Unorthodox is an American

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band from

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History

Unorthodox were originally called Asylum.https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=q:\DocRoot/2005/050506/DOOM They changed their name to Unorthodox after a band with a similar name achieved national success. They were one of many Maryland bands to be picked up in the early 1990s by Germany's

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. They released two albums under Hellhound, 1993's ''Asylum'' and 1995's ''Balance of Power''. In 1994, Doom Records released a compilation entitled ''A Double Dose of Doom'', featuring Obstination (who would later become Asylum) and Rat Salad (who would go on to become

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). They also had a song, "Lifeline" on the ''Doom Capital'' compilation (2004 Crucial Blast Records). In 2007, Bipolar Demand Records re-released ''Asylum'' and included three bonus tracks. In 2008, the lineup of Dale Flood, Mark Ammen, and Gary Isom recorded a third album, ''Awaken'', which was released on The Church Within Records in October 2008. In 2009, Dale Flood moved to Nashville, Tennessee to raise his daughter. Unorthodox still played sporadic festival appearances over the next several years with the original "Asylum" lineup until 2016. In 2017, he formed a new version of Unorthodox based in Nashville featuring Flummox bassist and drummer, Blake Dellinger and Alan Pfeifer.

Discography

Albums

*''Asylum'' (

1993) *''Balance of Power'' (Hellhound Records 1995) *''Awaken'' (The Church Within Records 2008)

Reissue

*''Asylum +3'' (Bipolar Demand Records 2007)

References

External links

Unorthodox Interview @ Cosmic Lava by Klaus Kleinowski
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