Mare were a

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band from

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, who fused

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with more experimental traits such as

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, unusual time signatures and

Gregorian chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainsong, plainchant, a form of monophony, monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek language, Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed main ...

. Mare, consisted of Tyler Semrick-Palmateer on vocals and guitar, Rob Shortil on

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, and Caleb Collins on

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. The band recorded and released several demos, one of which was re-issued by

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in 2004 as an EP. They also contributed a cover of the track " Night Goat" on the '' We Reach: The Music of the Melvins'' compilation. In 2015, Caleb and Tyler reformed the band as a two-piece.

Discography

*''Self Titled'' EP (2004/

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mare (Band) Post-metal musical groups Canadian sludge metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups disestablished in 2007 Musical groups from Toronto 2004 establishments in Ontario 2007 disestablishments in Ontario