TREPHINE

Trephine biography
TREPHINE is a metal/progressive/experimental band that was formed in Baltimore,Maryland in the United States, in 1998.

They play instrumental-only music. Their brand of metal is quite unique. At times gloomy, at times, brighter, usually very hard but with moments of quietude and elegance.

Their line-up consists of Chuck Collins, who plays all guitars, Brian Daniloski, who handles bass duties, and newly-acquired Dave Batovsky in the drums. It is worth mentioning that Batovsky joined the band as a drummer even though he already was part of the band, as a "trash percussionist". He has incorporated his trash kit into his playing.

In 2005 TREPHINE released their self-titled debut full-length. Since then, the band has been trying to gain a reputation in the metal/prog scene with their very original style.

The press met their debut album with good reviews. Their music has been described as mad, scientific, operatic, noisy, with bits of math rock, post-metal and jazz.

In their MySpace website, the band cites these bands as their influences: Slayer, King Crimson, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Yes, Voivod, Goblin, Botch, Breadwinner, Happy Family, Barkmarket, Cop Shoot Cop. Also, they mention b-cinema horrormaster George Romero in the list, and it shows as their music sounds, at times, like the soundtrack for a horror movie that you can only see at drive-in thaters, but immediately it changes into a jazzy experiment worthy of a night in a jazz-club.



Why this artist must be listed in www.progarchives.com :
Their music is very unique, original and innovative. They combine elements of jazz, metal, math and alternative rock, creating new harmonies and textures that makes them worthy of the approval of the prog-metal team of collaborators in PA.



Discography:
Trephine, studio album (2005)
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