Deimos
Deimos hails from the north-banks of the Rivercity: San Antonio, Texas, not known for anything else except the Alamo. The band was formed in early 2000 by founding members Steve Fernandez (guitar/vox) and Derrick Rutledge (bass/backup-vox), both looking to take a stab at their own creations in the style of some of their influences and at the same time explore different aspects of the music. With the entrances of Justin Leonard (drums) in late 2003 and Matt Mayer (lead guitar) in early 2004, the true Deimos was formed.
Over the course of the next few months the four wrote many songs and then began to choose which ones they wanted on their EP, set to record in Jan '05. With the release of their four-song EP, Silence of Ages... (Feb. '05), word spread very quickly of the band's distinctive sound focusing in on elements of classic heavy metal and melody with lyrics based in science and oblivion. The reaction of the EP spread across parts of the US and also managed to end up in Canada. The name Deimos and the album cover of decaying circuitry dug its image into the minds of many.
'Automaton', a track off the EP, was chosen to be featured on a statewide compilation CD entitled, The Real Texas Edge, Vol. III, released by the Edge Magazine. The EP was also reviewed by Explicitly Intense Magazine stating the EP was "a pummeling mix of early Samael and Carcass with memorable riffery and grittier-than-gravel vocal vehemence, Deimos draw blood with all four tracks and deliver the killing blow with 'Automaton'".
Their first full length album is set to be released in July '07, another chapter of pummeling riffery that is heavy so you can head bang to it, catchy so you can hum it, and emotional so it will leave you with an impression...
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Incineration has just begun
Baptism of fire, prepare
An army of flames on the field
Their lives he could not spare
Taken down one by one
The fabric of life unmade, undone
DEAD::SET::SOUL