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About Me

They've been called "the worlds only industrial metal jam band" and "the most original band in Michigan." Who are these mysterious psychedelic warlords? It can only be Kalamazoo's HARVYST.
HARVYST have been creating post-apocalyptic screamscapes, tranquil ambience, and industrial improv since 1999, and since 2005 with the current lineup. The HARVYST sound consists of extreme metal crossed with industrial, with a healthy dose of improvisational jamming, and promises to provide a unique listening experience.
HARVYST's second demo, Winter, was picked up and released by AcidVictim Records in 2005. In 2006, up and coming label Records of Voztik , encouraged by the strength of Winter and HARVYST's dynamic and entertaining live show, offered to release the next recording.
HARVYST is currently holed up in Zypotic Studio recording their first full-length album, "Lysergency Resolute," and continue their aural assault on venues around the Midwest and beyond.
"very dark sounding and infinitely layered into a pulsing force of electronic perversity ... there is a definite musical excitement on display here" -Worm Gear
"a shamanistic journey into the mind's neurons ... Harvyst masterfully utilize the principles of industrial metal" -Metal Mayhem
"like an old Pink Floyd album fed through a meat-grinder ... if youre intrigued by the idea of Fear Factory on mushrooms, visit Harvyst online at www.harvyst.com" -Grave Concerns
"While they do have a death metal edge for a majority of their music, there are a ton of other styles they cull their sound from such as industrial metal and jam band music to an almost Ambient and Noise sound ... this makes Harvyst sound like no other band out there" -Metal Coven
"A mix of mid paced black metal/prog rock and atmospheric industrial with muffled, gargling vocals and creepy, distorted samples ... these dudes need to come out with a full-length album, because I highly suspect that what is displayed here is going to be the beginning of something really cool." -Bogus Rendition

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Member Since: 7/7/2004
Band Website: harvyst.com
Band Members:
Aaron - Fretless Bass, Vocals

Aeon - Keyboards, Samples, Vocals

Collin - Guitar, Vocals

Randy - Drums, electronic percussion
Influences: Godflesh, Fear Factory, Ozric Tentacles, Velvet Acid Christ, Sound Tribe Sector 9, VNV Nation, Venetian Snares, Grateful Dead, Phish, Pink Floyd, Skinny Puppy, Opeth, Napalm Death, Scorn, Helmet, Frontline Assembly, Particle, Umphrey's McGee, Disco Biscuits, Dodheimsgard, Aborym, Morbid Angel, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Cynic, Pan-thy-Monium, Meshuggah, King Crimson, The Cure, Amorphis, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Cure, Curse of the Golden Vampire, + many more
Sounds Like: Extreme metal crossed with industrial and a healthy "dose" of improvisational jamming.
Record Label: Records of Voztik
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Studio Blog, part three

Hey there kids, this hopefully will be our final blog based on the new album Lysergency Resolute. So far we have dumped over 150 hours into this project, and hope to see clos...
Posted by Harvyst on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:49:00 PST

Studio blog, part two

Part two: finishing up bass, starting on guitar Welcome to the second edition of my studio blog for the recording of "Lysergency Resolute." It's been a while since the last i...
Posted by Harvyst on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:57:00 PST

Studio blog, part one

I thought I would start a little studio blog for the new album "Lysergency Resolute." This will be the first installment of who knows how many. Part one: Zypotic, drums & bass So, for this ...
Posted by Harvyst on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:08:00 PST

TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT OUR WINTER CD @ THE GROUND SPHERE SHOW

If you were at our show and bought our Winter single CD, you probably might notice it's not working correctly. We want to make amends for this and send working copies of this CD along with our "...
Posted by Harvyst on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:26:00 PST

the new album will be called...

LYSERGENCY RESOLUTE. To be recorded starting in mid-October at Zypotic Studio in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this will be our first full-length album and will be released by Records of Vozti...
Posted by Harvyst on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:41:00 PST

AcidVictim Records' Underground Metal Compilation Vol. 1 featuring Harvyst available now

AcidVictim Records' Underground Metal Compilation Vol. 1 is fresh off the presses, and available now! This bastard only costs $5, so be a pal and buy one. Limited to 200 copies, so act soon before the...
Posted by Harvyst on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:33:00 PST

Reviews

We added a "reviews" section to our website a couple weeks ago. Check it out here. http://www.harvyst.com/reviews.html...
Posted by Harvyst on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

AcidVictim Records

Please support our label. AcidVictim Records AcidVictim MySpace Page ...
Posted by Harvyst on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:02:00 PST