Black Dog Moan with a new track recorded live 5-22-22 from the basement bunker where we concoct our mix of effects and metal rock instrumentals. Be adventurous and take a chance. Steve-drums, Brian-bass, Dave-guitar and effects

Threads of Timeweavers

Dave- Gibson SG, first track of first jam with my new SG, Steve-drums, recorded 6-20-22. heavy metal stoner jam.

Sweet Guitar meets Sour Apple Killer

Black Dog Moan with the first track recorded 7-3-22. Live with Steve-monster drums, MHB- big bass, Dave-Super Guitar. A tribute to past, present, and future revolutions. The image is Provoke the Truth from his band camp page where you can purchase his music and merch. He's on Facebook and other sites. Excellent guitar player who inspired me to buy my SG, which he plays and owns some beauties .

Let Them Smoke Gas Cake

7th track , recorded 7-17-22. Straight from the heart of the Smith basement, Black Dog Moan is Brian-bass, Steve-drums, Dave-guitar and effects . great tune to get toasted with.

Comatoasted

Recorded 7-17-22, live, 10th track, Steve-drums, Brian-bass, Dave-guitar check it out and enjoy if you like it hard and heavy. live no overdubs

Big Bang Yin Yang

Recorded 8-7-22, track 6, Steve-drums, MHB-bass, Dave-guitar, chugging groove to this one.

Grind It Up

Recorded 8-7-22, track 11, Steve-drums, MHB-bass, Dave-guitar, heavy stuff with a Black Sabbath tinge.

Rising Spirits

Recorded 8-21-22, track 9, Dave-guitar, MHB-bass, Steve-drums, Title refers to what we do as we play. Spontaneous creative forces are being tapped into as we follow our muse with our heart, mind, and spirit. We create as we play, drawing on our influences and previous jams. It's an evolving organic process, expanding as we try to build a lasting legacy.

Follow The Muse

Recorded 8-29-22, track 10, Dave-guitar, Steve-drums, MHB-bass. About an 11-minute ride through a twisting, evolving soundscape of improvised spontaneous psychedelic metal vibrations. Don't let the length scare you from taking the trip. Thank you.

Trip to the Exoplanet

recorded 9-11-22, track 11, Dave-guitar, Steve-drums, MHB-bass. Live from the Back to the Basement tour. Straight from the Smith basement in Naugatuck, Ct. USA.

Alien Lab Mutation

Recorded 9-19-22, 12 last track, Steve-drums, Brian-bass, Dave-space guitar, an improvised space trip.

Number 1 On Uranus

Recorded 9-26-22, track 4, Dave-guitar, Steve-drums, Brian-bass, guitar effects and heavy driving drums and bass fire it up

Solar Flares

Recorded 9-26-22, track 6, Steve-drums, Brian-bass, Dave-guitar, yes, a reference to Black Sabbath. Must be the SG, because it wasn't intentional that it has a Sabbath flavor to it. But yeah, a nod to the great metal master Tony Iommi.

With A Dash of Sabbath

Recorded 9-26-22, track 8, Dave-guitar, Brian-bass, Steve-drums, I hope this piece illuminates you, too.

Illumination

Recorded 10-10-22, track 4, MHB-bass, Steve-drums, Dave-guitar, good track to add words to someday. For now, we jam and nothing is planned. We play from previous experience. I try to find the best or most coherent track for the uploads. This one has a good memorable riff that rocks and is one of our closest ones to being an actual song.

Memory Before Time

Recorded 10-17-22, track 7, Dave-lightning, Steve-thunder, MHB-boom, an over 8 minutes sonic adventure for your mind to wander thru

Enter the Maze

Recorded 10-24-22, track 9, from our last jam rehearsal. Steve-drums, in healing process for a hand operation, we're on a brief hiatus. MHB-bass, Dave-guitar. A hard cranking tune with no words. The music speaks for itself. We are the silent men.

Word Absentia

Steve-drums, Dave-SG, Brian-bass, first new track since Oct. ' 22 enjoy!  2nd track from 3-21-23. Live recording.

Gone But Never Forgotten

Steve-drums, Dave-SG, 3rd track recorded on 4-2-23.  This is dedicated to my brother, Steven Smith, who always gives his all when he plays. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't be playing. Steve has been my eternal partner in many different configurations for close to 35 years. He helps me to keep on jamming. Love ya bro. This track wants to wipe your mind and replace it with eternal sunshine. Take the trip and enjoy the ride.

Eternal Sunshine

Recorded 4/17/23, track 5, Dave-SG, Steve-drums, Brian-bass, here's a good rocker, Happy 4/20 enjoy

Got your 4/20

Recorded 4-23-23, track 3, MHB-bass, Steve-drums, Dave-SG, song title comes from the movie, Ed Wood, check it out.

Pull Da String

track 7 from 9-9-23, basement birthday jam, Dave-birthday guitar, Bro Steve-birthday drums, MHB-big bass, our latest track on Steve's and my birthday, same day 14 years apart. Our new name under the MPU banner is Alien Lab Mutation.

Rejuvenation

recorded 9-24-23, track 4, Dave-guitar, Steve-drums, MHB-bass, enjoy

Third Eye Kaos

Melting Point Universe is a rock band fusing guitar and bass with electronic drums,samples,and other effects.Members are Captain David Smith:guitar,vocals,songwriting;Steve Smith:drum programs,samples and effects;and MHB bass and production on recordings.Lyrics and chord arrangements by Dave.Steve and MHB write their parts and we share song arrangments.It's a band with roots in the past but with ears to the future,covering a range of original tunes with vocals and instrumentals.Subject matters range from optimism,hope,alienation,renewal,with a dose of reality and perspectives. Also I've added older, original recordings with info about some of the people we played with over the early years. Added also, are early solo versions of later MELTING POINT songs. There are also other solo tunes that are my personal projects. It's all under the MPU banner and there's a variety of sounds. Check out the list and pick a tune at random and you may find something you like.

Melting Point Universe

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