Bleach Transfusion Completed: Initiate Self-Termination Process
After an incredible 4 or so gigs, and with seven epic minutes of recorded audio under their belts, the boys of Bleach Tranfusion have announced their indefinite hiatus. Vocalist/synth player Ben Kohanski is beginning his college education (majoring in Gore, no doubt), leaving the future for the acoustic grind band open but uncertain.
While I wouldn't exactly classify Bleach Transfusion as good, they're certainly one of the more interesting bands* I've encountered, both in terms of setup (cheap drums, crappy synth, capes, gas masks) and artistic vision. (Their aborted album, Purging the Swarm, was to be an epic tale of Space Marines [think Doom, Halo] forced to annihilate a malevolent race of sentient insectoids. Not exactly typical concept album material.)
*(Note to readers: please do not call bands/works/artists "more unique" or "less unique." "Unique" means one-of-a-kind; there are no orders of magnitude. It's either unique or it's not.)
For those of you who never saw them live -- and let's face it, your number is legion -- it sounds like a DVD is in the works. If you enjoy B-movie kitsch, you may want to get a copy.
Relevant MySpace bulletin (from vocalist Brian Sierakowski) below:
Is this truly it for BLEACH TRANSFUSION?
As many of you probablly know, our beloved keyboardist/vocalist, Ben Kohanski, will be departing for college today. He was a great bandmate and friend, and truly the mastermind behind Bleach Transfusion. We've had a good run with our acoustic grindcore project turned synth led grind assault on the senses.
Is Bleach Transfusion dead?
No. We are just on indeffinate hiatus. Myself and my brother, Sam, will be part of two untitled bands, currently forming. Our first is an artsy hardcore project, and the second (which I am personally excited about) is a synthy gore grind project featuring Poop Sludge vocalist Chris Little and ex Revelations of Doom guitarist Tyler, whose name I embarassingly forgot this morning (sorry, man). Also, I myself might be playing keyboard for a local black metal project.
Bleach Transfusion does, however, plan to release a special DVD/EP CD set at Jamfest 07. This DVD will include their full live performances from Jamfest 06 and the 06 Dodgeball Tournament. Also, we will include the "basement sessions," which will show everyone what happened while we recorded our sick awesome tracks. We'll show you the laughs, and more laughs, because really, there was never any drama. The EP will provide you with all of our old tracks from The Lies That Grind, and the Purging The Swarm concept album. We will also include unreleased and alternate tracks. Whether we will actually make an appearance at Jamfest is highly doubtful.
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It was a fun ride, guys. And hey, we might actually pick this up again, we still have Purging the Swarm to try and finish.
So thanks again, all.
And look forward to our DVD/EP release at Jamfest 07! It will be the best $7 you've ever spent.
2 comments:
Thank you for noting that there's no such thing as more or less unique. It ought to be on a billboard in Times Square ...
I know this may come as a blow, and one from which recovery will be difficult. But this is the message at the core of our music: The human spirit is indominable, and can carry in on the face of any adversity. No matter the losses our squad takes, the ravening psychic bugs we must face down, the body parts we have replaced with cybernetic killing machines, we can always grit our teeth, bind our wounds, and raise high the battle-flag of the Imperium. We will fight another day. Across a thousand worlds, the earth may run red with our blood and be littered with the shattered remnants of our exo-armor, but our will can never, never be broken. Remember this, and remember Gabriel 14. It will be your strength.
-Ben
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