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Unreferenced|date=March 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Epoch of Unlight| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Memphis, Tennessee | genre = Melodic death metal|Melodic death / Black metal | years_active = 1994–present| label = The End Records | associated_acts = The Unbeheld| website =| current_members = Tino LoSicco B.J. Cook John Fortier Joseph Totty Joe Reynolds| past_members =| notable_instruments = Epoch of Unlight is a melodic death metal band from Memphis, Tennessee . The band formed in 1990, playing under a variety of different names including Enraptured and Requiem up until 1994, when they officially settled on Epoch of Unlight .
Biography
In 1994 they released their first demo as Epoch, a four song cassette entitled 'Beyond the Pale.' In 1995 they recorded their second demo, Within The Night… as a 4-song MCD, and in May 1997 they returned to the studio to record three new tracks which became a promo CD entitled Black & Crimson Glory . The band succeeded in capturing the attention of several labels, and in the winter of 1998 Epoch of Unlight signed with The End Records . Shortly thereafter the band entered the studio to record their debut full-length album entitled What Will Be Has Been . The album was described as a mix of melodic death/black metal. The band supported the release with numerous live shows including a five week national tour with Norwegian symphonic black metalers, Dimmu Borgir and Samael (band)|Samael . The tour consisted of over 30 shows throughout the USA .
The band's second album, Caught in the Unlight! , was recorded in December 2000 with Keith Falgout ( Soilent Green , Crisis (band)|Crisis , Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar and Cephalic Carnage , among others). This album placed less emphasis on the black metal aspects that had been present in their prior work, opting for a more melodic and technical death metal sound.
The band supported Caught in the Unlight! with numerous live shows through the country including a two week national tour with Enslaved and an appearance at the first annual Northern Lights Festival in Toronto , Canada.
In 2003 Epoch of Unlight recorded a cover of Kreator 's 'Betrayer' and At the Gates ' ‘Raped by the Light of Christ’ for a split 7" single with Goatwhore through Bloated Goat Records .
The band entered Big Blue Meenie studio in New Jersey during October 27 - November 4, 2004 to record their third release for The End Records, entitled The Continuum Hypothesis (album)|The Continuum Hypothesis . The album was engineered and co-produced by Erin Farley ( All Out War (band)|All Out War , Agnostic Front , Sick of It All , Madball , M.O.D. , Overkill (band)|Overkill , among others) This album saw the debut of new singer B.J. Cook (a.k.a. Lord Hellspawn ) from Arkansas' Fallen Empire.
The Continuum Hypothesis (album)|The Continuum Hypothesis - Full-length, 2005
External links
http://epochofunlight.net/ Official Site
http://www.theendrecords.com/label_new/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=15& Itemid=38 Epoch on The End Records
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