Orchid

Hey guys, sorry I've been pretty inactive this month, I've been really busy with school and such. So in return, here's a band that should have been on here years ago.

Orchid was a four-piece screamo band from Amherst, Massachusetts that were active from 1997-2002, although their influence goes far beyond their tenure. They released three full-lengths (as far as full-lengths go in their realm), as well as numerous splits with other notable bands such as Pig Destroyer and Jeromes Dream. Orchid's sound has become definitive of "screamo". Their punishingly fast, chaotic pace featuring shrieked, unintelligible vocals and dark, dissonant, grinding instrumentation has never been done as well as Orchid did, though has been a staple in many bands within the screamo genre to follow. Orchid also featured slower, quiet parts which often interrupted into frenzies, a dynamic that they had mastered. In addition, Orchid often showed off their intellectual side, making references to numerous figures, whether they be historical, political, or philosophical. I'm sure not much more needs to be said, except for "essential". Some of their members also play in other bands such as Ampere, Bucket Full Of Teeth, Wolves, and Panthers. Here's Orchid's discography, enjoy one of the best bands ever.

We Hate You (Demo) (1997)

1. Consumed

2. 36 Day Syndrome

3. Angel

4. Stagnant

5. A Written Apology

6. Pledge

7. Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover)

Orchid/Pig Destroyer (1997)

1. Orchid - Consumed

2. Orchid - A Written Apology

3. Orchid - Pledge

4. Pig Destroyer - Delusional Supremacy

5. Pig Destroyer - The Alcatraz Metaphors

6. Pig Destroyer - Treblinka

7. Pig Destroyer - Seven And Thirteen

8. Pig Destroyer - Scouring The Wreckage

9. Pig Destroyer - Suicide Through Decay

10. Pig Destroyer - Torquemada

11. Pig Destroyer - Frailty In Numbers

Orchid/Encyclopedia Of American Traitors (1998)

1. Orchid - The Easy One

2. Orchid - Angel

3. Orchid - Notes From A Smooth Talker

4. Encyclopedia Of American Traitors - Sangre Por Pan

5. Encyclopedia Of American Traitors - Pildoras Amargas

Chaos Is Me (1999)

1. Le Descordre, C'est Moi

2. Aesthetic Dialectic

3. In G And E

4. New Jersey vs. Valhalla

5. Weekend At The Fire Academy

6. Framecode

7. The Action Index

8. Death Of A Modernist

9. Boy With No Arms

10. Invasion USA

11. Epilogue Of A Car Crash

Combat Wounded Veteran/Orchid (2000)

1. Combat Wounded Veteran - Economic Downturn With The Kung-Fu Grip

2. Combat Wounded Veteran - Hank Cut Out His Bowels

3. Combat Wounded Veteran - I Talk You Listen

4. Combat Wounded Veteran - Kill The Translator

5. Combat Wounded Veteran - Rocks In A Blender

6. Orchid - Eye Gouger

7. Orchid - Panopticism

Orchid/The Red Scare (2000)

1. Orchid - Lucky 13

2. Orchid - Intelligible Audio

3. Orchid - She Has A Cold Cold Heart

4. The Red Scare - Sequenced For Explosion

Jeromes Dream/Orchid (2000)

1. Jeromes Dream - It's Right Where You Said It Would Be

2. Jeromes Dream - I'm Reminded Of A Kid Who Used To Stomp Bugs

3. Jeromes Dream - A Well Documented Case Of Severe Autism

4. Jeromes Dream - My Most Recent Left Right Brain Argument

5. Orchid - New Ideas In Mathematics

6. Orchid - Beautification Committee

7. Orchid - Ding Dong Dead

8. Orchid - Mono Vs. Stereo

Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! (2001)

1. Destination: Blood!

2. To Praise Prothesis

3. Lights Out

4. Anna Karina

5. I Am Nietzsche

6. Victory Is Ours

7. Don't Rat Our Your Friends

8. Black Hills

9. Snow Delay At The Frankfurt School

10. ...And The Cat Turned To Smoke

Gatefold (2002)

1. Amherst Pandemonium (Part 1)

2. Amherst Pandemonium (Part 2)

3. Chaos Ain't Me

4. Loft Party

5. I Wanna Fight

6. A Visit From Dr. Goodsex

7. We Love Prison

8. Fashion Meets Passion

9. Trail Of The Unknown Body

10. Class Pictures

11. No, We Don't Have Any T-shirts

12. Dissidents In Love

13. Flip The Tape

14. Anais Nin By Numbers

15. Tigers

16. Let's Commodify Sexuality

17. Discourse of Desire

18. None More Black

19. Impersonating Martin Rev

Totality (2005)

1. New Ideas In Mathematics

2. Beautification Committee

3. Ding Dong Dead

4. Mono Vs. Stereo

5. Lucky 13

6. Intelligible Audio

7. She Has A Cold, Cold Heart

8. Eye Gouger

9. Panopticism

10. Mean S.O.B.

11. 36 Day Syndrome

12. O.S.K.

13. Stagnant

14. Hit The Ground

15. Consumed

16. A Written Apology

17. Pledge

18. The Easy One

19. Angel

20. Notes From A Smooth Talker

21. T-120

22. Halving The Bones

23. September 18th, 1993

24. Weekend At The Fire Academy