December & Cement Shoes will be taken off the myspace after the record is done because they are only our demos for the record to get all you sweet fly cats a taste of what was to come. Trust us the album recordings are way more ridiculous & way more intense. Plus you all should be wearing kitten mittens when we post the new ones so you don't hurt your little paws.
Also if your a band & want a real recording please check out the studio & producers we work with @ www.myspace.com/ThomasCalandraproducer
By the end of your recording sessions you will be a machine & have a whole different attitude about your music(in a good way).
Other than that we are prepping for our first gig in over 6 months with Disembodied & Architect @ the Lost Horizon, on January 14th. You can check out the flyer by copy & pasting this link http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/129/l_c5c47cf260aa493fbb87bbfcc5cbcadb.jpg
Other than that we are miserable, 1 jobless-unemployed & hating life, 1 running on death, & 1 half way across the country having car issues.
That is about what is all going on here at the Imbro Camp.
Until next time,
-IMBROGLIO
PS: BUY OUR MERCHANDISE. We have an awesome sale going on so take advantage of it. www.imbroglio.bigcartel.com
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
08.12.09 (2 NEW SONGS POSTED)
Hey Everyone,
We have posted two new tracks to reveal what the sound of Imbroglio has evolved into. We don’t feel much of a difference besides it’s more lyrically driven & more abrasive, with a mixture of different elements.
Please check them out on our myspace page: www.myspace.com/imbroglio666
Leave us feedback & your thoughts either on there or here.
Thank you so much to everyone for there never ending support. We are still hard at work on this record & pushing the envelope for an early release date of 2010.
Just expect to see more of us & expect to hear about more than usual. We aren’t going to be on the back burner anymore. We are collecting our congregation & are about to take the country by swarm again sooner than expected.
-IMBROGLIO
We have posted two new tracks to reveal what the sound of Imbroglio has evolved into. We don’t feel much of a difference besides it’s more lyrically driven & more abrasive, with a mixture of different elements.
Please check them out on our myspace page: www.myspace.com/imbroglio666
Leave us feedback & your thoughts either on there or here.
Thank you so much to everyone for there never ending support. We are still hard at work on this record & pushing the envelope for an early release date of 2010.
Just expect to see more of us & expect to hear about more than usual. We aren’t going to be on the back burner anymore. We are collecting our congregation & are about to take the country by swarm again sooner than expected.
-IMBROGLIO
All the Reviews for "The Oncoming Swarm"
Rock Serbia Review:
"'The Oncoming Swarm' album of band Imbroglio is another title from "The Path Less Traveled Records" catalogue. A band works as a quartet, and originated in Dayton, OH in February of 2007 year.
Imbroglio's musical offering is interesting and unusual combination of metal, fullfield with alter/experimental elements. Swirling riffs, electro loops, industrial atmospheric conception with addition of screaming vocalizations, characterize most of album materials. There are 8 tracks on album, and different atmosphere dominates through different parts of present tracks.
Imbroglio has offered prety inventive authors vision, and mentioned element surelly eleminetes some less interesting moments."
Rating : 7/10
-Written by Branimir Lokner
Wednesday January, 21st 2009
http://www.rockserbia.net
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Decibel Magazine Review:
"It’s actually pretty simple. This rules. I worry about using the term “atmospheric” when describing The Oncoming Swarm because then you’re going to think it’s some Red Sparowes rip-off bullshit with 15 minutes of post-rock reverb guitar. I assure you, that isn’t the case. But the one thing Imbroglio do that makes them so brilliant is balance an overwhelming feeling of dread with their disgusting sludge-grind.
The band spends most of this too-brief record finding the most painful ways to fuse corrosively lumbering riffs with firebombing Dresden-type blasts. And if that isn’t enough, they flawlessly incorporate noise-rock elements, as well as a couple of NYDM parts. But there’s also an undercurrent of grisly ambience. They always keep it in check (save a couple of segues), and it helps put the record into its own category. Think Swans replacing their redundancy with Today Is the Day abrasion and you’re getting close.
