The Hidden Hand

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Name = The Hidden Hand


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Origin = Potomac, Maryland, USA
Genre = Doom metal Stoner metal
Years_active = 2002 – 2007
Label = Southern Lord Records MeteorCity Records McCarthyism Records Exile On Mainstream Records
Associated_acts = The Obsessed Saint Vitus Spirit Caravan Place of Skulls
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URL = [http://www.thehiddenhand.com thehiddenhand.com]
Current_members = Scott "Wino" Weinrich Bruce Falkinburg Matt Moulis
Past_members = Dave Hennesey Evan Tanner

The Hidden Hand was a stoner/doom band from Maryland formed in 2002.

Biography

The Hidden Hand was comprised of Scott "Wino" Weinrich on guitar and vocals, Bruce Falkinburg on bass and vocals and Matt Moulis on drums. Original drummer Dave Hennesey left the band to focus more time on his band, Ostinato, and was replaced by Evan Tanner. Bassist Falkinburg is a professional recording engineer, and his Phase Studios has been the commission site of works by Clutch, Sixty Watt Shaman and Stinking Lizaveta. They released their debut 7" single "De-Sensitized" in late 2002, which was quickly followed by their first album "Divine Propaganda" in 2003. This was followed by a split LP/CD with Washington, D.C. band Wooly Mammoth released to coincide with their appearance at the Emissions from the Monolith festival. [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,40094.sm The Hidden Hand at Rock Detector] ] Their second full-length, "Mother Teacher Destroyer", was released on Southern Lord Records in 2004. In 2006 drummer Evan Tanner left the band after recording their latest effort, "The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote" and was replaced by Matt Moulis, who has played in DC area bands Medic and Bison. [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,40094.sm The Hidden Hand at Rock Detector] ]

Their music is a slight departure in style for Weinrich (whose previous bands include The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan and Place of Skulls) in that more psychedelic influences are evident. Lyrically, the band deals with politics, history and spirituality. In contrast to his previous bands, Wino has said that The Hidden Hand is political which is reflected in the lyrics. [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,40094.sm The Hidden Hand at Rock Detector] ]

The band split up in August 2007. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=79212 Blabbermouth.net news] ]

Members

*Scott "Wino" Weinrich - guitar & vocals
*Bruce Falkinburg - bass & vocals
*Matt Moulis - drums

Discography

Albums

*"Divine Propaganda" CD/LP (MeteorCity Records/Exile On Mainstream Records(UK)/Beard of Stars Records (LP) 2003)
*"Mother Teacher Destroyer" CD/LP (Southern Lord Records/Exile On Mainstream Records(UK) 2004)
*"The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote" CD (Southern Lord Records 2007)

EPs

*"De-sensitized" 7" (McCarthyism Records 2002)
*"Night Letters" CDEP/12"EP split with Wooly Mammoth (MeteorCity Records/McCarthyism Records 2004)
*"Devoid of Colour" CDEP (Southern Lord Records 2005)

Compilation appearances

* "Rebellion" on "Doom Capital" CD (2004 Crucial Blast Records)
* "Falconstone" on "High Volume (The Stoner Rock Collection)" CD (2004 High Times Records)
* "Half Mast" on "Music from Time and Space Vol. 11" CD (2004 Sysyphus Records)
* "Someday Soon" on "Darkness Knows No Boundaries" CD (2006 Southern Lord Records)
* "Vulcans' Children" on "Darkness Hath No Boundaries" CD (2006 Southern Lord Records)
* "Five Points" on "...And Back to Earth Again. Ten Years of MeteorCity" 3CD (2007 MeteorCity Records)
* "Dark Horizons" on "Within the Church of Thee Overlords" CD (2007 Southern Lord Records)
* "Coffin Lily" on "Worship the Riff" CD (2007 Exile on Mainstream)

References

External links

* [http://www.thehiddenhand.com Official band web site]