Biografia

Dysrhythmia is an avant-garde instrumental band that blends various genres including prog-metal and jazz into one tight cohesive sound. Formed in August 1998, this Philadelphia based trio, continues to break down typical musical barriers. Kevin Hurnagel and Clayton Ingerson started the band and were joined six months later by Drummer Jeff Eber. The band entered the studio in early 2000 to record the band’s debut album entitled “Contradiction”, which was recorded, much like every other Dysrhythmia album to follow, completely live with minimal overdubs. Shortly after the band reentered the studio in 2001 to record the No Interference record which received positive reviews from fans and critics alike. The new album helped to define the band’s sound and take them to another level that “Contradiction” could not reach. With the idea that Dysrhythmia’s music was meant to be experienced live Kevin, Clayton and Jeff hit the road throughout the rest of 2001 touring the entire East Coast as well as the Midwest and deep south areas of North America. Capitalizing on the band’s relentless touring schedule and unparalleled live show the band again hit the studio in 2002 and released two split albums, one with XthoughtstreamsX and another with Technician.

Dysrhythmia’s hard work and dedication was beginning to produce serious results and the band signed to Relapse Records in October of 2002. With this new deal inked and set in stone, Dysrhythmia headed back into the studio to record their Relapse Record’s debut. Entitled Pretest, the album saw the light of day on May 13th 2003 and was hailed as a genre defining release. Metal Hammer Magazine named Pretest one of the “Top 10 Essential Mathcore albums of all time” while Revolver Magazine said the album was one of the “Top 20 Albums of 2003” alongside albums by Radiohead, Metallica and others. The band began touring with bigger named acts and playing hugely popular music festivals including the 2003 and 2004 Relapse Contamination tour, The Relapse Records South by Southwest showcase in Austin Texas and the New England Metal and Hardcore festival, where the band was profiled by both MTV 2 and Fuse. The band toured with bands such as Mastodon, Cephalic Carnage and The Dillinger Escape Plan until Clayton Ingerson decided to step down from his bass duties in November 2004.

The band refused to see this as a massive setback and less then a month later the band had recruited Colin Marston, vocalist of Behold…The Arctopus and Dysrhythmia went back on tour with Isis and These Arms are Snakes. With a growing fan base Dysrhythmia decided to go back into the studio to record their fourth full-length album entitled Barriers and passages at B.C. Studios in Brooklyn N.Y. with Engineer Martin Bisi (John Zorn and Sonic Youth). Barriers and Passages was released on May 2nd in North America and May 9th Internationally. Leading up the North American Relapse Records released an original Dysrhythmia e-card, which featured two brand new tracks off of Barriers and Passages. The band continued touring throughout 2006 and 2007, all while finding the time to release another split album with Rothko in late 2007.

The band stayed relatively quiet in 2008 as individual members Kevin Hufnagel, and Colin Marston pursued their own individual projects. Colin continued recording and touring with his band Behold…The Arctopus and Krallice, while Kevin Hufnagel joined Goreguts and also released a full-length solo album entitled Songs for the Disappeared via his own imprint Nightfloat Recordings. It wasn’t long, however, before Dysrhythmia was back writing and recording music again. The band soon entered their very own Menegroth studios located in Queens N.Y. to record their latest full length release entitled Psychic Maps. The album was engineered and produced by Bassist Colin Marston and was released July 7th 2009 in North America and July 13th internationally via Relapse Records. The band will be heading out on tour in October 2009 in support of the new album. Dysrhythmia was featured in the September issue of Decibel Magazine and Lords of Metal also recently did an interview with Colin Marston.