HAVE WE ALL FORGOTTEN ABOUT RON JARZOMBEK?

As a writer for MetalSucks, I find it pretty shocking that there are pretty much no mentions at all of Ron Jarzombek. Many of you probably don’t even know who he is. So I feel that it’s my duty to enlighten those who don’t. You may have heard of Blotted Science, the supergroup composed of Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse on bass, Chris Adler from Lamb of God on drums (who was later replaced by Charlie Zeleny of Behold…the Arctopus), and Ron Jarzombek on guitar. They’ve only released one album, The Machinations of Dementia, but it received a lot of praise and the band has said that they’re in the process of writing another album. But even though Blotted Science is the least prolific of Jarzombek’s projects, it’s the most well-known and the most recent.

Jarzombek has been making insane shred-tastic metal albums as a solo artist as well as in the bands Spastic Ink and Watchtower (among others) since 1987. He’s guested on albums by Obscura, Jeff Loomis, and Gordian Knot. Yet still, people don’t know about him. This has to change. Just watch some of the videos below if you don’t believe me – I’ve provided a few from his various projects.

Watchtower, Control and Resistance, 1989

Blotted Science, Synaptic Plasticity, from 2007

And finally, the king of all his works: A Wild Hare, written with Spastic Ink in 1997. Ron took 8 minutes of clips from the Disney movie “Bambi” and, because he has perfect pitch, recorded the animals’ voices on guitar and programmed other instruments around that. Only an insane genius could accomplish something like this. The voices are a little hard to make out at first, but they become easier to hear after a little bit.

Oh, and he makes his own guitars with awesome paint jobs. I implore you all, listen to Ron Jarzombek! Here are some links to make your lives even easier.

www.ronjarzombek.com
www.myspace.com/blottedscience

-DM