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SIC is a modern hardcore/thrash metal band from Torshavn

Tórshavn

Tórshavn is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the north west of the town lies the high mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the high Kirkjubøreyn...

, the capital of the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

2002 - 2006: The First Steps

The band was formed in 2002 by guitarist Eddie Jacobsen. In 2003 singer Mikkjal G. Hansen joined the band and in February 2005 the fold was joined by drummer Magnus Hansen, guitarist Frans Arge Galan and bassist Gudmar Hansen. SIC remained focused on what their music should sound like and were constantly writing and rearranging songs in anticipation for their debut album "Pandemonium".

2007: Debut album

SIC hooked up with producer Tommy Hansen at Jailhouse Studios, in Denmark. In September 2006 the band began recording their debut album, the process of which took 15 days. The album was released on February 26, 2007 via Tutl Records and was warmly embraced by the media and fans worldwide. Print magazines and webzines from countries such as Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Norway

Norway

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, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, Greece

Greece

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, UK, USA etc. all gave positive feedback on "Pandemonium".

2007-2009: The "Pandemonium" years

In November 2007, SIC hired independent band manager Orpheus Spiliotopoulos

Orpheus Spiliotopoulos

Orpheus Spiliotopoulos , son of Greek singer Iris Mavraki, is an independent band manager, a music journalist, a radio show host, a club DJ and a lyricist. He is also the former TV host / VJ of MTV Greece's "Headbangers Ball" and a former promoter for major record labels...

(Scar of The Sun, Kinetic, ex-Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland

Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland

Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland is a music group, a collaboration between Turkish progressive metal band Dreamtone and Greek singer Iris Mavraki...

). That same month, SIC shot its second official music video, in Greece, for the song "Rosegarden In Hell" with Greek director Achilleas Gatsopoulos who had previously directed the video for Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....

's "Monochromatic Stains" and had also worked in the art department for such movies as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka...

and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. The book was published on 8 July 1999. The novel won the 1999 Whitbread Book Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and was short-listed for other...

. The video premiered on MTV Denmark

MTV Denmark

MTV Denmark or MTV Danmark is a television channel broadcasting to Denmark and the Faroe Islands market. It started in May 2005 as part of MTV's expansion into the Nordic region which followed with launches of MTV Finland, MTV Sweden and MTV Norway in September 2005...

's "Headbanger's Ball", presented by the show's host and VJ Anne Lindfjeld

Anne Lindfjeld

Anne Lindfjeld is a Danish Metal-Chick-Pin-up model and presenter on MTV Denmark host.She was born in 1981 and raised in Haderslev, Denmark and later moved to the capital Copenhagen which is her current place of residence...

on April 13, 2008.

During 2007 - 2008, the band promoted its debut album by playing numerous live gigs, mainly in their home country, in Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

and in the UK, as well as in Greece, with the highlight of this period being the band's appearance at Sweden's famous Metaltown Festival in June 2008.

On February 19, 2009, SIC ventured off in its first ever large-scale European tour starting with Norway

Norway

where the band played six gigs, supported by Norwegian metal act Goddamn. The tour continued On April 2 with the band providing live support for Danish act Hatesphere

Hatesphere

Hatesphere is a Danish death and thrash metal band from Aarhus. The band was formed in 1998 by guitarist Peter “Pepe” Hansen. As of 2010, the band consists of vocalist Esben "Esse" Hansen, guitarists Peter “Pepe” Hansen, and Jakob Nyholm, bass player Jimmy Nedergaard and drummer Mike Park. The band...

on their "Alive and Dressed To The Nines Tour 2009" which counted twenty six shows throughout Germany, Austria

Austria

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, Denmark http://victorelu.com/hatesphere-concert-in-voxhall/, The Netherlands, Slovenia

Slovenia

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, Slovakia

Slovakia

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http://www.randalclub.eu.sk/page/content/view/461/134/, Switzerland

Switzerland

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and the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. The particular tour also featured Artas (Austria) and The Dying (Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

) during its first half, Bloodwork (Germany) and Six Reasons To Kill (Germany) on the second half, and during two shows on the entire leg, famous French death metal act Gojira was the headliner.

After the leg with Hatesphere was complete on May 3, 2009, the band continued its touring activities directly into the UK, for the second time in its career, were SIC spent the entire month performing gig after gig in over 15 cities all over the country. Support on select dates came from Ten Tonne Dozer (UK), Def-Con One (UK) and Attica Rage (UK) among others. After the entire tour was over, the band returned to the Faroe Islands in early June
2009 to perform at several local summer festivals, such as the prestigious G! Festival

G! Festival

The G! Festival is held annually at the seaside village Gøta on Eysturoy. It is one of the two largest music festivals on the Faroe Islands, the other being Summarfestivalurin. It was founded by Sólarn Solmunde and musician Jón Tyril, both locals. Jón is also the present chairman of the festival...

and Við Múrin.

2010-Present: "Fighters They Bleed"

In late December 2009, Magnus Hansen departed from SIC in order to take some time off to sort out personal matters. Later SIC announced that the temporary replacement of Magnus Hansen would be Hatesphere

Hatesphere

's Dennis Buhl.

On August 21 the band released its second album, tentatively titled, "Fighters They Bleed" Which is also the title for one of their new songs. The album was mixed and mastered at Antfarm Studios, in Århus, Denmark, by Tue Madsen. Tue has also been working with metal bands such as Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity

and Hatesphere

Hatesphere

Current members

Mikkjal Hansen - vocals (2003–present)
Eddie Jacobsen - guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

(2002–present)
Gudmar Hansen - bass
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

(2005–present)
Frans Arge Galan - guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

(2005–present)
Dennis Buhl - drums
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

(2010–present)

Former

Magnus Hansen - Drums (2005–2009)
Kári Skibenæs - Drums (2002–2005)
Meinhard Joensen - Bass (2003–2005)

Full length

Pandemonium
Pandemonium (SIC album)
Pandemonium is the debut album by the Faroese Hardcore Metal Band SIC. It was released on February 26, 2007 via Tutl Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Mikkjal Hansen - lead vocals* Eddie Jacobsen - guitar* Gudmar Hansen - bass...

(2007, Tutl Records)
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum - LIVE (2010, Tutl Records)
Fighters They Bleed (2011, Mighty Music - 2010, Tutl Records)

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