Disharmonic Orchestra is an Austrian

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band.

History

The band was formed in

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in 1987. Two demos were recorded. A gig in Germany with Pungent Stench led to a deal with

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in 1989. The first outcome of that deal was a split with country-mates

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. After they released two full-length albums with Nuclear Blast they signed a new deal and released their third album on Steamhammer. The albums sound rather different from each other. The band took a break in 1994 . This timeout lasted until 2002 after their debut album ''Expositionsprophylaxe'' had been re-issued they released studio album, titled ''Ahead''. In October 2016 after a long break the band released their new album called ''Fear of Angst.''

Members

* Patrick Klopf – Guitars, vocals (1987–) * Martin Messner – Drums (1987–) * Hoimar Wotawa – Bass (2008–)

Former members

* Herald Bezdek – Guitar (1987–1988) * Herwig Zamernik – Bass (1988–2008)

Discography

* ''The Unequalled Visual Response Mechanism'' (Demo, 1988) * ''Requiem for the Forest'' (Demo, 1988) * Split with

(EP, 1989) * ''Successive Substitution'' (EP, 1989) * ''Disappeared with Hermaphrodite Choirs'' (compilation LP, 1990) on Witchhunt Records * ''Disharmonisation'' (Compilation LP, 1990) on Witchhunt Records * ''Expositionsprophylaxe'' (CD, 1990) * ''Not to Be Undimensional Conscious'' (CD, 1992) * ''Mind Seduction'' (Single, 1992) * ''Pleasuredome'' (CD, 1993) * ''Ahead'' (CD, 2002) * ''Fear of Angst'' (CD, LP, 2016)

External links

Official website

Disharmonic Orchestra
at MySpace
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