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Original Bands


Since moving to Maine in December of 2005, I have not played in any bands. It's sad, b/c they were my main outlet. So, both Mercurial and SMJ are now officially ex-projects. I still have my 'side-project' titled Bone Fire.

You can find the mixed 2-song demo from SMJ below. Note there are no vocals, though many lines have been written for one song. This is fun stuff, one is a traditional metal song, the other a fun, chunky, groovy song (thus the title). We have several other originals, but these were recorded at Sapone's over 2 weeks in March of 2005. It came out perfectly and is exactly how I wanted it to.

Mercurial was the main band, a 5-piece whose music spans different genres. A 4-song demo was recorded at Sapone's in the spring of 2004. Another demo was begun the same time a year later, but this was all abandoned due to member changes. 2 incomplete songs are listed below. Note, these are unmixed, but are pretty cool anyways.

Finally, Bone Fire is just me. Rather frequently I record small bits of ideas on my PC. These are usually just acoustic pieces often with many layers of guitars. In all cases below (but the Acoustics track), everything was done by me, including some bass parts and drum machine tracks. All are demo quality.

Slatesong is a complete riff-o-rama song I made many years ago. This features drum machines in the beginning and end, but not the middle. I re-recorded the outro of this 8-minute epic later. Unfortunately I lost the original tracks, so the guitars at the end are far too loud. This may be the best sounding demo of the bunch though, and is well worth the download IMO! Additionally, the main guitar riff that begins the outro section is the basis to SMJ's De Los Craneos. (which is also available for download below).

Sample MP3s


SMJ MP3s
MP3 Duration Size Date Notes
Chunky Soup (demo 2005) 3:56 3.6Mb 1st June, 2005 n/a
De Los Craneos (demo 2005) 6:27 6.0Mb 1st June, 2005 n/a
Los Dos Craneos (Harmonies) 0:34 676k 1st September, 2003 n/a
Mercurial MP3s
(Incomplete, Unmixed Demo 2005)
Far Away 5:07 4.8Mb 11th August, 2005 n/a
There 3:34 3.5Mb 11th August, 2005 n/a
Mercurial MP3s
(Demo 2004)
At Sea 4:49 4.5Mb 11th August, 2005 n/a
Any More 4:23 4.1Mb 11th August, 2005 n/a
Undone 4:03 3.8Mb 11th August, 2005 n/a
Time 5:07 4.8Mb 11th August, 2005 n/a
Bone Fire MP3s
Das Grüße 1:08 1.0Mb 9th September, 2008 yes
Oh Yeha! 0:34 544k 9th September, 2008 yes
Acoustics (Part Deux) 0:57 909k 9th September, 2008 yes
Almost There (Fast) 1:28 2.1Mb 8th June, 2006 yes
Almost There (Slow) 1:08 1.6Mb 8th June, 2006 yes
Stones 1:07 1.3Mb 25th December, 2005 yes
Hier, Demain 1:05 1.2Mb 9th June, 2001 yes
Faith Abandoned 0:58 923k 30th August, 2004 n/a
Sweet Grass 1:49 2.1Mb 8th August, 2004 yes
Empty Shore 0:43 874k 1st August, 2004 yes
Waves (eh...) 0:57 896k 23rd March, 2004 yes
The Precipice of Doom 0:51 1.0Mb 30th November, 2003 yes
Sunset Despair 0:59 932k 23rd November, 2003 yes
Passing of the Grey Company 0:33 663k 17th August, 2003 n/a
Acoustics 0:30 709k 28 June, 2003 n/a
Noice 0:24 478k 19 June, 2003 n/a
The Chuggy Chunk 0:23 454k 17 June, 2003 n/a
Riffage 0:31 607k 17 June, 2003 n/a
PMS Middle Bit (test) 0:26 511k 17 June, 2003 n/a
Slatesong (outro) 1:44 1.6Mb c.2001 n/a
Slatesong 8:06 14.8Mb c.2000 n/a
Lost Song 2:50 3.3Mb c. 2000 n/a