Into Eternity
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| Into Eternity | |
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| Origin | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Progressive death metal Melodic death metal (see below) |
| Years active | 1997−present |
| Label(s) | Century Media |
| Website | www.intoeternity.net/ |
| Members | |
| Stu Block Tim Roth Justin Bender Troy Bleich Steve Bolognese |
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| Former members | |
| Jim Austin Rob Doherty Chris Eisler Chris Krall Scott Krall Christopher McDougall Daniel Nargang |
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Into Eternity is an extreme metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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[edit] History
Into Eternity was formed in 1997 by founding members Tim Roth, Scott Krall and Jim Austin and later released an eponymous, independent album in 1999, with the addition of Chris Eisler and Chris McDougall. The band signed to Century Media Records a year later and then re-released their debut album. In 2001, the band returned with their second album Dead or Dreaming, an album which saw a more pronounced integration of progressive and death metal. The trend continued on 2004's Buried in Oblivion and even further on 2006's The Scattering of Ashes.[1] Into Eternity performed on Gigantour 2006, which kicked off in Boise, Idaho on September 6, 2006.[2] According to Soundscan, the latest album sold a little over 2,000 copies in the US during its first week of release.[3] During the summer of 2007, Into Eternity (along with progressive metal band Redemption) toured in support of Dream Theater during their North American leg of the Chaos in Motion tour.[4] Their new album entitled, The Incurable Tragedy, which is a concept album, was released on August 25, 2008 in Europe and on September 2, 2008 in North America.
[edit] Musical style
The band employs a wide range of elements across the metal spectrum, including classic or melodic metal styling, thrashing riffs, power metal-style clean vocals[5][6], high to low-pitched death growls[5][6] and black metal shrieking[7], fast tempoed death metal drumming with blast beats and sometimes interwoven with acoustic guitar playing[6]. Into Eternity provides a sound that is considered to be rather difficult to describe, but the most common description of Into Eternity's music is progressive death metal.[1][8]
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Stu Block − Lead vocals (2005−present)
- Tim Roth (founding member) − guitar, Backing vocals(1997−present)
- Justin Bender − guitar (2006−present)
- Troy Bleich − bass, backing vocals (2004−present)
- Steve Bolognese − drums (2006−present)
[edit] Former members
- Jim Austin − drums (1997−2006)
- Chris Eisler − guitar (1999)
- Christopher McDougall − keyboards (1999−2001)
- Scott Krall − bass and backing vocals (1997−2005)
- Daniel Nargang − guitar, clean vocals (2001)
- Chris Krall − clean and death vocals (2003-2004)
- Rob Doherty − guitar and death vocals (2003−2005)
- Collin Craig − guitar (2006)
- Dean Sternburger − vocals (2004)
- Adam Sagan - drums (2005)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Heatseekers Peak | US sales |
| 1999 | Into Eternity | DVS | ||
| 2001 | Dead or Dreaming | DVS | ||
| 2004 | Buried in Oblivion | Century Media | ||
| 2006 | The Scattering of Ashes | Century Media | #45[9] | 18,000 |
| 2008 | The Incurable Tragedy | Century Media | #17 | 1,900[10] |
[edit] Music videos
- "Spiraling into Depression" (2004)
- "Severe Emotional Distress" (2006)
- "Timeless Winter" (2007)
- "Time Immemorial" (2008)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Into Eternity official website
- ^ Into Eternity official website
- ^ Pyro Music
- ^ Metal News - Dream Theater Announce Philadelphia Live Date ( Metal Underground . com )
- ^ a b Serba, John. "Allmusic review of Buried in Oblivion". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abfixqyaldke. Retrieved on 2009-04-13.
- ^ a b c http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=412
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Allmusic review of The Incurable Tragedy". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fpxzwkldse. Retrieved on 2009-04-13.
- ^ Into Eternity official website
- ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Into Eternity
- ^ "INTO ETERNITY: 'The Incurable Tragedy' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-09-10. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=104443. Retrieved on 2008-09-14.
