Music Style Metal

Musical Influences outspoken, ubroken, overcast, my dying bride, cradle of filth, at the gates, integrity, and catharsis.

Similar Artists At The Gates, My Dying Bride, Integrity, Catharsis

Artist History Formed in 1997, Undying has always sought to use art as a weapon in an attempt to awaken our culture to the horrors we have inflicted upon the world and its peoples.A long time dream of guitarist James Chang and bassist Jonathan Raine, the idea remained just that until the addition of James’ old college roommate Timothy Roy,drummer Daniel Allen, and guitarist Liam Caulfield. The band began writing songs and playing as many shows as possible. A four-song demo was soon recorded, moreshows played, a short tour, and work began on their first record. "This Day All Gods Die" was released in January of 1999 by Matt Miller of Catharsis’ label: FifthColumn Conspiracy. With a record in hand the band toured as much and as often as possible. Unfortunately this caused the departure of Dan (who left to pursue hiscareer and begin a family) and Liam (for various reasons). Paul Waggoner came on indefinite loan from Prayer for Cleansing to replace Liam on guitar, and numerousdrummers filled in until Robert Roose (an old friend and ex-bandmate) filled the position permanently.The band was contacted by Ed Goodlife about their next record (which they had already begun the work on), and in March of 2000 they entered the studio and recorded"The Whispered Lies of Angels", their first full-length release.Undying has always focused upon our culture’s impact upon the Earth, and the anthropological and cultural ecological foundations of our belief that it is humankind’sdestiny to subjugate the Earth to our will. Born into a culture which sees itself as the pinnacle of man’s evolution, we spend every waking moment of our lives withthe lies of our culture as a constant companion. The same worldview which allowed our particular style of living to grow at an exponential rate (decimating the samebiological and cultural diversity which is the very foundation of life on this Earth), survives through the relentless whispers of our culture which blinds us to the truth:that there exists no one right way to live, that it is not humankind which is flawed, only our culture, and that for millions of years prior to the birth of our culture,humans lived in harmony with the world rather than in a constant struggle to dominate and exploit it.

Group Members Timothy C. RoyJonathan A. RaineJames C. ChangRobert A. Roose

Albums "This Day All Gods Die" (5th Column Conspiracy), Undying/Unearth split and Undying full length out soon on Good Life Records

Press Reviews (Loudnet)I'm gonna try and be straight up here. First, lets start with an example. And I hate to name-drop and all, but sorry. So one day, probably late September, I'm cruisin' the Death/Black Metal messageboards on AOL. A frequenter to the board and editor of Hell Frost magazine, Joe Headcrash, posted his review of the Burn it Down disc on Escape Artist. He compared it to Dillinger Escape Plan. Soeventually I got this disc expecting to hear some Dillinger Escape Plan and wow. Sounds nothing like D.E.P. Why? He doesn't really know much about "new school" hardcore (in my opinion) as HellFrost is mostly more extreme-based, covering more death-ish metal. So when you slice through the thin, you get the thick, which is that Joe wrote about something he didn't know too much of. So herewe have Undying. And I will be blunt and tell you that I am in no way familiar with black metal. From what I have heard though, this sounds pretty black metal to me. The first song is a great keyboardintroduction which drains out into some guitar, and then the second track (the title track) shreds right through you. It's got the high notes like black metal that I've heard, and the vocals are sick for themost part. I think the guy who does most of them sounds more hardcore than black, but some of the backups are sick as hell. It's all played super fast with some stop-and-go parts to it. For the most part,Cradle of Filth is the only black metal I listen to (on very rare occasions at that) and the music reminds me at that when they don't do heavy breakdowns. I really like this stuff. It's darker and more evilthan Satan himself. Sick stuff. Check it out! This will certainly have all the kids running their mouths. The hardcore kids will despise it even though they'll listen to it when nobody is around, and themetal kids will eat it all up without a crumb to spare.

Location Raleigh, North Carolina - USA

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