The only problem I have with the record is that they no longer have their singer. That really, really sucks. William Fecke sounds like the older brother of Pig Destroyer’s J.R. Hayes, with a deeper shriek that very well may carve a pentagram into your chest. It’s going to be a fucking task to find this guy’s equal.
But regardless of their future, Imbroglio have shown that it’s possible to write epic songs that don’t stretch into boring, pretentious hippie jams. If this is The Oncoming Swarm, I can’t wait until it gets here."
Rating: 9/10
-Written by Shane Mehling
DECIBEL MAGAZINE
APR 2009 / No. 054
http://www.decibelmagazine.com
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Invisible Oranges Review:
Most records sound like records. They have intros, songs, interludes, and so on. Imbroglio's debut, The Oncoming Swarm (The Path Less Travled, 2009), has such ingredients. But it's not really a record so much as the sound of a bad day. Normally, this is not a good thing. I do not like hearing friends complain about bad days. Then again, my friends don't come down-tuned with blastbeats. Sorry, friends. Sometimes records are better than people.
If I had produced this one, it would have been diminished. I would have deleted its intro, two interludes, and noise outro. It would have been a 17-minute EP, not a 32-minute something-between-an-EP-and-LP. I generally hate intros and interludes, but these work. The industrial ambience and nude clean tones ooze anxiety. I would have made just Side A of My War. Imbroglio adds Side B.
This lends depth to a normally shallow sound - abrasive, angular hardcore with metal leanings. Imbroglio is one of the angriest bands I've ever heard, along the lines of Gaza and early Ion Dissonance. (This is unsurprising given band members' connections to Architect, another angry outfit.) Shuddering accents buffet high and low end scrapings. The vocals could strip paint. Hovering above is a black cloud. The interludes are deceptive breathers. They're suckers' rallies, upticks in Sisyphean days. Life only lets you get back up so it can beat you down again. The beating never felt so good.
-Written by Cosmo Lee
Tuesday April, 07th 2009
http://www.invisibleoranges.com
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Graze Concerns Ezine Review:
I get this message from Imbroglio telling me to contact their label "A Path Less Traveled" to obtain a copy of their cd so I can review it. Man am I glad I did. This is one of the best American Grind/Sludge albums I have heard in while...Imbroglio is a 4 piece outfit, originally hailing from Dayton, Ohio... these guys decided to pack it up and move to Syracuse, New York for a bit of a change of pace. This is their debut album, and what a fucking good job they did...The sound quality is perfect, especially for an independent release. The sounds are a pummeling mix of Sludge, Grindcore, Noise Rock, NYDM, Atmospheric, and even a little Spoken Word! The instruments used on this recording include guitars, electronics, drums, bass, and vocals. The album art is great, including dark imagery of a butterfly's skeletal remains, broken TV sets, weird bugs and what I think are prosthetic arms. There are nine songs on this devastating disc, and everyone fucking kills.... My favorite tracks include "Imperial Swarm", "Suicide Pact", "Upside Down Diamond", "Peachgrove Whore", and "Excavating The...Killing Fields". I highly recommend this band, and I cant wait to see what they are coming out with next. An extensive tour, a new E.P., and a new full length in 2009. Awesome. I hope they come play in Michigan! So DECIBAL MAGAZINE gave this album a 9/10...I have to agree, but I give it 10/10...Go find this album now, Grind enthusiasts!
-Written by Jay Watson
Sunday April, 26th 2009
http://www.graveconcernsezine.com
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Deaf Sparrow Review:
What a record! I was beaten, pummeled, kicked, spat on and then thrown out and left out in the apocalyptic landscape as bloody meat to the vultures. Yes, The Oncoming Swarm is that kind of record; it takes you by surprise and by the time you’ve noticed you are only seconds away from near death. Now that I am in intensive care I only have one question, have I become a masochist? Because, I’ve had this EP set on repeat for the past three hours and to paraphrase, Dave Gahan, 'I just can’t get enough'.
