Fearscape
Encyclopedia
Fearscape is a black metal
/death metal
band from Wollongong, Australia
who have released two albums and one EP.
styled band originally from the industrial city of Wollongong, NSW
(though now operating between Melbourne
and Wollongong. The band's influences include Opeth
, Enslaved
, My Dying Bride
and Coroner
. This has led to an intense atmospheric sound that blends Black metal
elements with Thrash
and Doom
styles of Metal
.
The 2007 release "Scent of Divine Blood" saw Fearscape move into a more progressive black metal sound. It was recorded at Origami Studios in Sydney, owned by Aria
award winner Anton Hagop
(Silverchair, Powderfinger) and engineered by Daniel Leffler (Metallica, Fear Factory). 2007 also saw Fearscape support Arcturus on the Shipwrecked in Oz tour alongside Astriaal.
This album is receiving excellent reviews worldwide, and is available from The bands website.
As of 2009 Fearscape signed to US Label, Bombworks Records. A re-release of Scent of Divine Blood was planned for mid 2009, which was to include new artwork, live footage and a brand new track entitled Nightmare Hymn, featuring guest drummer Jayson Sherlock
. It is believed that the band has since parted company with Bombworks and is writing new material.
Fearscape's debut CD entitled Sleeping in Light
was recorded in Melbourne
in mid 2004 via Rowe productions and Steve Rowe
of Mortification
. The CD is available around the world, but directly from the band through www.undark.net/store, and has been receiving very solid reviews despite is raw production
Fearscape have been together for almost 9 years and have played shows in Melbourne
VIC
, NSW
, QLD
and New Zealand
. Since 2005 Fearscape have been establishing themselves in the Sydney
scene, through gigs promoted by Metal Evilution, alongside the likes of Paramaecium
, Mortification
, EyeFear
, Lord
, Head Hammer, Aeturnus Dominion, Lycanthia, Intorment Black, Kania
, Forlorn Suffering, Transcending Mortality (band) Transcending Mortality and Friar Rush
.
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
/death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band from Wollongong, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
who have released two albums and one EP.
Biography
Fearscape are a Progressive black MetalBlack metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
styled band originally from the industrial city of Wollongong, NSW
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
(though now operating between Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and Wollongong. The band's influences include Opeth
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
, Enslaved
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
, My Dying Bride
My Dying Bride
My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...
and Coroner
Coroner
A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...
. This has led to an intense atmospheric sound that blends Black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
elements with Thrash
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
and Doom
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
styles of Metal
Metal
A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...
.
The 2007 release "Scent of Divine Blood" saw Fearscape move into a more progressive black metal sound. It was recorded at Origami Studios in Sydney, owned by Aria
Aria
An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment...
award winner Anton Hagop
Anton Hagop
Anton Hagop is an ARIA award winning music producer / engineer who has worked with the likes of Silverchair, Powderfinger, Will Smith, Missy Higgins, Natalie Imbruglia and The Superjesus. He is currently based in Sydney, Australia.----...
(Silverchair, Powderfinger) and engineered by Daniel Leffler (Metallica, Fear Factory). 2007 also saw Fearscape support Arcturus on the Shipwrecked in Oz tour alongside Astriaal.
This album is receiving excellent reviews worldwide, and is available from The bands website.
As of 2009 Fearscape signed to US Label, Bombworks Records. A re-release of Scent of Divine Blood was planned for mid 2009, which was to include new artwork, live footage and a brand new track entitled Nightmare Hymn, featuring guest drummer Jayson Sherlock
Jayson Sherlock
Jayson Sherlock was the drummer for the Australian death metal band Mortification, which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre.Sherlock was the founder of the one-man project Unblack metal band Horde, in which he played every instrument...
. It is believed that the band has since parted company with Bombworks and is writing new material.
