Scarve is a French

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band from Nancy. They have released four full-length albums, the latest being '' The Undercurrent'', released in 2007.

History

Scarve was formed in 1994 by rhythm guitarist Patrick Martin and drummer Dirk Verbeuren, the latter of whom later joined Soilwork, and is now with renowned thrash metal band Megadeth. Their 2004 album, '' Irradiant'' features a contribution from

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guitarist

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on the track "Asphyxiate".

Vocalist departures and ''The Undercurrent''

In October 2006, it was announced that Guillaume Bideau had left Scarve during the recording of '' The Undercurrent'' in order to take over as lead singer in the Danish

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. His session replacement was announced to be ex-

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singer, Lawrence Mackrory (who provided vocals on the album ''

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''). Following the release of ''The Undercurrent'', on 4 June, Pierrick Valence announced that he was leaving Scarve to focus on his other band, Phazm. On 22 April 2007, The band posted a message on their

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page saying that they were still looking for a vocalist. In May 2009, the band revealed their new vocalist, Lawrence Mackrory, who sung on ''The Undercurrent'' and their next album. Dirk said on their Myspace blog "We're all very proud and happy to have Lawrence in our ranks, and extremely excited to bring you, our fans, a whole new collection of blasting futuristic death metal!" Scarve has been on an unofficial hiatus since 2009, and have not performed live since 2007. Dirk Verbeuren currently performs with

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and Sylvain Coudret is with

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They have released twelve studio albums. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, the band was originally known as ''Inferior Breed''. In late 1996, they changed t ...

, while Loïc Colin recently joined American death metal band Solium Fatalis, which also features current members of Cryptopsy.

Members

Current * Lawrence Mackrory (

) – vocals (2007, 2009–present) * Patrick Martin – rhythm guitar (1994–present) * Sylvain Coudret (

) – lead guitar (1994–present) * Loïc Colin – bass guitar (2001–present) *

Dirk Verbeuren Dirk Verbeuren (born 8 January 1975) is a Belgian musician and the current drummer of American thrash metal band Megadeth, amongst other projects. He previously was a member of the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. Verbeuren recorded f ...

(

) – drums (1994–present) Live members * Gilles Delecroix – drums (2007) * Butcho Vukovic – vocals (2007) * Benoit Antonia – guitar (2004) Former * Alain Germonville – co-lead vocals (1998–2001) * Guillaume Bideau (

) – co-lead vocals (1998–2006, died in 2022) * Pierrick Valence – co-lead vocals (2001–2007) * Fred Bartolomucci – vocals (1994–1998) * Philipe Elter – bass guitar (1998–2001) * David Fioraso – bass guitar (1994–1997) * Julien Thibers – bass guitar (1997–1998) Timeline

Discography

*'' Six Tears of Sorrow'' (1996, self-released) *''Translucence'' (2000, War Music) *''Luminiferous'' (2002,

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) *'' Irradiant'' (2004, Listenable Records) *'' The Undercurrent'' (2007, Listenable Records)

References

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