Intronaut

Infobox musical artist
Name = Intronaut


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre = Post-metal
Progressive metal
Sludge metal
Experimental metal
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Century Media
Translation Loss
Goodfellow
Lifeforce
URL = [http://www.intronaut.net/ www.intronaut.net]
Current_members = Sacha Dunable
Dave Timnick
Danny Walker
Joe Lester
Past_members = Leon del Muerte

Intronaut is a post-metal band from Los Angeles, California.

They play progressive metal with harsh vocals combined with progressive and jazzy instrumental breaks. [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,52104.sm INTRONAUT | Rockdetector ] ] [ [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/intronaut.htm Intronaut - Void Review ] ] [ [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cfrxq9dldse allmusic ((( Void > Overview ))) ] ] Their sound incorporates traits from sludge metal, progressive metal, jazz and death metal. [ [http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3119 INTRONAUT music, discography, MP3, videos and reviews ] ]

Biography

Intronaut features Sacha Dunable, ex-Anubis Rising, guitarist Leon del Muerte of Exhumed, Impaled, drummer Danny Walker of Uphill Battle and bassist Joe Lester. In 2005 Intronaut released a four-track demo entitled "Null – Demonstration Extended Play Compact Disc". They signed to Goodfellow Records in October, and in early April 2006, they recorded "Void" at Shiva Industries in Santa Ana, California with producer John Haddad.

In August 2007 guitarist/vocalist Leon del Muerte left the band to focus on his Murder Construct project and as the bass player in Phobia. He was replaced by Dave Timnick. [ [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,52104.sm INTRONAUT | Rockdetector ] ]

In January 2008, the band announced that they had signed a world wide deal with Century Media Records, and are completing their next album, "Prehistoricisms". [ [http://www.komodorock.com/latest-news/latest-news/intronaut-sign-to-century-media-200801163496/ Komodo Rock | Intronaut Sign To Century Media ] ]

Discography

EPs

* "Null - Demonstration Extended Play Compact Disc" (2005, self-released)
* "Null" (2006, Goodfellow)
* "The Challenger" (2007, Translation Loss)

tudio albums

* "Void" (2006, Goodfellow)
* "Prehistoricisms" (2008, Century Media)

Band line-up

Current members

* Sacha Dunable − guitar, vocals (Anubis Rising)
* Dave Timnick − guitar, vocals
* Danny Walker − drums, samples (Uphill Battle)
* Joe Lester − bass guitar zalypa

Former members

* Leon del Muerte − guitar, vocals (Exhumed, Impaled, Murder Construct, Artificium Sanguis)
* Cristina Fuentes - keyboards

External links

* [http://www.intronaut.net Intronaut official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/intronaut Intronaut] at MySpace
* [http://www.sickdrummer.com Danny Walker on SickDrummer.com]
* [http://www.deafsparrow.com/Intronaut-Interview.htm Interview with drummer Danny Walker]
* [http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=29 Sonic Frontiers review of "Void"]
* [http://outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=713 review of "Void" on outsideleft.com]

References