Unorthodox (band)

Unorthodox
Origin Maryland, United States
Genres Doom metal, stoner metal, progressive metal
Years active 1987 – present
Labels Hellhound, The Church Within Records
Associated acts Wretched, Revelation, Internal Void, Iron Man, Pentagram, Spirit Caravan, Valkyrie, Nitroseed, Chowder, Stout, Flummox
Members Dale Flood
Blake Dellinger
Alan Pfeifer
Past members Earl Screyer
Jeff Parsons
Josh Hart
Ronnie Kalimon
John Koutsioukis
Mikey Phillips
Mark Ammen
Gary Isom
Jon Blank

Unorthodox is a doom metal band from Maryland.

Biography

Unorthodox were originally called Asylum.[1][2] They changed their name to Unorthodox after a band with a similar name achieved national success.[3] They were one of many Maryland bands to be picked up in the early 90s by Germany's Hellhound Records.[3] They released two albums under Hellhound, 1993's Asylum and 1995's Balance of Power.

In 1994 Doom Records released a compilation entitled A Double Dose of Doom featuring Obstination (who would later become Asylum) and Rat Salad (who would go on to become Iron Man). They also had a song, "Lifeline" on the Doom Capital compilation (2004 Crucial Blast Records). In 2007 Bipolar Demand Records re-released Asylum and included three bonus tracks. In 2008, the lineup of Dale Flood, Mark Ammen, & Gary Isom recorded a third album, Awaken, which was released on The Church Within Records in October 2008.

In 2009, Dale Flood moved to Nashville, Tennessee to raise his daughter. Unorthodox still played sporadic festival appearances over the next several years with the original "Asylum" lineup until 2016. In 2017, he formed a new version of Unorthodox based in Nashville featuring Flummox bassist & drummer, Blake Dellinger & Alan Pfeifer. [4]

Discography

Albums

Reissue

  • Asylum +3 (Bipolar Demand Records 2007)

References

Unorthodox Interview @ Cosmic Lava by Klaus Kleinowski: http://www.cosmiclava.com/reviews-interviews/interviews/interviews-2009/unorthodox.html


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