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The Hanging Bard

by Orc

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1.
A New Inn, a New Beginning 03:15
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2.
Talented Hands and Wandering Eyes 02:55
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3.
The Innkeeper's Wife 02:55
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4.
A Week in the Stocks 04:44
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5.
An Adulterer Falsely Accused of Murder 02:06
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6.
The Walk to Gibbet Hill 03:45
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7.
A Dead Man's Journey 10:22
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8.
Rapping on the Doors of Every Hell 04:07
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An instrumental tale of a bard whose poor choices land him in the underbelly of the afterlife, at the hands of an angry innkeep.

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released March 14, 2022

All music and artwork by Barend Nieuwstraten III
Recorded at Oubliette 8
(c) Barend Nieuwstraten III 2022

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Hard to pinpoint overall specific influences as this project came about through a specific chain of events, and there was little to draw upon when Orc was initially active (2000-2003) or at least what there was was hard to find.
But aside from various soundtracks to Television, film, and computer games, and brief exposure to one or two of the side projects of black metal bands of the 90s, there were components of various bands that built Orc.
The biggest influence would be Coil (especially the albums 'Horse Rotorvator' and 'Scatology'), Fad Gadget (the album 'Incontinent' which had some very medieval overtones), Killing Joke (for their very tribal approach to percussion), Ministry (percussion on 'The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste' and subsequent tour)

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Orc Discography:
A Journey to Forgotten Places EP [2001]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-journey-to-forgotten-places-ep

Into the Heart of Tyranny [2002]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-heart-of-tyranny

The Autumn of an Empire [2003]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-autumn-of-an-empire

A Dark Path Vol.1: The Human Prince [2018]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-dark-path-vol-1-the-human-prince

A Dark Path Vol.2: The Elven Prince [2018]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-dark-path-vol-2-the-elven-prince

A Dark Path Vol.3 The Dwarven Lord [2018]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-dark-path-vol-3-the-dwarven-lord

Ættestup [2021]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ttestup


Frostdrake [2021]
benthelicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/frostdrake

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Bent Helical Records Sydney, Australia

An independent label and umbrella title for all projects by (or involving) Barend Nieuwstraten III recorded at Oubliette Studio.

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