Southern Cross (metal band)

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Southern Cross
Southern Cross Rise Above cover
Background information
Origin	Quebec, Canada, Quebec City, Canada
Genre(s)	Progressive metal, Power metal, Thrash metal
Years active	2000 – present
Label(s)	Thundering Records
Website	www.southerncrossmetal.com
Members
David Lizotte Olivier Perrier-Maurel Jean-Francois Boudreault Jean-Benoit Lemire Frederic St-Onge (from left to right on picture below)

Southern Cross is a canadian prog/power metal band from Quebec.

1 Biography
2 Band members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Studio Albums
- 3.2 Demos
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

SOUTHERN CROSS' story begins back in winter 2000 in Canada, when Jeff and Dave met at Laval University in Quebec City. Being both musicians they started to jam together. Rapidly, the idea of forming a power metal tribute band formed in their minds. Fred joined them a few weeks later and the trio praticed for a few months while trying many musicians to complete the lineup. During this time they decided to write a few compositions of their own in order to be a part of a local contest back in winter 2002 where they won the public price.

Then the tribute project was over and the band decided to concentrate on writing their own stuff. A few months later the lineup was finally completed by Oli and JB. A couple of demos were recorded and many gigs were done in 2003, while opening for Edguy in Montreal in 2004 and Sonata Arctica in Quebec City in 2005. The first album, Rise Above, was produced independently by the band in 2005 at Unika Studios. This production resulted in a power/thrash metal album with a lot of progressive influences, very well received by the critics. An early 2006 release was followed by big concerts including opening for Yngwie Malmsteen and Stratovarius.