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Altruist

About Me

Altruist was formed in 2003 by Nick Voss and Collin Anderson (ex Crimson Thorn). In early 2006, Matt Helgeson was added and a complete recording lineup was finally in place. A very good amount of material has been written since the Praise and Exaltation demo, so the band is currently waiting for Matt's arthritis (which he got from playing the guitar 6-8 hours a day) to subside so they can record a couple albums (we have several hours of material currently sitting on our computers in midi format). Praise and Exaltation didn't even begin to touch on the technicality of the stuff we've since written, so we're looking forward to recording as soon as possible.

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Music:

Member Since: 22/04/2006
Band Website: stay tuned...
Band Members: Collin Anderson - Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Additional Studio Percussion Matt Helgeson - Guitars, additional vocals Nick Voss - Percussion
Influences: Believer, Spiral Architect, Sanctifica (latter), Cynic, Absurd2, Spastic Ink, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, etc...
Sounds Like: Nothing you've ever heard before or will ever hear again apart from us. The new material will blow your mind.
Record Label: Looking for a new label
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Why havent we released new music yet?

So people might be wondering this... Well, there are 2 reasons really: 1. I, Collin, am extremely busy with school. I'm a biomedical engineering/music/math student, so I don't have much time to rec...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:04:00 GMT

HOW TO ORDER THE CD FOR $6 (shipping included)

If you have myspace, send us a message and I'll get back to you right away. If you do not have myspace and just happened upon our page, send an email to cander 49 @ jhu . edu (all one word, just brok...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:40:00 GMT

New Material

Matt and I are nearly done writing material for the new album and I have to say, this stuff is insane. We're going to have a heck of a time recording this... I'd say that the difference between our ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:51:00 GMT

A Canvas of Dreams available now!!!

A pre-release, limited to 200x, has now been released! To order A Canvas of Dreams, our new EP, featuring 2 black metal songs from 2005 (Tyranny and Cruel Humanity) and one Prog metal song from 2006 ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:21:00 GMT

New samples!

As soon as this slow website will update, there will be a sampling of a rough mix of "Praise and Exaltation" for you to hear. It's a rough mix in that it's not mixed or mastered and needs some editin...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:17:00 GMT

Entering the studio on tuesday!

This tuesday will mark the start of the recording of Altruist's new EP, tentatively titled Robotics. We will be working in the studio of and with James Zerbes, a very talented local musician and prod...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:08:00 GMT