Rebreather

BIO (as gloriously written by j. snyder.we're not nearly this self-adulating) - It's not everyday a band like Rebreather comes along. With a sound that

mirrors the complexity of the breathing process itself, the unit has been

exhaling distorted, molten hymns since 1999. While often categorized as an

offshoot of the doom metal genus, the fact remains that Rebreather has been

developing into something far more intriguing. They draw from the

thunderous volumes of Cavity and Floor as much as they do from Barkmarket's

twitchy finesse and Hum's melodic rumble. To say that Rebreather simply

mimics any of these acts is sorely missing the point. While some bands are

happy to move small chunks of ground by following their contemporaries,

Rebreather takes the tomes of the elder gods and completely rewrites them.



Rebreather was built in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1999 with the introduction of

Barley Rantilla (guitar/vocal) and Jake Harnett (guitar) to Chad Fondak (bass)

and Jeremy Koerber (drums). In a commitment to make the simplest yet heaviest

music possible, they soon recorded their first 4 song demo, which was

immediately followed by their second demo, Longplay. After Jake left the band

for the west coast, Infernal Racket Records (Philadelphia, PA) put out

Rebreather's first national release, "Need Another Seven Astronauts". Deep Send

Records (Hanover, MA) directly succeeded this by releasing the bands first

two demos together as one album, "Half Speed Ahead", in 2003. 2004 brought a split

ep on Twin Earth Records (GA). Between periodic chunks of downtime, Rebreather

replaced their founding drummer with veteran player, Steve Gardner. "Sunflower",

their newest full length album, was released on "Nice Life!" (Columbus, OH) in

2008, as was a vinyl release on "Heavy Slab Records" (Brooklyn, NY), featuring

songs from each release and also including 3 never officially released tracks.



Call it organized chaos. Rebreather shows that they are creating more than a

barrage of stark noise and earthen sludge. They are creating songs; glorious,

winding songs that allow dissonant, harmonic guitar/bass tones to soothe as well as strike, drumming to build as well as batter, and vocals to adopt a

powerful sense of shimmering vulnerability as well as slice through concrete. This is music to enhance the

senses. This is music to darken the mood as well as uplift it. This is

attention to detailed melody within fury. This is Rebreather and they wouldn't

have it any other way.