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Scorn was created by Mick Harris in 1991. Mick Harris, originally the drummer for seminal death metal band Napalm Death, first started making music with Nik Bullen. When Scorn was first formed it was a strange hybrid of sounds that were described by some as 'ambient metal'. Scorn made 3 albums in this style: Deliverance, Vae Solis, and Colossus. Nik Bullen left Scorn after the album 'Evanescence' in 1994. At the release of 'Evanescence', Scorn had made a distinct shift in musical direction; no more metal elements could be found and it had instead delved deep into a new dubbed-out territory. While it somewhat resembled instrumental dub influenced electronic music, it was lacking the generic 808 synth heavy 'ambient dub' genre elements that were prevalent at that time. Scorn's take on dub was much darker, and had very little in common with reggae or 'chill out' music.
In a very short period of time following Evanescence, Scorn had manufactured some of the deepest, loudest sub bass tones ever recorded. Incorporating more elements of instrumental rap and hip hop into his dub, sound Scorn released a series of hypnotic low frequency laced head nodding music, Gyral (1996), Logghi Barogghi (1996), and Zander (1997). In 2000, Scorn dropped the 'Greetings from Birmingham' album, which many point to as having a sweeping influence on the future genre of Dubstep; its gurgling distorted sub bass lines and staggered snare drums were an utterly new sound for dub influenced recordings. Next was 'Plan B' and 'Stealth,' both heavy hitters surely destined to destroy a lot of speakers.
As a longtime fan, Robbie is especially excited for 2 exclusive tracks that are soon to be released on an upcoming Scorn RLR 12".
Releases:
Deliverance (CD, Maxi) / Earache -1992
Deliverance (12") / Earache -1992
Lick Forever Dog (CD, Maxi) / Relativity -1992
Lick Forever Dog (12") / Earache -1992
Lick Forever Dog (CD, Maxi) / Earache -1992
Vae Solis (CD) / Earache -1992
Vae Solis (CD) / Relativity -1992
Vae Solis (Cass, Promo) / Earache -1992
Vae Solis (2xLP) / Earache -1992
Lament (7", Ltd) / Dying Earth Records -1993
White Irises Blind (10") / Earache -1993
White Irises Blind (CD, Maxi) / Earache -1993
Colossus (CD, Album) / Earache -1994
Colossus (LP) / Earache -1994
Evanescence (CD, Album) / Earache -1994
Evanescence (2xLP) / Earache -1994
Evanescence (CD, Promo) / Earache -1994
Silver Rain Fell (12", Ltd) / Earache -1994
Ellipsis (CD, Album) / Scorn Recordings -1995
Ellipsis (5x12", Ltd + Box) / Scorn Recordings -1995
Gyral (2x12", Album) / Scorn Recordings -1995
Gyral (CD, Album) / Scorn Recordings -1995
Remixes (12", Promo) / Scorn Recordings -1995
Stairway (12", S/Sided, Etch, Ltd, Promo) / Scorn Recordings -1995
Gyral (Cass) / Metal Mind Records -1996
Leave It Out (12") / Possible -1996
Logghi Barogghi (CD, Album) / Scorn Recordings -1996
Logghi Barogghi (CD) / Earache -1996
Deliverance (CD, Maxi) / Earache -1997
Ellipsis (Cass) / Metal Mind Records -1997
Whine (CD, Album) / Invisible -1997
Whine (2xLP) / KK Records -1997
Whine (CD) / KK Records -1997
White Irises Blind (CD) / Earache -1997
White Irises Blind (Cass) / Metal Mind Records -1997
Zander (CD, Album) / Invisible -1997
Zander (CD) / KK Records -1997
Zander (2xLP) / KK Records -1997
Anamnesis - Rarities 1994 - 1997 (CD) / Invisible, Possible -1999
Greetings From Birmingham (2xLP) / Hymen Records -2000
Greetings From Birmingham (CD, Album) / Hymen Records -2000
Imaginaria Award EP (CD, EP) / Hymen Records -2000
Imaginaria Award EP (12") / Hymen Records -2000
Governor (CD, Maxi) / Hymen Records -2002
Governor (12") / Hymen Records -2002
Plan B (2xLP) / Hymen Records -2002
Plan B (CD, Album, Dig) / Hymen Records -2002
List Of Takers (CD) / Vivo -2004
Upcoming 12” EP Record Label Records 2008