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and & Records (Japan). Michael Bell died on November 10, 2016, under undisclosed circumstances, leaving the future of Lymbyc Systym uncertain.

Background

Jared Bell says the intentional misspelling of the Limbic System was to own it, lamenting comparisons to Lynyrd Skynyrd. For much of the recording of their 2012 album, '' Symbolyst'' the brothers were not in the same state. "Our first full length when we lived in the same house in south Scottsdale, we were treating it like a job and we literally worked on it every day until it was done," Michael Bell has explained. "After that, it morphed into a process of exchanging ideas online ... Even when we lived in New York, we never met up until the end. We worked on stuff separately and exchanged ideas nline.

Discography

Albums, EPs and splits

*'' Carved by Glaciers'' EP (2005) *'' Love Your Abuser'' (2007) *'' Love Your Abuser Remixed'' (2008) *'' Field Studies'' (2009) - Split EP with

*'' Shutter Release'' (2009) *'' Symbolyst'' (2012) *''Split Stones'' (2015) *''New Varieties'' (2016)

Compilations and remixes

*''Bubonic Tonic'' ( Lotus Remix) on ''Copy/Paste/Repeat'' (2007) *''Truth Skull'' (Live radio performance) on ''WUAG Presents: Wooden Anniversary'' (2008) *''What Time Is It Now'' ( The Consulate General Remix) on ''What Time Is It Now EP'' (2010) *''The Architekt'' ( Arms and Sleepers Remix) on ''Matador Remixed'' (2010)

References

External links

Western Vinyl Artist Page

Mush Records Artist Page
* Touring History
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