The Oncoming Swarm reminds me of Gaza’s awesome I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die. Whatever happened to that band? Anyway, like it, this recording is an apocalyptic mess of uber mayhemic proportions. This has got to be post-something. Post metal, post noise, post grind, post awesome-that’s like awesome but a bit more than that.
What it’s best about The Oncoming Swarm is that it is abstract, totally amorphous and very radical. This is like shapeless metal, where the concept of a riff has been taken out of context, and the purpose of having a voice has been blown out of proportions. Here, the ugliness of grind collides with the angularity of noise rock, then rapes it and eats it for brunch.
Witness the “Imperial Swarm”, strange shit is coming. Enter distortion, screaming guitars that smear thousands of dead insects all over your windshield. What follows is the crash, 32-minutes of pure impact, gruesome violence by way of your ear canals.
To make The Oncoming Swarm a more compelling experience, the songs are linked by noise, or ‘swarms of insects’ which bring about a nasty viscous ambience to this album. And there is almost a beat to the 1,000 lashes that is “Butterfly Children”, but like everything this Syracuse band seems to do, the song is broken down by what could be music haters. Impressive. Musicians from all extreme genres could hate a hint, learn a lesson and stop behaving like bitches. Let’s just hope some metalcore fools don’t try to hijack Imbroglio away…
Rating: 4/5
Written by Deaf Sparrow
Sunday August 11th, 2009
http://www.deafsparrow.com
"'The Oncoming Swarm' album of band Imbroglio is another title from "The Path Less Traveled Records" catalogue. A band works as a quartet, and originated in Dayton, OH in February of 2007 year.
Imbroglio's musical offering is interesting and unusual combination of metal, fullfield with alter/experimental elements. Swirling riffs, electro loops, industrial atmospheric conception with addition of screaming vocalizations, characterize most of album materials. There are 8 tracks on album, and different atmosphere dominates through different parts of present tracks.
Imbroglio has offered prety inventive authors vision, and mentioned element surelly eleminetes some less interesting moments."
Rating : 7/10
-Written by Branimir Lokner
Wednesday January, 21st 2009
http://www.rockserbia.net
-------------------------------------------------------------
Decibel Magazine Review:
"It’s actually pretty simple. This rules. I worry about using the term “atmospheric” when describing The Oncoming Swarm because then you’re going to think it’s some Red Sparowes rip-off bullshit with 15 minutes of post-rock reverb guitar. I assure you, that isn’t the case. But the one thing Imbroglio do that makes them so brilliant is balance an overwhelming feeling of dread with their disgusting sludge-grind.
The band spends most of this too-brief record finding the most painful ways to fuse corrosively lumbering riffs with firebombing Dresden-type blasts. And if that isn’t enough, they flawlessly incorporate noise-rock elements, as well as a couple of NYDM parts. But there’s also an undercurrent of grisly ambience. They always keep it in check (save a couple of segues), and it helps put the record into its own category. Think Swans replacing their redundancy with Today Is the Day abrasion and you’re getting close.
The only problem I have with the record is that they no longer have their singer. That really, really sucks. William Fecke sounds like the older brother of Pig Destroyer’s J.R. Hayes, with a deeper shriek that very well may carve a pentagram into your chest. It’s going to be a fucking task to find this guy’s equal.
But regardless of their future, Imbroglio have shown that it’s possible to write epic songs that don’t stretch into boring, pretentious hippie jams. If this is The Oncoming Swarm, I can’t wait until it gets here."
Rating: 9/10
-Written by Shane Mehling
DECIBEL MAGAZINE
APR 2009 / No. 054
http://www.decibelmagazine.com
-------------------------------------------------------------
Invisible Oranges Review:
Most records sound like records. They have intros, songs, interludes, and so on. Imbroglio's debut, The Oncoming Swarm (The Path Less Travled, 2009), has such ingredients. But it's not really a record so much as the sound of a bad day. Normally, this is not a good thing. I do not like hearing friends complain about bad days. Then again, my friends don't come down-tuned with blastbeats. Sorry, friends. Sometimes records are better than people.
