Fractal Gates is a 5 man band featuring Sébastien Pierre (Enshine, Cold Insight, Ex-Inborn Suffering, Ex-Lethian Dreams) and Stéphane Peudupin (Ex-Inborn Suffering, Ex-Lethian Dreams, Ningizzia).
In 2005 Stéphane Peudupin and Sebastien Pierre both of French doom act Inborn Suffering decided to create a band that emphasised more on rock , Scandinavian metal, catchy tunes. “Mislead” was born. The band has been active 2 years and then disbanded because of various reasons in 2007.
in August 2007 Stéphane Peudupin and Sébastien Pierre decided to create a new band built on the ashes of “Mislead”. They decided to change the focus and style of the band and rename it according to their beliefs. After some line-up changes, Fractal Gates found a solid formation with Antoine Verdier on bass guitar, Arnaud Hoarau on the rhythmic guitar, Sebastien Pierre on the vocals and Stéphane Peudupin on lead guitars.
This marks the birth of Fractal Gates, Metal and Dark Rock with grooved catchy tunes and screams. The band emphasises mainly on extra terrestrial life forms, ancient civilisations, planets, esoterism, science fiction etc .. Energy could be what describes best Fractal Gates’s music.
The band released a 4 title demo CD end 2007 which received surprisingly good response over the world and that greatly motivated them to compose more songs. Fractal Gates has then been very much inspired during the composition process and in 4 months they had all the material ready for a full length CD.
In August 2008, the band entered the Hybreed studio and recorded and mixed the songs with Andrew Guillotin (7th Nemesis, Glorior Belli, Carnal Lust, Temple of Baal …). The result was very satisfying for the band, they then decided to master the works at Jacob Hansen’s studio (Volbeat, Pestilence, Deadlock …). The result is 49 mn of explosive energetic metal of the debut CD entitled “Altered State of Consciousness” (released in 2009 on rusty cage records and great dane records).
In august 2012 Fractal Gates entered studio to record their upcoming album "Beyond the Self". The album should be released end 2012 / start 2013 on a label that will be communicated soon ! The album was produced by the great Dan Swanö ! With some featurings with Sotiris (Septic Flesh) and Dan himself ! Expect over 50mn of pure entranscing energy ! Stay metal, stay Fractal ! We are the imagination of ourselves !
In 2013 was released the 2nd album "Beyond The Self" out on Great Dane Records end february 2013. The album was reisuued after beiing sold out.
"The Light That Shines" is the 3rd opus of the band. "The Light That Shines" emphasises on catchy tunes, stellar sci-fi sounds and melodic death metal energy. As die hard fans of sci-fi, our lyrics focus on the future, our consciousness and self awareness, the unknown, the magnificance of the universe and the probable alien encounters we might be faced with.
The new Opus has 3 guests :
- Jari Lindholm from Enshine (solo on "The Light That Shines)
- Ben Ellis of Scar Symmetry (Solo on "Arise").
- Jérôme Boumendil (Solo on "Chasing the Line").
The new Opus has 3 guests :
- Jari Lindholm from Enshine (solo on "The Light That Shines)
- Ben Ellis of Scar Symmetry (Solo on "Arise").
- Jérôme Boumendil (Solo on "Chasing the Line").
The album was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö of Unisound AB and features guest appearances such as Jari Lindholm (Enshine, Ex-Slumber, Ex-Atoma) and Ben Ellis (Scar Symmetry). Expect 44mn of dreamy catchy melodic death metal energy!
Formed in: 2007
Status: Active
Years active: 2007-Present
LINE UP
Stéphane Peudupin - Guitars and Composition
Sébastien Pierre : Vocals, Keyboards and Composition
Arnaud Hoarau - Guitar
Antoine Verdier - Bass
Jeremy Briquet - Drums
Country of origin: France
Location: Paris, Île-de-France
Genre: Progressive Melodic Death Metal
Current label: Rain Without End Records
CEO: The Annunaki
Booking/Press Contact: fractalgates@gmail.com
Last FM: www.last.fm/music/Fractal+Gates
Myspace: http://myspace.com/fractalgates
Released May 12, 2018
Guest Musicians:
- Jari Lindholm from Enshine (solo on "The Light That Shines)
- Ben Ellis of Scar Symmetry (Solo on "Arise").
- Jérôme Boumendil (Solo on "Chasing the Line").
Mixed and Mastered by Dan Swanö (Unisound AB)
Solo on "Arise" by Ben Ellis (Scar Symmetry)
Solo on "The Light That Shines" by Jari Lindhom (Enshine, ex atoma, ex slumber)
Solo on "Chasing the Line" by Jérôme Boumendil
BONUS with each purchase (physical or digital) : you get the fantastic artwork + wallpapers in high resolution !)
Buy The Album at:
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2MduCiC
CD Baby: http://bit.ly/2MaPSWj
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