Hailing from Longueuil (Qc, Canada), this project started in spring 2004 down in guitarist Frederic Godin's basement with keyboardist Kaiwen Zhang (Mr. K.) and lead guitarist Carl-Anthony Ducharme (CADA). Strongly influenced by Swedish death metal acts such as Dark Tranquillity, At the Gates and In Flames, they tried to create their own vision of melodic death metal. Grabbing also elements from Power metal, black metal and Prog Metal, the first song took form.
The following jam, they had David filling up for the vocals. A mix of death metal growls and shrieks were then added to the melodies and Terre de Sang (available here), was composed. With this incomplete line-up, many songs were created, mostly in English for the accessibility but also in French, in honor of their roots.
After a couple of months, drummer Maxime Plante-Peloquin a.k.a. PP (Ex-New Era Project) joined the ranks and soon after, Profane Anthem was born. In summer 2005, they played in two gigs with their modest set list and the vacant bass job. During that short period of time, they also managed to record their first promo song "Terre de Sang" thanks to Scythrawl (Nefastus Dies, Ex-Trails of Anguish) with Simon Forget playing the bass (only for the recording). It's only the following September that the band found their bassist when Louis Vanier officially joined them.
Their first demo was recorded in Frank Castle Studio in Saint-ALexandre during summer 2006 and contained 3 tracks.
In summer 2007, the band parted with drummer Maxime Plante-Peloquin. David Audet replaced him as the official drummer.
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