. [3] [4] In 2006, they started the Destination Time trilogy based on a screenplay that Schmidt and Hunter had been working on in university; the second instalment was the 2007 EP Destination Time Tomorrow which was listed at number 16 in Decibel Magazine's top 40 releases of 2007. [5] Their latest album Crimetraveler was released in 2016 through Vitriol Records, a label run by members of the band and also featuring Ghostlimb, Robotosaurus, Owen Hart, Teeth, Dangers, Birds in Row and Totalt Jävla Mörker.[ citation needed ]
In October 2018, the band's label, Vitriol Records, announced a forthcoming album, Examination of Violent Cinema Vol. 1, which was released in December of that year. [6] The album contains 12 songs based on the theme of criticism of recent motion picture releases. [7]
All members use multiple pseudonyms, but these names are most commonly used: