DISKORD

Death Metal / Technical Death Metal • Norway
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DISKORD is a progressive death metal band who were formed in Oslo,Norway in 2001 by Chris "Channard" Myhre (guitar),Kvile (guitar),Eyvind Wærsted Axelsen (bass) and Hans Jørgen Ersvik (drums,vocals).In 2001 they self-released their first demo,a 5 song ep simply titled "Demo 1".Guitarist Kvile left the band and instead of replacing him DISKORD continued on with a three piece line-up.

In 2003 DISKORD again self-released a second demo,titled "Aural Objection".The band signed to Vendius Records and in 2005 released the ep "hdfh".2007 saw DISKORD sign to the larger Edgerunner label and release their first full-length album,the well received "Doomscapes".

After the recording and release of "Doomscapes" guitarist Channard left DISKORD to focus on his band LOBOTOMIZED and was replaced by guitarist Espen T. Hangård.

DISKORD plays progressive death metal while still retaining the primal agression and discordant sounds of old-school death metal and are highly recommended.

( Biography originally written for Prog Archives by TheProgtologist)
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DISKORD Doomscapes album cover 3.90 | 6 ratings
Doomscapes
Death Metal 2007
DISKORD Dystopics album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Dystopics
Death Metal 2012
DISKORD Degenerations album cover 4.00 | 4 ratings
Degenerations
Technical Death Metal 2021

DISKORD EPs & splits

DISKORD hdfh album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
hdfh
Death Metal 2005
DISKORD Oslo We Rot album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
Oslo We Rot
Death Metal 2010
DISKORD Oscillations album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Oscillations
Death Metal 2014
DISKORD Bipolarities album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bipolarities
Technical Death Metal 2024

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DISKORD Demo 2001 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Demo 2001
Death Metal 2001
DISKORD Aural Abjection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Aural Abjection
Death Metal 2003
DISKORD Dystopics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dystopics
Death Metal 2011

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DISKORD Degenerations

Album · 2021 · Technical Death Metal
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"Degenerations" is the 3rd full-length studio album by Norwegian death metal act Diskord. The album was released through Transcending Obscurity Records in August 2021. It´s the successor to "Dystopics" from 2012 although the two full-length albums are bridged by the "Oscillations" EP from 2014. There´s been one lineup change as guitarist Håvard Østli has been replaced by Dmitry Soukhinin. It´s safe to say that Diskord aren´t the most profific act in terms of output (three full-length releases in 22 years since forming in 1999 really aren´t that much), but I´ll take quality over quantity any day and the preceding releases have shown that Diskord are a guarantee for that.

Stylistically the basis of the band´s music is the same as it´s been since day one. Old school death metal influenced by early (death metal) Darkthrone and Cadaver combined with the fusion influenced technical playing of an act like Atheist. Diskord have increased their use of elements from other genres over the years though, and "Degenerations" is their most diverse effort up until now. I hear post-metal elements, noise/dissonance, and avant garde metal elements too. The use of clean guitars on closing track "Beyond the Grime" is also a first as far as I remember. The vocals are another feature, which have become more varied on "Degenerations". They are still predominantly growling, but there are different types of shouting raw vocals on the album too.

One of the great assets of Diskord´s sound is their powerful organic playing style. The trio format is fully explored here and the rawness and equal focus on every instrument work incredibly well. "Degenerations" also features an organic, raw, and powerful sounding production job, which suits the material perfectly. Every impressive detail is audible in the mix, but it´s not presented in a polished sterile fashion. This is a living, organic beast of an album and Diskord have done it again, and have released another high quality album. Personally I appreciate them most when they lean more towards the death metal/fusion influenced technical death metal part of their sound, and less when they lean towards the avant garde/noise part of their sound, but I generally think they strike a good balance here. A 4 star (80%) rating is deserved.

