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Minsk is a doom metal and post-metal band from Peoria, Illinois, United States founded in 2002. Self described as psychedelic metal, their songs tend to start out as slow and simple, and become heavy and complex towards the end. Their sound draws equally from sludge metal, doom metal, hardcore punk, ambient and noise music, with a highly psychedelic attitude achieved through tribal drum patterns, thick layers of synthesizers and keyboards, and echoing vocals. They are named after the capital of Belarus. The idea of survival through suffering is a recurring theme in the lyrics and musical style. In fact, regarding the origin of their name, their official biography states: Drawing its nominal inspiration from a remote Belarusian city nestled deep amidst the in-betweens of the East and the West, a city that has been burned to the ground on several occasions only to be rebuilt like a Phoenix rising from its ashes. The sounds and atmospheres they evoke in their songs are complex and psychedelic . The band's first full-length album, Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead nor Alive, was recorded in late 2004 and released in 2005 on At a Loss Recordings, following appearances at the South by Southwest and Emissions from the Monolith festivals. During the recording of the album, Drew McDowell left the band leaving them without a bassist. Sanford Parker,a big fan of Minsk and the guitarist for doom metal band Buried at Sea, who was producing the album at the time, decided to join Minsk...

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• Embers
  Embers
• White Wings
  White Wings
• Mescaline Sunrise
  Mescaline Sunrise
• Circle of Ashes
  Circle of Ashes
• Three Moons
  Three Moons
• The Orphans of Piety
  The Orphans of Piety
• Ceremony Ek Stasis
  Ceremony Ek Stasis
• The Shore of Transcendence
  The Shore of Transcendence
• Almitra's Premonition
  Almitra's Premonition
• Means to an End
  Means to an End
• Crescent Mirror
  Crescent Mirror
• Pisgah
  Pisgah
• Consumed by Horizons of Fire
  Consumed by Horizons of Fire
• Requiem: From Substance to Silence
  Requiem: From Substance to Silence
• Waging War On The Forevers
  Waging War On The Forevers
• Narcotics And Dissecting Knives
  Narcotics And Dissecting Knives
• Holy Flower Of The North Star
  Holy Flower Of The North Star
• Bloodletting And Forgetting
  Bloodletting And Forgetting
• Three Hours
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• Wisp Of Tow
  Wisp Of Tow
• To The Initiate
  To The Initiate
• Onward Procession I. These Longest Of Days
  Onward Procession I. These Longest Of Days
• Within And Without
  Within And Without
• Onward Procession II. The Soil Calls
  Onward Procession II. The Soil Calls
• To The Garish Remembrance Of Failure
  To The Garish Remembrance Of Failure
• Conjunction
  Conjunction
• Onward Procession III. The Blue Hour
  Onward Procession III. The Blue Hour
• The Way Is Through
  The Way Is Through
• Onward Procession IV. Return, The Heir
  Onward Procession IV. Return, The Heir
• To You There Is No End
  To You There Is No End
• When the Walls Fell
  When the Walls Fell
• 7x7
  7x7
• Children of the Sun
  Children of the Sun
• Assault and Battery / The Golden Void
  Assault and Battery / The Golden Void
• The Time Ek Stasis
  The Time Ek Stasis
• Stand for the Fire Demon
  Stand for the Fire Demon
• Boreas
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• As The City Burns
  As The City Burns
• The Plains of San Augustine
  The Plains of San Augustine
• ruptured heart theory
  ruptured heart theory
• White Wings of Death Scatter Our Days
  White Wings of Death Scatter Our Days
• 1.To the Initiate
  1.To the Initiate
• 2.Within and Without
  2.Within and Without
• 3.Onward Procession I. These Longest of Days
  3.Onward Procession I. These Longest of Days
• 4.Onward Procession II. The Soil Calls
  4.Onward Procession II. The Soil Calls
• 5.Onward Procession III. The Blue Hour
  5.Onward Procession III. The Blue Hour
• 6.Onward Procession IV. Return, the Heir
  6.Onward Procession IV. Return, the Heir
• 7.Conjunction
  7.Conjunction
• 8.The Way Is Through
  8.The Way Is Through
• 10.To the Garish Remembrance of Failure
  10.To the Garish Remembrance of Failure