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C L E R I C

the unformed heart of all non-existing life...

About Me

I AM CLERIC.

ORDER CUMBERBUND NOW!!

CUMBERBUND - 12" Picture Disk, Gatefold

'Cumberbund' is available on 12" vinyl picture disk from Sound Devastation Records! Grab this limited offering featuring all of 'Cumberbund' on Side A and a special vinyl only recording called 'The Tower' on Side B, all wrapped up in a full color gatefold that will turn your stomach. Order now and receive NOTHING as our gift to you except eternal membership to the 'Cleric Thanks You' club!

"Cumberbund is an ambitious two-song twenty-five minute affair, and in that time and those songs, Cleric covers more bases than most bands in a lifetime."
-deafsparrow.com

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Member Since: 9/6/2004
Band Members: Nick Shellenberger- Vocals, Keyboards and various sounds
Matt Hollenberg - Guitar
James Lynch- Bass
Larry Kwartowitz - Drums and Percussion
Influences: Infidel?/Castro!, Radiohead, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Meshuggah, Gruvis Malt, Gavin Castleton, Faith No More, NILE, Kayo Dot, Ion Dissonance, Converge, Secret Chiefs 3, Behold...The Arctopus, Infinien, Tool, Refused, Sole, P.O.S., Glue, Astronautalis, Primus, Khanate, Candiria, Dysrhythmia, Glassjaw, Bjork, NIN, Dredg, Hella, Neurosis, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Cetus, Crowpath, So Is The Tongue, Consider the Source, Stifling Neglect, Portishead, Morphine, Isis, Miles Davis, The Crystal Method, Rammstein, Snot, Beret!, Buckethead, HeWhoCorrupts, Beck, Russian Circles, Clutch, Botch, Cephalic Carnage, Mr. Dibbs, Pearl Jam, STP, Cecil Otter, Scatter The Ashes, Murs, Vendetta Red, Sims, Mac Lethal, Atmosphere, BRMC, Cursive, Vincent Gallo, ELDAR, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere, John Zorn, Stinking Lizaveta, Pig Destroyer, Farmers Market, Frank Zappa, John Zorn, Bill Horist, Melt Banana and more...
Sounds Like: "mindfuck acid doom." - Ron Varod

"the most uplifting, aweinspiring and overwhelming avantmassacrecore i've ever heard..." -Jesus

"A spiraling wall of death." - Moses

"The soundtrack to modern civilization." - John Phillips

First Unitarian Church 11-12-07
Allotriophagy - Part 1 of 2

Allotriophagy - Part 2 of 2

Record Label: Sound Devastation (UK)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cumberbund Review

Sweet review of cumberbund here:http://www.deafsparrow.com/Cleric-review.htm
Posted by C L E R I C on Sat, 03 May 2008 01:03:00 PST

Cleric selected as PWs NEXT Grindcore Band!

We are proud to announce that we have been selected as Philadelphia Weekly's Next Grindcore band!  Anyone who lives in philly can check this article out in the next PW.  Here's the link for ...
Posted by C L E R I C on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST

MyTube!!!!

To anyone with any interest in seeing cleric's hideously mutated bodies in the midst of performance, we are now officially YouTubed. So, do a pop-in and smile big enough for the cyber-fist to mold its...
Posted by C L E R I C on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:02:00 PST

Take Cleric on Tour!!!!

Cleric has been deprived of a fall tour on account of misplanning. We would be grateful to anyone that could include us for a week in late October to early November. Our van is hungry for human blood....
Posted by C L E R I C on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:22:00 PST

CLERIC RETURNS...

cleric returns to torture/make love to your souls in the only way we know how... burning infants in front of you and throwing their charred carcasses at your faces as hard as we can. this is the ...
Posted by C L E R I C on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:50:00 PST

THE END OF ALL UNIVERSES . . .

"I AM CLERIC... EATER OF GODS..." cleric has reformed and is in the process of recording a full length album which may take a couple of years to complete. this will be a "lovemaking cd... to make...
Posted by C L E R I C on Mon, 08 May 2006 05:40:00 PST

Allotriophagy (AND THE DEATH OF ALL THINGS)

RECORDING HAS STARTED FOR OUR FULL LENGTH... DRUMS AND GUITARS ARE ABOUT 85% DONE FOR THE HIT SINGLE YOU HAVE ALL COME TO KNOW AND LOVE SO WELL... THIS ALBUM WILL BURN THE EYES OUT OF YOUR FACE. ...
Posted by C L E R I C on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:41:00 PST