Minorarc for Progressive Metal

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   Introduction: Thank you so much for the opportunity to submit this artist for possible inclusion! It would be an honor and deeply appreciated to have it added here. Although I'm a newbie member, this site has been an excellent resource for me in the past, long before officially signing up, for hunting for new music and also researching artist's material for interviews and other fun things.

Band Name: Minorarc

Biography: For over 20 years, Ivan Bullock has been an active multi-instrumentalist and community arts patron for underground and experimental music. A classically trained violinist, his modern musical journey began in Tokyo. The first project Mystral Tide performed at numerous events in Japan, Europe and Australia, including with Tokyo’s Seij minus aC at Leipzig’s Wave-Gotik-Treffen in 2002.

Returning to Australia in 2003, he established a decade-long series of concerts (Enzyme), including events for the Melbourne Fringe Festival, all to showcase and expose dozens of independent Australian progressive and experimental musicians.

Since 2010, he has recorded and performed (with occasional guest artists and collaborators), as Minorarc. The music shifts from synth-heavy darkened electronica, into the lands of progressive metal and post-rock. Expressions of despair and regret, crafted through piano-driven melodies, cinematic stylings, non-traditional song structures, and a wide variety of stringed instruments.

In 2023 Minorarc released its most recent full-length album, Inclusions. An instrumental work summoning elements of modern metal to portray emotive unease, offset through the reverberant and powerful effects of classical piano, the warmth of orchestral pads, and delicate touches of acoustic guitar.

Artist Pic: https://www.dawnindustry.com/Temp/Ivan-8string-Cover3.jpg 

Links to Music:
Bandcamp - https://minorarc.bandcamp.com
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qHC5g5Q2nsqV6ApQqn6IQ
YouTube Music - https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCQSyM7S9354mKVDsWVlZtRw?si=zEvW642zEocHDQyO

Links to Official Websites:
Minorarc Official Site - https://www.minorarc.net
Minorarc YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNu4KwpQ5-I-N0cd9JaaIQw
Minorarc Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minorarcmusic/
Minorarc Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minorarcmusic

Links to Related Websites:
Dawn Industry - https://dawnindustry.com/ (full bio available here)

Online Coverage:
The Progspace - Releases of the Week
"Instrumental project Minorarc is the brainchild of Australian multi-instrumentalist Ivan Bullock, sonically exploring the wide fields of progressive rock, dark classical and modern electronic music, with some excursions into jazz and metal in between. What might appear like a weird selection of genres at first sight gets actually smoothly interwoven to wonderful, new soundscapes. “Inclusions” starts with the beautiful piano track ‘A Drizzle’s Vagrant I’, accompanied by light background string arrangements, followed by ‘Seven Times Burnt’, that has rough black metal chords besides bright neoclassical piano and guitar runs. ‘Meet the Blade’ offers a dense, dark orchestration, on which he lays shimmering melodies, and with the diverse drumming always serving the songs. The journey continues, takes us through the more uplifting ‘Three Times’ to the rather harsh ‘Bleeding Facet’ and an atmospheric ‘Triclinic’, before he closes the circle with a dreamy Part II of the opening track. While I wasn’t familiar with the work of Minorarc before, “Inclusions” was a pleasant surprise this week, offering an amazing soundtrack to drift away for a while."

Metal Temple - Inclusions Review
"Are things any clearer? They are at times, but don’t close your eyes for too long. Overall, none of these songs are straightforward. Indeed, there is such a variety of sounds presented that, as a listener, you are on the tips of your feet throughout the album. What Ivan set out to accomplish, he did. Read the introductory passage again…contradictory, disjointed, and a person desperate for answers."

Lelahel Metal - Interview

Nagamag - Interview

Australian Gothic Industrial Music - Interview

Press Coverage:
Mercer, Mick (2002). 21st Century Goth. Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 1-903111-28-5.
Dan Grunebaum (2002). Metropolis. Mark Devlin. Issue 411, 8th February 2002. p. 26.
Jay (2003). Goth Nation. Goth Nation Magazine. Issue 3. p. 32. ISSN 14474476.
Paris Pompor (2003). The Drum Media. Rural Press. Issue 654, 17th June 2003. p. 24.
Solomon Grundy (2003). Industrialnation. Issue 18. p. 10. ISSN 1062499X.
Shawn Stanley & GMAN (2003). BMA. Radar Media Pty Ltd. Issue 178, 24th April 2003. p. 16, 19.
GMAN (2003). BMA. Radar Media Pty Ltd. Issue 185, 17th July 2003. p. 18.
D’Halleine, David (2011). La Croche Lune. Lulu.com. p. 23, 45, 74, 189, 379. ISBN 978-1-4709-6520-4.

Thank you!