DISKORD Degenerations

Album · 2021 · Technical Death Metal
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DISKORD has been around since as far back as 1999 before the Y2K scare even panicked the world but this Norwegian band can hardly begin accused of flooding the market with too much product. In fact it took the an ever-changing lineup and eight years before its debut “Doomscapes” finally saw the light of day but if you count demos and EPs then there were three beforehand. Still though it would take another five years for the band’s second album “Dystopics” to be released and finally in the year 2021 DISKORD’s third album DEGENERATIONS has finally found its way out of the crypts.

While quantity is clearly not this Oslo band’s modus operandi, quality on the other hand is something that this band has clearly nurtured from one album to the next. This band has always been a little out there as far as death metal is concerned. While rooted in old school 90s death metal DISKORD has pretty much never abandoned those old school elements that made early 90s death metal so fucking badass! While “Doomscapes” entertained old school death metal with a touch of doom metal and technical workouts, the band has slowly but surely acquired a little more of an avant-garde taste on each subsequent album.

On this newest release DEGENERATIONS, DISKORD takes those progressive and technical infused liberties even further with a majorly satisfying run of 12 tracks that never stray far over the four minute playing time yet offer some of the most interesting stylistic shifts within what one could deem an old school death metal context. No band other than maybe Japan’s Defiled has so spectacularly maintained an old school sheen while infusing highly sophisticated and oft complex technical deviations laced with moments of progressiveness and downright psychedelic surprises. While all these elements were present as far back as “Doomscapes,” DISKORD has fully mastered its distinct sound although DEGENERATIONS seems to have tamped down the doom metal aspects in favor of a more dissonant style of modern death metal (dissodeath) which is right out of the Immolation, Gorguts, Ulcerate, Portal and Ad Nauseam.

Add to that some unexpected funky jazz grooves (like on “Bionic Tom Eternal”) and strange pick sliding meets power chords and doomy bass stomps such as on “The Endless Spiral” and what DISKORD delivers with DEGENERATIONS is its most complex and varied album of its career. In recent years modern metal bands have really excelled at marrying the old school rhythmic regularities with the more chaotic, dissonant and atonal aspects of modern tech death. DISKORD retains its 90s origins only updates their sound to fit in perfectly with the modern world of more sci-fi infused extreme metal. While some bands like Blood Incantation can craft sprawling psychedelic journeys laced with chugging death metal riffs (Qrixkuor takes this to the ultimate extreme on its latest “Poison Palinopsia,” DISKORD on the other hand keeps the tracks short and to the point with the artistic expression being truncated into micro-riffing, exotic grooves and off-kilter time signature deviations.

Despite the crafty experiments, once again DISKORD maintains its old school death metal charm with the easily recognizable tremolo guitar riffing, blastbeat percussive bombast and of course nasty guttural growls but successfully incorporate myriad experimental approach without allowing things to get too wild and unpredictable. The old school stomps keep the whole thing anchored to the 90s scene yet the spaced out accouterments add an interesting update to the old school sound and while most modern death metal is interested in heading to the stars these days it’s cool that some of these bands are simply OK flying into space for a day or two and coming back down to Earth. Well played, well produced and laced with outstanding compositions, DISKORD proves with DEGENERATIONS that its here for the long term however at this rate we’ll have to wait another ten years for the next album!

DISKORD Oscillations

EP · 2014 · Death Metal
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"Oscillations" is an EP release by Norwegian death metal act Diskord. The EP was released through Hellthrasher Productions in August 2014. It´s a 6 track, 25:58 minutes long release, and if the EP had featured just a few more tracks, this could well have been the band´s 3rd full-length studio album. So you´ll get plenty of quantity for your money.

Not surprisingly the quality of the material is also high. Diskord are known for delivering a brutal and old school oriented type of technical/progressive death metal, and that trend is continued on "Oscillations". It´s still artists like Cadaver, Carbonized, and pre-black metal Darkthrone that are the main influences, but add to that some dissonant riffing in the vein of Voivod, and a description of the band´s music is formed. The riffs are raw and delivered with fierce conviction and energy, the drumming is fusion influenced but still powerful and suiting the old school death metal atmosphere, and the vocals are poison filled and sneering death metal growls. So while the music is certainly both progressive and technical in execution, brutality and aggression are always in the high seat. There´s no complex playing for the sake of it. The technical playing and the progressive ideas are a means to an end.

