Deviated Presence

Deviated Presence is versatile melodic progressive (Death-) Metal originating from the Ruhr-area (Germany).
Music:
This versatile melodic metal offers a wide range of moods and variations. The most different musical styles are incorporated, while the roots are in melodic deathmetal. Being headquartered in the Ruhr area, some experienced musicians have come together to realize their ideas of music on stages and CDs. Originally named “Unstraight Melodic Deathmetal”, the music may meanwhile also be generally called “progressive metal”.
History: Deviated Presence started up as a solo project of guitarist Felix Gebhart, who could not find good, motivated musicians to play complex melodic death metal near his hometown Aachen. Having searched in vain for almost three years, he decided in 2001 to push the thing through all by himself. The music was supposed to be profound and harmonious, but rough, as well. Apart from this, it should also be dynamic and not get boring even after copious consumption.
Due to several years of experience as a guitarist the pieces of music became quite demanding. Some initial recording attempts with almost no budget or equipment in winter 2002 resulted in a demo CD (the predecessor of “Fall's Passage”). By spreading the demo he hoped to find musicians who would persue this style with him and make playing live-gigs possible. But the ongoing lack of musicians forced Felix to move from Aachen to Bochum in the Ruhr-area where he hoped to find a more active scene and musicians to play with. After this step the solo project indeed changed into a band, who released the albums “Fall’s Passage” and “Eerie Sphere” in 2004 and 2005. However, after several years with a drum computer as part of the line-up, the band split up in 2006, followed by yet another phase as a solo project. In 2007, though, the band began to form up again.
Anne Schaefer (16 at that time) with only three years of playing experience and lots of talent succeeded Hubert on the guitar. In summer 2008 Daniel Dickmann (Seventh Seal Broken, Ex-In Cold Eternity) joined in. So the line-up was finally fit for the stage, the long period with synthetic drums ended, the time for a new dawn had come.
Freshly strengthened Deviated Presence are hence ready for resurrection and present their fans and fans-to-be an album that is bursting with ideas and surprises. Admittedly, Fractured Mind may initially be asking too much of the listeners, but with every run there are new nuances and ideas to be discovered – thus making you listen re-listen time and again. What were Felix’s band requirements again? “The music was supposed to be profound and harmonious, but rough, as well. Apart from this, it should also be dynamic and not get boring even after copious consumption.” – or, to put it in a nutshell: it had to sound like “Fractured Mind” !
Releases:
3rd album "Fractured Mind" (80 min), April 2009 via Yonah Records
a 10-track opus with many surprises to capture the demanding listener. The most different musical styles mix to a unique progressive-deathmetal experience.
press comments:
„...highly complex and mostly extremely interesting...“; (9/12 Pts) Heavy Magazine
"DEVIATED PRESENCE are real masters of their instruments and seem to nearly burst of creativity."; (7/10 Pts) metal.de
"... is this the german answer to Opeth? At least some passages of the 80-minutes CD sound more like Akerfeldt & co than their last output..."; (4.5/5 Pts) Storm of Steel
"a diversified beautiful never boring progressive melodic death metal opus", Hardharderheavy.de
2nd album “Eerie Sphere” (74 min), May 2005 via Limited Access Records
Complex arrangements typical for Deviated Presence meet hook lines and riffs that burn themselves into the listener’s brains at first hearing.
press comments:
„an all around excellent disc with many moments of surprise“; (8.5/10Pts) Nocturnal Hall
„a refreshing and great album [...] the greatest bliss for the ears!“, „an album, which one should absolutely discover within the shortest time, otherwise one would miss something nearly immeasurable“; (9.5/10Pts) Pavillon666 [F]
„The blossom dreams of the summer of love partook in an exciting affair with the meanest offspring of hell and somehow the result was exciting and different.“; Terrorverlag
„Eerie Sphere is technically absolutely impressive, free of standards and highly interesting“; Metalspheres
“This album is one of the most intense and complex I've heard in some time.”; FishcomCollective [B / USA]
„The compositions such as the opening „Hostile (Eerie sphere pt. 1)“ or the very epical „Hope“ are very complex as well as varied and mix progressive song ideas with technically quite agreeable shredding in a pleasant manner.“; (7.5/10Pts) Metalius.de
1st album "Fall's Passage" (68Min): January 2004
An impressive debut – instead of a demo, a releasable full length album was made. Some listening samples can be found on the website.
The reactions were predominantly very positive. Here are some
press comments:
“... mixture of death – and black metal with melodic parts, which quickly manages to impress despite its complexity“ Nocturnal Hall (8/10 Pts)
”a fine tip in the underground“, ”fantastic band“ Legacy (12/15 Pts)
”I highly recommend checking out this great debut album” MetalGospel / Metal-Archives (89%) (8.0/10 Pts) Neckbreaker online-zine
Live: In the meanwhile some live experience on different stages could be gathered (e.g.: Turock, Essen with Equilibrium; Kultopia, Hagen with Disillusion; Werk 21, Zürich with Hidden In The Fog), where the positive reactions of the viewers spoke for themselves. Time and again even first listeners of the complex music show excitement and want to get to know the compositions better on CD. Once you are a DP fan, your excitement is usually long-lasting and massive.