Artist description SCARVE is a six-headed entity, dedicated to the creation of its own kind of extreme metal. Blending powerful, dark melodies and futuristic arrangements with devastating speed, rhythmic complexity, and sheer death brutality, SCARVE only sounds quite like SCARVE. Prepare for the future of metal...

Music Style Extreme Metal of the future

Musical Influences Devin Townsend, Morbid Angel, Coroner, Meshuggah, Fear Factory, Emperor, Slayer

Similar Artists Scarve, Strapping Young Lad, Morbid Angel, Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Soilwork, Emperor, Coroner, Voivod,...

Artist History Formed as a quartet in Nancy, France in January 1994, SCARVE made their first steps with a self-titled demo tape featuring a rough, yet personal mixture of death and heavy metal. Reviewers acclaimed the originality of the music, as well as the dual vocal style which remains to this day a main ingredient of SCARVE's sound. The self-financed mini-CD SIX TEARS OF SORROW, released in 1996, confirmed the band's undeniable songwriting capabilities. It was received with countless praising reviews worldwide, and established SCARVE as one of the most promising French underground acts. In 1998, the addition of two new vocalists, specializing in melodic and brutal vocals respectively, gave the band the potential to fully express their musical ambitions. One promo-CD later, SCARVE signed to French label Furtive Metal. The resulting 11 song missile, entitled TRANSLUCENCE, benefits from a crushing production courtesy of mastermind Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, Darkane). A deadly mixture of dark melodies, futuristic atmospheres and relentless brutality, TRANSLUCENCE absorbs the listener into a terrifying universe evoking the infinite possibilities and dangers of nano-technology and genetic manipulation. The album was released throughout Europe by Swedish metal label War Music. Right now, SCARVE are putting the finishing touches to their second full-length bomb entitled LUMINIFEROUS, once again masterfully produced by Daniel Bergstrand. Including blasting futuristic masterpieces such as "Emulate The Soul", "Capsized" and "Infertile Ways", LUMINIFEROUS takes the sextet's unique personality to a whole new level of inspired extremity ! For its release, the band have inked a worldwide deal with the well-renowned Listenable Records (home of bands such as Deranged, Theory In Practice, Aborted and Pale Forest). SCARVE will hit the road in April 2002 with French thrashers No Return, German speedfreaks Dew-Scented and Swiss dark-metallers Rain. Meanwhile, be sure not to miss out on LUMINIFEROUS in early March 2002 !

Group Members Pierrick VALENCE : screams --- Guillaume BIDEAU : melodies --- Patrick MARTIN : rhythm guitars --- Sylvain COUDRET : rhythm & lead guitars --- Loïc COLIN : bass --- Dirk VERBEUREN : drums

Instruments Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, samples

Albums SCARVE (demo tape 1994) --- SIX TEARS OF SORROW (mcd 1996) --- TRANSLUCENCE (2000) --- LUMINIFEROUS (2002)

Press Reviews LUMINIFEROUS... "The French takeover has arrived, and it's well worthy to be measured with the remainder of the European metal scene. This second effort by Scarve is a luminous expression of that fact. A top-notch, powerfully interesting thrash-death album !" (Rock Hard Magazine, France, 8/10, Soundcheck : 5th/52) --- "With exemplary power, Luminiferous carries us away in a sophisticated and inspired musical madness. A band that deserves your support, for their talent really lives up to our hopes." (Metallian Magazine, France, 5/6) --- "From ultra-violent parts to hypnotizing melodies, Luminiferous will fully satisfy those who were conquered by their preceding releases. Extremely classy death metal." (Hard Rock Magazine, France, 5/6)

Additional Info Official Scarve Fanclub members receive a regular Newsletter, exclusive Scarve CDs, special offers and many more !

Location Nancy, France - France

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