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WAKING HOUR

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About Me

In the summer of 1993 Mike Calvert formed the progressive metal band that would one day be known as Waking Hour. After several name changes and lineup changes over the years the following members have immerged: guitarist Mike Calvert, vocalist Aaron Potter, drummer Tony Duncan, bassist Carl Larsson and keyboardist Pamela Erskine. Waking Hour feel poised to make an international impact on the world of progressive metal. Current goals include to: build a bigger fan base, tour, and someday in the future play festivals such as ProgPowerUSA.
Waking Hour has had the honored privilege to perform with such acts as Into Eternity, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Cellador, Kamelot, Epica, and Visions of Atlantis. On April 21st, 2007 Waking Hour released their first album, Hollow Man, after several demo releases over the years (get your copy at [email protected]).
One of the major goals for 2008 is to write new material. Although Waking Hour is inspired by prog metal and has been classified there, the band has never felt held down by that label. Influenced by metal from the 1970's through the 2000's and metal of nearly every genre, Waking Hour will continue to create music without losing the style they have chosen in the past. Progressive metal is about doing what you like and the band will always follow that philosophy.
Waking Hour has been featured on the online radio shows Audio Aggression and Stack and Di In Overdrive: especially the latter, which Waking Hour has had many interviews and frequent song play. Waking Hour's songs have also been played on: WKTF The Edge Worldwide, Dementiaradio.com, and MetalStorm radio to name a few.
Waking Hour has been reviewed by: The Music Blog, Metal Hammer Magazine (Greece) February 2007 in the “Thinking Man’s Metal Page” section, The Metal Observer webzine, and Seattle Metal Online.
Discography
Featured on Progpower USA VIII CD showcase (Oct. 2007)
Hollow Man (April 2007)
Demo (2006)
The Seeker (Demo) (2003)
Demo (1994)
http://www.wakinghour.com

Hollow Man CD now available for $10 + shipping. Get your copy by e-mailing us at [email protected]
Hollow Man CD now available for $10 + shipping. Get your copy by e-mailing us at [email protected]


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Member Since: 4/12/2005
Band Website: wakinghour.com
Band Members:
Aaron Potter-vocals, guitar
1996-2004, 2006-present

Mike Calvert-lead guitar
1993-present

Tony Duncan-drums, backing vocals
1993-1996, 2004-present

Carl Larsson-bass
2006-present

Pamela Erskine-keyboards, backing vocals
2006-present

Influences: Dream Theater, Rush, Conception/Kamelot, Pain of Salvation, Savatage, Shadow Gallery, Iron Maiden, Dio, Miles Davis, Larry Carlton, Beethoven
Sounds Like: Fates Warning, Savatage, Queensryche, Pain of Salvation, Nightwish
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Happy Holidays & 2007 summary

First off, happy holidays to all from everyone here at the WH camp. We hope that all of our fans, friends, and families are doing well as we close out 2007.  This past year has been a good one fo...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:28:00 PST

Waking Hour with Sonata Arctica @ El Corazon Feb 14

We will be playing with Sonata Arctica again! The show is on Feb. 14 at El Corazon. Tickets are $20 from us, so message us here if you want one.  Also on the bill are Visions of Atlantis and Book...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:30:00 PST

"Hollow Man" review in TMO

Here's a link to a review of the cd on The Metal Observer.. http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=6&a mp;id=12420...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Fri, 04 May 2007 02:42:00 PST

Special thanks

Waking Hour would like to thank all the fans who showed up to or listened to our web cast of our CD release party at Studio 7 April 21st. We appreciate all your support! We'd also like to thank Stack ...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:00:00 PST

Waking Hour in Metal Hammer Magazine

Waking Hour is featured in the Thinking Mans Metal Page in the Feb. issue of Metal Hammer magazine. We're not sure what it says (its in Greek), but we hope to find someone to translate it for us. Anyw...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:53:00 PST

Waking Hour with Epica and Visions of Atlantis

Looks like we will be playing with Epica again here in Seattle. We are excited to again share the stage with such a great band.The show isn't until Sept. 22, so its still a ways off. We'll post more a...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:19:00 PST

New Forum Location

   Waking Hour would like you to know that our forum has been moved to  www.metalcoven.com ...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:40:00 PST

Aaron returns to band

Aaron Potter, has returned back his rightful place as frontman for Waking Hour. With Aaron's return we will be finally releasing the completed CD, Hollow Man. We will be working on the mixing and Mast...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Thu, 25 May 2006 07:30:00 PST

T-shirts are Available

We now have t-shirts available. You can see them on our website. If you would like to purchase one, please contact me at [email protected] and I would be happy to work things out with you. We will h...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:29:00 PST

Get added to our Mailing List!

Time to blow off the cobwebs, dust off the shelves, we are back in business!   IF you would like to get emails on band updates, and show information, I would like you to send me an email with MA...
Posted by WAKING HOUR on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST