Urban breed
Encyclopedia
Urban Breed is the current vocalist for Pyramaze
and the as-yet-unsigned Trail of Murder, and he is the former vocalist for Swedish heavy metal bands Bloodbound
and Tad Morose
.
Urban's style has been described as similar to Ronnie James Dio
(Black Sabbath
, Rainbow
, Dio
), Jon Oliva
(Savatage
, Jon Oliva's Pain
), Zak Stevens
(Savatage
, Circle II Circle), and Mike Howe
(Metal Church
).
(1997), Undead (2000), Matters of the Dark
(2002) and Modus Vivendi
(2003). He left Tad Morose in December 2005.
His other projects include Bloodbound
. He sang on their 2005 debut, Nosferatu, and later co-wrote and performed on their third studio album, Tabula Rasa. In early August 2006 he announced that he was no longer working with the band, who hired another singer to record vocals on their second album. However, he later agreed to, and did, perform with Bloodbound
at Sweden Rock Festival
in June 2007, and the band announced in October 2007 that he had rejoined as an official member. Also in October 2007, Urban announced a new project, Trail of Murder, with Pelle Åkerlind (Morgana Lefay
, Bloodbound
) and Daniel Olsson (ex-Tad Morose
).
On July 11, 2008, it was announced that Urban had become the new singer of Danish progressive/power metal band Pyramaze
. He replaced previous vocalist Matt Barlow
, who left to re-join Iced Earth
.
On April 13, 2010, Breed announced on his forum that Bloodbound had decided to continue with another singer, thus ending his second tenure with the band.
On June 18, 2010, Breed announced he would be singing on a new Dark Empire
album. On October 15, 2010, Breed announced he would not be recording with Dark Empire after all.
He also contributed backing vocals on fellow Swedes Wolverine
's 2003 album Cold Light of Monday and 2008's Memory Garden album, Carnage Carnival, and guest vocals on the song "Silence the Wolves," from Neverland's 2010 album Ophidia.
Pyramaze
Pyramaze is a Danish/American progressive power metal band.-Biography:Pyramaze was formed in 2001 by guitarist Michael Kammeyer. Next to join were fellow Danes drummer Morten Sørensen and bassist Niels Kvist. American keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, who originally met Kammeyer over the Internet,...
and the as-yet-unsigned Trail of Murder, and he is the former vocalist for Swedish heavy metal bands Bloodbound
Bloodbound
Bloodbound is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2004. They released their first album, Nosferatu, in 2005 and their second, Book of the Dead, in May 2007. The brainchild of former Street Talk members Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson, the band has also included Michael Bormann , Urban breed and...
and Tad Morose
Tad Morose
Tad Morose is a Swedish progressive / power metal band formed in 1991 and led by guitarist Christer 'Krunt' Andersson.-Biography:Their full-length debut was Leaving the Past Behind, a minor hit that established the band within the continental European heavy metal community. Sender of Thoughts was...
.
Urban's style has been described as similar to Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
(Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Rainbow
Rainbow (band)
Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...
, Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...
), Jon Oliva
Jon Oliva
John Nicholas Oliva is best known simply as Jon Oliva and as founder of and lead vocalist for Savatage. He is the third of four children...
(Savatage
Savatage
Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.-Early days :...
, Jon Oliva's Pain
Jon Oliva's Pain
Jon Oliva's Pain is the latest project of Savatage co-founder Jon Oliva.-Band history:Originally, the project consisted entirely of solo recordings by Oliva, but after several months of work he was joined by former members of Circle II Circle to form a band.The band's first performance was at the...
), Zak Stevens
Zachary Stevens
Zachary "Zak" Stevens , is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. He is also a drummer and has a degree in psychology but is not, as is often reported, a licensed, practicing psychologist....
(Savatage
Savatage
Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.-Early days :...
, Circle II Circle), and Mike Howe
Mike Howe
Mike Howe is an American heavy metal singer from Taylor, Michigan. From 1988 until 1994 Howe was the lead singer for the heavy metal band Metal Church, replacing David Wayne. After Howe joined Metal Church the riffing became heavier and the subject matter deeper...
(Metal Church
Metal Church
Metal Church was an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in Seattle, Washington as Shrapnel in 1980. Their first album was released in 1984, and the band's most recent work, This Present Wasteland, was released in 2008....
).
Career
Urban joined Tad Morose in 1996, replacing singer Kristian 'Krille' Andrén. He appeared on the albums A Mended RhymeA Mended Rhyme
A Mended Rhyme is the fourth album by the Swedish metal band Tad Morose. This also happens to be their first album with Urban breed on vocals.-Songs:All songs written & performed by: Tad MoroseLyrics and Melodies by: Urban breed#Circuit Vision...
(1997), Undead (2000), Matters of the Dark
Matters of the Dark
Matters of the Dark is the sixth studio album, their third with singer Urban breed, by the Swedish heavy metal band Tad Morose. It was released in 2002 on the Century Media label.-Track listing:All songs are written & composed by: Tad Morose...
(2002) and Modus Vivendi
Modus Vivendi (album)
-Track listing:All songs arranged by: Tad MoroseLyrics, Melodies and Vocal Arrangements by: Urban breed.#"Anubis"#"No Mercy"#"Afraid to Die"#"Clearly Insane"#"Cyberdome"#"Take on the World"#"Mother Shipton's Words"#"Unwelcome Guest"...