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97mgg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 27 2024 Location: Melbourne AU Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote 97mgg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Minorarc for Progressive Metal Posted: May 30 2024 at 00:36
	Introduction: Thank you so much for the opportunity to submit this artist for possible inclusion! It would be an honor and deeply appreciated to have it added here. Although I'm a newbie member, this site has been an excellent resource for me in the past, long before officially signing up, for hunting for new music and also researching artist's material for interviews and other fun things. Band Name: Minorarc Biography: For over 20 years, Ivan Bullock has been an active multi-instrumentalist and community arts patron for underground and experimental music. A classically trained violinist, his modern musical journey began in Tokyo. The first project Mystral Tide performed at numerous events in Japan, Europe and Australia, including with Tokyo’s Seij minus aC at Leipzig’s Wave-Gotik-Treffen in 2002. Returning to Australia in 2003, he established a decade-long series of concerts (Enzyme), including events for the Melbourne Fringe Festival, all to showcase and expose dozens of independent Australian progressive and experimental musicians. Since 2010, he has recorded and performed (with occasional guest artists and collaborators), as Minorarc. The music shifts from synth-heavy darkened electronica, into the lands of progressive metal and post-rock. Expressions of despair and regret, crafted through piano-driven melodies, cinematic stylings, non-traditional song structures, and a wide variety of stringed instruments. In 2023 Minorarc released its most recent full-length album, Inclusions. An instrumental work summoning elements of modern metal to portray emotive unease, offset through the reverberant and powerful effects of classical piano, the warmth of orchestral pads, and delicate touches of acoustic guitar. Artist Pic: https://www.dawnindustry.com/Temp/Ivan-8string-Cover3.jpg Links to Music: Bandcamp - https://minorarc.bandcamp.com Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qHC5g5Q2nsqV6ApQqn6IQ YouTube Music - https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCQSyM7S9354mKVDsWVlZtRw?si=zEvW642zEocHDQyO Links to Official Websites: Minorarc Official Site - https://www.minorarc.net Minorarc YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNu4KwpQ5-I-N0cd9JaaIQw Minorarc Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minorarcmusic/ Minorarc Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minorarcmusic Links to Related Websites: Dawn Industry - https://dawnindustry.com/ (full bio available here) Online Coverage: The Progspace - Releases of the Week "Instrumental project Minorarc is the brainchild of Australian multi-instrumentalist Ivan Bullock, sonically exploring the wide fields of progressive rock, dark classical and modern electronic music, with some excursions into jazz and metal in between. What might appear like a weird selection of genres at first sight gets actually smoothly interwoven to wonderful, new soundscapes. “Inclusions” starts with the beautiful piano track ‘A Drizzle’s Vagrant I’, accompanied by light background string arrangements, followed by ‘Seven Times Burnt’, that has rough black metal chords besides bright neoclassical piano and guitar runs. ‘Meet the Blade’ offers a dense, dark orchestration, on which he lays shimmering melodies, and with the diverse drumming always serving the songs. The journey continues, takes us through the more uplifting ‘Three Times’ to the rather harsh ‘Bleeding Facet’ and an atmospheric ‘Triclinic’, before he closes the circle with a dreamy Part II of the opening track. While I wasn’t familiar with the work of Minorarc before, “Inclusions” was a pleasant surprise this week, offering an amazing soundtrack to drift away for a while." Metal Temple - Inclusions Review "Are things any clearer? They are at times, but don’t close your eyes for too long. Overall, none of these songs are straightforward. Indeed, there is such a variety of sounds presented that, as a listener, you are on the tips of your feet throughout the album. What Ivan set out to accomplish, he did. Read the introductory passage again…contradictory, disjointed, and a person desperate for answers." Lelahel Metal - Interview Nagamag - Interview Australian Gothic Industrial Music - Interview Press Coverage: Mercer, Mick (2002). 21st Century Goth. Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 1-903111-28-5. Dan Grunebaum (2002). Metropolis. Mark Devlin. Issue 411, 8th February 2002. p. 26. Jay (2003). Goth Nation. Goth Nation Magazine. Issue 3. p. 32. ISSN 14474476. Paris Pompor (2003). The Drum Media. Rural Press. Issue 654, 17th June 2003. p. 24. Solomon Grundy (2003). Industrialnation. Issue 18. p. 10. ISSN 1062499X. Shawn Stanley & GMAN (2003). BMA. Radar Media Pty Ltd. Issue 178, 24th April 2003. p. 16, 19. GMAN (2003). BMA. Radar Media Pty Ltd. Issue 185, 17th July 2003. p. 18. D’Halleine, David (2011). La Croche Lune. Lulu.com. p. 23, 45, 74, 189, 379. ISBN 978-1-4709-6520-4. Thank you!

Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 43718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cristi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 30 2024 at 00:52
	ok, noted

97mgg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 27 2024 Location: Melbourne AU Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote 97mgg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 01 2024 at 04:05
	Cristi: Thank you!

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 6377	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 02 2024 at 17:53
	The general consensus regarding Minorarc was that although the latest album does focus somewhat more on the metal aspects of the music than the previous ones did, until it becomes clear that this progression towards a more metallic overall sound is likely to be continued in future releases, for now at least it has been decided that Crossover is probably a better fit on balance than Progressive Metal, though Eclectic Prog was also considered as a possibility. Three 'yes' votes in Crossover means that the project is now cleared for addition.

97mgg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 27 2024 Location: Melbourne AU Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote 97mgg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 03 2024 at 04:05
	Hi yam yam! Thank you so much for this news. Crossover definitely makes a lot of sense. Really appreciate the consideration to include this artist and the work behind the scenes to do so

Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 43718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cristi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 07 2024 at 03:18
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