Unus Mundus

Unus Mundus, in Latin, means "one world". The band Unus Mundus is a world of heavy rock and weirdness and rock n' roll attitude! Unus Mundus is a heavy metal/heavy-ass rock band from Northeast Georgia, U.S.A. Unus Mundus have been described as “Killing Joke on steroids” as well as “industrial sludge metal” and “space sludge”. Encyclopaedia Metallum lists Unus Mundus as "doom metal", "Southern metal", and "rock". Whatever... That works.

Dale Hilton, “The Heavy Metal Comedian,” says… “I finally heard Staring into the Sun. Dude that's angry monster metal!!! Fuck yeah!!! I love it. The solo smelled a little like GWAR. You guys sound like HIGH ON FIRE & MOTORHEAD got into a fistfight in the mud. It sounded like it should be in a MAD MAX movie.”

Here some others that have influenced the Unus Mundus sound as well (incomplete list): Sepultura, Black Sabbath, The Fall, Entombed, Sunn O))), Captain, Frank Zappa, Black Flag, Melvins, Son House, Dead Kennedys, Electric Wizard, Wire, King Crimson, Throbbing Gristle, Hawkwind, Eyehategod, L-7, Pink Floyd, Ministry, Miles Davis, Godflesh, Fudge Tunnel, Meth Drinker, Joy Division, Tangerine Dream, the Bar-B-Q Killers, Amon Duul II, shortwave radio, train tracks, ruins, elation, disappointment, the outdoors, women, animals, squalor, fantasy, reality, politics, philosophy, and open sores!

The band is currently working on a new album.

The band is...

Steve (Houston) Fitzpatrick: guitars, vocals, keyboards, found sounds… Steve is the primary songwriter and arranger for Unus Mundus and founded the band in 2001, as a one-piece project. Steve was in Houston, Sky City, Aftermath, Dudeman, and Cave Paintings prior to Unus Mundus. Steve is currently in Support Group, his solo project, and an all-recording, dark ambient band called Ochre Aunt. Steve also occasionally works with Jon Lester in radio:Tahiti. In Sky City, Steve opened for the Swans and Dessau. Aftermath, Autoscope, and radio:Tahiti all toured the United States East Coast in the 1990s. Houston performed at the 1994 Athens Human Rights Festival. Steve has worked two engineers/producers that significantly influenced him: David Barbe and Tom Ashton.

Rob Fluhr: bass guitars, vocals, harmonica… Rob was formerly in Autoscope and Dudeman. Rob founded Cave Paintings an acoustic/primitive band that has performed at Athfest in the 1990s.

Discography

Staring at the Sun, 2018, https://unusmundus.bandcamp.com/album/staring-at-the-sun
This Goes With It, 2020, https://unusmundus.bandcamp.com/album/this-goes-with-it