My Silent Wake
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| My Silent Wake | |
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| Origin | Weston-Super-Mare, United Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | death metal, doom metal |
| Years active | 2005 in music - present |
| Label(s) | Bombworks Records |
| Associated acts | Ashen Mortality, Seventh Angel |
| Website | http://www.mysilentwake.co.uk |
| Members | |
| Ian Arkley Andi Lee Kate Hamilton Steve Allan Jasen Whyte |
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| Former members | |
| Alan Southorn | |
My Silent Wake are a British gothic death/doom metal band who were formed from the ashes of Ashen Mortality. The band was formed in 2005 in Weston-Super-Mare in North Somerset. Initially the band was created by Ian Arkley with other ex Ashen Mortality members Jasen Whyte and Andi Lee. Alan Southorn and Kate Hamilton also joined within the first few months. My Silent Wake have many other elements to their music; as well as doom/death they have a lot of influences from folk, mediaeval music and progressive/psychedelic rock.[1] The band recorded and mixed an EP in one day, which they released in limited numbers. The EP gained them a contract with Bombworks Records in America. The debut album Shadow of Sorrow was soon recorded, again in a very short space of time and released the following year (2006) to positive reviews and an excellent response from fans of Ian's former projects as well as new fans.[2] In 2006 My Silent Wake recorded an ambitious double album entitled The Anatomy of Melancholy which featured 2 discs, one of doom metal and one of mainly acoustic songs. The band started playing live in 2007 and played in Switzerland, Norway[3] and the UK. Due to a wrist injury, Jasen was unable to drum live, so Steve Allan (who also co-produced and engineered all the recordings) stepped in on live drums, whilst Jasen provided additional vocals. Steve Allan is now a full time member of the band and has recorded some drums for the forthcoming third album, which was recorded in March 2008. Jasen has also recorded some of the drums for the new album.[4]
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[edit] Members
[edit] Current
- Ian Arkley (lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, ebow and vocals) (Also a member of Century Sleeper and The Other *Window)
- Andi Lee (lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass and vocals)
- Jasen Whyte (drums, cymbals, percussion and vocals)
- Kate Hamilton (bass guitar, clarinet, keyboards, piano, recorder, cello, vocals and zither)
- Steve Allan (drums, engineering and production)
[edit] Former
- Alan Southorn (bass guitar) (Also a member of The Other Window)
[edit] Discography
- My Silent Wake (demo) (2005)
- Shadow of Sorrow (2006)
- The Anatomy of Melancholy (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ Strik, Oscar. My Silent Wake. Doom-metal.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
- ^ My Silent Wake. Union Black. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
- ^ My Silent Wake profile at Norwegian Nordic Fest's page
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. My Silent Wake. Rock Detector. Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
[edit] External Links
- My Silent Wake at MySpace
- [http://www.mysilentwake.co.uk Official Site:
- My Silent Wake at Encyclopaedia Metallum
