The Painted Army, by Author & Punisher

The Painted Army

by Author & Punisher

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Moody Tuner Brutal yet snake pit-esque music; the vocals draw you in and then you're trapped. Excellent songwriting / instrumentation / execution. Favorite track: Old Boy Network.

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1.	40 to 1 07:41	buy track
2.	Old Boy Network 06:34	buy track
3.	L_R 05:38	buy track
4.	Mask of Dawn 05:04	buy track
5.	Once Upon a Sin 05:05	buy track
6.	The Painted Army 07:32	buy track

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The Painted Army, the self-released debut album by Tristan Shone's industrial music project Author & Punisher, is largely different from his later work under the alias. The cutting-edge self-made electro-mechanical machines that characterize his recent work are absent; instead, conventional guitar, synthesizer and live drums (by William Driskill, his only credit on an Author & Punisher release) are utilized. Musically, the album recalls early Tool, as well as Neurosis and Godflesh with a dash of melodic grunge. Shone's emotional yet charged vocals carry the songs in many places; they stand in a place between Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Maynard James Keenan.

-taken from RYM zirtapot57

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released January 1, 2005

Recorded while Shone was pursuing his MFA in sculpture following a mechanical engineering degree.

2005 Author and Punisher Music

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Author & Punisher San Diego, California

Author & Punisher is an industrial doom and drone metal, one man band utilizing primarily custom fabricated machines/controllers and speakers called Drone/Dub Machines. The devices draw heavily on aspects of industrial automation, robotics and mechanical tools and devices, focusing on the eroticism of the interaction with machine.

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Aug 3

The Cluny 2

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Aug 4

Core Fest

Glasgow, UK
Aug 5

Voodoo

Belfast, UK
Aug 6

The Grand Social

Dublin, Ireland
Aug 7

Kasbah Social Club, Dolan's

Limerick, Ireland
Aug 9

Void Fest

Cham, Germany
Aug 10

Doornroosje

Nijmegen, Netherlands
Aug 12

Chalk

Brighton, UK
Aug 13

New Cross Inn

New Cross, UK
Aug 14

Fernhill Farm

Compton Martin, UK
Aug 14

The Bread Shed

Manchester, UK
Aug 15

Tikitaka Village

Francavilla, Italy
Aug 18

Fekete Zaj Fesztivál

Budapest, Hungary

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