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Infobox musical artist | name = Necare| image = 3695_logo.jpg?| caption =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Newport News , VA| genre = Death metal , Doom metal | years_active = 1999& ndash;2004| label = Firebox Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Ryan Henry aka R.H. Greer Cawthon aka G.C. Necare was an American death metal|death - doom metal band, from Newport News , Virginia , United States . It was composed by only to members: Ryan Henry, or R.H., (guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals) and Jonathan Greer Cawthon, or G.C., (drums, guitar and keyboards). The group uses both death grunt s and clean vocals and sporadically uses violin and other elements in its songs, considered mournful and bleak.
History
Necare was created in 1999. It was composed of only two members, who present themselves by their initial letters (R.H. and G.C.), but counted on the contribution of many guest musicians. The band has never played live; it was a studio band.cite web|url= http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php? id=659|title=Necare: Interview with Ryan Henry|work=Lords of Metal|accessdate=2009-12-05 The name of the band came from a Latin verb whose meaning is "to kill, murder, or destroy". The band project is to discuss about death and the crisis of mankind and religions, which can no longer convincingly explain tragedy of life.cite web|url= http://www.firebox.fi/records/bands_necare.html|title=Necare|work=Firebox|accessdate=2009-12-05 It was influenced specially by English doom metal bands, such as Anathema (band)|Anathema and My Dying Bride and other metal bands, such as Iron Maiden and Chuck Schuldiner . Their lyrics where influenced by the singer Aaron Stainthorpe and some English and American poets, such as Algernon Charles Swinburne , Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson , Wilfred Owen and Sylvia Plath .
Before forming Necare, Ryan Henry and Greer Cawthon played together in another band. However, dissatisfied with the project of the band, they came out and created Necare.cite web|url= http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/interviews.php? intid=159|title=Interview with R.H.|work=The Metal Crypt|accessdate=2009-12-05 In the same year the band was created, Necare recorded a demo album, named Ophelia . This album counted with the participation of two guest musicians: April Leightty (violin) and Erin Vernon (vocals). However, it was never released.
One year later, Necare recorded its second independent album, Rite of Shrouds . In 2001, the band recorded another independent album, its third, Appassionata . There were five guest musicians playing in this album: Andy Henson (guitar), Erin Vernon (vocals), Amy Caroline Parker (vocals), April Leightty (violin) and Ben Snider (violin).
In 2004, Necare recorded its fourth album on Firebox Records , named Ruin .cite web|url= http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php? revid=1800|title=Ruin|work=The Metal Crypt|accessdate=2009-12-05cite web|url= http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php? review_id=1698& page=& message_id=|title=Necare: Ruin|work=Metal Storm|accessdate=2009-12-05 Produced by Jhon Ackerman, the recording process took about one year to get finished. The album counts with two guest musicians: Jhon Ackerman (guitar) and Laura (violin); all the other instruments were played by the band's own members. Its songs criticise religion and its failure in explaining mortality. They also try to balance distortions and melancholy with long and slow songs.cite web|url= http://exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx? csid1=62& csid2=846& fid1=16638|title=Necare: Ruin|work=Exclaim!|accessdate=2009-12-05
Despite all the work together, Necare's members were always involved in other musical projects. The band officially disbanded in 2004 when Ryan Henry moved on to his funeral-doom metal band Reclusiam . That same year, he was also invited to compose, as a guest musician, the Swedish Gothic-doom metal band Draconian .cite web|url= http://redtapearmy.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=24398|title=Necare's Ryan Henry to guest on new Draconian album|work=Blabbermouth|accessdate=2009-12-05
Discography
1999: Ophelia
2000: Rite of Shrouds
2001: Appassionata
2004: Ruin (Firebox Records)
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