Mutoid Man
{{Short description|American band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mutoid Man
| landscape = yes
| alias =
| origin = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
| years_active = {{start date|2012}}–present
| label = {{flatlist|
}}
| spinoff_of = {{flatlist|
}}
| website = {{URL|mutoidman.com}}
| current_members = Stephen Brodsky
Ben Koller
Jeff Matz
| past_members = Nick Cageao
}}
Mutoid Man is an American heavy metal band formed in 2012 in Brooklyn, New York City by Cave In vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky, Converge drummer Ben Koller and bassist Nick Cageao (with High on Fire bassist Jeff Matz replacing Cageao in 2021). They have released two EPs and three studio albums to date. AllMusic described their sound as metalcore but noted that it engages not just with hardcore punk and heavy metal but also rock and roll, math rock, progressive rock, and psychedelic music.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mutoid-man-mn0003352284/biography|title=Mutoid Man - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=June 13, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613195944/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mutoid-man-mn0003352284/biography|url-status=live}} Pitchfork celebrated their debut album Bleeder for "[embracing] both numbskull hard rock and cerebral progressive metal, at a time when the two approaches have become almost mutually exclusive in heavy music."{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20608-bleeder/|title=Mutoid Man – Bleeder|publisher=Pitchfork|date=June 29, 2015|accessdate=June 19, 2017|archive-date=June 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611201243/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20608-bleeder/|url-status=live}}
History
Koller recorded some songs as a two-piece band with Stephen Brodsky of Cave In in mid-2012 under the name Mutoid Man. The project was properly announced in March 2013,{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/cave_ins_stephen_brodsky_converges_ben_koller_team_up_as_mutoid_man|title=Cave In's Stephen Brodsky and Converge's Ben Koller Team Up as Mutoid Man|last=Adams|first=Gregory|date=March 14, 2013|work=Exclaim!|accessdate=March 15, 2013}} and its debut EP, Helium Head, was released in November 2013 through Magic Bullet Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/09/23/new-supergroup-mutoid-man-members-of-cave-in-converge-all-pigs-must-die-brohammer-debuts-tonight-in-brooklyn/|title=New Supergroup Mutoid Man (members of Cave In, Converge, All Pigs Must Die, Bröhammer) Debuts TONIGHT in Brooklyn!|last=Wingerschmidt|first=Kip|date=September 23, 2013|work=Metalsucks|accessdate=September 23, 2013}} Describing the sound of the new project, Brodsky said, "The material picks up from where we left off with the Cave In "Shapeshifter"/"Dead Already" cassingle, written with Ben in the band. The two of us ran with that sound and formula and took it as far as we could go."{{cite web|url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/mutoid-man-scrapes-the-walls/|title=Listen to Mutoid Man 'Scrape the Walls'|last=Macomber|first=Shawn|date=September 24, 2013|work=Decibel|publisher=Red Flag Media|accessdate=September 25, 2013|archive-date=September 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925140327/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/mutoid-man-scrapes-the-walls/|url-status=dead}}
Koller and Brodsky were later joined by bassist Nick Cageao to form a three-piece band, and released their first full-length album Bleeder on June 30, 2015, through Sargent House.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/mutoid_man_announce_bleeder_lp_stream_new_single|title=Mutoid Man Announce 'Bleeder' LP, Stream New Single|last=Adams|first=Gregory|date=April 23, 2015|work=Exclaim!|accessdate=April 28, 2015|archive-date=April 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427235724/http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/mutoid_man_announce_bleeder_lp_stream_new_single|url-status=live}} The band released their second full-length album, War Moans, in June 2017. They are also the house band for Two Minutes to Late Night, a heavy metal-themed talk show.{{Cite web|title=Two Minutes To Late Night|url=https://www.facebook.com/2M2LN/|access-date=August 31, 2020|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002140232/https://www.facebook.com/2M2LN/|url-status=live}} In August of 2021, Jeff Matz of High On Fire and Zeke joined the band, replacing Cageao on bass.
Members
Current members
- Stephen Brodsky – guitar, vocals (2012–present)
- Ben Koller – drums (2012–present)
- Jeff Matz – bass (2021–present)
Former members
- Nick Cageao – bass (2013–2021)
Timeline
{{#tag:timeline|
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20
PlotArea = left:100 bottom:60 top:0 right:10
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/2012 till:{{#time:m/d/Y}}
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:2012
ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:2013
Legend = position:bottom orientation:horizontal
Colors =
id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals,_guitar
id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass
id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums
id:Lines1 value:black legend:Studio_album
id:lines2 value:gray(0.7) legend:EP
id:bars value:gray(0.95)
BackgroundColors = bars:bars
LineData =
at:06/15/2015 color:black layer:back
at:06/02/2017 color:black layer:back
at:07/28/2023 color:black layer:back
at:05/15/2014 color:lines2 layer:back
at:05/18/2018 color:lines2 layer:back
BarData =
bar:Brodsky text:"Stephen Brodsky"
bar:Cageao text:"Nick Cageao"
bar:Matz text:"Jeff Matz"
bar:Koller text:"Ben Koller"
PlotData=
width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
bar:Brodsky from:start till:end color:Vocals
bar:Cageao from:08/01/2013 till:08/01/2021 color:Bass
bar:Matz from:08/01/2021 till:end color:Bass
bar:Koller from:start till:end color:Drums
}}
Discography
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
Studio albums
- Bleeder (2015){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bleeder-mw0002850691|title=Bleeder - Mutoid Man - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=June 13, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613200657/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bleeder-mw0002850691|url-status=live}}
- War Moans (2017)
- Mutants (2023)
EPs
- Helium Head (2013)
- Covers EP (2018)
{{col-2}}
Demos
- Kiss of Death (Demo) (2020)
- Bandages (Demo) (2020)
- War Moans – St. Vitus Demos 2016 (2021)
{{col-end}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mutoidman.com}}
- {{discogs artist}}
- [https://mutoidman.bandcamp.com/ Mutoid Man] on Bandcamp
Category:Metalcore musical groups from New York (state)
Category:Heavy metal musical groups from New York (state)
Category:Hardcore punk groups from New York (state)
Category:Hard rock musical groups from New York (state)
Category:Progressive rock musical groups from New York (state)
Category:American progressive metal musical groups
Category:Musical groups from Brooklyn
Category:2012 establishments in New York City