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This is the Official page for Sculptured. By 1996, Anderson was tracking his own compositions.
The 25-year history of Sculptured’s visionary approach to progressive heaviness is the story of guitarist/vocalist Don Anderson’s lifelong musical odyssey. Sculptured formed in the mid ’90s during Anderson’s teen years, and the project showcases the blossoming talents, deepening experience and changing disposition of the man at the center of the work. Early Sculptured songs took their inspiration from the progressive and melodic nature of Chuck Schuldiner’s ever-evolving ideas, after Anderson heard Death’s 1991 record, Human. Three recorded songs surfaced on that year’s Fulfillment in Tragedy demo tape, and some of that material also landed on Sculptured’s debut full-length album, The Spear of the Lily is Aureoled. After being picked up for a CD and cassette run by Polish record label Mad Lion, The Spear of the Lily is Aureoled found a home in the U.S. with The End Records, the label that would become Sculptured’s long term partner. In the late ‘90s, Anderson began working with John Haughm and Jason William Walton in Agalloch, and both Agalloch’s Pale Folklore and Sculptured’s sophomore record, Apollo Ends, benefitted from the trio’s collaboration. Apollo Ends also saw the return of Spear vocalist Brian Yager and trumpet player Burke Harris. After these two albums, Sculptured had voice and purpose, but Agalloch’s more meditative style began to receive more attention from the metal community and Anderson gave less of his attention to Sculptured. It would be years before Anderson was ready to record his next fleshed out statement, the atonal and rather darker Embodiment. The record retained Walton on bass, and the band was now joined by vocalist Tom Walling, Estradasphere drummer Dave Murray and Winds/Age of Silence keyboardist Andy Winter. Their performances lend Embodiment a brand new air, both gutsier and stranger than earlier Sculptured records. Sculptured again descended into dormancy while Anderson collaborated further on recordings by Agalloch and, later, Khôrada. More than a decade later, Sculptured returns in force with The Liminal Phase, which truly feels like a culmination of the experience that the current band have developed in their many years as working musicians. Anderson, Walton and Winter are joined by drummer Martti Hill and vocalist Marius Sjøli. In 2021, The Liminal Phase acts as a bold continuation of Anderson’s vision for Sculptured, as well as a reintroduction to the wonders the band has to offer to fans both old and new. In 2022 Hunter Ginn from Canvas Solaris joined the band on drums. Sculptured is currently completing demos for the fifth album. Vocals/Guitars - Don Anderson
Bass - Jason Walton
Vocals/Keyboards - Marius Sjoli
Drums/Percussion - Hunter Ginn
11/30/2022
Hunter couldn’t help himself and tracked more percussion over the holiday break. We’re so excited to have him on board for the new album! Thanks for engineering.
06/13/2022
Hunter Ginn completed tracking drums and percussion for the next Sculptured album. We’re incredibly excited to have him on board. He has tremendous chops and an exceptional balance of virtuosity and attention to nuance. He’s truly a drummer’s drummer. Thanks to for recording!
05/18/2022
If you read Metal Maniacs back in 1996 you might have seen the first promo pic of Sculptured ever published. I was so excited when this happened. It blew my mind to see myself in MM. This magazine was so incredibly critical to my metal education while living in a small town pre-Internet. RIP Katherine Ludwig and Metal Maniacs.
03/15/2022
Thank you Decibel Magazine and Forrest Pitts again for this engaging conversation. Here is the second part of our interview that began with a focus on Webern's Symphony and gradually expanded into other areas. In other news, we are completing the demos for the next Sculptured album with new drummer Hunter Ginn from tech metal gods Canvas Solaris. Thanks!
Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance Part II: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On Art As a Leaderless Movement - Decibel Magazine In which we present the second part of Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel's Forrest Pitts lengthy discussion on creative musical impact.
01/31/2022
We’re excited to welcome new drummer Hunter Ginn to Sculptured! Hunter Ginn is best known as one of the founding members of Georgia’s Canvas Solaris, who began as an experimental death metal band and evolved into a technical, cosmic instrumental, progressive outfit. They have released 6 full-length albums, a Coroner tribute 7” with Pharaoh, and is currently at work on a new EP. They are signed with Divebomb Records.
Hunter is also well-known for the Radical Research podcast where he discusses the experimental edges of rock and metal music with his cohost the noted music writer, Jeff Wagner.
The fifth Sculptured album is already well into the demo stage. The new material returns to some of the dissonance and experiments of Embodiment, while also reminding us of material from Apollo Ends and The Liminal Phase. Perhaps it’s the album that should sit between Apollo Ends and Embodiment.
Thank you for your support and for listening!
Check out Canvas Solaris here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-NA0hKw7Y
Welcome our new drummer: Hunter Ginn from Canvas Solaris We’re excited to welcome new drummer Hunter Ginn to Sculptured! Hunter Ginn is best known as one of the founding members of Georgia’s Canvas Solaris, who be...
01/04/2022
I had a really great chat with Forrest Pitts about Anton Webern's Symphony. The discussion gradually grew into a general one regarding music/art appreciation. Thanks to Forrest/Fallow Heart and Decibel Magazine for including me!
Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On the Objectives of Art - Decibel Magazine In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel's Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.
11/19/2021
It’s the 20th anniversary of this EP. .official is reissuing it on CD, Cassette, and LP (LP in 2022 due to delays).
11/02/2021
Sculptured “Embodiment” era shirts and hoodies have shipped.
10/12/2021
“LiminalLutra” getting canned
09/30/2021
Check out our bassist Jason Walton's Snares of Sixes project. It's premiering over Decibel Magazine alongside an interview. Although Jason is best known for his work with the metal bands Agalloch, Sculptured, and Khorada, his most longstanding work has been in the genres of ambient/noise/electronics. Snares continues to be some of his best work. I also do some guitar on it as well.
Video Premiere and Interview: Snares of Sixes (ex-Agalloch) - "MoonBladder" - Decibel Magazine Jason Walton (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch and ex-Khôrada) debuts new project, talks, um... Lawnmower Deth.
09/22/2021
Photos from the “LiminalLutra” beer and Sculptured album release party with and . Thanks to all who came by and supported us. Pics taken by Samu Rahn. .winter.musician
I've received reports that the beer/album release event in Chicago went very well! I wish I could have attended, but traveling with an unvaccinated toddler at home just isn't in the cards. However, I must send endless thanks to the following individuals who helped make this event happen: Austin & Nathan at HammerHeart Brewing Company who brewed the beer and delivered it; Scott at Rebel Radio Chicago; Samu for hooking us up with the venue and making other arrangements; the folks at Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago; my team at BMG Leo Lavoro and Jonathan Bova. And of course everyone who attended, bought the LP and/or the beer! Cheers to you all and it means a lot to me that such a celebration occurred.
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