Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln

Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln
Studio album by
Orthrelm
Released2002
Recorded2001
StudioHebron, Maryland
GenreAvant-garde, Experimental
Length27:57
LabelThree One G
26
Orthrelm chronology
Orthrelm II
(2001) 		Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln
(2002) 		Asristir Vieldriox
(2002)

Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln (also referred to as 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln) is an album by the experimental duo Orthrelm featuring guitarist Mick Barr and drummer Josh Blair. The band's first LP-length release, it was recorded in 2001, and was issued in 2002 by Three One G.[1][2][3][4][5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

In a review for AllMusic, Stewart Mason wrote: "there are elements of death metal in Mick Barr's ultra-shred guitar style and Josh Blair's neck-snapping tempos, but there's at least as much Sonny Sharrock and John Bonham, among other influences you wouldn't expect... This is a true rarity, an album that fans of Slayer, King Crimson and Eugene Chadbourne should be able to get into about equally."[1]

In a year-end review of 2002's best releases, Brent Burton of the Washington City Paper commented: "In a good-to-great year of hard rockin' art-tweakage..., Orthrelm earns the top-10 nod for having the least comprehensible worldview. The D.C. instrumental duo's oeuvre all but defenestrates pop tradition in favor of constantly shifting streams of simultaneous guitar and drum solos."[6]

Author Adam Gnade stated that the album "is like if you took a band and chopped it up into tiny pieces with a chef's knife then glued it back together without any sense of design or a bit of aesthetic intention. Which sounds terrible, but it works. It's this wild, galloping, shuddering, formless-yet-precise speed-shred thing that is impossible to explain in words."[7]

A writer for Cleveland Scene remarked: "If Derek Bailey were crossed with Yngwie Malmsteen, the result would be Orthrelm's Mick Barr. What he does, most would never think to attempt."[8]

Writer Phil Freeman of Perfect Sound Forever selected the album as one of his favorite releases of 2002.[9]

Track listing

Norildivoth
  1. "Aonkrit Iom-Spear" – 1:52
  2. "Chriosainqueilltor" – 1:38
  3. "Draoxaimm Lef Lan Growm" – 0:39
  4. "Norriill-Divotr" – 1:04
  5. "Gharaail Ist" – 0:54
  6. "Cylryx-Agfolr" – 0:28
  7. "Optixun Straal" – 0:52
  8. "Allmuniektea" – 0:48
Crallos-Lomrixth
  1. "Scelxenak" – 1:12
  2. "Satrilvoithal" – 0:50
  3. "Altronate-Varl Viis" – 0:45
  4. "Hixor Sparrill Monce" – 0:39
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  1. "2nd 13" – 1:35
  2. "2nd 14" – 2:21
Urthiln
  1. "Urthiln" – 12:20

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c Mason, Stewart. "Orthrelm: Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Orthrelm: 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln". Three One G. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln". Prog Archives. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "Discography". MickBarr.info. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  5. ^ "Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Burton, Brent (December 27, 2002). "Heavy Lifting". Washington City Paper. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  7. ^ Gnade, Adam (August 27, 2002). "Orthrelm: 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln". Three One G. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "Don't Call It a Comeback". Cleveland Scene. January 1, 2003. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  9. ^ Freeman, Phil. "Favorite Music of 2002". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved October 3, 2022.