Into Eternity is a Canadian

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band from

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, formed in 1997 by

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, Scott Krall and Jim Austin.

History

First five albums

Into Eternity was formed in 1997 by founding members

, Scott Krall and Jim Austin and later released an eponymous, independent album in 1999, with the addition of Chris Eisler and Chris McDougall. The band signed to

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a year later and then re-released their debut album. In 2001, the band returned with their second album ''

Dead or Dreaming ''Dead or Dreaming'' is the second full-length studio album by Canadian melodic death metal and progressive metal band Into Eternity. It was released by DVS Records in 2001 and re-released by Century Media Records on 2002. Track listing * ...

'', an album which saw a more pronounced integration of

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and

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. The trend continued on 2004's '' Buried in Oblivion'' and even further on 2006's ''

The Scattering of Ashes ''The Scattering of Ashes'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Into Eternity. It was released on 3 October 2006 by Century Media Records. It is the first album to feature vocalist Stu Block, and bassist T ...

''. Into Eternity performed on Gigantour 2006, which kicked off in

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on September 6, 2006. According to Soundscan, ''The Scattering of Ashes'' sold a little over 2,000 copies in the US during its first week of release. During the summer of 2007, Into Eternity (along with progressive metal band

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) toured in support of

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during their North American leg of the Chaos in Motion tour. Their new album entitled, '' The Incurable Tragedy'', which is a

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, was released on August 25, 2008 in Europe and on September 2, 2008 in North America.

''The Sirens'' and deaths

On March 9, 2011, Into Eternity announced the addition of drummer Bryan Newbury. Also in 2011, Stu Block joined the band

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. In February 2012, Amanda Kiernan joined the band as their new vocalist. In late 2012, Into Eternity began demoing new material with both Block and Kiernan. On May 4, 2012, their former guitarist, Rob Doherty, died at the age of 41. On December 5, 2016, their former drummer, Adam Sagan, died from cancer at the age of 35. In an interview in late 2013, Tim Roth confirmed that Stu Block was no longer a member and that they would continue on with Amanda Kiernan as a full-time vocalist. In May 2014, guitarist Justin Bender announced his departure from the band and that Untimely Demise guitarist Matt Cuthbertson would be his replacement. He also confirmed that Into Eternity's currently untitled sixth studio album was in the post-production stage and should see a release later in the year. On June 15, 2015, Into Eternity signed a worldwide record deal with Italian label Kolony Records. The band planned release its sixth studio album ''The Sirens'' in late 2015, but after being delayed for a few years, the album has been announced to be released on October 26, 2018. In 2021, following his departure from Iced Earth, Stu Block returned to the band to share vocal duties with Amanda Kiernan.

Musical style

The band employs a wide range of elements across the metal spectrum, including classic or melodic metal styling, thrashing riffs, neo-classical composition,

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-style clean vocals, high to low-pitched death growls and

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shrieking, fast tempoed death metal drumming with

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s and sometimes interwoven with

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playing. Into Eternity provides a sound that is considered to be rather difficult to describe, but the most common description of Into Eternity's music is progressive death metal.

Band members

Current members *

− guitar, clean/

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s (1997−present) * Troy Bleich − bass, clean/death growls (2005−present) *

Stu Block Stuart Block (born November 26, 1977) is a Canadian singer best known as the former lead vocalist for progressive death metal band Into Eternity and American heavy metal band Iced Earth. Before joining Into Eternity in 2005, Block began his mu ...

− clean/death growls (2005−2013, 2021−present) * Bryan Newbury − drums (2011−present) * Amanda Kiernan − lead vocals (2013–present; touring member: 2012–2013) * Matt Cuthbertson − guitar (2014−present) Former members Vocals * Chris Krall − clean/death growls (2003−2004) * Dean Sternberg − vocals (2004) Guitars * Chris Eisler − guitar (1999) * Daniel Nargang − guitar, clean vocals (2001) * Rob "Smiley" Doherty − guitar, death growls (2003−2005; died 2012) * Collin Craig − guitar (2006) * Justin Bender − guitar (2006−2014) Bass * Scott Krall − bass, backing vocals (1997−2005) Keyboards * Chris McDougall − keyboards (1999−2001) Drums * Jim Austin − drums, death growls (1997−2004, 2006) * Adam Sagan − drums (2004−2006; died 2016) * Steve Bolognese − drums (2006−2011) Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music videos

*"Spiraling into Depression" (2004) *"Severe Emotional Distress" (2006) *"Timeless Winter" (2007) *"Time Immemorial" (2008)

References

External links

Official website

Century Media Records

Official Into Eternity MySpace page
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