Urizen

Urizen was born from the ashes of Colorado-based black metallers, Dunwich Horror, in a vague transitional period between 2001 and 2002. From the original lineup of Dunwich Horror remained Thomas and Daniel Drinnen left with the arduous task of finding new members willing and able to help metamorphose the crude black metal ideas of Dunwich into the strange musical creature URIZEN. Fate would step in triumphantly: The story, quickly retold, finds the Drinnen brothers hundreds of miles from their Colorado home, standing in front of a concert venue (then-called Dreamworld Music Complex) in Arlington, Texas to see Norway's Dimmu Borgir. As luck would have it, despite arriving at the concert hours ahead of time, Thomas and Daniel would have some company in the form of a tall, skinny Mexican: drummer extraordinaire, Julio Escamilla. Information was exchanged and a few months later Julio would find himself on a Greyhound bus bound for Denver, Colorado. Here, the newly formed trio would hone their skills together, and begin work on the debut Urizen LP autocratopolis. Fall of 2003 would find URIZEN in its new home of DFW. In December of 2007, Urizen unleashed the definitively odd and quirky Universe EP.

information from the band's site

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  Thomas Drinnen: bass, guitar, lead vocals, vocals
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  Daniel Drinnen: keyboards, vocals
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  Julio Escamilla: drums
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  Matt Garrison: guitar
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  James Wicks: bass

Kristoffer G. Rygg, Mike Patton, Arcturus, Ulver, Type O Negative, King Diamond, Rammstein, John Frusciante, The Misfits, Randy Newman, Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Faith No More

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