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| Genre = [[Technical death metal]]<ref name="urlThe Faceless - Akeldema Review from Music Emissions">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=8743 |title=The Faceless - Akeldema Review from Music Emissions |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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| Years_active = 2004–present |
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| Label = [[Sumerian Records|Sumerian]], [[The End Records|The End]] |
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The Faceless is a technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.
History
The Faceless was formed in Encino, California by guitarist Michael Keene and bassist Brandon Giffin in 2004. They released their debut album Akeldama in 2006 and toured extensively with bands such as Necrophagist, Decapitated, Nile, and The Black Dahlia Murder.[2] After touring, drummer Brett Batdorf left the band during the recording of Akeldama. Former drummer Nick Pierce, recorded the instrumental song, "Akeldama" the name of the debut album. The band went through several fill-in drummers before adding current drummer Lyle Cooper to their line-up. The Faceless released their second full-length album, Planetary Duality, in November 2008. The album debuted at number 119 on the Billboard 200.[3] In January 2009, the group announced a North American tour with Meshuggah and Cynic;[4] and in February 2009, another North American tour, with Cannibal Corpse, Neuraxis and Obscura; then toured the US with In Flames, Between the Buried and Me, and 3 Inches of Blood; then a co-headlining tour with Dying Fetus. The band have been confirmed to tour Europe as part of the Bonercrusher Fest in Spring 2010 alongside The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches of Blood, Necrophobic, Obscura, Carnifex and Ingested.
On February 4, 2010, The Faceless announced their next album entitled "Purging Mankind". The album continues off the story developed in the CD "Planetary Duality", taking off from a war between Earth and a inter-dimensional race. The war ended and humanity lost, causing our race to be enslaved to the other life form. The CD is rumored to be focused on an organized group of rebels preparing to free themselves and the rest of the humans from the alien race.
Mica "Manian" Meneke, former singer from The Faceless, will be going on tour with Origin to replace Origin's singer James Less. [5]
Band members
Current
- Steve Jones – guitar
- Michael "Machine" Keene – guitar, vocoder, clean vocals
- Derek "Demon Carcass" Rydquist – vocals
- Brandon Giffin- bass
- Lyle Cooper – drums
Former members
- Michael Sherer – keyboards
- Jeff Ventimiglia – vocals
- Brett Batdorf – drums
- Nick Pierce – drums
- Andy Taylor – drums
- Elliott Sellers – drums
- Marco Pitruzzella – drums
- Navene Koperwies – drums
- Zack Graham - drums/vocals
Session
- Mica Maniac – vocals
- Matthew Feinman – keyboards
- Tara Keene – vocals
Discography
- Demo (2006)
- Akeldama (2006)
- Planetary Duality (2008)
References
- ^ "The Faceless - Akeldema Review from Music Emissions".
- ^ All Shall Perish, Arsis, and The Faceless Metal Maniacs Tour Show Review. Metal Injection
- ^ "The Faceless: 'Planetary Duality' First-Week Sales Revealed". blabbermouth.com. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
- ^ Meshuggah, Cynic, The Faceless tour. Lambgoat
- ^ "Origin Says Good Bye To Vocalist, Announces Replacement". Metal Call-Out. February 18, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.