The Lord Weird Slough Feg
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Slough Feg is a Heavy Metal
band that formed in Pennsylvania
in the early 1990s and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Taking their name from the Celtic folklore-influenced comic Sláine
, the band released their self-titled debut album in 1996. The band combines influences from traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden
, Brocas Helm
and Thin Lizzy
, and English folk metal band Skyclad
.
Slough Feg's 2003 album Traveller
was a concept album
based on GDW's
role playing game of the same name
. With the release of Atavism
in 2005, the band officially shortened its name to Slough Feg. Guitarist Mike Scalzi maintains that the band always referred to itself this way internally, and the addition of "The Lord Weird" made it too difficult to find Slough Feg albums in stores (which alphabetized the CDs in inconsistent ways). Slough Feg is currently signed to Profound Lore Records
. and most recently released The Animal Spirits
on October 26, 2010.
signed Slough Feg and the band released their second album Twilight of the Idols
in 1999. The band released Down Among the Deadmen
in 2000, and Traveller
in 2003.
In 2005 the band moved to the Italian record label Cruz del Sur and released their fifth studio album, Atavism
. The band also officially shortened their name to, "Slough Feg" after the album's release. After the change of name, John Cobbett left in good terms with the band, and was replaced by current member Angelo Tringali in January 2005. Around the same time, drummer and founding member Greg Haa left the band for personal reasons, and was replaced by current member, Antoine Reuben-Diavola. The band is still active, and in 2007 released their sixth album (second with Cruz del Sur), Hardworlder
, recorded and produced with former bass player Justin Phelps. In 2008 the band released The Slay Stack Grows on Shadow Kingdom Records. This was a double CD release of old demos and live recordings from the band's early days.
The band toured in Europe, and the United States, doing coast-to-coast tours summers of 2005 and 2006, including an appearance at the first annual Alehorn of Power
festival in Chicago
, Illinois
.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band that formed in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
in the early 1990s and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Taking their name from the Celtic folklore-influenced comic Sláine
Sláine (comics)
Sláine is a comic hero from the pages of 2000 AD - one of Britain's most popular comic books.Sláine is a barbarian fantasy adventure series based on Celtic myths and stories which first appeared in 1983, written by Pat Mills and initially drawn by his then wife, Angela Kincaid. Most of the early...
, the band released their self-titled debut album in 1996. The band combines influences from traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
, Brocas Helm
Brocas Helm
Brocas Helm is a heavy metal band from San Francisco, California, founded in 1982. They split up at XIV Keep It True Festival on April 30, 2011.-History:...
and Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
, and English folk metal band Skyclad
Skyclad (band)
Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music. They are considered one of the pioneers of folk metal. The etymology behind the term "skyclad" comes from a pagan/wiccan term for ritual nudity, in which rituals are performed with the participants metaphorically clad...
.
Slough Feg's 2003 album Traveller
Traveller (Slough Feg album)
Traveller is a concept album by the American folk/power band The Lord Weird Slough Feg. The album is based on GDW's 1977 science fiction role-playing game, Traveller.- Track listing :#"The Spinward Marches" #"High Passage/Low Passage"...
was a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
based on GDW's
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers.-History:Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973...
role playing game of the same name
Traveller (role-playing game)
Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
. With the release of Atavism
Atavism (Slough Feg album)
Atavism is the fifth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg . A vinyl edition was also produced by Forest Moon Special Products in a limited print of 500.- Track listing :...
in 2005, the band officially shortened its name to Slough Feg. Guitarist Mike Scalzi maintains that the band always referred to itself this way internally, and the addition of "The Lord Weird" made it too difficult to find Slough Feg albums in stores (which alphabetized the CDs in inconsistent ways). Slough Feg is currently signed to Profound Lore Records
Profound Lore Records
Profound Lore Records is an independent record label founded in May 2004, which "began as the 'hobby-like venture' of a few friends, but over the past six years the label has evolved into a one-man enterprise, shaped a distinct 'aesthetic identity,' and provided owner Chris Bruni with a full-time...
