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The modern-prog wizards Tera Melos released their fourth full-length record, Trash Generator, this past August. The recording process brought the trio to Singing Serpent studios in San Diego, California, and marked the first time that the group’s madman drummer, John Clardy, was present for the entirety of the tracking period since joining them in 2008. Dense grooves, wild accent patterns, and rapid time changes abound throughout the album as the group furthers its signature experimental sound. Here we analyze key moments on Trash Generator and gain insight into some of the tracks from Clardy himself.

We’re excited to announce a special masterclass with Nick Reinhart in Brighton, UK @ Small Pond Studios // March 15 // 12pm - 2pm

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4. Tera Melos – Trash Generator

Including the #1 spot on several of their writers’ polls 

Nikk Hunter (Australia) – 1. Tera Melos – Trash Generator
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Tera Melos - “Warpless Run”

Inspired by the current Super Mario Bros. speed-run champion, this song about skipping worlds in a video game race to the finish provides plenty of IRL food for thought. And I’d…

Suffice to say that after 10 years as a band and the release of their 7^thstudio album, Trash Generator, Tera Melos is simply at their prime. The band is a three-piece melting pot of post-hardcore and punk consisting of Nick Reinhart (Guitar, Vocals), Nathan Latona (Bass Guitar) and John Clardy (Drums).

After seeing the Sacramento-based live as it supported Chon in June, the band seemed to be really excited about the new music they were about to release, with Reinhart posting multiple videos of guitar parts that would be featured on this album. Surely it lived up to the hype the way they were promoting it.

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UK Dates
MAR 15 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
MAR 16 London, UK @ Oslo
MAR 17 Guildford, UK @ Boileroom
MAR 18 Ramsgate, UK @ Music Hall
MAR 20 Nottingham, UK @ Rough…

Tera Melos have added more dates with tricot, MELT-BANANA, and NUITO to their Japanese tour. More info here. 

Jan 24 Tokyo, JP @ O-WEST
Jan 25 Nagoya, JP @ APOLLO BASE
Jan 26 Osaka, JP @ Shangri-La
Jan 27 Hiroshima…

GET STOKED! Tera Melos is headed to the UK, Spring 2018 to tour with Tangled Hair.

MAR 15 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
MAR 16 London, UK @ Oslo
MAR 17 Guildford, UK @ Boileroom
MAR 18 Ramsgate…

Full session info via AudioTree

Session Tracklist
1. Trash Generator
2. Men’s Shirt
3. Westham United
4. Dyer Ln
5. Don’t Say I Know
6. Warpless Run

Vote for John Clardy (Tera Melos) and Ben Koller (Mutoid Man) in the 2018 Modern Drummer Readers Poll. 

“Speedruns” are a weirdly enthralling piece of video game culture, wherein a gamer takes on titles, often older ones like Super Metroid or Sonic The Hedgehog, using every trick in the book to beat their chosen game as fast as possible. 

Brad “Darbian” Myers currently holds the Super Mario Bros. speedrun world record, completing the classic in four minutes, 56 seconds. Tera Melos guitarist and singer Nick Reinhart recalls one of Darbian’s recent live streams as “the closest thing I’ve ever felt to being a real sports fan,” he tells NPR. “My heart was racing and I was yelling at my phone screen."