Krallice

Krallice
Vocalist and guitarist Mick Barr
Background information
Origin	New York City, United States
Genres	Black metal, experimental metal
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Profound Lore Records, Gilead Media
Associated acts	Behold... The Arctopus, Bloody Panda, Dysrhythmia, Orthrelm, Ocrilim, Ustalost
Website	krallice.bandcamp.com
Members	Mick Barr Colin Marston Lev Weinstein Nick McMaster

Krallice is a black metal band formed by New York City musicians Colin Marston, Mick Barr, Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein. They play a progressive, highly technical style of black metal, though their latest album also draws heavily on death metal. The band have released five studio albums and two EPs, most recently the EP 'Hyperion' on January 1st, 2016. They have been described as "one of the most interesting, engaging black metal bands to emerge in recent years" and "one of the most important bands in modern black metal."

Krallice was by formed by Colin Marston and Mick Barr in 2007. Marr said in an interview that "Colin and I had talked about trying to do a black metal record together with no real plans of making it sound good or even releasing it, but as we were writing the music we kind of let it take its own shape. And we liked it more than we expected to." They later recruited Lev Weinstein on drums and Nicholas McMaster on bass and second vocalist. They released their debut full length album Krallice in 2008 through Profound Lore to critical acclaim. Bass on this album was performed by Barr and Marston, while McMaster learned the bass parts and performed additional vocals.

They released their second full-length album Dimensional Bleedthrough in November 2009 through Profound Lore and Gilead Media. The album received critical praise and was featured on a number of end-of-year lists. Around this time, Marston joined the Canadian death metal band Gorguts, Barr was working on music with Barr-Nevai, and Weinstein began working with Bloody Panda. They returned with their third full-length album Diotima in April 2011, to overwhelming critical acclaim. AllMusic wrote that "At their best, they're an overwhelming sonic force, and Diotima is their best album to date." Later that year they released a single titled Traditional, as well as the cover EP Orphans of Sickness.

Krallice independently released their fourth full-length album Years Past Matter in August 2012.Pitchfork described it as the most "relentless" and "unforgiving" album to date, and "a daunting, rewarding hour that calls for complete immersion." Invisible Oranges wrote that the album "incorporates the playful and bleak elements from their previous two releases to showcase a newfound restraint that speaks to a group perfecting their craft. The complex melody lines still carry their signature density but are delivered with the discovered finesse of a seasoned and well-maintained machine. There’s an obvious scaling back, most notably on the intro to “IIIIIIIIII”, but their unerring tug-of-war between obscure chaos and blissful resolution seems even more heightened than previous efforts."