The sound production is raw, dark, and powerful. The drums are slightly less organic and bit more clicky sounding than on the two album predecessors, and I´m not sure I think that´s a good idea, but it´s not a major issue. so "Oscillations" is overall another really strong release by Diskord, and although I think I prefer the two preceeding studio albums over this EP release, a 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is still deserved.

DISKORD Oslo We Rot

Split · 2010 · Death Metal
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"Oslo We Rot" is a double 7" EP split release featuring tracks by four different Oslo, Norway based death metal acts. The split was released through Unborn Productions in April 2010. "Oslo We Rot" is limited to 500 copies. The title of the release is of course a pun on the the title of the legendary debut album "Slowly We Rot (1989)" by Florida based death metal act Obituary.

The split features material by Lobotomized, Obliteration, Execration and Diskord. The Execration track and one of the Diskord tracks were later featured in re-recorded versions on the "Odes of the Occult (2011)" album by Execration and the "Dystopics (2012)" album by Diskord respectively. The rest of the tracks on the split are, as far as I´ve been able to find out, exclusive to this release.

"Oslo We Rot" is a relatively varied split although all four acts are rooted in old school Scandinavian death metal. Lobotomized is probably the act that sticks out the most as they employ a heavy dose of hardcore punk in their filthy take on old school death metal. They play an original track titled "Piss on My Grave" and two cover tracks. One Mentors cover and one Autopsy cover. The absolutely caustic vocal delivery is a great asset to their energetic and punked death metal style. The Obliteration track is sligthly more standard death metal. Both the Execration and the Diskord tracks are more technical in nature but without sacrificing filthy old school death metal darkness.

The sound production on most tracks are murky, dark and filthy, which suits the music on the split well. Overall "Oslo We Rot" is quite an entertaining release to my ears and especially Lobotomized and Diskord stand out as very convincing at what they do. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

DISKORD Dystopics

Album · 2012 · Death Metal
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"Dystopics" is the 2nd full-length studio album by Norwegian technical/progressive death metal act Diskord. The album was released through the No Posers Please! label in April 2012. Diskord made quite the impression on me with their 2007 debut album "Doomscapes", which is a filthy old school death metal album with added technical playing and progressive ideas. Since then the band have toured a lot in their native Norway and also made a change on the guitarist potition as Håvard Østli has replaced Espen Tørressen Hangård (Hangård plays on "Dystopics" though), who himself had released Chris Myhre, who played on "Doomscapes". The usual suspects are Eyvind Wærsted Axelsen on bass and Hans Jørgen Ersvik on drums and lead vocals.

The music on "Dystopics" pretty much continue down the same filthy and technical old school death metal path as the music on "Doomscapes". I´m still reminded of early Darkthrone, Cadaver and Carbonized, played with the technical skill of Atheist and the dissonant weirdness of late eighties Voivod. Like the case was on the debut the technical playing is not implemented to flash virtuoso skills but a way to express chaotic darkness. The atmosphere on the album is bleak and aggression is the key word. The music is delivered with an infectious energy and great conviction. These guys mean business and it´s perhaps heard no better than in the absolutely caustic vocal delivery by Hans Jørgen Ersvik. Look no further for snarling growling vocals that seem designed to sear iron. The music features both fast blasting parts, odd technical parts and slow filthy doomy sections too. The latter type sections at times remind me of early Autopsy. Rotten to the core.

The sound production is raw and organic giving plenty of room for all instruments. I especially enjoy how audible the bass is in the soundscape. The sound is perfect for the trio format.

"Dystopics" is another very strong and distinct sounding release by Diskord. "Doomscapes" took me completely by surprise when I listened to the album the first time and ultimately I think "Dystopics" lacks that surprise element to elevate it to the same extremely high level as "Doomscapes". It comes close though and a 4 - 4.5 star (85%) is fully deserved.

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