Artist description One of a distinct few Black Metal bands hailing from the Northwest US. We create a mixture of brutal death metal and classically mature compositions.

Music Style Progressive Black Metal

Musical Influences Northern European Black Metal, Classical period

Similar Artists Old Man's Child, Emperor, Mayhem, Dissection, My Dying Bride, Solstice, Dimmu Borgir

Artist History "Oneiroi began in Reed College's band practice room, with walls covered in autobiographical grafitti, flickering overhead fluorescents, and a tiny amplifier festooned with a pink bunny... "At first, it was a few jam sessions for thrash/fusion drummer Dylan Burns and rhythm guitarist Jason Bowers, a black-metal diehard. The jams became a focused project when Colin Marshall brought a Florida death-metal savagery to vocals and bass, and Russell Hanson completed the group with a lead guitar tinged with neo-classical influences. "Oneiroi has no purpose but to create music that is a homage to the intensity of black metal, while fusing it with other heavy styles and perhaps creating something a little different. The perseverance those goals entailed bore its first fruit on May 2 of 2000 in the collection of songs titled, 'Apocryhon.' "There is much, much more to come...."

Group Members Colin Marshall, Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar Russell Hanson, Lead Guitars Jason Bowers, Rhythm Guitar Dylan Burns, Drums

Albums Apocryphon

Location Portland, OR - USA

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