Fearscape's debut CD entitled Sleeping in Light
Sleeping in Light (album)
Sleeping in Light is the first full length album from the Unblack/Death metal band Fearscape.-Track listing:#"Deathwalker" - 9:13#"Blasphemy of Life" - 12:45#"War Prayer" - 8:21#"Die to Me" - 6:57#"Fall of Icarus" - 1:43#"No Contest" - 7:48...
was recorded in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in mid 2004 via Rowe productions and Steve Rowe
Steve Rowe
Steve Rowe is the founder, bass guitarist, and vocalist of the Australian Christian death metal band Mortification which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Prior to forming Mortification he was in a traditional heavy metal styled Christian band known as LightForce...
of Mortification
Mortification (band)
Mortification is an Australian Christian extreme metal band which was formed in 1987 as a heavy metal group, Lightforce, by mainstay Steve Rowe on bass guitar and vocals. By 1990, in the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, they were renamed as Mortification with the line-up of Rowe, Michael Carlisle on...
. The CD is available around the world, but directly from the band through www.undark.net/store, and has been receiving very solid reviews despite is raw production
Fearscape have been together for almost 9 years and have played shows in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
VIC
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, NSW
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, QLD
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Since 2005 Fearscape have been establishing themselves in the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
scene, through gigs promoted by Metal Evilution, alongside the likes of Paramaecium
Paramaecium
Paramaecium was an Australian death/doom metal band formed in 1991. There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums. Paramaecium is one of the few doom metal bands that focus on Christian lyrical themes and Christian concepts...
, Mortification
Mortification (band)
Mortification is an Australian Christian extreme metal band which was formed in 1987 as a heavy metal group, Lightforce, by mainstay Steve Rowe on bass guitar and vocals. By 1990, in the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, they were renamed as Mortification with the line-up of Rowe, Michael Carlisle on...
, EyeFear
Eyefear
Eyefear is a progressive metal band from Melbourne, Australia. They were formed in 1994 by founding members; Con Papazoglou, Rob Gorham, Zain Kimmie and Ken Taylor. They have released four full-length albums, one EP and one promo...
, Lord
Lord (band)
Lord is a heavy metal band from Wollongong, Australia. The group began as a solo project for "Lord Tim" Grose of Dungeon in 2003 and expanded into a complete band when Dungeon broke up in 2005. They have released three albums and an EP to date. Lord has appeared with major acts that include...
, Head Hammer, Aeturnus Dominion, Lycanthia, Intorment Black, Kania
Kania
Kania may refer to the following:*Kania, Ostrów Wielkopolski County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Kania, Słupca County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Kania, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship...
, Forlorn Suffering, Transcending Mortality (band) Transcending Mortality and Friar Rush
Friar Rush
Friar Rush is the title of a medieval Low German legend, surviving in a 1488 edition in verse form. During the 16th and 17th centuries, numerous High German, Scandinavian , Dutch and English translations and adaptations in Volksbuch or chap book form were printed...
.
Albums
| Title | Release Date |
| Sleeping in Light Sleeping in Light (album) Sleeping in Light is the first full length album from the Unblack/Death metal band Fearscape.-Track listing:#"Deathwalker" - 9:13#"Blasphemy of Life" - 12:45#"War Prayer" - 8:21#"Die to Me" - 6:57#"Fall of Icarus" - 1:43#"No Contest" - 7:48... |
2004 |
| Scent of Divine Blood Scent of Divine Blood Scent of Divine Blood is the second album from the Black/Death metal band Fearscape. Initially an independent release, this album was signed by Bombworks Records in 2009 who are releasing a version with an additional track "Nightmare Hymn" featuring guest drummer Jayson Sherlock, new artwork, and... |
2007 |
EPs
| Title | Release Date |
| Detonator Detonator (EP) - Track listing :# "Prima" - 0:53# "Die Is Cast" - 5:11# "Dreams" - 3:56# "Impaled" - 4:10# "Under The Blade" - 3:55# "Hypocratic Oath" - 3:36# "Blitzkrieg" - 5:56# "Ground Zero" - 4:12... |
2002 |