Unorthodox (band)

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Name = Unorthodox


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Origin = Maryland, USA
Genre = Doom metal Stoner metal
Years_active = 1987 – present
Label = Hellhound Records
Associated_acts = Wretched Revelation Internal Void Iron Man Pentagram Spirit Caravan Valkyrie Nitroseed Chowder Stout
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Current_members = Dale Flood Mark Ammen Gary Isom
Past_members = Jeff Parsons Josh Hart Ronnie Kalimon John Koutsioukis Mikey Phillips

Unorthodox are a doom metal band from Maryland.

Biography

Unorthodox, which evolved from the by-then-defunct band ObstinationFact|date=April 2007, were originally called Asylum. [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,31177.sm Unorthodox] at Rockdetector] [https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=q:DocRoot/2005/050506/DOOM "Doomed from the Start"] Washington City Paper May 6th, 2005 (Retrieved May 21, 2008)] They changed their name to Unorthodox after a band with a similar name achieved national success. [http://bnrmetal.com/groups/unor.htm Unorthodox at BNR Metal] ] They were one of many Maryland bands to be picked up in the early 90s by Germany's Hellhound Records. [http://bnrmetal.com/groups/unor.htm Unorthodox at BNR Metal] ] They released two albums, 1993's "Asylum" and 1995's "Balance of Power".

In 1994 Doom Records released an album entitled "A Double Dose of Doom" featuring Obstination and Rat Salad (who would go on to become Iron Man). Obstination features Dale Flood and the record features an Asylum song.

The band has been on again, off again but is still together. Recently they had a song, "Lifeline" on "Doom Capital" (2004 Crucial Blast Records). In 2007 Bipolar Demand Records re-released "Asylum" and included three bonus tracks. The band has recorded a third album, "Awaken", which will be released on The Church Within Records in 2008.

Discography

*"Asylum" (Hellhound Records 1993)
*"Balance of Power" (Hellhound Records 1995)
*"Awaken" (The Church Within Records 2008) (not yet released)

Reissue

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

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/unorthodoxlives Official MySpace page]