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Cast In Stone

About Me


Cast in Stone was founded by Nolan, Nate and Brandon in 2005. An accomplished lead player with classical training, Nolan had played in many western Canadian bands over the years. His dizzying solos can be found throughout CIS's material. He and Brandon, who came out of the local Calgary hardcore scene soon met Nate and formed Cast in Stone. A talented bass player in his own right, Nate got his start playing in bands in Texas. After writing together as three piece, they soon realized the need for a dynamic guitarist to complete the rhythm section. Enter Kris. Nolan had known Kris for years and knew his dedication, style and commanding stage presence would compliment the band. Soon after talks, Kris moved to Calgary to Join CIS. Writing and jamming commenced while the search for the right front man began. Many frustrating auditions later, John answered an ad on a local Calgary metal forum. An audition was set up and John travelled to Calgary to Jam with the band. Two days and countless beers later, the line up was complete. His dark and sometimes agony inspired lyrics, along with unpredictably painful stage antics were the right fit. John made plans to move to Calgary.
After about a year of writing and getting their set as tight as possible, CIS recorded a three song demo and took Calgary by storm with their high energy live show. In Late 2008, the band recorded their debut EP titled “The Machine” acquiring the services of Jeff Muller of Alchemy studios. The EP was released in Late August of 2008. Shortly after the release, founding members Nate and Brandon announced their departure from the band. The remaining members wished them luck in their future endeavors but knew they must forge on. 2009 would open up with the search for a new drummer and bass player. Stay tuned!
Cast In Stone album art by Synthetic Graphics
Myspace layout by Katie Songer

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Member Since: 19/10/2006
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: JOHN • Lead VocalsNOLAN • Leads & back upsKRIS • Rhythm & back ups
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Last five months with Cast in Stone (readers digest version)

Past few months with Cast in stone& Theyve seemed long and short at times. Weve been getting a shit load of mail on the happenings of late. WTFs been going on with CIS? When will we be back? The tr...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 00:18:00 GMT

More Drummer News!

OK, So heres the latest on the CIS drummer feasco.. Drawing on local talent was a bust, we had a feelong we would need to search North America east to west to find the right guy. Wait no more! The sea...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 05:55:00 GMT

Looking for new drummer!

 CIS is looking for a DEDICATED dude to step up to the plate! Will will be holding auditions immediatly. Contact here or [email protected]
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:18:00 GMT

New News

Ok, here's some more news from the CIS camp.. Tom Ryan has left the band due to personal issues, Leaving CIS drummerless yet again! Good thing we never fuckin quit! On a good note, we have been in tal...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:04:00 GMT

New Members

We would like to welcome Tom Ryan to the CIS camp! Ryan will be smashing skins for CIS. This motherfucker doublekicks like hes possessed! Also we have a bass player in the works, working on the songs ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:42:00 GMT

Line up Changes!

Cast in Stone is dejected to announce the departure of founding members B Mitchell and Nate McClay from the band. We wish Nate,  B and their familys all the best in their future endeavors. Needless t...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:56:00 GMT

It is time...

Finally, the wait is over. Two of CIS' finest are finally over compressed and up online for you to break your neck to. 6MB file size be damned. These are from our upcoming untitled CD that will be rel...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:16:00 GMT

Studio time

Well, we are done playing shows for a bit now as we get set to start recording our debut EP. It'll be nice to have a CD for all you heathens out there! We get started in about a week. Stay tuned for u...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:23:00 GMT

Happy Fuckin New Year!

Well, it's now 2008! Holy shit, where the hell did this last year go. What a whirlwind. From tragity to triumph and every thing in between.. 2007 was a great year. And an awesome fucking year for CIS!...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Last show of the year!

Ok fuckers... we played our last show of the year on the 15th. Twas a killer time... with some killer bands. We opened and right off the hop it was getting crazy.. headbanging and fist pumping aplenty...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:18:00 GMT