Sieges Even was a German

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band from

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. The band was originally formed under the name 'Sodom' (not to be confused with fellow German

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band Sodom) in the early 1980s, released their first demo in 1983, and adopted the name Sieges Even in 1985. They recorded a series of demos, before securing a recording contract with

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in 1988. Their debut album, ''Life Cycle'' (1988), employed rapid time changes, which fragmented the songs, and although the album was well received in Germany, it had few buyers elsewhere. Sieges Even played mostly in the progressive metal genre, but experimented with different musical styles over the years. In mid 2008, the band split up due to internal differences. Markus Steffen and Arno Menses formed the band Subsignal, while the Holzwarth brothers have been participating in various projects. Since 2011, they are both full members of

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Personnel

Last members

* Arno Menses −

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(''The Art of Navigating by the Stars'', ''Paramount'', ''Playgrounds'') * Markus Steffen −

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(all albums except ''Sophisticated'', ''Uneven'') * Oliver Holzwarth −

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−

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Past members

* Franz Herde – lead vocals (''Life Cycle'', ''Steps'') * Jogi Kaiser – lead vocals (''A Sense of Change'') * Wolfgang Zenk – guitar (''Sophisticated'', ''Uneven'') * Greg Keller – lead vocals (''Sophisticated'', ''Uneven'') * Börk Keller − keyboards (''Uneven'') * Markus Burchert – guitar *

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– lead vocals

Timeline

Discography

Demos

* ''Demo'' (1983 as ''Sodom'') * ''Demo '86'' (1986) * ''Demo '87'' (1987) * ''Repression and Resistance'' (1988) * ''What's Progressive?'' (1994) * ''Equinox'' (2000 as ''Looking-Glass-Self'') * ''Footprints of Angels'' (2003 as ''Val'Paraiso'')

Albums

* ''Life Cycle'' (1988) * ''Steps'' (1990) * ''A Sense of Change'' (1991) * ''Sophisticated'' (1995) * ''Uneven'' (1997) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''Paramount'' (2007) * ''

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'' (live album, 2008)

References

External links

Sieges Even
at the BNR Metal Pages
Sieges Even
at

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