Scarve

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Scarve
Origin	Nancy, France
Genres	Technical death metal, thrash metal
Years active	1994 - present
Labels	Listenable, War Music
Associated acts	Mnemic, Soilwork, Phazm, One-Way Mirror
Website	www.scarve.org

Members	Lawrence Mackrory Patrick Martin Sylvain Coudret Loïc Colin Dirk Verbeuren

Past members	Pierrick Valence Guillaume Bideau Alain Germonville Philippe Elter

Scarve is a French technical death metal^[1] band from Nancy. They have released four full-length albums, the latest being The Undercurrent, released on April 2, 2007 on Listenable Records.

Biography

Scarve was formed in 1994 by rhythm guitarist Patrick Martin and Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren. Their 2004 album, Irradiant features a contribution from Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal on the track, "Asphyxiate."

Vocalist departures and The Undercurrent

In October 2006, it was announced that Guillaume Bideau had left Scarve during the recording of The Undercurrent</ref> in order to take over as lead singer in the Danish industrial metal band Mnemic. His session replacement was announced to be ex-Darkane singer, Lawrence Mackrory (who provided vocals on the album, Rusted Angel).

Following the release of The Undercurrent, on June 4, Pierrick Valence announced that he was leaving Scarve to focus on his other band, Phazm. On April 22, 2007, The band posted a message on their Myspace account saying that they were still looking for a vocalist. ^{[citation needed]}

In May 2009, the band revealed their new vocalist, Lawrence Mackrory, who sung on The Undercurrent and their next album. Dirk said on their Myspace blog "We're all very proud and happy to have Lawrence in our ranks, and extremely excited to bring you, our fans, a whole new collection of blasting futuristic death metal!" ^{[citation needed]}

Members

Current

Lawrence Mackrory (Darkane) – vocals (2007, 2009–present)
Patrick Martin – rhythm guitar (1994–present)
Sylvain Coudret (Soilwork) – lead guitar (1994–present)
Loïc Colin – bass guitar (2004–present)
Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork) – drums (1994–present)

Former

Alain Germonville – vocals
Guillaume Bideau (Mnemic) – vocals (1994-2006)
Pierrick Valence – vocals (2004-2007)
Fred Bartolomucci – vocals
Philipe Elter – bass guitar
David Fioraso – bass guitar
Julien Thibers - bass guitar

Discography

1996: Six Tears of Sorrow (self-released)
2000: Translucence (War Music)
2002: Luminiferous (Listenable Records)
2004: Irradiant (Listenable Records)
2007: The Undercurrent (Listenable Records)

References

↑ The Undercurrent review at About.com

External links

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