Secret Chiefs 3

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Secret Chiefs 3 were founded by guitarist/sazist Trey Spruance and are based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Their music styles vary throughout their albums with their performance of surf rock, Persian, death metal, and other various styles - the only thing unifying the diverse range of styles they play is how precisely and accurately they play them.

Some of the members were also key members of Mr. Bungle. Trey Spruance is responsible for much of the compositional work for Mr Bungle and SC3, and also appeared on Faith No More album “King For A Day”. While there is an obvious connection between the two bands in terms of personnel it should be noted that the formation of SC3 preceded the demise of Mr Bungle and that SC3’s music and philosophy diverges substantially from Trey’s Mr Bungle output. It would be a long list that included every release associated with the members of SC3. The Spruance/Dunn/Heifetz universe is non-linear and Mr Bungle a mere blip in the sea of ever deepening noise to which they contribute.

The six sub-bands are:
-Ishraqiyun
-The Forms
-Traditionalists
-The Electromagnetic Azoth
-UR
-Holy Vehm

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Top Tracks

1	Renunciation full track	193
2	The End Times full track	155
3	Ship of Fools (Stone of Exile) full track	151
4	Knights of Damcar full track	141
5	Combat for the Angel full track	132
6	The 4 (Great Ishraqi Sun) full track	117
7	Zulfiqar III full track	114
8	The Owl in Daylight full track	112
9	Book T: Exodus full track	105
10	The Rose Garden of Mystery full track	104
11	Horsemen of the Invisible full track	100
11	Akramachamarei	100
13	Mera Pyar Shalimar full track	94
14	Barakiel	93
15	Assassin's Blade full track	89

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kingflasherdave wrote:
11 hours ago

yay! =)

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gorycory08 wrote:
Thursday evening

why the fuck are people comparing Secret Chiefs 3 to The Click 5. That is really fucking stupid.

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warboner wrote:
last week

non omnibus!

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gncsvrkl wrote:
10 days ago

high quality

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utkusaran wrote:
10 days ago

bravo abim.

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PuRpl3 wrote:
12 days ago

Splendid Show @ Oporto, guys! Loved every second of it. Looking forward to see you guys here again, hopefully in a bigger place

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mvtrevi wrote:
13 days ago

what a show in porto tonight :)

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Anarchaotical wrote:
last month

Book of Horizons impressed me, I dig their expansive styles.

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gorycory08 wrote:
last month

Incredible!!!

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Hklti36Fljf wrote:
last month

Unidentified Persian Orgy

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Factsies wrote:
last month

yes their like apathetic and like not deep like the cliq 5

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nandika wrote:
last month

book of angels is something indescribable...

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W00GREN wrote:
last month

i agree, sc3 doesnt have as much emotion

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Factsies wrote:
last month

secret chiefs 3 < the click 5

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VanillaScarab wrote:
last month

you can't eat a CD dude

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fougnak wrote:
last month

could live on a desert island with only Path Of Most Resistance

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KazetNagorra wrote:
August 2008

I don't have Eyes of Flesh, Eyes of Flame but it just came by on the radio, didn't realize SC3 had covered Fanfare Ciocarlia. Nice!

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Mario_Tennis wrote:
August 2008

I've had Book of Horizons for ages but recently got Book M, which is pretty damn good. Trey Spruance, you STAR

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trasferetti wrote:
August 2008

great music

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ChalantLeotard wrote:
August 2008

this tour is not happening. you tits. europe =/= places i could visit every damn month were it not for my being a student and all.

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