Mind Spiders
Meltdown
Dirtnap (2012)
Mark Ryan may not tour all that often, but you can’t fault the man’s productivity. Meltdown marks the second release from solo project Mind Spiders in a year, although the “solo” seems to be a stretch on this release. The first time around, Mind Spiders was Ryan’s project. He wrote the songs, he sang them, and he played almost all of the instruments on the record. Here, his rotating cast of live performers joined in the studio, including a two drummer team that gives an added rhythmic complexity. The real question is: just how much can a band’s sound change in one year. Often, a debut to a sophomore release shows the largest change. Here, though, barely 13 months have passed. The answer to that question: there’s a steady growth to Mind Spiders’ sound, but it’s well within the rest of Ryan’s discography. The songs follow a garage structure with a melodic focus and a lot of precise instrumentation.The opening “You Are Dead,” fits the bill of the first record and, for the most part, so does the rest of Meltdown. “Beat” and “Play You Out” fit the same style, and the repetitive, driving “Join Us Now” all mine familiar … Read more
After The Last Sky
There's No Light at the End of This Tunnel
Power It Up (2011)
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Cape Of Bats
Transylvania
Holy Terror (2012)
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Self Titled
Asian Man (2012)
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NunFuckRitual
In Bondage To The Serpent
Debemur Morti (2011)
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