The Faceless
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 The Faceless live at Tuska Open Air 2009. |
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| General information | |
| origin | Encino , California , United States |
| Genre (s) | Technical death metal , progressive metal |
| founding | 2004 |
| Current occupation | |
| Michael "Machine" Keene | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Brandon Giffin (until 2010) |
| Michael Sherer | |
Drums |
Bret Batdorf (2004-2006) |
Drums |
Nick Pierce |
Drums |
Elliott Sellers |
Drums |
Marco Pitruzzella |
Electric bass |
Jared Lander (2010-2011) |
singing |
Derek "Demon Carcass" Rydquist (2006-2011) |
Electric guitar |
Steve Jones (2004-2012) |
Drums |
Lyle Cooper (2007-2013) |
Electric guitar |
Wes Hauch (2012-2018) |
singing |
Geoffrey Ficco (2011-2018) |
Electric bass |
Evan Brewer (2011-2018) |
Drums |
Alex Rüdinger (2013-2018) |
| Guest musician | |
Singing (live) |
Mica Maniac |
Singing on Akeldama
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Tara Keene |
Drums on Akeldama
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Navene Koper pointed out |
Drums on Akeldama
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Andy Taylor |
Keyboard |
Matthew Feinman |
The Faceless is a technical death metal band from Encino , California .
history
The Faceless was founded in Encino, California by guitarist Michael Keene and bassist Brandon Giffin in 2004. They released their debut album Akeldama in 2006 and toured with bands like Necrophagist , Decapitated , Nile and The Black Dahlia Murder . Then drummer Brett Batdorf left the band while recording Akeldama . Former drummer Nick Pierce recorded the instrumental piece Akeldama . After a few changes of drummers, the band decided on Lyle Cooper.
The Faceless released the second album Planetary Duality in November 2008. The album debuted at number 119 on the Billboard 200 .
In January 2009 the group toured North America with Meshuggah and Cynic ; and in February 2009 she held another one with Cannibal Corpse , Neuraxis and Obscura . This was followed by a US tour with In Flames , Between the Buried and Me , and 3 Inches of Blood . After they finished this, a tour followed with Dying Fetus as a co-headliner. The band played at the Bonecrusher Festival in spring 2010 along with bands like The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches of Blood, Necrophobic , Obscura, Carnifex and Ingested. Before performing at California Metalfest IV, founding member and bassist Brandon Giffin announced his resignation. It has also been announced that The Faceless will perform at the 2010 Summer Slaughter Festival alongside bands such as Decapitated , All Shall Perish , Decrepit Birth and others.
The Myspace page of the band, according to 2011, a new album will be published. The Faceless are currently playing a new song on their tour called The Eidolon Reality . It was also announced that a new bassist, Jared Lander, had been found.
On April 6, 2011, the band announced that they have a new bassist in Evan Brewer. Shortly afterwards they also announced that singer Derek Rydquist had left the band and Geoffrey Ficco would be the new singer of the band from now on.
On March 4, 2012 guitarist Steve Jones left the band and was replaced by Wes Hauch.
On August 14, 2012, the band's third album, Autotheism, was released. It peaked at number 50 on the American Billboard charts.
On March 20, 2018, all band members except Keene announced that they would be leaving the band with immediate effect.
style
The high technical style of playing is characteristic of the band's pieces. The style is also shaped by the deep growling and the high speed of the pieces, which are interrupted by slower, groovy passages.
Discography
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- 2006: Nightmare Fest (demo)
- 2006: Akeldama (album, Sumerian Records )
- 2008: Planetary Duality (album, Sumerian Records)
- 2012: Autotheism (Album, Sumerian Records)
- 2017: In Becoming a Ghost (Album, Sumerian Records)
Web links
- The Faceless on Myspace
- The Faceless on Sumerian Records
- The Faceless at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ All Shall Perish, Arsis, and The Faceless Metal Maniacs Tour Show Review . Metal injection
- ^ The Faceless: 'Planetary Duality' First-Week Sales Revealed . blabbermouth.com . November 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
- ^ Meshuggah, Cynic, The Faceless tour . Lambgoat
- ↑ The Faceless bass player quits group . Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- ^ Farewell Steve Jones. We had a long ride my brother. Welcome the amazing WesHauch to The Faceless. He is a shredder.
- ↑ Autotheism in the US Top 200, accessed January 13, 2013
- ^ The Faceless: All members except Michael Keene leave the band. In: MoreCore.de. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .
- ↑ metal1.info ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2012 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.
- ↑ The Faceless in the US album charts on billboard.com; Retrieved May 17, 2013.