If I had produced this one, it would have been diminished. I would have deleted its intro, two interludes, and noise outro. It would have been a 17-minute EP, not a 32-minute something-between-an-EP-and-LP. I generally hate intros and interludes, but these work. The industrial ambience and nude clean tones ooze anxiety. I would have made just Side A of My War. Imbroglio adds Side B.
This lends depth to a normally shallow sound - abrasive, angular hardcore with metal leanings. Imbroglio is one of the angriest bands I've ever heard, along the lines of Gaza and early Ion Dissonance. (This is unsurprising given band members' connections to Architect, another angry outfit.) Shuddering accents buffet high and low end scrapings. The vocals could strip paint. Hovering above is a black cloud. The interludes are deceptive breathers. They're suckers' rallies, upticks in Sisyphean days. Life only lets you get back up so it can beat you down again. The beating never felt so good.
-Written by Cosmo Lee
Tuesday April, 07th 2009
http://www.invisibleoranges.com
-------------------------------------------------------------
Graze Concerns Ezine Review:
I get this message from Imbroglio telling me to contact their label "A Path Less Traveled" to obtain a copy of their cd so I can review it. Man am I glad I did. This is one of the best American Grind/Sludge albums I have heard in while...Imbroglio is a 4 piece outfit, originally hailing from Dayton, Ohio... these guys decided to pack it up and move to Syracuse, New York for a bit of a change of pace. This is their debut album, and what a fucking good job they did...The sound quality is perfect, especially for an independent release. The sounds are a pummeling mix of Sludge, Grindcore, Noise Rock, NYDM, Atmospheric, and even a little Spoken Word! The instruments used on this recording include guitars, electronics, drums, bass, and vocals. The album art is great, including dark imagery of a butterfly's skeletal remains, broken TV sets, weird bugs and what I think are prosthetic arms. There are nine songs on this devastating disc, and everyone fucking kills.... My favorite tracks include "Imperial Swarm", "Suicide Pact", "Upside Down Diamond", "Peachgrove Whore", and "Excavating The...Killing Fields". I highly recommend this band, and I cant wait to see what they are coming out with next. An extensive tour, a new E.P., and a new full length in 2009. Awesome. I hope they come play in Michigan! So DECIBAL MAGAZINE gave this album a 9/10...I have to agree, but I give it 10/10...Go find this album now, Grind enthusiasts!
-Written by Jay Watson
Sunday April, 26th 2009
http://www.graveconcernsezine.com
-------------------------------------------------------------
Deaf Sparrow Review:
What a record! I was beaten, pummeled, kicked, spat on and then thrown out and left out in the apocalyptic landscape as bloody meat to the vultures. Yes, The Oncoming Swarm is that kind of record; it takes you by surprise and by the time you’ve noticed you are only seconds away from near death. Now that I am in intensive care I only have one question, have I become a masochist? Because, I’ve had this EP set on repeat for the past three hours and to paraphrase, Dave Gahan, 'I just can’t get enough'.
The Oncoming Swarm reminds me of Gaza’s awesome I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die. Whatever happened to that band? Anyway, like it, this recording is an apocalyptic mess of uber mayhemic proportions. This has got to be post-something. Post metal, post noise, post grind, post awesome-that’s like awesome but a bit more than that.
What it’s best about The Oncoming Swarm is that it is abstract, totally amorphous and very radical. This is like shapeless metal, where the concept of a riff has been taken out of context, and the purpose of having a voice has been blown out of proportions. Here, the ugliness of grind collides with the angularity of noise rock, then rapes it and eats it for brunch.
Witness the “Imperial Swarm”, strange shit is coming. Enter distortion, screaming guitars that smear thousands of dead insects all over your windshield. What follows is the crash, 32-minutes of pure impact, gruesome violence by way of your ear canals.
To make The Oncoming Swarm a more compelling experience, the songs are linked by noise, or ‘swarms of insects’ which bring about a nasty viscous ambience to this album. And there is almost a beat to the 1,000 lashes that is “Butterfly Children”, but like everything this Syracuse band seems to do, the song is broken down by what could be music haters. Impressive. Musicians from all extreme genres could hate a hint, learn a lesson and stop behaving like bitches. Let’s just hope some metalcore fools don’t try to hijack Imbroglio away…
Rating: 4/5
Written by Deaf Sparrow
Sunday August 11th, 2009
http://www.deafsparrow.com
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
05/19/09 (Architect Rumors)
Hey Everyone,
There is a "rumor" going around that there is a flyer being posted every were that this band consists of ex-Architect members?
If anyone can confirm that for me please get at me.
A little bit of Imbroglio history so we can settle this rumor once and for all.......
I DJ. Gilbert moved here about a year & a half ago to jam with Architect because they were having 2nd guitarist issues. I never was officially apart of the band but was there for the entire writing of there 2nd full length & also did backing vocals on "Ghost....". But they got Sieb back & they have never been this good especially with the addition of there new drummer Mark. So please don't ever make this mistake again or confuse the idea.
Jay Bailey(guitarist for Architect) did live vocals for Imbroglio for about 6 months along with TJ Calandra doing live bass guitar & backing vocals. But this band does not consist or want the reputation of having Architect members in this band or the idea of ex members. Those guys have worked to hard to get the recognition that they have & we don't want to take away from anything that they do. It's just not a good halo over a band saying "ex members of....". It's bad luck from my experience. If anyone is an ex member it's our drummer Nate who drummed for a show in Albany NY back in September of '08 when there ex-drummer Dan was in NY at a poker tournament.
Since that is all out the way have a nice day.
-IMBROGLIO
There is a "rumor" going around that there is a flyer being posted every were that this band consists of ex-Architect members?
If anyone can confirm that for me please get at me.
A little bit of Imbroglio history so we can settle this rumor once and for all.......
I DJ. Gilbert moved here about a year & a half ago to jam with Architect because they were having 2nd guitarist issues. I never was officially apart of the band but was there for the entire writing of there 2nd full length & also did backing vocals on "Ghost....". But they got Sieb back & they have never been this good especially with the addition of there new drummer Mark. So please don't ever make this mistake again or confuse the idea.
Jay Bailey(guitarist for Architect) did live vocals for Imbroglio for about 6 months along with TJ Calandra doing live bass guitar & backing vocals. But this band does not consist or want the reputation of having Architect members in this band or the idea of ex members. Those guys have worked to hard to get the recognition that they have & we don't want to take away from anything that they do. It's just not a good halo over a band saying "ex members of....". It's bad luck from my experience. If anyone is an ex member it's our drummer Nate who drummed for a show in Albany NY back in September of '08 when there ex-drummer Dan was in NY at a poker tournament.
Since that is all out the way have a nice day.
-IMBROGLIO
Friday, May 1, 2009
05/01/09 HUGE UPDATE
Hey Everyone,
Huge updates…..
Our tour is almost booked all we have is 2 dates left to book. Check it out……
Running on Death Tour 2009
05/28/09 Bethlehem, PA @ The Wildflower Café w/ Horseless
05/29/09 Dayton, OH @ The Fusion Chamber w/ Minutes & More
05/30/09 Columbus, OH TBA w/ Dethroned & More.
05/31/09 Traverse City, MI @ Radius Recordings w/ Dental Work & More.
06/01/09 Tolono, IL @ Tolono Town Hall w/ Ringbearer, Scavenger & More.
06/02/09 Pella, IA @ The Wolf Hangar w/ Ringerbear & more.
06/03/09 Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep Café
06/04/09 Northern, KY @ TBA Please help
06/05/09 Northern, WV @ TBA Please help
06/06/09 Bethlehem, PA @ St Bernard’s Good Samaritan Hall
06/07/09 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Community Center w/ Rosetta, The Handshake Murders, & Torchbearer.
Check our myspace page (www.myspace.com/imbroglio666) for updated details as time goes.
Please come out & support. We have put a lot of hard work into this tour so come out buy merchandise & or donate to our tip jar.
Thanks to (in no particular order) Ringbearer, Placenta Records, Pogo & Scavenger, Horseless, Minutes, Jimi & Dethroned, Ryan Hex, Sean Crook, and label mates Code 30.
