Music Style Thrash / Dark / Black (Melodic) Metal

Artist History FEAR THY NAME were born embraced by the nocturnal wings of the Portuguese underground world. It all began when two souls, Hugo Santos and Ivo Neves, guitar players and main band composers, started rehearsing together in November of 1998. In the beginning, the riffs were fast and raw just like the primordial times of Black Metal, but after some work became more technical and melodic. During some time both of them rehearsed with bass players, but always unsuccessfully because none of them could integrate within the band and develop new ideas. After some time, the lead singer Ricardo Silva joined the two guitar players, and his enthusiasm for the metal genre led the band into reaching new horizons, helping the process of song writing. This was an important phase as new ideas grew so they could be applied in the future. Months later, drummer Ricardo Teixeira was invited to join FEAR THY NAME. The first phase line-up was complete as soon as Rui Monteiro joined the band as bass player. Our sonority was the way we wanted it to be. As time went by we started practicing heavier and more technical sounds which, unfortunately, our drummer couldn't handle. It was a unanimous vote, we were very sorry, but we had decided to exclude him from the band. After several attempts of finding a new drummer, we received an e-mail from Daniel Silva, who answered with enthusiasm to our invitation. At this point the line-up was finally complete (Summer 2001) and, with this new entry, the band reached the stability that was needed to reach the main goals. In March 2002, FEAR THY NAME started the process of recording their first work in Demo CD format entitled "I - The Awakening". The band's sonority is somewhere between Thrash, Dark and melodic Black Metal, not forgetting all the influences from each member and the constant evolution of their compositions.

Group Members Hugo Santos [guitar] Ivo Neves [guitar] Ricardo Silva [vocals/synth] Rui Monteiro [bass] Daniel Silva [drums]

Albums I - The Awakening (Demo CD 2002)

Press Reviews "...by the three songs of this demo you can see Fear Thy Name having a good thing going on. (8/10)" (Neon Scripts #0, October 2002) "...Fear Thy Name showed, with this demo, that they're a band that we must have in count in the future of the Portuguese Metal scene. Good work guys." (Sinful Obscurity, http://www.geocities.com/sinfulobscurity/, October 2002) "...very good vocals and some lead guitars that make a very nice result. I must not forget to mention the very good sound (it's hard to believe it's just a demo!). I think they have great possibilities of succeeding in the future and I recommend this work to all the "melodic" black metallers out there. Support this band, it deserves it! (9/10)" (Heavy Metal Mania, http://www.heavy-metal-mania.vze.com/, November 2002) "This is a very good mcd/promo of a nice band that has succeeded in making a well sounding product. Therefore I'm very anxious to hear what this band will bring us in the future. (70/100)" (Lords Of Metal, http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/, November 2002) "FTN are moving in the paths of melodic death/black, with some thrash elements especially in "Mist Of Avalon", song which I love!!! A great newcoming band with a lot of potential. SUPPORT THEM!!! (8/10)" (Metal Domination Webzine, http://www.metaldomination.com/, November 2002) "Their music is intense and their sound is nice enough. [...] What I really enjoyed about the demo was the riffs and the solid rhythm section. [...] The three songs included in the demo are good enough and personally I believe that there's room for more improvement since the guys are obviously talented." (Tombstone.gr, http://www.tombstone.gr/, November 2002) "The sound quality is good enough that you don't notice you're listening to a demo - except of course for the short length. And this last point is pretty much the only negative thing I can say about the demo: it's short and I'm craving for more. Hopefully these guys will release a full-length with similar good quality material very soon. Highly recommended. (4.5/5)" (The Metal Crypt, http://www.metalcrypt.com/, December 2002)

Location Porto, Porto - Portugal

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