Unorthodox (band)

Unorthodox
Origin	Maryland, United States
Genres	Doom metal Stoner metal Progressive metal
Years active	1987 – present
Labels	Hellhound Records The Church Within Records
Associated acts	Wretched Revelation Internal Void Iron Man Pentagram Spirit Caravan Valkyrie Nitroseed Chowder Stout Flummox
Members	Dale Flood Blake Dellinger Alan Pfeifer
Past members	Jeff Parsons Josh Hart Ronnie Kalimon John Koutsioukis Mikey Phillips Mark Ammen Gary Isom

Unorthodox is a doom metal band from Maryland.

Unorthodox, which evolved from the by-then-defunct band Obstination, were originally called Asylum. They changed their name to Unorthodox after a band with a similar name achieved national success. They were one of many Maryland bands to be picked up in the early 90s by Germany's Hellhound Records. They released two albums, 1993's Asylum and 1995's Balance of Power.

In 1994 Doom Records released an album entitled A Double Dose of Doom featuring Obstination and Rat Salad (who would go on to become Iron Man). Obstination features Dale Flood and the record features an Asylum song.

The band has been on again, off again but is still together. Recently they had a song, "Lifeline" on Doom Capital (2004 Crucial Blast Records). In 2007 Bipolar Demand Records re-released Asylum and included three bonus tracks. The band has recorded a third album, Awaken, which was released on The Church Within Records in October 2008.

In 2009, Dale Flood moved to Nashville, Tennessee to raise his daughter. Unorthodox still played sporadic festival appearances over the next several years with the original "Asylum" lineup until 2016. In 2017, he formed a new version of Unorthodox based in Nashville featuring Flummox bassist & drummer, Blake Dellinger & Alan Pfeifer.

Unorthodox Interview @ Cosmic Lava by Klaus Kleinowski: http://www.cosmiclava.com/reviews-interviews/interviews/interviews-2009/unorthodox.html

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