Kill No Albatross

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Kill No Albatross
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Kill No Albatross live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada (26 February 2011).
Background information
Also known asGatling
OriginOntario, Canada
Genres Progressive rock, progressive metal, alternative rock, post-hardcore, ambient
Years active2007–2019
MembersAlex Crosty
Alexander Sallas
Josh Pinkney
Kyle Collins
Glenn Scott
Past membersElliot Slater
Matt Luu
Stéphan Guschewski
Tulio
Liam Kilawee

Kill No Albatross (formerly Gatling) was a Canadian band formed by Alexander Sallas and Alex Crosty in November 2007 in Burlington, Ontario. Their music is associated with progressive metal and alternative rock, though there are ambient, post-hardcore, and jazz influences as well. The band is noted for having two songs in the Rock Band video game series: "Nihilanth" [1] [2] [3] and "Absolute," [4] [5] [6] the former being one of the hardest guitar songs in the game with a section topping 25 notes per second. Their song "The Disguise" was featured regularly on CFRB's The Richard Syrett Show before the show was discontinued. [7] [8] Their debut full-length album, Beforemath, was released independently, despite record label interest, in April 2012. [9] [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Official Rock Band Website - Nihilanth
  2. Nihilanth in Rock Band - Video
  3. Nihilanth - Rhythm Authors Song Page
  4. Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Official Rock Band Website - Absolute
  5. Absolute in Rock Band - Video
  6. Absolute - Rhythm Authors Song Page
  7. Recording of Rich Syrett Show playing The Disguise
  8. Archived 2013-02-19 at archive.today Interview with band stating Conspiracy Show involvement
  9. "ITunes - Music - Beforemath by Gatling". iTunes . Archived from the original on 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2012-09-09. Beforemath on iTunes
  10. Beforemath on Metal Archives
  11. Beforemath song lyrics
  12. Last.fm - Beforemath