The relation between American avant‑garde metal and Colin Marston’s Menegroth the Thousand Caves Studio

Abstract

Colin Marston is a New York based music producer and multiinstrumentalist, the founder of Menegroth the Thousand Caves Studio located in Queens borough of New York. His output can be classified into two categories – musical – his contribution to musical projects such as Behold the Arctopus, Krallice, Gorguts, and production – among bands like Liturgy, Scarcity or Imperial Triumphant. The article’s main goal is to give a short biography, followed by a deep dive into Marston’s producer output in the context of American avant‑garde metal.