(2003). He left Tad Morose in December 2005.
His other projects include Bloodbound
Bloodbound
Bloodbound is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2004. They released their first album, Nosferatu, in 2005 and their second, Book of the Dead, in May 2007. The brainchild of former Street Talk members Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson, the band has also included Michael Bormann , Urban breed and...
. He sang on their 2005 debut, Nosferatu, and later co-wrote and performed on their third studio album, Tabula Rasa. In early August 2006 he announced that he was no longer working with the band, who hired another singer to record vocals on their second album. However, he later agreed to, and did, perform with Bloodbound
Bloodbound
Bloodbound is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2004. They released their first album, Nosferatu, in 2005 and their second, Book of the Dead, in May 2007. The brainchild of former Street Talk members Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson, the band has also included Michael Bormann , Urban breed and...
at Sweden Rock Festival
Sweden Rock Festival
Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock/metal festival held in Sweden since 6 June 1992. While having a clear rock/metal focus, the festival is noted for its diversity across these genres, having featured southern rock bands such as Molly Hatchet to death metal legends like Obituary.The first...
in June 2007, and the band announced in October 2007 that he had rejoined as an official member. Also in October 2007, Urban announced a new project, Trail of Murder, with Pelle Åkerlind (Morgana Lefay
Morgana Lefay
Morgana Lefay is a power/thrash metal band from the town Bollnäs in Sweden. It is named after Morgan Le Fay of the Arthurian cycle....
, Bloodbound
Bloodbound
Bloodbound is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2004. They released their first album, Nosferatu, in 2005 and their second, Book of the Dead, in May 2007. The brainchild of former Street Talk members Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson, the band has also included Michael Bormann , Urban breed and...
) and Daniel Olsson (ex-Tad Morose
Tad Morose
Tad Morose is a Swedish progressive / power metal band formed in 1991 and led by guitarist Christer 'Krunt' Andersson.-Biography:Their full-length debut was Leaving the Past Behind, a minor hit that established the band within the continental European heavy metal community. Sender of Thoughts was...
).
On July 11, 2008, it was announced that Urban had become the new singer of Danish progressive/power metal band Pyramaze
Pyramaze
Pyramaze is a Danish/American progressive power metal band.-Biography:Pyramaze was formed in 2001 by guitarist Michael Kammeyer. Next to join were fellow Danes drummer Morten Sørensen and bassist Niels Kvist. American keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, who originally met Kammeyer over the Internet,...
. He replaced previous vocalist Matt Barlow
Matt Barlow
Matthew Barlow is an American heavy metal singer and police officer. He is the former lead singer for Iced Earth. He is Jon Schaffer's brother-in-law.-History:...
, who left to re-join Iced Earth
Iced Earth
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. Originally formed under the name "Purgatory" in 1984, Iced Earth has released a total of ten studio albums, one live album, three EP's, two compilations and boxsets...
.
On April 13, 2010, Breed announced on his forum that Bloodbound had decided to continue with another singer, thus ending his second tenure with the band.
On June 18, 2010, Breed announced he would be singing on a new Dark Empire
Dark 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,...
album. On October 15, 2010, Breed announced he would not be recording with Dark Empire after all.
He also contributed backing vocals on fellow Swedes Wolverine
Wolverine (band)
Wolverine is a Swedish progressive metal band that was formed in 1995 by Stefan Zell and Marcus Losbjer.-Early releases:Wolverine started out playing death-metal with melodic influences, but when they released their first EP, Fervent Dream, in November 1999, the music had evolved into progressive...
's 2003 album Cold Light of Monday and 2008's Memory Garden album, Carnage Carnival, and guest vocals on the song "Silence the Wolves," from Neverland's 2010 album Ophidia.
About the name
Despite the various issues it raises, Urban breed insists that this is his actual name, including the spelling of "breed" with a lowercase B.Tad Morose
- A Mended RhymeA Mended RhymeA Mended Rhyme is the fourth album by the Swedish metal band Tad Morose. This also happens to be their first album with Urban breed on vocals.-Songs:All songs written & performed by: Tad MoroseLyrics and Melodies by: Urban breed#Circuit Vision...
(1996) - Undead (2000)
- Matters of the DarkMatters of the DarkMatters of the Dark is the sixth studio album, their third with singer Urban breed, by the Swedish heavy metal band Tad Morose. It was released in 2002 on the Century Media label.-Track listing:All songs are written & composed by: Tad Morose...
(2002) - Modus VivendiModus Vivendi (album)-Track listing:All songs arranged by: Tad MoroseLyrics, Melodies and Vocal Arrangements by: Urban breed.#"Anubis"#"No Mercy"#"Afraid to Die"#"Clearly Insane"#"Cyberdome"#"Take on the World"#"Mother Shipton's Words"#"Unwelcome Guest"...
(2003)
Bloodbound
- Nosferatu (2005)
- Tabula RasaTabula Rasa (Bloodbound album)Tabula Rasa is Swedish heavy metal band Bloodbound's 2009 album. While not a concept album per se, most songs tie in with the concept of tabula rasa, have some connection with a literal translation thereof, or have a lyrical foundation associated with literature mentioning tabula rasa.-Release...
(2009)