Frantic Bleep is a

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band from

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History

Frantic Bleep was founded in November 2001 in

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. The original instrumentation was Patrick Scantlebury playing

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s and

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s, Eywin Sundstrom on

s and Karl Arthur Renstrøm on the

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. In November 2002, they released four songs for their first and only

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CD called '' Fluctuadmission''. During the recording, Paul Mozart Bjørke joined the group as a studio member on

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and

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. Although a debut demo, the release gained positive feedback. There was enough positive feedback for the band to receive offers from several labels, including

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, with whom they signed in the summer of 2003. Karl Arthur Renstrøm was replaced by Sten Erik Svendheim in July 2003. The band began recording their debut album, '' The Sense Apparatus,'' in October 2003. The recording took an entire year to complete. The album was produced by Patrick Scantlebury with artwork by Christian Ruud. The album also features Kjetil Foseid, Daniel Solheim and Agnete M. Kirkevaag (

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) performing various vocal duties. In 2004/2005, Lars Gunnar Morastseter and Trond Sand, previously from the Norwegian Death Metal band The Laughing Man, joined Frantic Bleep. Writing and rehearsals for the second studio album started around the time the band played their first, and so far only, live gig in their hometown of Kongsvinger in August 2005. As of 2009, the album was announced as being in progress, and had a tentative release date of 2009, but as of June 2012, there has been no updates from the band.

Members

Current members

*Eywin Sundstrom - Bass, Guitars (2001–Present) *Patrick Scantlebury - Guitars, Synthesizers (2001–Present) *Lars Gunnar Morastseter - Guitars (2004–Present) *Trond Sand - Drums (2005–Present) *B.P.M. Kirkevaag - Vocals (2007-present)

Former members

*Paul Mozart Bjørke - Vocals, Bass (2001–2003) (Session Only) *Karl Arthur Renstrøm - Drums (2001–2003) *Sten Erik Svendheim - Drums (2003–2005) *Kjetil Foseid - Vocals (2004–2007)

Timeline

Discography

*'' Fluctuadmission'' (2002) - Demo *'' The Sense Apparatus'' (2005) - LP

References

External links

Official HomepageLabel Profile
* {{Authority control Norwegian progressive metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2001 2001 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Hedmark Musicians from Kongsvinger