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 Music technology is the study or the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to compose, notate, playback or record songs or pieces; or to analyze or edit music. History The earlies ...

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 Krallice is an American black metal band formed by New York City musicians Colin Marston, Mick Barr, Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein. They play an experimental, highly technical style of black metal. The band has released twelve studio albums a ...

, and the reunion lineup of

Gorguts Gorguts is a Canadian death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, formed in 1989. The band has been through many personnel changes since its inception; its only constant member has been guitarist and vocalist Luc Lemay, who remains the primary cr ...

. Marston has produced, mastered, and mixed music for artists such as

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, Kayo Dot,

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, Pyrrhon, and

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

, as well as for his own bands.

Bands

* Behold... The Arctopus - (

technical metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...

with

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influences). * Dysrhythmia - (

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). * Byla - ( ambient/

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soundscapes with guitar melodies). *

- (avant-garde/experimental/progressive

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featuring

Mick Barr Krallice is an American black metal band formed by New York City musicians Colin Marston, Mick Barr, Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein. They play an experimental, highly technical style of black metal. The band has released twelve studio albums a ...

). *Indricothere - (

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

- (

, 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'' (Troubleman Unlimited) *2006: Split with Orthrelm (Crucial Blast) *2007: ''Memphis 6-3-06'' (s.l.a.p.) *2007: '' Skullgrid'' (Black Market Activities) *2012: '' Horrorscension'' (Black Market Activities) *2016: ''Cognitive Emancipation'' *2020: ''Hapeleptic Overtrove''

Byla

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

- ''Viscera'' (Translation Loss Records)

Dysrhythmia

*2006: ''Barriers And Passages'' (Relapse Records) *2007: Split with

Rothko Mark Rothko (), born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич, link=no, lv, Markuss Rotkovičs, link=no; name not Anglicized until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was a Latv ...

- ''Fractures'' (Acerbic Noise Development) *2009: '' Psychic Maps'' (

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 was ...

) *2012: '' Test of Submission'' (

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 'aesthet ...

) *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 Krallice is an American black metal band formed by New York City musicians Colin Marston, Mick Barr, Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein. They play an experimental, highly technical style of black metal. The band has released twelve studio albums a ...

*2008: ''

'' (

Profound Lore Records 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 ...

) *2009: ''

Dimensional Bleedthrough ''Dimensional Bleedthrough'' is the second album by the New York-based experimental black metal band Krallice. The album was first officially mentioned by Profound Lore Records in a mailing list dated August 31, 2009, and via Twitter. This was foll ...

'' (Profound Lore Records) *2011: '' Diotima'' (Profound Lore Records) *2012: ''

Years Past Matter ''Years Past Matter'' is the fourth studio album by the American black metal band Krallice. It was self-released by the band as a limited edition CD on August 25, 2012. A vinyl version of the album was subsequently released by Gilead Media on March ...

'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2015: ''

Ygg huur ''Ygg huur'' is the fifth studio album by the American black metal band Krallice. The album was recorded between July 4 and 8 at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves Studio and was self-released digitally by the band on July 30, 2015, with physical versi ...

'' (Self-released/independent; vinyl on Gilead Media) *2016: ''

Hyperion (EP) ''Hyperion'' is the second EP by the American black metal band Krallice. It was released on January 1, 2016. The music had originally been recorded in July 2013 for a split release that never materialised. Musical style and writing The music cr ...

'' (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 Hydra Head Records was an independent record label that specializes in extreme metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner (the frontman of Isis) in 1993. It had another imprint, Hydra Head Noise Industries, which specialized in experiment ...

) *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 Gorguts is a Canadian death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, formed in 1989. The band has been through many personnel changes since its inception; its only constant member has been guitarist and vocalist Luc Lemay, who remains the primary cr ...

*2013: ''

Colored Sands ''Colored Sands'' is the fifth full-length album by technical death metal band Gorguts. It is Gorguts' first studio album since 2001's '' From Wisdom to Hate''. The album features the band's first recordings with guitarist Kevin Hufnagel and bassi ...

'' (

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 ''Pleiades' Dust'' is the first EP by the Canadian technical death metal band Gorguts, released on May 13, 2016 through Season of Mist. It consists of a single track which runs for thirty-three minutes and is roughly divided into seven movements ...

'' (

)

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 Withered is an American extreme metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, founded by Mike Thompson and Chris Freeman. Both members also participate in a crust punk/ grindcore band Social Infestation, which also features Mastodon bassist ...

*2016: ''Grief Relic'' (

) - Bass

M Lamar & 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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