CORMORANT

Cormorant biography
CORMORANT are a progressive metal band from the San Francisco Bay area in California. Formed in 2007, the band is part of the very promising underground experimental Bay area metal scene. With a piecemeal lineup of musicians with backgrounds ranging in everything from folk rock and classical music to hip-hop, black metal, and country, and a solid backbone in metal, the band makes for a very eclectic and genre-bending listening experience.

While being first and foremost a band with strong black and death metal tendencies channeling the likes of AGALLOCH or ENSLAVED, everything from CYNIC-esque jazzy passages, MY DYING BRIDE doomy atmosphere, MAIDEN-esque galloping riffing and SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE-like pop experimentation can be heard, the band's style is difficult to pinpoint and they do a good job making way for their own sounds to shine through from time to time.

After successfully playing shows with bands like WOLVES IN THE THONE ROOM and fellow Bay-area acts like GRAYCEON and GIANT SQUID, the band released a 5-track EP and later their first full-length album Metazoa in September of 2010 to largely positive reviews. This is one Bay-area band to keep an eye on in the future as they have already show much promise. Fans of progressive black metal bands like AGALLOCH, ENSLAVED, and LUDICRA will find a lot to enjoy in CORMORANT's music.

Biography written by NecronCommander