Keelhaul (band)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Keelhaul

| image = Keelhaulband.jpg

| caption = Keelhaul performing in 2009

| landscape = yes

| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

| genre = Sludge metal,{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Chris |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Instead of keeling over, Cleveland's Keelhaul pulls out of dry docks to motor through more metal sludge |url=https://www.okgazette.com/music/instead-of-keeling-over-clevelands-keelhaul-pulls-out-of-dry-docks-to-motor-through-more-metal-sludge-2957641 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Oklahoma Gazette}} mathcore{{Cite web |last=Walschots |first=Natalie Zina |date=January 24, 2018 |title=Today Is The Day / Keelhaul / KEN Mode / Fight Amp |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/today_is_day_keelhaul_ken_mode_fight_amp-lees_palace_toronto_on_april_13 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Exclaim!}}

| years_active = 1998–present

| label = Hydra Head

| website = {{URL|keelhaul.info}}

| current_members = Chris Smith
Aaron Dallison
Dana Embrose
Will Scharf

| past_members =

}}

Keelhaul is a four-piece progressive mathcore/sludge metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. The members are Aaron Dallison (bass, vocals), Dana Embrose (guitar), Will Scharf (drums), and Chris Smith (guitar, vocals).

The band formed in 1998.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keelhaul-mn0000857781 | title=Keelhaul Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | website=AllMusic }} They toured Europe in April 2004 and subsequently went on a lengthy break. With no tours or new music recorded, Keelhaul entered the studio in December 2008 with producer Andrew Schneider to record their new album, Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity. In the same month, the band resumed live activity with two shows, one in Philadelphia and the other in New York. In 2009, they played support to Isis for the Wavering Radiant tour (which took in dates across Europe), filling the bill with Finnish band Circle.

Members

Chris Smith (Integrity, Terminal Lovers, False Hope) – guitar, vocals
Aaron Dallison (Escalation Anger, Ringworm, Abdullah, State of conviction) – bass, vocals
Dana Embrose (Groin, La Gritona, Suicide King, False Hope) – guitar
Will Scharf (Craw) – drums

;Guest musicians

Bryant Clifford Meyer of Isis and Red Sparowes appears on the song "Randall" from the Subject to Change Without Notice album.

Discography

Keelhaul – (CD 1998, Cambodia Recordings)
Keelhaul – (CD 1999, Escape Artist Records)
Keelhaul – (LP 1999, Hydra Head Records), available as a picture disc
Ornamental Iron – (LP 7" 2000, Hydra Head Records)
Keelhaul II – (CD 2001, Hydra Head Records)
Keelhaul II – (LP 2001, Escape Artist Records), available as a picture disc
Anodyne – Keelhaul – (Split 7" LP 2002, Chainsaw Safety Records)
Subject to Change Without Notice – (CD 2003, Hydra Head Records)
Subject to Change Without Notice – (LP 2003, Escape Artist Records), available as a picture disc
You Waited Five Years for This? – (EP 7" 2009, Hydra Head Records)
Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity – (2xLP 2009, Hydra Head Records)
Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity – (CD 2009, Hydra Head Records)

References

External links

{{allmusic}}
[http://www.myspace.com/mykeelhaul Keelhaul @ MySpace]
[http://www.apeshit.org/article.php?p=982&more=1 Interview with Apeshit]
[http://www.uttertrash.net/keelhaul.htm Another interview]
[http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/hello-antwerp/Content?oid=1487177 Article] "Hello Antwerp" in Cleveland Scene magazine

Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Ohio

Category:Musical groups from Cleveland

Category:Metalcore musical groups from Ohio