Expedition to the Hairier Peaks
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Expedition to the Hairier Peaks (also written as Expedition to THR Hairier Peaks) is the fourth album by the noise rock
band Mindflayer
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The album's title is a play on words to a Dungeons & Dragons
module book Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
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Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
band Mindflayer
Mindflayer (band)
Mindflayer is a noise rock band from Providence, Rhode Island, made up of Brian Chippendale and Matt Brinkman which was formed out of Fort Thunder....
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The album's title is a play on words to a Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
module book Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks is a 1980 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game written by Gary Gygax. While Dungeons & Dragons is typically a fantasy game, the adventure includes elements of science fiction, and thus belongs to the science fantasy genre...
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Track listing
- "Rally for a Wind War: Whirlwind Dervish/Cracking the Barrier Riffs" – 10:56
- "Getting our Hair Done" – 1:04
- "Netherworld Bike Patrol C.H.A.O.S." – 6:58
- "Time Tunnel/Cosmic Crypt Chronoscape Collision Course" – 6:31
- "Each to their own Dark Path" – 12:33
- "Mind Mirror Maze/Grow Horns" – 7:39
- "Let's Play Holy War Fuckers" – 5:59
- "Gore Gone Wild" – 5:02
- "Nasty Meeting at Peak Park/Exploding Remains" – 14:07
- "Caverns of the Hairiest Peak" – 8:05