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Erik Hinds of Athens, Georgia is active as a composer, performer, and promoter of a wide range of music. He plays quartertone electric guitar and the H'arpeggione, an upright acoustic instrument with 12 sympathetic strings. Erik focuses on the raw sound of his strings in all their microtonal glory; his style blends primitive folk, heavy metal, and sacred musics from around the world into a distinct voice. A solo acoustic cover of Slayer's classic ?Reign In Blood?, this project began a while back as a wink-wink challenge by a good friend. Translating this to a solo acoustic instrument, the H'arpeggione, without the benefit of lyrics, meant the music would have to take on its own character. What resulted draws from Hind?s background as a free improviser, and an attempt to highlight the contours of the original without imposing anything not suggested by Slayer themselves. Hind?s take liberty with tempo, dynamics, color, key, and other attributes only to honor the! initial spark that gave life to their brilliant collection of controlled entropy.