Album Notes

The band formed in November of 2001, we all met each other hanging out at "Metal Devastation" (if you're from or have ever been to Phoenix you know the place). Our new manager Gerardo M. kind of pointed us in each other's direction, some of us had other bands but we wanted to try something different, we are all drawn towards this style of music.

The core of the band was Ascary A. on drums, Santos G. on guitar and Ivan S. on guitar & vocal, since we got together for the first time, it just clicked, we were all on the same page but when it came to bass, we always had a slight problem, we just couldn't find anyone, we had a few people help us out but never full time. Entered Manuel G. (Santos' brother) a former guitar player turned bassist decided to give us a hand (again with prompting from Metal D.) and has been here since March of 2003.

Now with a complete lineup we have done quite a few shows in the Phoenix area with some cool local bands as well as some national touring acts, and have had a good response from the people that attend, we want to continue and do as many shows as possible.

You could classify our style as "Melodic Death Metal", but it's not just that, we all have different influences (see personal info) that we bring into the fore plus our own personal take on playing our instruments and we try to make it sound like nothing that's already out there, although it's very hard at times, we like to believe that we have achieved our goal to a certain extent.

Aggressive, Technical, Though Out, Melodic, Fast & Heavy, are words that have been used to describe this sound, but we would prefer if you listened for yourself and made up your own opinion, which ultimately is what it's all about, hopefully you'll like what you hear and enjoy it, as we most certainly do. Thank you for supporting the local scene, if it wasn't for you, we would not be here.

check out: http://www.myspace.com/shatteredtheband
www.azmdfest.com
theshattered.com (under construction)

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