Biomechanical are an English progressive

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band from London. The band was founded in April 1999 by vocalist John K.

History

Biomechanical started as a lifelong goal for singer/songwriter John K who envisioned connected

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s telling a unified narrative. The albums were released as ''Eight Moons'', ''The Empires of the Worlds'' and '' Cannibalised''. After the release of ''Eight Moons'' via Revolver Records, the owner of Elitist Records Lee Barrett approached Biomechanical, and after negotiations, all parties agreed and signed with Earache/Elitist Records in September 2004. Biomechanical toured Europe with

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for the promotion of the band's second album, ''The Empires of the Worlds'', which was produced by Andy Sneap. John K wrote the third installment titled ''Cannibalised'' in 2006/07 and also like the last two albums, he engineered the recordings. Chris Tsangarides took the production duties and mixed the album in the summer of 2007. The mastering took place at the Close to the Edge Studios and was done by Jon Ashley. The cover was designed by Nat Jones. ''Cannibalised'' was released in February 2008. John K wrote, recorded and arranged all of the band's music, with the exception of the songs "Existenz" and "Survival" which were co-written by Chris Webb and Jamie Hunt respectively. The lyrics were written by Adam Rose (Eight Moons) and John K and Jon Collins (Empires of the Worlds and Cannibalised). The band is on hiatus with no current plans to release new material.

Members

Current *John K – vocals, keyboards (1999–present) – (formerly of Deceptor (Grc), Balance of Power (UK)) *Gus Drax – guitar (2007–present) *

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– bass (2007–present) – (formerly of Intense (UK) and

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, Son of Science) *Jonno Lodge – drums (2007–present) Former *Matt C. – drums (Solsikk) (2007–2011), (Chaosanct) (2007–2012), (Monument) (2012–), (2001–2007) (independent) *Chris Webb – guitar (2001–2007) (Solsikk) (2001–2007) *Jamie Hunt – guitars (2001–2007) (

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) *Jon Collins – bass (2001–2007) *Chris Van Hayden – guitar (2007–2008) (Chaosgenesis, Dismal Gale (Slv)) * Steve Forward – guitar (2000–2001)

Discography

Demos

*''Distorted'' (demo, 2001)

Studio albums

*''Eight Moons'' (2003), Revolver Records *''The Empires of the Worlds'' (2005), Earache/Elitist *''Cannibalised'' (2008), Earache Records

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biomechanical (Band) Progressive metal musical groups from London English thrash metal musical groups Earache Records artists Musical groups established in 2001 Groove metal musical groups 2001 establishments in England