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BACKMASK

New album coming out in late Summer...

About Me

New Revelation video:


Or get it on iTunes!!!
Listen to the entire album streaming at www.BACKMASK.com!

9/10: BLOODCHAMBER.DE
9.1/10: PUREGRAINAUDIO.COM

*All Downloads include printable PDF packaging.
New Revelation - GarageBand.com Track of the Week - March 5-11, 2007 Blacklisted - GarageBand.com Track of the Week - May 14-20, 2007 Thought Experiment - GarageBand.com Track of the Week - June 18-24, 2007 Frozen in Apathy - GarageBand.com Track of the Week - June 25-31, 2007
New Revelation - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - January 25, 2007
Frozen in Apathy - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - March 2, 2007
Blacklisted - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - March 5, 2007
Transmission - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - March 12, 2007
Thought Experiment - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - March 20, 2007
Prisoner of Mind - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - June 2, 2007
Escape Velocity - GarageBand.com Track of the Day - June 4, 07

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/11/2004
Band Website: backmask.com/
Band Members: Shane McFee - guitar/vox
Richard Chapleau - bass
Oscar Barron - guitar

Influences: Soilwork, Devin Townsend, Fear Factory, Opeth, Strapping Young Lad, KMFDM, Arch Enemy, Nevermore, Carcass, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, At The Gates, Death, Alice In Chains, Faith No More, In Flames, Meshuggah, Pantera, Bjork, Porcupine Tree, Dimmu Borgir, Pengin ( the coolest )

BACKMASK proudly uses:

ESP Guitars and Basses

Schecter Guitars

Sounds Like: Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Meshuggah, Mnemic, Engel, Raunchy, Fear Factory, Pantera, Darkane, Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, Gardenian, Arch Enemy, Armageddon, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Borknagar, Naglfar, Emperor, Devildriver, Ocean Machine, Porcupine Tree, Chimaira, At The Gates, Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage

Record Label: Kazrog Productions
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Second Album...

After a brief and much-needed break, we're back in the studio. We've been hard at work on our second album, writing and recording. The album will be released later this Summer, and the direction is th...
Posted by BACKMASK on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:32:00 PST

More ass-kicking from "Blacklisted"

Well, it looks like we have another strong contender on Garageband.com. "Blacklisted" just entered the 4th round of reviews, joining "New Revelation" among the top. "Blacklisted" is currently holdin...
Posted by BACKMASK on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:59:00 PST

WIN A PHONE! Vote for BACKMASK!!

So we've uploaded a few of our live videos to LG's Make The Music Contest. We're pretty much the ONLY metal band up there (it's mostly folk and hip hop) and we'd really like to win as the $10000 USD c...
Posted by BACKMASK on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

Congrats due to Shane!!!

Alright, so I've been a little slow on posting this, but please forgive me, we're all busy songwriting.Our dubious founder and the only man with hair longer than a nun's cunt has purchased himself a h...
Posted by BACKMASK on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:33:00 PST

Open Drummer Position - Read This

BACKMASK Needs a New Drummer! BACKMASK is currently looking for a new drummer. After several months of great fun and great shows with Ben, we have decided to part ways. We'd like to ...
Posted by BACKMASK on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:39:00 PST

Request us on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio!!!

Our loyal friend and fan Mark from Miami has brought to our attention that we can be requested on XM Radio and Sirius.  Just follow the links below and be sure to request "New Revelation" by BACK...
Posted by BACKMASK on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:56:00 PST

Frozen in Apathy becomes 4th Track of the Week

Frozen in Apathy will become the 4th BACKMASK song to be featured as Track of the Week at Garageband.com.Starting June 25th, the song will be featured at the metal page!This week we are currently hold...
Posted by BACKMASK on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:21:00 PST

"Dark Fiber" gets 9/10 Review from PureGrainAudio.com!

PureGrainAudio.com has given Dark Fiber 9/10 and they have a lot of great things to say about us! They're also having a contest giving away 3 signed copies and one plain copy of Dark Fiber.Check out t...
Posted by BACKMASK on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:45:00 PST

Thought Experiment to join Track of the Week Club!

Thought Experiment will be joining Blacklisted and New Revelation as Track of the Week at GarageBand.com!!!Check it out all starting Monday June 18th here.In addition to this great news, New Revelatio...
Posted by BACKMASK on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:44:00 PST

Ruling the Garageband.com Metal Charts

Yet again, we get to enjoy announcing that the reviewers at garageband.com are finding our music praiseworthy!  We just entered Prisoner of Mind and Escape Velocity into the contest last week and...
Posted by BACKMASK on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:52:00 PST