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Biography

The Sum

      All Life Ends from Ipswich, England is melodic black/death metal.  Dual
      guitar chaos-counterpoint melodies, thundering double bass drumming
      attack patterns, freestyle bass and rasping vocals.

Key influences

      At the Gates, Carcass, In Flames, Dissection, Gandalf, My Dying Bride,
      Megadeth, Death, Cradle of Filth, Dark Tranquility, The Everdawn.
      mes, Dissection, Gandalf, My Dying Bride,

Band Members

      WayneRBD - Guitar, Drum Programming
      Ben Watling - Vocals
       
      Thats it at the moment, we're in need of the other musicians.

Works

       Sorrow of the Scarlet Atria(2003)
       Sunset of the end(2002)
       Forgotten(2000)
       Evenstar(1999)
       Sanguine Addiction(1998)

History

      Struggling to gain recognition within the already overcrowded Cardiff
      student live music scene, All Life Ends were the original self indulgent 
      goth
      metal act, and as such were overlooked by the vast majority of the
      conformist metalheads that this area of Britain attracts and maintains.
      Their struggle and musical innovation was frowned upon by their peers,
      branded as freaks and their music too different to break through the
      mainstream dogma the mainstream of Cardiff liked to perpetuate.
      However the rock music society of Cardiff university was responsible
      for the first incarnation of All Life Ends, this being the place where
      long standing guitarist Wayne met Liz (bass)and Jon(guitar), in a band
      that was then under the moniker The Purple Turtles also in the band
      was first Vocalist Becky who was involved for quite some time until
      she left due to musical differences.  After three performances at Student
      Union music events, the band were gaining a small amount of
      recognition within the scene and the metal populace of Cardiff
      unfortunately as "the band without a drummer or the band with a part
      time vocalist.
      Vocalist Millie and synth player Catelynn add elements to the first 
      demo tape (Sanguine Addiction).Unfortunately the band members had
      to scatter across the country, and the band was no more.
      Wayne wrote 4 songs to develop the All Life Ends sound in a heavier
      direction.  These songs from 1998 formed the core of the All Life Ends 
      sound, however this demo tape was to be rejected by various record
      companies due to it's radicalism and possibly because the sound
      quality was awful too. All was not in vein it turned out, as the
      demo tape served to help recruit members of the next incarnation of the
      band.
      First to recognize the potential within was mental metal maniac Ben,
      whose tentative vocal experiments were to evolve into the crushing
      Death Rattle of the modern All Life Ends. Ben was quick to begin
      the auditioning of new musicians to complete the band line-up; the
      quality and commitment level of musicians varied considerably and
      many guitarists did not fit the bill or lacked enthusiasm for this
      particular musical style. Next to the fold was Chris (placebo kid)
      Hurrell a guitarist for 5 years, also veteran of many bands and live
      performances, Chris was quick to pick up the old songs and to write
      new and crunching riffage- and giving All Life Ends acoustic and
      widely lead action unheard of since the demise of the original band.
      If the band were to progress further a live drummer was required,
      this would also be the first drummer ever to be a member of All Life
      Ends; would any drummer have the skill and endurance to match that
      of Dave the drum machine. Nick the Pagan appeared as if from
      nowhere to take up position on the drum stool and deliver
      devastating double bass control and atomic clock like syncopation.
      The burial plot was finally sealed with the recruitment of long time
      musical dark horse, mad Matt on bass guitar.

      The '99 demo tape was featured the following year in the March issue
      of Terrorizer magazine receiving a welcome review and a score of
      6/10 the band were happy to be introduced to the world and felt
      that work should begin on a revised demo tape featuring all members
      of the new band and a crunching production courtesy of James
      Howard (Author of the infamous Cradle of Filth remix which
      received much critical acclaim). The demo was finally completed in
      April 2000, but little happened for the band as a result of it.

      In October 2000, Nick the Pagan transgressed unwritten laws within
      the Ipswich metal scene and was kicked from the band.
      After a short radio appearance and features in various European fanzines.
       Unfortunately shortly after the recruitment of a new drummer, the band went
      their separate ways.  Wayne continued to write music for  a new demo which
      was completed in 2002 entitled Sunset of the End.

      

      

 

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