EYEFEAR

EYEFEAR was formed in the summer of ’94 by Con Papazoglou, Rob Gorham and Zain Kimmie along with a couple of friends. After months of rehearsing and playing various local gigs, the band entered Toyland Studios and recorded their debut album, “Edge Of Existence”, released in March ’96.
By 1998 the remaining members of EYEFEAR (Con, Rob and Zain) decided to give it another shot, and hooked up with a new guitarist and another singer. Through experimenting with sounds and other effects they discovered that other musical influences and sounds would add great depth to their repertoire. They needed something else to give them a truly “BIG” sound, and to embellish the dramatic and ever changing nature of their music. By mid ’98 the solution was clear; the band needed to add a keyboardist to the line-up. Attacking guitar, soaring harmonies, rhythmic power and percussion, thoughtful lyrics delivered with a versatile vocal arrangement – all of these things were already there to set the scene for a new musical direction.
Work immediately began on a new crop of songs, which eventually lead to the self produced EP, “Dawn – A New Beginning”, a very suitable title indeed!!! This EP was originally recorded more for promotional purposes and to showcase the new members. By September 2000 new vocalist Danny Cecati came on board. Thus opening yet another new chapter in EYEFEAR. Danny used to be the front man for the Australian metal band Pegazus and it was well known that he was in search for the right band that would show his true worth. He brings a wealth of talent, experience, professionalism and knowledge.
A new keyboardist was found in Sam Giaccotto, who is the perfect match for the band, and someone who already now have a huge influence on the sound of EYEFEAR. At the end of 2003 the band started to mail out their 3-song promotional CD featuring some fresh new recordings, to selected people in the business, thus catching the immediate interest of Danish based metal-agency Intromental Management. The demo was also voted “Demo of the Month” in Germany’s Rock Hard Magazine. .
“9 Elements Of Inner Vision” was recorded and produced at Palm Studios, Australia by Endel Rivers (Vanishing Point, Black Majesty), and it was mixed at Los Angered Studios, Sweden by Andy LaRocque (King Diamond, Death). This is one true masterpiece of progressive metal with lots of melodies and a power-metal attitude. “9 Elements Of Inner Vision” has undoubtedly become the break-thru of this hard working band, putting them on the international heavy metal map, with releases in 2005 in the main territories: Europe/Canada/Australia by Massacre Records, U.S.A. by Nightmare Records and Asia by Melodic Heaven.
By 2006 the band found themselves busy recording their next opus – the album “A World Full Of Grey”. Once again recorded at home in Australia and mixed during fall ’06 in Sweden by Andy LaRocque, this album symbolizes the next big step forward for Eyefear.
In March 2007 Eyefear signed with Dockyard 1 for the worldwide release of “A World Full Of Grey”. The album received awesome praise in the media all around the world, and with a bunch of large shows in Australia (a.o. with Blind Guardian and Nightwish) this also lead to their first visit to the US to be part of the first ever Bay Area Rock Fest where they were joined on stage by none other than DC Cooper.
With a fresh approach although a bass player short Eyefear began writing for their fourth album. By mid 2008 the album was completed and mixed by Tommy Hansen at Jail House studios. The Unseen saw the light of day end of 2008 through Dockard1 Records which also came the announcement of new bass player Evan Harris and Seb Schneider on keyboards.