About Me

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Inside the album Constant, Death Metal melodies ignite a Martian landscape obliterated, barren and riddled by a familiarity just outside of our sonic/scenic sense. Harmonies are bloodied, frightening and upon sunrise - magnificent. Drums, bravely unsaturated by the default of todays endless blasts explore rhythmic complexity with developed intensity and jazz finesse. Guest soloists imbibe distilling atmospheres with orbiting guitar ambience descending into shredding winds of explosive leads, Jaco Pastoriousesque bass, and gravity crushing vocals. Verily reaching around the glints of Carcass, Death, Steve Gadd and Cannibal Corpse - something half alien has divulged a sound freshly progressive - but neither obnoxious or unmemorable.

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Member Since: 8/18/2006
Band Website: davemurrayonline.com/tholus
Band Members:

dave murray
wally scharold
rob pumpelly
aaron ortiz
dan robbins
kevin kmetz
john macmurphy
mike johnson

Influences: carcass, death, meshuggah, richard hoagland, metallica, megadeth, cannibal corpse, robotech, dungeons and dragons, morbid angel, cynic, athiest, slayer, anthrax, suicidal tendencies, at the gates, dimmu borgir, steve gadd, morgan agren, frank zappa, girls, girls that hurt your feelings and make you want to make metal music, other great musicians and composers...
Sounds Like: carcass, death, cannibal corpse, arch enemy, at the gates...
Record Label: Aural Music / Bruhtal Shocks Music/ Goregorecords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FULL Speculum of the New Race Posted

I have now posted 2 full songs since the album is practically released. Speculum is the farthest reaching in composition, peformance, and imagery. horrific experimentation with avante jazz fused canni...
Posted by Tholus on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST

FULL length song posted/Shipping VERY soon

i am just waiting for the packages to arrive to Bruhtal Shocks Music - they are in transit. once they arrive i will ship out the pre orders i have the same day... In the mean time i have posted a full...
Posted by Tholus on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:08:00 PST

pre release starts now

hi,i spent some time finishing up all my loose ends for bruhtal shocks music (online). go to davemurrayonline.comto check out the sites, and the store. These CD's will ship before the release date. th...
Posted by Tholus on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:34:00 PST

release date now sooner

hiapril 27th is the release date for some euro countries. Otherwise it is available worldwide on april 17th. i will have copies before this. presales will be up on April 1st or 2nd at www.davemurrayon...
Posted by Tholus on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:20:00 PST

New Song Posted ...

i posted Ripe For The Killing at http://davemurrayonline.com/tholus/media.htmlthis tune is fairly aggressive for tholus standards. there are 2 tunes left to post which i 'sort of' promise to post as t...
Posted by Tholus on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:58:00 PST

release date set

"CONSTANT" will be released on April 27th. Finally! i will take orders starting on april 17th from www.davemurrayonline.com/tholusthe record is otherwise being released by AuralMusic/Goregorecords wor...
Posted by Tholus on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:42:00 PST

New Song and Label Press

Hithe new MP3 sample of the song protocultures is on the webpage Tholus.Protocultures is by far the most melodic in the sense that ithink the guitars actually hit the 2nd string!Seriously though, the ...
Posted by Tholus on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:11:00 PST

Record Label Signage

I have finally signed a world wide licensing deal with Itaial Music label Aural Music under the sub label Goregorecords. I am currently optimistic about the venture but reserved and weary at the same ...
Posted by Tholus on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:55:00 PST

last post for myspace

this tune is the the most twisted we could get. jazz druming and bass playing creepy bends - multiple abduction inspiration. It is hard to pick a a section of this tune to describe it. It was written ...
Posted by Tholus on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:59:00 PST

3rd song posted and such

New song posted Involuntary is the only song on the album that really uses blast beats. although these are slow and not intended to win a contest, this song is an intense reprise at the middle of the ...
Posted by Tholus on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:49:00 PST