Ne Obliviscaris (band)

Ne Obliviscaris
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Progressive death metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Season of Mist
Members	Tim Charles Xenoyr Matt Klavins Brendan "Cygnus" Brown Daniel Presland Benjamin Baret
Past members	Nelson Barnes Corey King Corey Baker Sherri-Jesse Adam Broddy Adam Cooper

Ne Obliviscaris (Latin for "forget not") are a six-piece progressive death metal band from Melbourne, Australia. They use a variety of instruments consisting of a violin, two guitars, bass, drums, clean and extreme vocals. Their music shows influences from many genres including death, black, thrash and melodic metal, as well as classical, jazz, avant-garde and flamenco.^[1]

History

Formation, The Aurora Veil, and Portal of I (2003–2012)

Nine years after formation, and five years after the release of The Aurora Veil, Ne Obliviscaris released their debut album, Portal of I, in 2012. Much trouble was experienced by the band in obtaining French guitarist Benjamin Baret an Australian visa, resulting in the delay of the album's release.^[2]

Citadel (2012–2014)

In June 2014, Ne Obliviscaris started a crowdfunding campaign to support a world tour.^[3] Their target of A$40,000 was surpassed, to reach a final amount of $86,132 as of 29 August 2014. In August 2014, the band announced the release of their second full album, Citadel.^[4] Citadel reached at #42 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[5]

Band members

Current members Tim Charles – violin (2003–present), clean vocals (2004–present) Xenoyr – growled vocals (2003–present) Matt Klavins – guitar (2004–present) Brendan "Cygnus" Brown – bass (2004–present) Daniel Presland – drums (2005–2011, 2012–present) Benjamin Baret – lead guitar (2008–present)

Former members Sheri Vengeance – clean vocals (2003–2004) Adam Boddy – guitar (2003–2004) Adam Cooper – bass (2003–2004) Corey Baker – drums (2003–2004) Corey King – guitar (2004–2007) Nelson Barnes – drums (2012)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Portal of I (Code666 Records, 2012)
• Citadel (Season of Mist, 2014)

EPs

• Sarabande to Nihil (Independent, 2015. Released as part of 2014 crowdfunding campaign - material written 2004-2005)
• Hiraeth (Independent, 2015. Released as part of 2014 crowdfunding campaign - material written 2004-2005)

Demo albums

• The Aurora Veil (Independent, 2007)

References

1. "Ne Obliviscaris - About". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
2. "Interview with Benjamin Baret by Prog Metal Zone". progmetalzone.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
3. "Ne Obliviscaris WORLD TOUR by Tim Charles, Xen and Dan Presland". Pozible.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
4. "Ne Obliviscaris - Timeline Photos". Facebook. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
5. The ARIA Report, Issue 1291