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Solitary would like to announce the departure of singer-guitarist and one of the band founders, Roy Morad. Roy feels that after 7 years in the band, he can no more musically fulfill himself with them, and thinks Solitary are better off with another guitarist.
Roy was and always will be a good friend, and will always be a part of the Solitary family. We can only thank him for his time with us and wish him the best of luck in whichever path might take.
We are looking for someone serious, who isn't too tied-up in the army, and has the time and will for rehearsing, performing and recording. Our material is played on 7 strings, and we rehearse in our own studio in Tel Aviv.
05/05/2007
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updated bio is up, check it out.
08/03/2007
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new page design is up.
stay tuned for future updates... BioIt was sometime during the year 2000, just another typical day in the small city of Hod Hasharon. Three young men, guitars at hand and dreams at heart, decide to make it all come true and form a band. That's right, a metal band. A melodic death metal band, to be precise, in vein of bands such as At The Gates, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and the likes. Auria Sapir (Eternal Gray, Matricide), Yogev Sitton (Matricide) and Roy Morad are our three aforementioned guys. Drummer Shaked Furman (The Fading, Dissonant, Acropolis) is recruited for the job and with duty of vocals handed by Roy, the first Solitary incarnation is brought to life.
With this line-up on the role, Solitary played several gigs and even entered the studio to record their 1st song, known as Visions. Time passed by, several things have changed, and the band then found itself with a steady line-up, including Liri Katz (Asura) on drums, Yoni Doron (Xenolith) on the bass. And of course, Roy and Yogev, the two founding members, on guitars. As soon as the four youngsters felt ready enough, Solitary started playing gigs at local small-medium events. Shortly afterwards came the next studio effort - a demo single answering to the name "Systematically Denied". With this being released on the internet, positives reviews started to flow in from local listeners as well as listeners worldwide. Following the relative success of this release, came the next step – a major gig alongside 3 top-notch local black metal bands; Sitra Achra, Bartholomeus Night and Azazel. This gig is what actually changed Solitary's status from a young underdog group to an actual name in the Israeli metal scene. From there, the young and promising band, continuing to slowly gain followers as well as experience, played at more serious and major events.
All went very well, 'till IDF came along and drafted bass-player Yoni to its lines. The bass duties were rather quickly taken by Elad "Romano" Manor (The Fading, Acropolis), and things continued going in a positive direction. On March 2003, Solitary entered the studio once again, this time for their official debut album-EP, "Trail of Omission". Blood, sweat and tears were put into this one, and it was released in perhaps Solitary's grandest event to date – warming things up for Amon Amarth and Leng Tche, here in Tel Aviv. About 150 copies of the cd were sold at the concert, and the cd itself received positive reviews from local listeners as well as listeners from far away. Several months have passed, and IDF came knocking again, this time giving Elad the call of duty. Replacing him on the 5-strings, came along Shahar Guy (Matricide). Shahar had his reasons for not serving in the army, and so he volunteered as a medic for one year. The 3 other members, however, were drafted themselves. And that seemed to be the reality for some time, making rehearsals less frequent and things less easy in general. The band would get together two-three times every other weekend, play old materials and work on new ones. Not ideal, but that's how it worked. January 2006 introduced "Suffocate" to the world, the latest studio effort by the aforementioned quartet. Receiving positive reviews as well, "Suffocate" displayed the new Solitary direction, attitude-wise and musical-wise. The guys have matured. This is the direction in which the band strides nowadays, continuing to develop and redefine itself as we speak. Today Yogev has already finished his service, and is a citizen again for several months now. Liri and Roy are still in there, but soon enough they too will reach the prolonged citizenship. Until that happens, things will stay pretty much as they are: Meeting every two weeks; re-writing and polishing materials; working slowly and thoroughly, with lots of patience and dedication; keeping low profile… Making all the preparations for the mighty comeback that will happen when the time is right. Stay tuned, for that time is sooner than you think.
(May 2007)