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CURRENT NAME
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Brave | |
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FORMER NAMES
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Arise From Thorns | |
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ORIGIN
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Dale City, Virginia, USA | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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1997 | |
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LABEL
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Femme Metal Records | |
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GENRE
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Metal; Progressive rock | |
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STYLE
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Atmospheric | |
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2003-04-07, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2009-01-29, 06:22 | |
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| Band biography |
Trevor and I began recording at Neptune Studios, in Occoquan, Virginia in March of 1997. We recorded two songs, "Ivy" and "Moss Castle." Shortly thereafter, my sister Michelle came into one of our practice sessions and began playing piano to the songs we were working on. It was then that we felt we were on to something and AFT became a three piece in May of 1997.
Together we wrote and recorded through the months of August to November. I had originally intended on doing the vocals for the album and Michelle was going to do some background vocals. At this point, Trevor and I had never heard her sing. She was so shy she would make us leave the room when she sang her parts, but after hearing her voice it was clear that she should be singing on the majority of the album. The self-titled album "Arise From Thorns" was released in April of 1998.
The debut album was distributed world wide and we received great reviews. (For detailed reviews see the "Press Release" section.) From London to Norway to Belgium and the United States, people seemed to appreciate our music. The response was overwhelming to us, as we never thought that people would pay attention to our CD! The song "Remember the Stars" received the most praise and it appeared on several compilation CD's in Italy and the United States.
In the summer of 1998, we were joined by friend and bassist Chad Peevy. For the first time we started to play various clubs in the Northern Virginia area. Chad left for school in the fall of 1998 and Michelle, Trevor and I moved into a house in rural Stafford County, Virginia and began working on new material. In November of 1998, bassist Chris Welborn joined AFT and we practiced and wrote new material for several months.
During the recording, April - August 1999, Tom Phillips (founder of While Heaven Wept) joined AFT and helped with the production of the new album, "Before An Audience of Stars." In September of 1999 Tom began playing electric guitars live and we became a five piece band. In November 1999, the second full-length album from Arise From Thorns was released.
In March of 2000, we changed our name to BRAVE to signify our growth as musicians and to distinguish our newer slightly more progressive musical direction. As BRAVE we continued to write and perform live throughout the Washington D.C. area.
In January 2001, Dark Symphonies re-release "Before An Audience of Stars" producing more widespread interest in the music of AFT and BRAVE. In April of 2001, Brave self-released a four song EP entitled "Waist Deep In Dark Waters." BRAVE is currently writing music for a brand new full-length CD that will appear on the Dark Symphonies label.
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