Clones
| Clones | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Poitiers , France |
| Genre (s) | Progressive Death Metal , Alternative Metal |
| founding | 1995 |
| Website | klonosphere.com/klone/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Yann Ligner | |
| Mika Moreau | |
| Matthieu butcher | |
| Florent Marcadet | |
| Jean Etienne Maillard | |
Electric guitar |
Guillaume Bernard |
| former members | |
Drums |
Laurent Thomas |
Electric bass |
Julien Comte |
singing |
David |
Electric bass |
Hugues Andriot |
Clones is a French Progressive - death metal band that in 1995 in Poitiers was founded.
history
The band was formed in 1995 by singer David, guitarist Guillaume Bernard, bassist Julien Comte and drummer Laurent Thomas. Guitarist Mika Moreau and keyboardist and saxophonist Matthieu Metzger joined the band in 1999. In the following years they developed some pieces and made some, smaller appearances.
They released their first album called Duplicate in 2003 without the support of a label. The album was mixed by Ivan "Jordan Master" Herceg and mastered by Jean-Pierre Bouquet at L'Autre Studio .
In 2004 EP High Blood Pressure followed . After the release followed a tour together with Gojira , Aborted , Psykup , Scarve , Defdump , Drowning , Sleepers , Comity , Eyeless , Stereotypical Working Class and Hertz and Silence .
Bassist Julien Comte left in 2006 and was replaced by Hugues Andriot. The band played at Hellfest the following year , where they came into contact with the boss of Season of Mist and won a contract for two albums.
In 2008 the album All Seeing Eye was released on Season of Mist. Production lasted four months and was taken over by Sylvain Biguet ( Trepalium , Comity, Mistaken Element ). The album was again mastered by Jean-Pierre Bouquet. On the album Joe Duplantier (Gojira, Cavalera Conspiracy ) was to be heard as a guest singer in the title song. After the release, a tour of France and some other countries followed.
Then the band entered the studio together with Franck Hueso ( Hacride , Mistaken Element). The album Black Days was released on Season of Mist in 2010. The album also featured a cover version of Björk's Army of Me . The new bassist Jean Etienne Maillard and drummer Florent Marcadet could be heard on the new album.
In 2011 she released the EP The Eye of Needle .
style
On their website, the band lists Meshuggah , Porcupine Tree , Coroner , Devin Townsend , Opeth , Tool , Isis , Aphex Twin , Björk and Neurosis as their main influences. The complexity of the songs and their complex structure are characteristic. The use of demanding rhythms is also typical of the style.
Discography
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Albums
- 2003: Duplicate (self-published)
- 2008: All Seeing Eye ( Season of Mist )
- 2010: Black Days (Season of Mist)
- 2012: The Dreamer's Hideaway (Season of Mist)
- 2015: Here Comes the Sun ( Pelagic Records / Verycords / Klonosphere)
- 2019: Le Grand Voyage (Kscope)
EPs
- 2004: High Blood Pressure (Klonosphere)
- 2011: The Eye of Needle (self-published)
Web links
- Official website
- Clones at laut.de
- Clones in Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Klone - laut.de , accessed on July 10, 2011.
- ↑ a b Biography ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 10, 2011.
- ↑ Xaxaar: CLONES The Eye of Needle , accessed on 10 July 2011th
- ↑ Michael Siegl: Klone - Black Days , accessed July 10, 2011.
- ↑ Clones in the French charts
