Communic
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| Origin |  Kristiansand, Norway |
| Years active | 2003-current |
| Genres | Progressive/Power Metal |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Members | Oddleif Stensland Erik Mortensen Tor Atle Andersen |
| Website(s) | http://www.communic.org/ |
Communic is a Progressive/Power Metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. The band was founded in 2003 and has recorded 2 albums, Conspiracy in Mind in 2005 and Waves of Visual Decay in 2006. Both have received very good reviews from magazines and critics.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginning (March 2003 - April 04)
Communic was founded in March 2003 as a side project for bandmates Oddleif Stensland, guitarist, and Tor Atle Andersen, drummer, from Scariot. They were soon after joined by bassist Erik Mortensen who had been a bandmate of Stensland in a band called Ingermanland.[citation needed] In March they signed with the management Danish company Intromental Management. At this point, Stensland left Scariot to concentrate full-time on Communic. In January 2004, the band recorded its first three demo tracks at Dub Studios in Norway. While only 100 copies of the Conspiracy in Mind demo were printed, it was selected as Demo of the Month by the magazine Rock Hard in April.
[edit] Conspiracy in Mind (July 2004 - 05)
In July, Communic signed with the German label Nuclear Blast and in September began recording their debut album, Conspiracy in Mind in the Denmark studios of producer Jacob Hensen. Danish keyboardist Peter Jensen (ex-Sinphonia) played keyboards for the album. It was released on 21 February, 2005 and received good reviews, being voted as "Album of the Month" in Rock Hard magazine and Heavy Oder Was; Rock Hard subsequently selected Communic as Newcomer of the Year.[citation needed] Following its release, Communic toured Europe with Ensiferum and Graveworm, including an appearance at the Gelsenkirchener Rock Hard Festival. Jensen joined the band on the tour, but was not made a permanent member as he did not live in Norway.
[edit] Waves of Visual Decay (2006-current)
In early 2006, the band flew once again to Denmark to record the follow-up to Conspiracy in Mind in Jacob Hansen's studios. This time, Norwegian Endre Kirkesola was brought in to record the keyboard parts in the album. Unlike Jensen, Kirkesola did not tour with the band to promote the album. Its name, Waves of Visual Decay, was released in May 2006 and (as did it's predecessor) also received good critic being selected as Album of the Month (or Week, or Issue, depending on the Magazine) in Swiss magazine MetalWorld,[citation needed] Greek Rock Hard,[citation needed] Portuguese Metalmorfose,[citation needed] Norwegian Scream[citation needed] and Germans Rock Hard,[citation needed] Laut.de,[citation needed] Guitar Magazine,[citation needed] Metal Hammer,[citation needed] Metal Heart[citation needed] and Heavy.[citation needed]
[edit] Members
[edit] Discography
[edit] External links
| Communic |
| Oddleif Stensland | Erik Mortensen | Tor Atle Andersen |
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| Conspiracy in Mind (demo) | Conspiracy in Mind | Waves of Visual Decay |