We just confirmed a tour w/ Scavenger in mid-end of November. It will be mostly southern states & a lot of east coast dates. Good times.
We will also be playing more new material than old. We will be playing 2 old songs a night but the rest will be new so get your earplugs ready.
Thanks again,
-IMBROGLIO
Huge updates…..
Our tour is almost booked all we have is 2 dates left to book. Check it out……
Running on Death Tour 2009
05/28/09 Bethlehem, PA @ The Wildflower Café w/ Horseless
05/29/09 Dayton, OH @ The Fusion Chamber w/ Minutes & More
05/30/09 Columbus, OH TBA w/ Dethroned & More.
05/31/09 Traverse City, MI @ Radius Recordings w/ Dental Work & More.
06/01/09 Tolono, IL @ Tolono Town Hall w/ Ringbearer, Scavenger & More.
06/02/09 Pella, IA @ The Wolf Hangar w/ Ringerbear & more.
06/03/09 Springfield, IL @ Black Sheep Café
06/04/09 Northern, KY @ TBA Please help
06/05/09 Northern, WV @ TBA Please help
06/06/09 Bethlehem, PA @ St Bernard’s Good Samaritan Hall
06/07/09 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Community Center w/ Rosetta, The Handshake Murders, & Torchbearer.
Check our myspace page (www.myspace.com/imbroglio666) for updated details as time goes.
Please come out & support. We have put a lot of hard work into this tour so come out buy merchandise & or donate to our tip jar.
Thanks to (in no particular order) Ringbearer, Placenta Records, Pogo & Scavenger, Horseless, Minutes, Jimi & Dethroned, Ryan Hex, Sean Crook, and label mates Code 30.
We just confirmed a tour w/ Scavenger in mid-end of November. It will be mostly southern states & a lot of east coast dates. Good times.
We will also be playing more new material than old. We will be playing 2 old songs a night but the rest will be new so get your earplugs ready.
Thanks again,
-IMBROGLIO
Thursday, April 9, 2009
04.09.09 WE NEED HELP!!!!
Hey Everyone,
We are in need of help with our "Running on Death Tour".
Who ever helps will get a free 11x17 full color tour poster. Only 60 are being printed for this tour & will all be hand numbered.
Every date that says (Need Help) is what we need help with.
05/28 – Buffalo-Rochester, NY (Need Help)
05/29 – Pennsylvania (Need Help)
05/30 - Dayton, OH TBA
05/31 - Indiana TBA (Need Help)
06/01 – Illinois, TBA
06/02 - Pella, Iowa @ The Wolfhanger w/ Ringbearer
06/03 - Illinois TBA
06/04 - Northern, Kentucky TBA (Need Help)
06/05 - Northern, West Virginia TBA (Need Help)
06/06 – Pennsylvania TBA
06/07 - Syracuse, NY @ The Westcott Community Center w/ Rosetta, Handshake Murderers, & Torchbearer.
All we ask is for gas money & a possible place to stay. We figure if we make $60-$100 bucks a night we should be safe & sound.
Either way please get in touch with us either through our myspace page or email us (imbroglio666@yahoo.com)
Please help make this tour happen for us.
Thank you so much for your time,
-IMBROGLIO
We are in need of help with our "Running on Death Tour".
Who ever helps will get a free 11x17 full color tour poster. Only 60 are being printed for this tour & will all be hand numbered.
Every date that says (Need Help) is what we need help with.
05/28 – Buffalo-Rochester, NY (Need Help)
05/29 – Pennsylvania (Need Help)
05/30 - Dayton, OH TBA
05/31 - Indiana TBA (Need Help)
06/01 – Illinois, TBA
06/02 - Pella, Iowa @ The Wolfhanger w/ Ringbearer
06/03 - Illinois TBA
06/04 - Northern, Kentucky TBA (Need Help)
06/05 - Northern, West Virginia TBA (Need Help)
06/06 – Pennsylvania TBA
06/07 - Syracuse, NY @ The Westcott Community Center w/ Rosetta, Handshake Murderers, & Torchbearer.
