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TARTURIS

If you can read this, you’re sitting too close.

About Me

**A couple passages that sum up this musical endeavor**-------------------------------------------------- ------------------"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. Theosophists have guessed at the awesome grandeur of the cosmic cycle wherein our world and human race form transient incidents. They have hinted at strange survivals in terms which would freeze the blood if not masked by a bland optimism. But it is not from them that there came the single glimpse of forbidden eons which chills me when I think of it and maddens me when I dream of it. That glimpse, like all dread glimpses of truth, flashed out from an accidental piecing together of separated things - in this case an old newspaper item and the notes of a dead professor. I hope that no one else will accomplish this piecing out; certainly, if I live, I shall never knowingly supply a link in so hideous a chain. I think that the professor, too intented to keep silent regarding the part he knew, and that he would have destroyed his notes had not sudden death seized him." - H.P. Lovecraft--------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that one way or another."-J. Robert Oppenheimer

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/25/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/tarturis
Band Members: Steve Hall and Craig House (guitars, bass, keys, programming, vocals, lyrics)
Influences: THE MASTERS - John Williams, Basil Poledouris, James Horner, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Wagner, Bach, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Verdi, Orff, THE OLD SCHOOL - Testament, Death, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Tourniquet, Malevolent Creation, Fear Factory, Machinehead, Slayer, Carcass, Pantera, Cynic, Ministry, KMFDM, Metallica, Biohazard, Overkill, Anthrax, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Prong, old Nintendo music, TODAY - In Flames, Darkane, Soilwork, Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child, Dark Tranquility, Evergrey, Borknagar, Shadowsfall, Heaven Shall Burn, Fear Factory, Testament, Kalmah, Flogging Molly, Bad Religion, Children of Bodom, Iced Earth, Mnemic, THE UNTOUCHABLES - Dream Theater, Rhapsody, Nightwish, Blind Guardian, Pain of Salvation, Symphony X, Rush, Pink Floyd
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Record Label: Self produced and distributed, but still looking
Type of Label: None

My Blog

FIN!!

It pleases me immensely to report that as of last night, we have finished all principal recording for the new album.  All that's left now is dropping in some amenities here and there where w...
Posted by TARTURIS on Wed, 28 May 2008 11:33:00 PST

Free shower curtain!

In case you're like me, and never read bulletins unless they're calling you a jerk, here's some info.... I turned on the download function for all our songs because:1. The new album is almost done and...
Posted by TARTURIS on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:26:00 PST

Now stay close, do exactly as I say. 1...2...3....GET HER!!

That was your plan..."get her"? It was scientific... Well, some things to report.  First, we're very very close.  We have a little work left to do with the vocals on the last song and some s...
Posted by TARTURIS on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST

When we last left our heroes....

Have I used that one yet?  Don’t remember. Anyway....the vocals are getting closer, much closer to being done.  We have completely finished 2 tracks, including my last pass keyboard dr...
Posted by TARTURIS on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:33:00 PST

Recording update: ka-blam!

Greetings, true believers! Well I blew my voice up pretty good pushing myself to finish my portion of the vocals.  I got 'em done, but my throat is hamburger, bleeding a bit too.  Pretty har...
Posted by TARTURIS on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:45:00 PST

Aria of Fear cover art and track list

In case anyone has been crying themselves to sleep every night wondering what the new Tarturis album cover will look like; first, I'm really sorry.  Get a dog.  Second; it's in our photos se...
Posted by TARTURIS on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

Recording Update: So far so good....

Salutations Major Glory, It pleases me to report that vocal recording resumed Wednesday, after a couple weeks of intermitten sickness/voice failure.  Both voice and throat held up well and are re...
Posted by TARTURIS on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:41:00 PST

R.I.P. Dr. Bad

It saddened me to hear that my old guitar teacher Dan Falley was killed in a car accident this week.  Although it's been many many years since I've spoken with him, he was the kind of guy who you...
Posted by TARTURIS on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:46:00 PST

Time to get back to chewing glass....

Well the lyrics are all written, a few tweaks and re-writes not withstanding.  They're all based on "fictional" stories, I'm not going to tip my hand just yet, although once you get into them it ...
Posted by TARTURIS on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:47:00 PST

Instrument mixing done!!!

Track 5 came and went.  It's one of those songs where I'm always going to hear something I should have added, but at some point I just said "I'm done with this!" and now it's all good.  It c...
Posted by TARTURIS on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:36:00 PST