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    Posted: October 08 2009 at 14:00
I notice Iceburn aren't in the Prog Archives. Is there a reason why? They started off as punk-jazz or hardcore with horns but became increasingly insane/avant garde. I would've thought that monumental albums such as Hephaestus, Meditavolutions and Firon would have made them a shoo-in for a site like this.
If you haven't heard them (and that's probably most of you) do try to find one of the records I just mentioned. I daren't dare try to actually describe the sound they make because first nothing can prepare you for the nightmarish squonking and secondly I think having no idea what's about to happen is part of the fun of listening to Iceburn. It's almost like a good horror movie- it's not enjoyable per se but a morbid curiosity grips you and you have to see what on earth they'll do next even as part of you prays to go deaf.
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 15:27
What subgenre do you think they would be suited best in?

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Progtologist: Whoops, quite right. What a newbie.
 
As for sub-genre I don't really know/care. What I do know is that they should be in here somewhere.
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Points: 66634 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 15:59
Your description sounds like something that James would like, so probably the RIO/Avant team should check it out. 
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Points: 32559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 16:20
Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:


What I do know is that they should be in here somewhere.


There's a lot of that going around.


Edited by Epignosis - October 08 2009 at 16:21
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 20:51
post a myspace or other streamed samples and avant team will be happy to take a listen
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They have no website that I know of and broke up in 2000.
Here's a discography- generally the further along you go, the more incredibly bizarre they get:
 
  • Firon (1992), Victory Records
  • Hephaestus (1993), Revelation Records
  • Iceburn/Engine Kid split cd/12" (1994), Revelation Records
  • Poetry of Fire (1994), Revelation Records
  • Meditavolutions (1996), Revelation Records
  • Polar Bear Suite (1997), Iceburn Records/Revelation Records
  • Power of the Lion (1998), Iceburn Records/Revelation Records (Reissued on vinyl by Southern Lord in 2009)
  • Speed of Light Voice of Thunder (1999), Iceburn Records
  • Land of Wind and Ghosts (2000), Mountain Collective Records MTN-CIA
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    Points: 31169     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 22:37
    Well they can't be added if no one can listen to them.  If you have samples yourself, you can PM me a link.  I'll pass it along to the other members of the team.
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    Points: 3281     		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2009 at 23:38
    Something I should have mentioned: Meditavolutions is a seamless 70 minute musical palindrome.
     
    Yes, I knew that would get you all salivating.
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