All we ask is for gas money & a possible place to stay. We figure if we make $60-$100 bucks a night we should be safe & sound.
Either way please get in touch with us either through our myspace page or email us (imbroglio666@yahoo.com)
Please help make this tour happen for us.
Thank you so much for your time,
-IMBROGLIO
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
03.10.09 (Update & Decibel Review)
Hey Everyone,
We just played our 2nd show with the new line up. It was a good glorified band practice. It’s hard to get people off there asses or call off work to come out to a sick show. Syracuse you missed a very heavy awesome show. Torch Runner ruled. They defiantly won us over.
We are hard at work booking this tour & writing our new record that will be recorded in July hopefully. We are very picky on what we write & our producer T.J. aka "Sexfarm" has been nothing but pushing us. Also helping us out with writing methods, overall better structure, being more intricate & way more abstract at times.
Our Decibel review has been nothing but favorable. It also has made us push ourselves that much harder in our writing process. Being crazier & incorporating more musicianship as well.
Regardless this is just a quick update. Nothing major than what most of you know of what we are doing.
Get a hold of us if you want to book us. We are always open for shows & we are super happy with the way the writing process is going.
Why writing a 2nd record so early? Because we have a new line up & almost sound some what different vocally & are getting more aggressive & experimental musically. We just feel a quick follow up will do us justice. We will also have a few guest vocal spots on the record. Nothing confirmed yet but be stoked ;)
Much love,
-IMBROGLIO
PS: Here is the Decibel Magazine Review....
-------------------------------------------------------
"It’s actually pretty simple. This rules.
I worry about using the term “atmospheric” when describing The Oncoming Swarm because then you’re going to think it’s some Red Sparowes rip-off bullshit with 15 minutes of post-rock reverb guitar. I assure you, that isn’t the case. But the one thing Imbroglio do that makes them so brilliant is balance an overwhelming feeling of dread with their disgusting sludge-grind.
The band spends most of this too-brief record finding the most painful ways to fuse corrosively lumbering riffs with firebombing Dresden-type blasts. And if that isn’t enough, they flawlessly incorporate noise-rock elements, as well as a couple of NYDM parts. But there’s also an undercurrent of grisly ambience. They always keep it in check (save a couple of segues), and it helps put the record into its own category. Think Swans replacing their redundancy with Today Is the Day abrasion and you’re getting close.
The only problem I have with the record is that they no longer have their singer. That really, really sucks. William Fecke sounds like the older brother of Pig Destroyer’s J.R. Hayes, with a deeper shriek that very well may carve a pentagram into your chest. It’s going to be a fucking task to find this guy’s equal.
But regardless of their future, Imbroglio have shown that it’s possible to write epic songs that don’t stretch into boring, pretentious hippie jams. If this is The Oncoming Swarm, I can’t wait until it gets here."
Rating: 9/10
-Written by Shane Mehling
DECIBEL MAGAZINE
APR 2009 / No. 054
http://www.decibelmagazine.com
We just played our 2nd show with the new line up. It was a good glorified band practice. It’s hard to get people off there asses or call off work to come out to a sick show. Syracuse you missed a very heavy awesome show. Torch Runner ruled. They defiantly won us over.
We are hard at work booking this tour & writing our new record that will be recorded in July hopefully. We are very picky on what we write & our producer T.J. aka "Sexfarm" has been nothing but pushing us. Also helping us out with writing methods, overall better structure, being more intricate & way more abstract at times.
Our Decibel review has been nothing but favorable. It also has made us push ourselves that much harder in our writing process. Being crazier & incorporating more musicianship as well.
Regardless this is just a quick update. Nothing major than what most of you know of what we are doing.
Get a hold of us if you want to book us. We are always open for shows & we are super happy with the way the writing process is going.
Why writing a 2nd record so early? Because we have a new line up & almost sound some what different vocally & are getting more aggressive & experimental musically. We just feel a quick follow up will do us justice. We will also have a few guest vocal spots on the record. Nothing confirmed yet but be stoked ;)
Much love,
-IMBROGLIO
PS: Here is the Decibel Magazine Review....
