The Human Abstract (band)
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The Human Abstract is a progressive metal band with neo-classical elements. They are from Los Angeles, California. The band's name references a poem of the same title by William Blake (Songs of Experience, 1794).
History
Guitarist Dean Herrera and guitarist/keyboardist A.J. Minette formed The Human Abstract in 2004, adding drummer Brett Powell, bassist Kenny Arehart, and singer Nick Olaerts. The band recorded a couple of demos and played a number of regional gigs before signing with Hopeless Records in 2005. Soon after signing to Hopeless Records, THA replaced singer Nick Olaerts with Nathan Ells.
Nathan Ells joined the band before heading into the studio to record the band's debut full length release "Nocturne”. They released their debut album Nocturne on Hopeless Records on August 22, 2006. Their new album Midheaven is set to be released on August 19, 2008.
The band has been critically acclaimed for their technical proficiency and stage presence. In the past they have toured with bands such as All That Remains, God Forbid, Misery Signals, The Devil Wears Prada, Every Time I Die, The Bled, August Burns Red, Shai Hulud, Folly, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Protest the Hero, It Dies Today, Mushroomhead, Mnemic, Goatwhore, Look What I Did, Arsis, and The Chariot. They were on the 2007 warped tour's smartpunk stage. On August 11, 2008 it was announced that they would tour the US with Japanese Band Dir en grey.
The Human Abstract performed on 2008's Take Action Tour featuring Everytime I Die, From First To Last, The Bled, and August Burns Red. The band played a few of their new songs to the Take Action Tour crowd culminating in an instant acceptance, the performance is still there, and so is the vivid, fast, technical, melodic music, breakdowns, and now more fluent keyboards and excellent clean vocals and vocal patterns.
During the writing and recording process of Midheaven, fans noticed that lead guitarist A.J. Minette was not shown in any of their studio pictures on the band's myspace page, instead there being replacement guitarist Andrew Tapley. This led to the worry and assumption that A.J. had left the band, but there was no official word until he was quoted as saying "I don't feel like I can get onstage and feel honest about playing metal anymore." The rest of the band felt that totally changing the sound would have been "like a smack in the face to all those that had been coming out and supporting the shows."[1]
Producer Leonard Simone called bassist Sean Hurley (john mayer) to re-record all of Nordeen's basslines, therefore removing him entirely from Midheaven and making him ineligible for any credit on the album. Allen Eason - a friend of Nathan Ells from nashville tennessee is currently filling in on bass duties for THA.
Discography
- The Human Abstract EP (2005)
- Nocturne (2006)
- Midheaven (2008)
References
- ^ "The Human Abstract parts ways with guitarist". blabbermouth.net. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-08-09.