. and most recently released The Animal Spirits
The Animal Spirits (Slough Feg album)
The Animal Spirits is the eighth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg. It is the first album by Slough Feg to be released by label Profound Lore Records. A vinyl pressing of the album was released on February 21, 2011 by Cruz del Sur Music...
on October 26, 2010.
Biography
Slough Feg originates from Central Pennsylvania, but relocated to San Francisco, California in 1990 with the hopes of resurrecting the Heavy Metal scene in America. The band produced three demo tapes in the early 90s before releasing their self titled debut album. Bassist Justin Phelps left the band shortly after. In 1998, the European music label DragonheartDragonheart
Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy adventure film directed by Rob Cohen. It stars Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, and the voice of Sean Connery. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and various other awards in 1996 and 1997...
signed Slough Feg and the band released their second album Twilight of the Idols
Twilight of the Idols (Slough Feg album)
Twilight of the Idols is the second full-length studio album from the American heavy metal band The Lord Weird Slough Feg, released by Dragonheart Records in January 1999.- Tracklist :# Funeral March# Highlander# High Season II# The Pangs of Ulster...
in 1999. The band released Down Among the Deadmen
Down Among the Deadmen (Slough Feg album)
Down Among the Deadmen is the third studio album released by the American heavy metal band The Lord Weird Slough Feg. It features album art by iconic fantasy game artist Erol Otus.- Track listing :#"Sky Chariots" #"Walls of Shame"...
in 2000, and Traveller
Traveller (Slough Feg album)
Traveller is a concept album by the American folk/power band The Lord Weird Slough Feg. The album is based on GDW's 1977 science fiction role-playing game, Traveller.- Track listing :#"The Spinward Marches" #"High Passage/Low Passage"...
in 2003.
In 2005 the band moved to the Italian record label Cruz del Sur and released their fifth studio album, Atavism
Atavism (Slough Feg album)
Atavism is the fifth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg . A vinyl edition was also produced by Forest Moon Special Products in a limited print of 500.- Track listing :...
. The band also officially shortened their name to, "Slough Feg" after the album's release. After the change of name, John Cobbett left in good terms with the band, and was replaced by current member Angelo Tringali in January 2005. Around the same time, drummer and founding member Greg Haa left the band for personal reasons, and was replaced by current member, Antoine Reuben-Diavola. The band is still active, and in 2007 released their sixth album (second with Cruz del Sur), Hardworlder
Hardworlder (Slough Feg album)
Hardworlder is the sixth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg . A vinyl edition was released in 2008 by Iron Kodex Records. The pressing was limited to 525 copies...
, recorded and produced with former bass player Justin Phelps. In 2008 the band released The Slay Stack Grows on Shadow Kingdom Records. This was a double CD release of old demos and live recordings from the band's early days.
The band toured in Europe, and the United States, doing coast-to-coast tours summers of 2005 and 2006, including an appearance at the first annual Alehorn of Power
Alehorn of Power
Alehorn of Power is an independently organized metal festival held annually in Chicago, Illinois since 2006.-History:The festival is organized by Greg Spalding, who is the drummer of Bible of the Devil and who worked for the Tone Deaf Touring booking agency.-2009:Held on August 5 at Cobra Lounge in...
festival in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
Discography
- The Lord Weird Slough FegThe Lord Weird Slough Feg (album)The Lord Weird Slough Feg is the first full-length album by the American folk/heavy metal band The Lord Weird Slough Feg. The album was re-released on Miskatonic in Europe in 2002 with bonus tracks from the band's early demos.- Original track listing :...
(19961996 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
) - Twilight of the IdolsTwilight of the Idols (Slough Feg album)Twilight of the Idols is the second full-length studio album from the American heavy metal band The Lord Weird Slough Feg, released by Dragonheart Records in January 1999.- Tracklist :# Funeral March# Highlander# High Season II# The Pangs of Ulster...
