- Acrimony
Infobox musical artist |
Name = Acrimony
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Origin =Swansea ,Wales ,United Kingdom
Genre =Stoner metal Doom metal
Years_active = 1991 - 1999
Label = Godhead Records
Game Two RecordsPeaceville Records Leaf Hound Records
Shiver Records
Associated_acts = Iron Monkey
Black Eye Riot
Dukes Of Nothing
Helvis
URL = [http://www.blackmetal.com/~mega/acrimony/ Official website]
Current_members =
Past_members =Acrimony were a Welsh
stoner metal band who were active during the 1990s. Releasing their debut album in 1994, they are regarded as the pioneers of stoner metal in theUnited Kingdom , and an important influence upon the scene. [cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/
title = BBC Wales – Acrimony
accessdate = 2007-12-10
author = BBC Wales
publisher = BBC Wales
quote = Acrimony were formed in Swansea in 1991 and were arch exponents of the stoner/metal/psych crossover...] [cite web
url = http://www.leafhound.com/band/acrimony/bio.html
title = Leafhound Records – Acrimony biography
accessdate = 2007-12-10
author = Leafhound Records
publisher = Leafhound Records
quote = [Acrimony were] among the first exponents of the UK stoner scene…] Although the band never achieved mainstream success, during their career they received much critical acclaim – they were nominated for theKerrang! Best Newcomer award and earned top review ratings. [cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/
title = BBC Wales – Acrimony
accessdate = 2007-12-10
author = BBC Wales
publisher = BBC Wales
quote = Their second album Tumuli Shroomaroom was critically-acclaimed, scooping the top mark five-Ks review in Kerrang! magazine. They were nominated for the Kerrang! Best Newcomer award in 1996.] [cite web
url = http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0bfexqthld6e~T0
title = Allmusic – Acrimony biography
accessdate = 2007-12-10
author = Ed Rivadavia
publisher = AMG
quote = [Acrimony] duly earned a perfect five "K's" from British metal bible Kerrrang! magazine.] Acrimony have maintained a cult following in the British metal scene, their records reportedly selling for vast sums as collectors items. [cite web
url = http://www.leafhound.com/band/acrimony/bio.html
title = Leafhound Records
accessdate = 2007-12-10
author = Leafhound Records
publisher = Leafhound Records
quote = ...originals have become collectors items, changing hands on Ebay for phenomenal sums.]Allmusic described their musical style as "typical mid-'90s stoner rock" that "combinedBlack Sabbath 's heavy metal riffery,Hawkwind 's space rock excursions, andBlue Cheer 's fuzzed-out psychedelic feedback with extreme doses of volume ... particularly reminiscent of desert metal godsKyuss ."Band members
*Dorian "Dexter" Walters –
vocals
*Stuart O'Hara – guitar
*Lee "Roy" Davies – guitar
*Paul "Mead" Bidmead – bass
*Darren Ivey – drumsDiscography
Albums
EPs and Singles
Compilation appearances
*1996 – "Earthchild Inferno" on "Dark Passages Volume II"
*1997 – "Bud Song" on "Burn One Up"
*1998 – "Find The Path" on "Stoned Revolution"
*1998 – "O Baby" on "Peaceville X "
*1999 – "Tumuli Shroomaroom" on ""
*2001 – "Satellite 19" on "21st Century Media Blitz Volume II"
*2003 – "And The Story Ends" on "Tales From The Underworld: A Tribute to Blind Guardian"References
External links
* [http://www.blackmetal.com/~mega/acrimony/ Official Acrimony website]
* [http://www.leafhound.com/band/acrimony/acrimony.html Acrimony on Leaf Hound Records]
* [http://www.myspace.com/leavesofmellowgrace Acrimony] atMySpace
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0bfexqthld6e~T0 Acrimony] atAllmusic
* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,643936,00.html#bio Acrimony] at ArtistDirect
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=523 Acrimony] atEncyclopaedia Metallum
* [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,148.sm Acrimony] atRockdetector
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/acrimony/ Acrimony on BBC Wales]
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