Brainoil (band)
| Brainoil | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Oakland, California, United States |
| Genres | Sludge metal, doom metal, hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Labels | Life Is Abuse Records |
| Associated acts | Destroy!, Code 13, Grimple, Watch Them Die, Laudanum, IWKYF |
| Website | http://www.brainoil.com/ |
| Members | Greg Wilkinson – Bass and vocals Nathan Smith – Guitar and vocals Ira Harris – Drums |
Brainoil is a United States doom and sludge metal band from Oakland, California. Brainoil members have been long-term contributors to the East Bay underground punk and metal music scene.
Brainoil's musical style is sludge metal influenced by bands such as Eyehategod, Melvins and Dystopia.
The band was originally formed in 1998 by Greg Wilkinson as a solo project called Mr.Brainoil with a Boss drum machine. Greg was joined by Nate in the summer of 2000. Greg and Nate continued to work on material throughout the summer of 2000 writing and recording a demo by the fall of 2000. Greg and Nate ditched the drum machine by the winter of 2000 and were joined by Ira Harris. Brainoil's first show was on March 3, 2001 at Mission Records in San Francisco.
Brainoil entered the studio in early 2001 to record for a split CD with fellow Oakland sludge rockers Cruevo recorded by Noah Landis of Neurosis at Mr. Toad's studios in San Francisco. The CD was released by the end of 2002 as a 4-label split release between Shifty Records, Boredom Noise, Berserker and Unknown Controller. This release has since been lost to obscurity through a lack of repressing by any of the labels, and has become something of a collector's item in the sludge world. One of the songs from this recording session was released as a Split 7" with Seattle's Iron Lung on Greg Wilkinson's label, Boredom Noise (now defunct).
Brainoil played extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the West coast during 2001–2003.
Brainoil entered Polymorph Studios in March 2002 to record their debut LP with engineer Dan Rathbun. The LP was released as a self-titled LP in early 2003 by Matt Parillo of Dystopia on Life is Abuse Records. The LP received many positive reviews in the weeks and months following its release, often comparing the band's initial LP to Eyehategod, and described as "the best sludge album so far this year" in a review by Jeb Branin.
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