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"It’s actually pretty simple. This rules.
I worry about using the term “atmospheric” when describing The Oncoming Swarm because then you’re going to think it’s some Red Sparowes rip-off bullshit with 15 minutes of post-rock reverb guitar. I assure you, that isn’t the case. But the one thing Imbroglio do that makes them so brilliant is balance an overwhelming feeling of dread with their disgusting sludge-grind.
The band spends most of this too-brief record finding the most painful ways to fuse corrosively lumbering riffs with firebombing Dresden-type blasts. And if that isn’t enough, they flawlessly incorporate noise-rock elements, as well as a couple of NYDM parts. But there’s also an undercurrent of grisly ambience. They always keep it in check (save a couple of segues), and it helps put the record into its own category. Think Swans replacing their redundancy with Today Is the Day abrasion and you’re getting close.
The only problem I have with the record is that they no longer have their singer. That really, really sucks. William Fecke sounds like the older brother of Pig Destroyer’s J.R. Hayes, with a deeper shriek that very well may carve a pentagram into your chest. It’s going to be a fucking task to find this guy’s equal.
But regardless of their future, Imbroglio have shown that it’s possible to write epic songs that don’t stretch into boring, pretentious hippie jams. If this is The Oncoming Swarm, I can’t wait until it gets here."
Rating: 9/10
-Written by Shane Mehling
DECIBEL MAGAZINE
APR 2009 / No. 054
http://www.decibelmagazine.com
Friday, February 6, 2009
02.06.09
Hey Everyone,
Just letting you know you can pick up our record The Oncoming Swarm now @ Soundgarden. They run $9.99 & there is only 5 copies. Other than that you will have to purchase one from us @ shows or www.interpunk.com, www.thepathlesstraveledrecords.com, & i-tunes.
We will be featured in next months Decibel Magazine in the Review section. I guess it suppose to be a good one from what we hear so pick up that issue.
We have local show coming Feb. 21st @ the WCC w/ Angels Beneath Me & a slew of other bands. Please be sure to come out to this show. It's going to be a good time.
As of right now we are hard at work booking our first sprint for the summer.
Here are the dates.....
May 28: Syracuse, NY. TBA(Please Help)
May 29: Anywhere, PA. TBA(Please Help)
May 30: Dayton, OH. TBA w/ By Way of Sunstorm
May 31: Anywhere, IN. TBA(Please Help)
June 01: Anywhere, IL. TBA
June 02: Pella, Iowa. TBA w/ Ringbearer
If anyone could help us out with one of these dates please let us know. You can either message us on myspace or get at us through email @ imbroglio666@yahoo.com
Thanks again for everyone's support,
-IMBROGLIO
PS: We turned two years old this month so Happy Birthday to this creation.
Just letting you know you can pick up our record The Oncoming Swarm now @ Soundgarden. They run $9.99 & there is only 5 copies. Other than that you will have to purchase one from us @ shows or www.interpunk.com, www.thepathlesstraveledrecords.com, & i-tunes.
We will be featured in next months Decibel Magazine in the Review section. I guess it suppose to be a good one from what we hear so pick up that issue.
We have local show coming Feb. 21st @ the WCC w/ Angels Beneath Me & a slew of other bands. Please be sure to come out to this show. It's going to be a good time.
As of right now we are hard at work booking our first sprint for the summer.
Here are the dates.....
May 28: Syracuse, NY. TBA(Please Help)
May 29: Anywhere, PA. TBA(Please Help)
May 30: Dayton, OH. TBA w/ By Way of Sunstorm
May 31: Anywhere, IN. TBA(Please Help)
June 01: Anywhere, IL. TBA
June 02: Pella, Iowa. TBA w/ Ringbearer
If anyone could help us out with one of these dates please let us know. You can either message us on myspace or get at us through email @ imbroglio666@yahoo.com
Thanks again for everyone's support,
-IMBROGLIO
PS: We turned two years old this month so Happy Birthday to this creation.
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