(19991999 in music-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
) - Down Among the DeadmenDown Among the Deadmen (Slough Feg album)Down Among the Deadmen is the third studio album released by the American heavy metal band The Lord Weird Slough Feg. It features album art by iconic fantasy game artist Erol Otus.- Track listing :#"Sky Chariots" #"Walls of Shame"...
(20002000 in musicSee also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....
) - TravellerTraveller (Slough Feg album)Traveller is a concept album by the American folk/power band The Lord Weird Slough Feg. The album is based on GDW's 1977 science fiction role-playing game, Traveller.- Track listing :#"The Spinward Marches" #"High Passage/Low Passage"...
(20032003 in music-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
) - AtavismAtavism (Slough Feg album)Atavism is the fifth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg . A vinyl edition was also produced by Forest Moon Special Products in a limited print of 500.- Track listing :...
(20052005 in music-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
) - HardworlderHardworlder (Slough Feg album)Hardworlder is the sixth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg . A vinyl edition was released in 2008 by Iron Kodex Records. The pressing was limited to 525 copies...
(20072007 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
) - The Slay Stack GrowsThe Slay Stack Grows (Slough Feg album)The Slay Stack Grows is a compilation album by the heavy metal band Slough Feg .- External links :**...
(20082008 in music2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
) (Compilation) - Ape UprisingApe Uprising (Slough Feg album)Ape Uprising! is the seventh studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg . A vinyl edition was released in 2009 by Iron Kodex Records...
(20092009 in musicThe following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
) - The Animal SpiritsThe Animal Spirits (Slough Feg album)The Animal Spirits is the eighth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg. It is the first album by Slough Feg to be released by label Profound Lore Records. A vinyl pressing of the album was released on February 21, 2011 by Cruz del Sur Music...
(20102010 in music2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music...
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Current members
- Michael Scalzi - guitars/vocals (1990–present)
- Angelo Tringali - guitars (2005–present)
- Adrian Maestas - bass (2001–present)
- Harry Cantwell - drums (2007–present)
Former members
- Omar Herd (vocals)
- Chris Haa (guitars)
- Andrew Sebba (guitars)
- John Cobbett (guitars; also of Hammers of MisfortuneHammers of MisfortuneHammers of Misfortune is a progressive heavy metal band from San Francisco, California. The band's style has varied from album to album, at times incorporating different elements of folk metal, doom metal, NWOBHM, black metal, '70s rock, and thrash metal...
, LudicraLudicraLudicra was a metal band from San Francisco. They originally formed in 1998 as a quartet and later expanded to five members. Ludicra's sound has been described as black metal or as avant-garde metal. Influences include bands such as Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Dødheimsgard, and Bethlehem, and genres...
, GwarGwarGwar is a satirical heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984. The band is best known for its elaborate science fiction/horror film inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic stage performances, which feature humorous enactments of politically and morally taboo...
) - Justin Phelps (bass)
- Scott Beach (bass)
- Jon Torres (bass; also of Ulysses Siren, Angel WitchAngel WitchAngel Witch is a British heavy metal band which formed in London, England in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.-Biography:...
, Warning S.F., I4NI, Lääz RockitLääz RockitLääz Rockit are a Power/Thrash band formed in San Francisco, California in 1982. Although one of the lesser-known groups of the Bay Area thrash metal scene, each album in their history has received high critical marks...
, HeathenHeathen (band)Heathen is an American thrash metal band originating from the Bay Area San Francisco, founded in 1984 by guitarist Lee Altus and drummer Carl Sacco...
) - Jim Mack (bass; also of Black Goat (US), WeaklingWeaklingWeakling was a progressive/black metal band from San Francisco. The band never toured and released only one album, Dead As Dreams, recorded in 1998 and released on Tumult Records in 2000.-History:...
) - Dave Passmore (drums)
- Stu Kane (drums)
- Greg Haa (drums; also of Isen Torr)
- Antoine Reuben-Diavola (drums; also of Hadan, Black Goat (US), WeaklingWeaklingWeakling was a progressive/black metal band from San Francisco. The band never toured and released only one album, Dead As Dreams, recorded in 1998 and released on Tumult Records in 2000.-History:...
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