Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln Explained

Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln
Type:	album
Artist:	Orthrelm
Cover:	Orthrelm Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln.jpg
Released:	2002
Recorded:	2001
Studio:	Hebron, Maryland
Genre:	Avant-garde, Experimental
Length:	27:57
Label:	Three One G 26
Chronology:	Orthrelm
Prev Title:	Orthrelm II
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Asristir Vieldriox
Next Year:	2002

Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln (also referred to as 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln) is an album by the experimental duo Orthrelm featuring guitarist Mick Barr and drummer Josh Blair. The band's first LP-length release, it was recorded in 2001, and was issued in 2002 by Three One G.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Stewart Mason wrote: "there are elements of death metal in Mick Barr's ultra-shred guitar style and Josh Blair's neck-snapping tempos, but there's at least as much Sonny Sharrock and John Bonham, among other influences you wouldn't expect... This is a true rarity, an album that fans of Slayer, King Crimson and Eugene Chadbourne should be able to get into about equally."

In a year-end review of 2002's best releases, Brent Burton of the Washington City Paper commented: "In a good-to-great year of hard rockin' art-tweakage..., Orthrelm earns the top-10 nod for having the least comprehensible worldview. The D.C. instrumental duo's oeuvre all but defenestrates pop tradition in favor of constantly shifting streams of simultaneous guitar and drum solos."^[6]

Author Adam Gnade stated that the album "is like if you took a band and chopped it up into tiny pieces with a chef's knife then glued it back together without any sense of design or a bit of aesthetic intention. Which sounds terrible, but it works. It's this wild, galloping, shuddering, formless-yet-precise speed-shred thing that is impossible to explain in words."^[7]

A writer for Cleveland Scene remarked: "If Derek Bailey were crossed with Yngwie Malmsteen, the result would be Orthrelm's Mick Barr. What he does, most would never think to attempt."^[8]

Writer Phil Freeman of Perfect Sound Forever selected the album as one of his favorite releases of 2002.^[9]

Track listing

Norildivoth

1. "Aonkrit Iom-Spear" – 1:52
2. "Chriosainqueilltor" – 1:38
3. "Draoxaimm Lef Lan Growm" – 0:39
4. "Norriill-Divotr" – 1:04
5. "Gharaail Ist" – 0:54
6. "Cylryx-Agfolr" – 0:28
7. "Optixun Straal" – 0:52
8. "Allmuniektea" – 0:48

Crallos-Lomrixth

1. "Scelxenak" – 1:12
2. "Satrilvoithal" – 0:50
3. "Altronate-Varl Viis" – 0:45
4. "Hixor Sparrill Monce" – 0:39

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1. "2nd 13" – 1:35
2. "2nd 14" – 2:21

Urthiln

1. "Urthiln" – 12:20

Personnel

• Mick Barr – guitar
• Josh Blair – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Orthrelm: Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln . Stewart . Mason . AllMusic . October 3, 2022.
2. Web site: Orthrelm: 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln . Three One G . October 3, 2022.
3. Web site: Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln . Prog Archives . October 3, 2022.
4. Web site: Discography . MickBarr.info . October 3, 2022.
5. Web site: Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln . Bandcamp . October 3, 2022.
6. Web site: Heavy Lifting . Brent . Burton . December 27, 2002 . Washington City Paper . October 3, 2022.
7. Web site: Orthrelm: 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln . Adam . Gnade . August 27, 2002 . Three One G . October 3, 2022.
8. Web site: Don't Call It a Comeback . January 1, 2003 . Cleveland Scene . October 3, 2022.
9. Web site: Favorite Music of 2002 . Freeman . Phil . Perfect Sound Forever . October 3, 2022.