Artist: Scarve
Genre(s):
Metal
Discography:
Irradiant
Year: 2004
Tracks: 9
Luminiferous
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
A self-defined "new years death metal band," Scarve was formed in 1994, in Nancy, France by rhythm guitar player Patrick Martin and drummer Dirk Verbeuren. Highly in demand as ane of extreme metal's top drummers, Verbeuren would regularly loan his services to other European bands (Mortuary, Soilwork, etc.) in geezerhood to come, just he as well stuck with Scarve during the unceasing lineup changes that plagued their vocation preeminent up to 1996's Six Tears of Sorrow E.P. One of the first base metal bands to utilise non unitary, just iI lead vocalists (one clean, one dirty), Scarve introduced this approach on 1998's Opacity E.P., as well featuring Fred Bartolomucci (vocals), Alain Germonville (vocals), Sylvain Coudret (guitars), and Julien Thibers (bass). By and so, their intentions were clear: to follow in the footsteps of Strapping Young Lad and Fear Factory in advancing death metal's flirtation with engineering science and industrial music. Signing with the Furtive Metal label, the chemical group made their uncut debut on 2000s Translucence, which featured young bassist Philippe Elter and vocalizer Guillaume Bideau (stepping in place of Bartolomucci), and was produced by none less than death metal skillful Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, In Flames, etc.). Bergstrand was once over again on hand for Scarve's futuristic follow-ups, 2002's Luminiferous, and 2004's Irradiant -- both of them released by France's Listenable Records. The latter as well instituted newfangled members Pierrick Valence (vocals) and Loïc Colin (bass) to the lineup.
