Bryant Clifford Meyer
Encyclopedia
Bryant Clifford Meyer is a keyboardist
, guitarist and vocalist, best known for his tenure with Los Angeles, California
-based post-metal
band Isis
. He was with the band since its debut full-length, Celestial, in 2000. Previously, he was a formative member of Boston
-based rock band The Gersch
. He is also a member of post-rock
side projects Red Sparowes
, Windmills by the Ocean and a solo project named Taiga.
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, guitarist and vocalist, best known for his tenure with Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
-based post-metal
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
band Isis
Isis (band)
Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...
. He was with the band since its debut full-length, Celestial, in 2000. Previously, he was a formative member of Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
-based rock band The Gersch
The Gersch
The Gersch was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1995, though their members now reside all across the United States in the cities of Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. They have been on extended hiatus since 1999.-Biography:...
. He is also a member of post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
side projects Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
, Windmills by the Ocean and a solo project named Taiga.
With Isis
- Celestial (2000), Escape Artist RecordsEscape Artist RecordsEscape Artist Records is an independent record label formed in 1997 and based in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Current and past artist roster :*27*American Heritage*Anodyne*Blunderbuss*Burn It Down*Collapsar*The Dream Is Dead*Ganglahia...
- SGNL>05SGNL 05-Personnel:Band members* Jeff Caxide – bass guitar* Aaron Harris – drums* Michael Gallagher – guitar* Bryant Clifford Meyer – electronics* Aaron Turner – guitar, vocals, art and graphic constructionOther personnel...
(2001), Neurot RecordingsNeurot RecordingsNeurot Recordings is an independent American record label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot. The label was founded to release the side projects of Neurosis and its members. It has since expanded to a fully functioning label, releasing music from artists... - OceanicOceanic (Isis album)Oceanic is the second full-length album by American post-metal band Isis, released on September 16, 2002 by Ipecac Recordings.On July 23, 2006, Isis performed Oceanic in its entirety at KOKO, Camden Town, London as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties curated Don't Look Back series. This performance...
(2002), Ipecac RecordingsIpecac RecordingsIpecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman and Mike Patton Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles,... - PanopticonPanopticon (album)Panopticon is the third full-length album by Los Angeles, California based post-metal band Isis, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2004. The album's title is derived from philosopher Jeremy Bentham's panopticon prison ideal and philosopher/historian Michel Foucault's later allegorical appropriation...
(2004), Ipecac Recordings - In the Fishtank 14In the Fishtank 14In the Fishtank 14 is a collaborative EP from Isis and Aereogramme. It is the fourteenth installment of the collaboration project by Konkurrent, and was released in September 2006...
(2006) (Split with AereogrammeAereogrammeAereogramme were a Scottish alternative/post-rock rock band from Glasgow, consisting of Craig B. , Iain Cook , Campbell McNeil and Martin Scott...
), Konkurrent - In the Absence of TruthIn the Absence of TruthIn the Absence of Truth is the fourth full-length studio album by Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band Isis, released by Ipecac Recordings on October 31, 2006...
(2006), Ipecac Recordings - Wavering RadiantWavering RadiantWavering Radiant is the fifth and final full-length album by American post-metal group Isis, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2009 and produced by Joe Barresi. It stands as Isis' last full-length album, as the band split just over a year after its release...
(2009), Ipecac Recordings
With Red Sparowes
- At the Soundless DawnAt the Soundless DawnThe eighth track, "I Saw the Sky in the North Open to the Ground and Fire Poured Out", was initially only available on Japanese releases of the album. It was later released in the United States on a split EP with Gregor Samsa.- Personnel :Band members...
(2005), Neurot Recordings - Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red SunEvery Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun- Personnel :* Tim Green – audio engineering, audio mixing and production* Greg Burns – bass guitar, pedal steel* David Clifford – drums* Josh Graham – guitar, keyboard* Bryant Clifford Meyer – guitar, organ, piano* Andy Arahood – guitar...
(2006), Neurot Recordings - AphorismsAphorisms (album)Aphorisms is an EP by post-rock band Red Sparowes, released on Amazon.com as a digital download on July 9, 2008. It was also released a few days later on iTunes...
(2008), Sargent HouseSargent HouseSargent House is a Los Angeles based management company and record label. It was founded in June 2006 by Cathy Pellow, who is a music video commissioner for Atlantic Records and who also owns a music video production company called Refused TV. Pellow began managing the rock outfit RX Bandits in 2006... - The Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the AnswerThe Fear Is Excruciating, but Therein Lies the Answer-References:...
(2010), Sargent House
With Windmills by the Ocean
- Windmills by the Ocean (2006), Robotic EmpireRobotic EmpireRobotic Empire is an American record label based out of Richmond, Virginia. They specialize in hardcore punk, metalcore, and alternative rock. Some of the most popular bands signed to the label over the years have been pg.99, City of Caterpillar, Crowpath, The Red Chord, Circle Takes the Square,...
- Windmills by the Ocean II (2011), Robotic Empire
With Taiga
- Hsheal (2008), Conspiracy Records
- Flora Chor (2010), Conspiracy Records
With Tombs
- Path of Totality (2011), Relapse RecordsRelapse RecordsRelapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...