Empyrean Asunder

Группа Empyrean Asunder состоит из 5 участников:
Thereza: вокал
Eroxthis: программинг/синтезатор/гитары
Kevin: клавишные/синтезатор
Minister 9: бас-гитара
Dopey: барабаны, перкуссия
Empyrean Asunder возвещают новую волну в музыке, которая является одновременно и привычной, и инновационной. Энергичные живые выступления, которые можно назвать "театрально жестокими" и "интенсивными визуально", сопровождаются музыкальным коктейлем резких индустриальных битов и ярких мелодий, которые вместе рождают непередаваемую атмосферу апокалипсиса. У Empyrean Asunder найдется то, что удовлетворит вкусы каждого, вне зависимости от того, к какой сцене он больше тяготеет.
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Небеса (Empyrean): самые высокие небеса или небесная сфера в древней и средневековой космологии, обычно состоящей из огня или света; истинный и окончательный небесный рай.
Отдельно (Asunder): в части; в позиции отдельно от остальных.
Ее красота освещала небеса со всеми огнями Рая и Ада. Поскольку она узрела судьбу Небес, подчиненные кричали в муке за судьбу Мира. Она знала то, что должно быть сделано. И с одним исполненным страстью прыжком, все глаза были ослеплены. Землю наводнило изумительное количество слез. Незначительность заполнила их сердца, поскольку Небеса были разорваны на куски.
Thereza:
Thereza began playing guitar his junior year of high school. It wasn’t until he joined Corpse Inc., the short lived progressive horror punk band, that he became interested in playing bass. In fact he had never even picked up a bass guitar until that first band practice. With the untimely demise of Corpse Inc. in early 2004 Thereza made a seamless transition into Empyrean Asunder as bassist. It opened his mind to a new genre of music and has also given him his first real opportunity to be heard. With an unfortunate lineup change Empyrean Asunder was left without a vocalist. Thereza has always had a passion for writing lyrics and singing so he steped up to fill the void.
His major influences include Alice 2, godHead, Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Third Eye Blind, Crisis, and even Sarah McLachlan.
Eroxthis:
Eroxthis entered the music scene in early 1996 when he joined the ranks of Progressive Death Metallers Assisting Sorrow. Assisting Sorrow immediately began playing shows throughout their hometown as well as Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio. During this time Assisting Sorrow released 2 Demos, one full length along with songs on several tribute albums and compilations. Unfortunately, during the later part of 1999 things became very heated between band members! Due to differences that were both musical & personal all of the members (minus main song writer Chris Leffler) decided to call it quits.
Immediately after his departure with Assisting Sorrow, he decided to fill the position of keyboardist in the melodic black/death metal band Coronach. Many shows were played throughout the Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee areas. One demo and one full length cd was also recorded and released by the now defunct Splatter Tribe Records.
During this time, with help from long-time bandmate and friend Jim Higgins, he began writing and recording material for the original Empyrean Asunder cd. A 3 song demo was recorded but with much regret, never released. The next few months saw both the demise of Empyrean Asunder and Eroxthis' departure from Coronach. Wasting no time, he joined industrial band, Absence of Faith. During the next few years Absence of Faith played extensively throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio and has released 3 full length cds along with inclusions in numerous compilation cds.
He has been inspired by a wide range of musicians most notably Alice Cooper (Go to Hell/Raise your Fist and Yell), King Diamond (Abigail/The Eye), Atrocity (Longing for Death/Blut), Sentenced (all releases), Crisis (Deathshead Extermination), Bella Morte (all releases), Hatebreed, Hypocrisy, Electric Hellfire Club, A Global Threat, Skinny Puppy, Billy Idol, Stray Cats, Dio, Falling Forward, Anti-Heroes, My Dying Bride, Righteous Brothers, Beborn Beton,Stromkern, Paradise Lost, Razed in Black, Zager and Evans, Ayria, Tears for Fears, Men Without Hats, Mr. Mister, Wagner, Mendelson and most recently H.I.M.
Other interests include: Cybernetics, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Astronomy, Perceptual Psychology, Biological Anthropology, Functional Body Modification, BDSM, Prime, the Infinite Replication Paradox, Social-Politics, Communism, Socialism.
Kevin:
Kevin begain playing bass when he was 14 years old. From early on bands such as Iron Maiden influenced his playing style. During the middle of 1997 Kevin joined Sen, who quickly became one of Louisville's most active and sought after bands. Their success coupled with Kevin's unique playing ability caught the attention of Empyrean Asunder. Shortly after their recording of the unreleased 1999 demo and wishing to complete a "live" lineup, Eroxthis recruited him on bass. Unforntunatly a shift in musical direction rendered Empyrean Asunder obsolete.
In 2002, progressive death-metallers Assisting Sorrow enlisted Kevin on bass. Nearly a year afterwards, Kevin decided to travel America in search of good drugs and parted ways with Assisting Sorrow.
A chance run in with Eroxthis and an offer for a position on keyboards brought Kevin back to Empyrean Asunder. Kevin had never actually played keyboards before the first practice but his musical skill transfered seamlessly from bass to keyboards.
Kevin's interests include....drugs and absolutly nothing else.
Minister_9:
Minister_9 has been playing in bands since '92. His freshman year he met Matt and Edward Vaughn with whom he played with in numerous bands, including Norton 138, Junkfreak and most notably, Horror Metal Gods, Psychopathy. Psychopathy was together for about five years, playing numerous shows in the Louisville area and gained a large underground following. Due to problems between certain members, Psychopathy broke up. During the time before the break up, Minister_9 met Eroxthisand a musical bond started to form. This is how the newest incarnation of Empyrean Asunder began.
Growing up, Chris worshiped such Gods as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Slayer. This progressed throughout High School to Death Metal, Black Metal and eventually heavy Industrial Metal which still holds sway over him today. Such bands as Ministry, KMFDM, Sister Machine Gun, Skinny Puppy and ChemLab, most commonly influence his style for Empyrean Asunder. Other than music there is only one true love in his life; Cinema. As a youngster, horror and action caught his attention and still dominate his viewing choices along with Anime and a few other vices. Aside from making music, making movies is the only other thing he feels he can spend his life doing.
Chris "Dopey" Dodd:
Dopey has been playing bass for nearly 7 years. He is also a skilled guitarist and keyboardist. He was active in the California music scene for years, playing in numerous bands and projects. Most notoriously was punk band Brentwood Trash hailing from Brentwood California. In 2003 Dopey left California and came to Louisville where he immediatly begain work on an Industrial Rock project titled Synthetic Fusion. www.myspace/syntheticfusion
During the early part of April 2005 Empyrean Asunder listed his services on bass guitar.
Influences: Coal Chamber, Deadstar Assmebly, the 80's New Wave era, Fall That Far, Deadsy, Static-X, Motograter, The Birthday Massacre, Fear Factory, Trivium, and Soilwork to name a few
Aside from music Dopey's interests include tattoos, body modification, weird hairstyles and long walks on the beach.
Сама группа родом из Соединенных Штатов Америки, Кентукки.