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Atma - August 2006 - Present
Atma - December 2005 - July 2006 - The Cycle's Demise era
ATMA'S DEMO ALBUM, "THE CYCLE'S DEMISE", AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE:
(Right-click and select "Save target/link as")
1. Poseidon and Ifrit - 6:35
2. Sons of Perdition (Part 1) - 3:09
3. Sons of Perdition (Part 2) - 8:26
4. March's Sadness - 4:53
5. The Cycle's Demise - Part 1 - Visions Engraved - 4:36
6. The Cycle's Demise - Part 2 - Haunting Thoughts - 2:28
7. The Cycle's Demise - Part 3 - Set Me Free - 4:19
8. The Cycle's Demise - Part 4 - Reborn Again - 4:19
The first signs of the metal quintet entitled Atma date back to late 2004, when Nathan Da Silva (guitar, voice), while pursuing his school studies in Ottawa, began to compose songs that were considered a solo project at the time. In addition, Nathan and his brother Daniel Da Silva (voice) just recently formed a band located in the Cornwall area by the name of Tied To Fate. After writing a handful of tunes, the solo project came to a halt and Nathan and Dan's attention turned to the newly found band, playing a number of gigs for the Summer and Fall of 2005. However, by late October, Dan also decided to relocate to the Ottawa area. Because the band was geographically dispersed and the two brothers were yearning for a band situation that was much more serious, the outcome of events eventually led to the disbanding of Tied To Fate.
Determined to search for musicians, Nathan and Dan immediately called out to their new friend and colleague, Justin Black (guitar), in order to start a fresh project together, as well as exposing the solo pieces. It would be a short while before the rhythm section came into play: Nathan and Justin eventually meet up with Adrian Blackburn (drums) through school and jam out to some covers during December 2005. The group was finally completed, when Nick Favretto (bass guitar) answered a wanted ad from the group at the beginning of 2006.
Still in their early stages, Atma is beginning to spread their sound. After recording his drum tracks for the forthcoming demo, Adrian decided to resign from his position in Atma in July 2006. It was only a mere two weeks until Atma found Paul Gillespie (drums, keyboards) as their new drummer. On August 9th, 2006, Atma's first independent studio effort, entitled "The Cycle's Demise" was released on myspace for download. With its new lineup, the members are regrouping to rehearse and prepare new music. Stay tuned.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/atmaband
Band Members: Paul Gillespie (drums, keyboards)

Daniel Da Silva (voice)

Nick Favretto (bass guitar)
[http://www.myspace.com/corducriss]

Justin Black (guitar)
[http://www.myspace.com/whisper_to_atropos]
[http://www.myspace.com/whispertoatroposmusic]

Nathan Da Silva (guitar, voice)
[http://www.myspace.com/poseidonandifrit]
[http://www.myspace.com/nathandasilva]

Influences: Nobuo Uematsu, Dream Theater, Rush, Killswitch Engage, Scar Symmetry, Megadeth, Nevermore
Sounds Like: Atma
Record Label: N/A
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Atma in the Charlatan newspaper

Hey everyone - if you're a student of Carleton University, or if you're on campus for some odd reason, check out this week's issue of the Charlatan, coming out on Thursday, November 16th. There ...
Posted by ATMA on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:07:00 PST

Update

We are currently rehearsing with the new lineup and are preparing to unleash a whole new set list. We have 70 mins of original material ready for the stage and 40 mins of stuff written and ready to b...
Posted by ATMA on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:06:00 PST

Even MORE Videos

Yeah...we put some more vids up. More silly things to look at.- Nathan
Posted by ATMA on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:53:00 PST

Album Released

The album is finally done and we are making it free to download. It cost us nothing to make so it shouldn't cost you anything to have. The sample rate is very low because the songs are huge so the q...
Posted by ATMA on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:16:00 PST

The Blind Sacrifice

Check out Paul's other band, The Blind Sacrifice, at:http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=4676 87orhttp://www.myspace.com/theblindsacrificeThe first URL has much more material than the ...
Posted by ATMA on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:53:00 PST

Some Tied To Dutk for ya

We managed to upload a video from the Tied To Dutk performance at Zaphod's. We videotpaed the whole set, which was:Fixation On The DarknessTake This OathSelf RevolutionRose of SharynTo The Sons ...
Posted by ATMA on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:52:00 PST

Enter Paul

We would like to say that we are very happy to have Paul Gillespie (The Blind Sacrifice, ex-Among Ashes) in the band.We'll be back on stage before you know it - take care.- Nathan, Atma ...
Posted by ATMA on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:31:00 PST

Adrian's Departure - Full Story

As many of you know already, Adrian quit the band as of July 10th, 2006. He could not take the time anymore to play with us, and I believe that he wanted to focus his musical efforts on his othe...
Posted by ATMA on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:48:00 PST

Drummer quits, Gigs cancelled

We regret to inform everyone that Adrian has quit the band - He had to re-evaluate his priorities, and Atma was not one of them. Therefore, Atma cannot play the Murphy's gig in Cornwall on the 1...
Posted by ATMA on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:22:00 PST

ATMA punch

I managed to get two new songs done plus updating poseidon. I technically went insane for one week and had to take a vacation (seriously). But, I'm done now. I can't sit and tweak everything anymor...
Posted by ATMA on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:39:00 PST