Sequester (band)
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Sequester is a Canadian heavy metal
band created by Ryan Boc in 2005. Ryan Boc remains the sole member, writing and performing all of the music thus far. The music draws inspiration from: various styles of metal, progressive and psychedelic rock, traditional English and Scottish folk, grunge and alternative rock, blues, jazz, and classical. The lyrics mostly focus on fantasy literature, history, folklore and mythology, while generally being sung in a clean voice—often with thrashy, more aggressive overtones. The songs are usually long in duration due to progressive structuring and arrangement, utilizing numerous sectional changes throughout each piece.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band created by Ryan Boc in 2005. Ryan Boc remains the sole member, writing and performing all of the music thus far. The music draws inspiration from: various styles of metal, progressive and psychedelic rock, traditional English and Scottish folk, grunge and alternative rock, blues, jazz, and classical. The lyrics mostly focus on fantasy literature, history, folklore and mythology, while generally being sung in a clean voice—often with thrashy, more aggressive overtones. The songs are usually long in duration due to progressive structuring and arrangement, utilizing numerous sectional changes throughout each piece.
Members
- Ryan Boc – vocals, guitarGuitarThe 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...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, drums and keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Guest musicians
- Kelli Gose - background vocals on the demo version of Homeland from Visions of the Erlking.
Discography
- Visions of the Erlking (Demo) - 20072007 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
- Winter Shadows - 20082008 in music2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
- Nameless One (EP) - 20092009 in musicThe following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
- Shaping Life and Soul - 2011
Artwork
- The Sequester logo was designed by Andre Guillemette, a Canadian graphic designer notable for working with both Savage CircusSavage CircusSavage Circus is a German/Swedish power metal band originally created as a side project by Thomen Stauch before leaving Blind Guardian.-Biography:...
and Dark EmpireDark Empire (band)-History:Dark Empire was created in the winter of early 2004 by Verona, New Jersey based guitarist Matt Moliti.In early 2005, the recording of their debut album, Distant Tides, commenced. Distant Tides released on April 25, 2006, and received numerous rave reviews from specialized publications,...
. - The front-covers for Visions of the Erlking, Winter Shadows, and Shaping Life and Soul featured artwork by Ryan Boc, while Nameless One was drawn by American artist Jonathan Elliott.