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Shaped by Fate were a five-piece
metalcore Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...
band from South Wales, UK. They were lauded as "the future of British Metalcore" by ''
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'' magazine which described the band's music as "some of the tastiest, heaviest, most shredding metal this island's seen in a long time".


History

Shaped by Fate toured across the UK and Europe with the likes of
Parkway Drive Parkway Drive are an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. Parkway Drive have released seven studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled ''Ten Years of Parkway Drive''. The band's la ...
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Suicide Silence Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California, Riverside, California. The band was established in 2002, and has released seven studio albums, three EPs, and nineteen music videos. They were awarded the ''Revolver (ma ...
, The Chariot,
Every Time I Die Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist Andy Williams, ...
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Becoming the Archetype Becoming the Archetype is an American extreme metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. They have released six albums on Solid State Records. ''Dichotomy'', which was released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United State ...
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Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The current lineup is guitarist Chris Towning, lead vocalist Mat Bruso, drummer Mark Castillo, and bassist Aaron Patrick. To date, they have had eight relea ...
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Raging Speedhorn Raging Speedhorn are a British extreme metal band formed in Corby, Northamptonshire in 1998. Career Raging Speedhorn were formed in August 1998 from the merging of the bands Soulcellar and Box. The band quickly established itself as a maj ...
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Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales, Bridgend, formed in 2001. The band's members are Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, vocals), Darran Smith (guitar), Richard Boucher (bass), an ...
and
Sikth Sikth (also typeset as SikTh) are an English progressive metal band from Watford, Hertfordshire, formed in 1999. History Early days (1999–2002) Sikth formed in late 1999, but consolidated their line-up in March 2001. That line-up consisted ...
. After a series of EPs, Shaped by Fate released their debut album '' The Unbeliever'' in 2007 through In At The Deep End Records and digitally via Distort Entertainment. The album was recorded in Foel Studios, Wales, with
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. The band released a limited edition DVD filmed during the
Parkway Drive Parkway Drive are an Australian metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, formed in 2003. Parkway Drive have released seven studio albums, one EP, two DVDs, a split album and one book, titled ''Ten Years of Parkway Drive''. The band's la ...
Tour at the end of 2008, entitled ''Riffage and Wreckage''. In early 2011 Shaped by Fate signed a deal with Siege of Amida Records to release their second album (four years in the making) entitled ''I Fear The World Has Changed''.Shaped By Fate
@ www.iatde.alivewww.co.uk.


Members


Current members

*Paul Fortescue – vocals (2006–present) *Luke Grahame – guitar (2001–present) *Richey Beckett – guitar (2001–present) *Lee Jenkins – bass (2001–present) *Carl Richards – drums (2007–present)


Former members

*Ben Duffin-Jones – vocals (2001–2006) *Gareth Eveliegh – drums (2001–2003) *Nic Smalls – drums (2003) *Owen Weeks – drums (2003–2005) *Jay Thurley – drums (2005–2007)


Discography

* ''Shaped By Fate'' (Demo 2002) * ''The Fire Which In The Heart Resides'' (split EP, Mighty Atom Records, 2004) * ''Brightest Lights Cast The Darkest Shadows'' (EP, Beniihana Records, 2005) * ''The Unbeliever'' (LP, In At The Deep End Records, 2007) * ''I Fear The World Has Changed'' (LP, Siege of Amida Records, 2012)


Videos

*''They Told Me You Were Dead'' (2008)


References


External links


myspace site

Rock Midgets interview

Shaped By Fate - Brightest Lights Cast The Darkest Shadows (EP) , Facebook
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