Fragment H�xtigram
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Topic: Fragment H�xtigram
Posted By: gurbles
Subject: Fragment H�xtigram
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2012 at 11:56pm
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previously posted on PA: "Hello there ProgArchives! I am Gurbles, a gabber/death-metal musician from San Marcos, Texas. August of last year, I had put my main project, Kageegee (for anyone interested, and who loves hardcore techno: www.kageegee.bandcamp.com), on hiatus to explore the progressive genre more and even make some of my own. so I started a little project called Fragment. I soon realized that I should probably change the name to avoid confusion with other bands, so I named the Fragment logo "The H�XTiGRAM" and put it in my band name. by September, I had completed the first part of my 4 part concept album, "Birth, Life, Age & Death". Birth was somewhat of a starter album as it only totaled to 30 minutes. by October, I had made an hour long album called Life. it had generally longer, more stretched out songs than Birth, which had shorter, constantly changing songs. when November came around, I had completed my 3rd and (imo) greatest album, Age. it was the darkest album yet and had some ambient elements and a more death metal feel while still retaining the prog mentality of the last 2 albums. and now, this January, I have completed the series with Death, in which the last track, "As the Spirit Leaves the Body", counts in at exactly 20 minutes. as a music critic, I would say Age is my greatest, but as a musician, I think Death was my greatest accomplishment. I would suggest the songs "Inferno", "Fields of Remembrance", "The Symphonic", "Our Meaning", "The New Flesh", "Into the Light", and "In My Mind" to anyone who wants to try my music out. if you like those, you may want to listen to any other song, but those are my greatest. my influences include Dream Theater, Haken, Ministry, Godflesh, Soulfly, and Meshuggah. I would love to be part of the ProgArchives community and would love for anybody to review my music. constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. since I've started, I've been going virtually unknown except for a Battle-of-the-Bands-style competition and two minor shows at clubs in my current home in Australia. so let me know what you guys think of it!" www.fragment-band.bandcamp.com (p.s. my main albums are Birth, Life, Age & Death, but i strongly recommend you check out Planetarium as it is a work in progress but it is some of the most complex i've written)
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 2:16am
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So in which sub genre do you feel your music would be best placed? Progressive or death metal? and could some albums be placed in one genre while others could be placed in another sub genre? ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: gurbles
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 2:28am
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Birth and Age are death metal Life Death, and Planetarium are prog metal H is non-metal and don't be confused by release dates, Birth, Life, and Age are 2011. Death, H, and Planetarium (in that order) are 2012.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 3:53am
Thanks for the input, I�ll have a look and listen and hopefully add your act in the next couple of days .
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 7:15am
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It says Fragment on the album covers. So what�s the deal with the H�xtigram? Is the band name Fragment or Fragment H�xtigram? ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: gurbles
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 8:23am
| the H�xtigram is the six-pointed symbol in the album covers |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 8:55am
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I�ll add your act as only Fragment then. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: gurbles
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 9:46am
| okay, that works! i only added that word because i wanted a name for the symbol |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 12:48pm
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Well ultimately it�s your act, so you are welcome to chose if it should be Fragment or Fragment H�xtigram? ...could you also provide a bio (short or long is your choice) that I can use for the profile? ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Andyman1125
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 4:51pm
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Ah yes, very interesting stuff, we're handling you guys at PA right now like you said. I'd say death metal is best for these guys. His prog credentials aren't really enough to hold him in prog metal. ------------- http://bit.ly/kZR7BC" rel="nofollow">  http://andywebb.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - My Bandcamp
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2012 at 2:25am
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His own suggestion was: Birth and Age are death metal Life Death, and Planetarium are prog metal H is non-metal I won�t add the band before the name issue is out of the way though. So I�m waiting for feedback from the artist. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2012 at 2:32am
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I think that the solution is to add the band as Fragment and then have Fragment H�xtigram as the alternate name - both names with then be registered for this act.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2012 at 2:34am
Not a bad idea Kim ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2012 at 2:38am
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And then, I think we should just follow the artist's own suggestion regarding genres. -------------
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 3:07am
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I haven�t gotten around to adding this one yet, so just bumping to make sure I don�t lose sight of them. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: gurbles
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 2:26am
Sorry for the (very) delayed response, but I'm back... and working on a new album. For the time being I am sticking with the simple name Fragment. Not to mention my "backup name" was just a cheesy way of showing my love for the new Opeth album  .Anyways, I have put Planetarium on hold for right now, and am making a new album with heavy Meshuggah influences: Obscure. I would rather have the albums listed only after their completion, so my classifications that I posted before can stay. Birth was my debut EP, H is merely an instrumental EP, and Life, Age, and Death are all full albums. Anything else on my Bandcamp is unfinished and shouldn't be added until I'm done. I am planning on releasing a sort of "Lost Tracks" compilation very soon, as well. |