Sagas

Each album is part of an anthology that fancifully illustrates the stage if life he was in when he wrote and recorded them. Effectively, each album could be seen as elaborate journal entries written in a fantasy setting. There are three core factors: faith, philosophy, and emotion. The sound of each realease and hyperbole in the lyrics serve to express and illustrate Eerie’s journey as he navigates these factors.

The Nightmare Saga: 2013-2015

During this time, the project was called “Dead Choir Anthology.” This name was later dropped due there already being a band called “Dead Choir.” Reissues of these albums have “Eerie Clark Chronicles” denoted on the artwork to represent the retroactive change. The music during this period was very developmental and focused heavily, if not exclusively, on sequencing. There wasn’t an established narrative just yet, rather individual concepts expressed in ways that could be, and later would become, tied togther in a greater story. This was also an era characterized by extreme metal influences and harsh vocals, something that would shift as Eerie developed his voice and branched out stylistically.

Sick Blood Work Pathogen, 2013

Chiptune music heard in 8-bit video games has held a special and nostalgic charm for many people in the Gen X and Millenial generations. Having grown up watching his father play Final Fantasy as a kid, Eerie fell on love with the sound of video game music right away. He dreamed of making an album like this, a soundtrack that may or may not be used in an actual game some day. The challenge of using only 4 audio channels to create compelling and motivating music as heard in games on early consoles and home computers in the 80s held quite the appeal. The better part of 2012 was spent composing this collection of tunes and it’s regarded as one of the best projects Eerie has ever worked on to this day. As for lore and narrative, the album has a story that pertains to the kind of survival horror game Eerie envisioned this album would be a sound track to. As it relates to the greater lore of the bigger project however, it serves as a mystery. Telling a story only through the peaks and valleys of the music itself as though it were a 45 minute prelude to set the catchy but unnerving tone of the Eerie Clark story.

Electro Hip Hop Gore Grind For Kids, 2015

Building off of what was accomplished with Sick Blood Work Pathogen, Eerie had two goals: 1) continue with the chiptune, but this time without the self imposed limits designed to emulate sound chips in early computers, and 2) make the best electronic grindcore album possible. To say he had fun with this one would be an understatement. Lyrically, he continued a formula he established with his previous project The Uke of Doom with many of the songs being silly and others being more serious in nature. He considers that this album occupies a space in the time line where the chaotic nature of its sound and content illustrates the restlessness of a nightmare.

Goats and Goats 2, 2015

Goats was a strange experiment. Black metal, industrial, and folk music couldn’t possibly have less in common but that didn’t stop Eerie from trying to combine them to see what would happen. Results were, no pun intended, mixed to say the least. Despite the bizarre combination, disjointed sound, and audio quality that left much to be desired, the track managed to get the attention of a few people. Lyrically, this was truly where the lore of the Eerie Clark Chronicles story begins. It explores the thought process of faith deconstruction in light of hypocrisy observed in the church.

Goats 2 was equally experimental but more cohesive. Eerie decided to see how well he could blend industrial with doom/drone metal. While it’s validity as either of those genres is rightly questioned, its atmosphere is undeniable. It’s a dark, foreboding soundscape with enough musicality to hold one’s attention. For the first time in the series, a story is told deliberately through voice acting and without any lyrics. It’s an audio skit performed by Eerie and his then roomate where Eerie played a fantasy version of himself and his roomate played the role of a therapist. They discuss religious doubt, philosophy, and deconstruction while Eerie makes some very deep, vulnerable admissions and the track ends on a major cliff hanger.

There was going to be a part 3, Season of the Goats, but while lyrics for this were written, it simply never came to be. Nonetheless the story still continued.

The Descent Saga 2015-2020

This was when Eerie began to take a step away from heavier influences and try his hand at other styles. This was the time he developed his sound which can loosely be categorized as alternative. There was much improvement during this era despite setbacks holding up his intended release schedule. Clean vocals, use of physical keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, and ukulele were all brought in for an unabashed expression of eclectic influences. The lyrics in this span of time grew more and more personal and embarrassingly vulnerable. Eerie Clark Chronicles was going to be what it was going to be, for better or worse. In short, it simply is. This is fitting as this was also the era of the permanent name change from Dead Chior Anthology to Eerie Clark Chronicles.

Magical Produce Powers, 2015

The concept was a self aware joke. Eerie had worked in the produce department of a grocery store for several years by this point. Customers would constantly ask him if he had certain out-of-stock items in the back. This was so frequent he thought to himself “What are they expecting? Do they want me to go to the back and conjure up some fruit with my magical produce powers?” He found this so amusing he decided he should write an EP titled after this. That is precisely what he did. He recorded some bass lines and keyboard tracks to a metronome and sang over it. Sequenced percussion and layering were then added in post. The lyrics take an unusual turn for Eerie, focusing largely on vague social issues, a valed scathing criticism of the effects of the economy on the working class. In the overall narrative this EP serves to begin the new era. The nightmare has ended, we’re waking up to the real world now. The EP ends on a dark note as a sarcastic rant descends into an ominous keyboard outro that dares the audience to delve deeper in to what’s to come.

Maker of Miracles, 2018

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Cold Shower, 2020

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