Intronaut

Intronaut is a Los Angeles-based metal group active since 2005. The band works in progressive metal, post-metal, sludge metal, experimental and avant-garde metal, and its music combines harsh vocals with melodic singing and vocal harmonies. Its sound also draws on progressive rock, jazz, and rhythms associated with Indian, African and Afro-Latin styles.

Line-up

Intronaut features guitarist and vocalist Sacha Dunable, guitarist, vocalist and percussionist David Timnick, drummer Danny Walker, and bassist Joe Lester. Leon del Muerte is an early member of the group and later leaves, with Timnick taking his place. Other members listed for the band include Alex Rüdinger and Matt Lynch.

Early releases and development

In 2005, the group releases a four-track demo titled Null – Demonstration Extended Play Compact Disc. It signs to Goodfellow Records in October of that year and records Void in early 2006 at Shiva Industries in Santa Ana, California with producer John Haddad.

Recordings and label activity

By January 2008, Intronaut announces a worldwide deal with Century Media Records and completes its next album, Prehistoricisms. The band also contributes a cover of Eyehategod’s “Dixie Whiskey” to the Century Media 20th Anniversary cover album. Its later album Valley of Smoke appears in 2010 and includes a guest appearance by Justin Chancellor of Tool.

Tours and performances

Intronaut tours Europe for the first time after Timnick joins, supporting The Ocean. It later tours with Kylesa and Mastodon in support of Crack the Skye, plays shows in Kolkata and Delhi for the Great Indian Rock Festival XIII in 2009, and opens for Cynic in the United States and Canada. The group also tours North America supporting Helmet, and later joins Animals As Leaders, Dead Letter Circus and Last Chance To Reason on a North American run.