Mer de Noms
Occupation
- Guitar, bass, vocals: Billy Howerdel
- Vocals: Maynard James Keenan
- Bass, Violin: Paz Lenchantin
- Guitar: Troy Van Leeuwen
- Drums: Josh Freese
Mer de Noms is the debut album by the progressive rock band A Perfect Circle. In German means the coming of the French titles sea of names. The album was released in Germany on 19 May 2000.
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The music on Mer de Noms was compared with a mixture of Devin Townsend filter and tool. The usually rather melancholic and atmospheric, only partially harder metal and similar pieces are from Billy Howerdel ( Nine Inch Nails ). Added to this are the string arrangements of bassist Paz Lenchantin. Howerdel called as personal musical influences, the music of Lloyd Cole and The Commotions or The Smiths.
In the French name of the album said Howerdel, the sound of the language remind him how on the album, the songs blend into each other. Moreover, it was a feminine voice and the music also have a " feminine quality ". As singles the songs Judith, 3 Libras and The Hollow appeared. For Judith David Fincher turned a music video. For the album was toured among other things, the opening act of Nine Inch Nails.
Reception
The magazine Visions sat Mer de Noms in its list of the " 150 albums for eternity " in 2005 ranked 71st Michael Rensen of Rock Hard likened the album with a nightly " beach walk on the edge of a vibrant cyberspace metropolis " and raised the " grim - charismatic " vocals by Maynard James Keenan and the" songwriting level " total produced. The rating was 8.5 out of ten. Ned Raggett of Allmusic presented the specific capabilities of the stakeholders at the center of his review, but especially the combination of Keenan's voice and Howerdels songwriting and production activities. So one of the best " modern rock " albums of the year 2000 was developed. Here were four out of five stars and awarded the distinction " AMG Album Pick".
Title list
The texts were written by Maynard James Keenan.