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Sequester

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About Me

Well my name is Ryan, and Sequester is the name of my project, or "band" if you will. The goal is to create music that is powerful, heavy, even thrash-like, but at the same time very melodic. There are layered vocals, heavily distorted guitars, harmonized solos, and tom-friendly drumming-- all things that I find appealing in metal.
The subject matter of the songs is usually fantasy or sci-fi related, throwing Sequester's music into the "power metal" genre. But due to some of the lengthy pieces I've written, in addition to my fascination with classical music, it has also been referred to as both symphonic and progressive metal. I suppose we could easily fit into any of these categories, but I believe Sequester stands apart from most other metal out there, and is rather unique in its own way.I have experience with a number of different instruments, but the guitar and vocals have been my focus as of late. Right now, I'm taking a Joint-Majors program in Music and Computer Science at the University of Victoria.
Eternal Sleep single - Free download HERE (In the Media section).

Track List:
1. Eternal Sleep - 7:37
2. Serenity - 5:06
Thanks for your interest in Sequester!
- Ryan
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Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: sequester.ca
Band Members:
Ryan Boc - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Synth

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Special thanks to Kelli Gose for performing vocals on "Homeland." Further thanks to Tony Kwan, Travis Danniels, River Allen, Matt Moliti, and Jessica Lehto for all their advice and help.
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Influences: Demons & Wizards, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Pink Floyd, Queen, Persuader, Savage Circus, Tyr, Children of Bodom, Nevermore, Opeth, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Haggard, Therion, Falconer, Rhapsody, Nightwish, Rob Zombie, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Our Lady Peace, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert, Hans Zimmer, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The music is also heavily influenced by fantasy, sci-fi, mythology, and stories in general. Whether it be books, comics, video games, tv shows or movies, if I like it, chances are it inspired me in some way. Special mention goes to R. A. Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, Paul S. Kemp, George R. R. Martin , J. R. R. Tolkien, Stan Lee, Bob Kane, Todd McFarlane, Frank Miller, Joss Whedon, Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner, Robert C. Cooper, and the team over at Bioware.

Visions Of The Erlking
(Demo - 2007)

Eternal Sleep
(Single - 2008)

Winter Shadows
(Full-length - 2008)

Sounds Like: A combination of different styles, but overall Sequester is just another form of melodic metal.
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What metal band are you?

Iced Earth
You are Iced Earth! Your music stems from classic heavy metal with slight thrash roots. You love melody in your music, and you definitely love adding the element of fantasy with reality when you write your songs. Rhythm speed, heaviness, and melody are what you're all about!

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My Blog

May Update

Greets, I've uploaded some new tracks from the upcoming album to my soundclick site. The first one is 'Empire Of The Sands.' The second is 'Heir To The Throne,' which was on the ol...
Posted by Sequester on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:09:00 PST

Cover-art and Facebook

I’ve finished the cover art for Winter Shadows, which can be seen around the various Sequester websites. There may yet be some fine tuning here and there, but I’m pretty happy with ho...
Posted by Sequester on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:49:00 PST

March update: Winter Shadows

Hey there, I've made a few decisions regarding how I want to go about releasing this album. Financially, having CDs made wouldn't work very well for me at the moment. As CDs are becoming more obs...
Posted by Sequester on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:34:00 PST

Media update

I've gone and updated the media section at www.sequester.ca so that you can download the Single's tracks individually instead of in a zip file. They've also been polished a bit more after&nb...
Posted by Sequester on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:33:00 PST

Two years ago...

When I first got into recording, one of the very first songs I ever did was Blind Guardian's "The Bard's Song - The Hobbit." For that reason, I've left it on my soundclick site so that I, and others,&...
Posted by Sequester on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:53:00 PST

New Song

Well it is now February, and I promised to upload a new song. So here is "Thor's Chariot," track 11 from the upcoming album. Listen to it on myspace, or over at the soundclick site. http://www.soundcl...
Posted by Sequester on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:21:00 PST

Lyrics

As requested, I've updated the RELEASES section over at www.sequester.ca to include lyrics from the single. Ryan
Posted by Sequester on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:07:00 PST

Album Details

Hey guys, Alright down to the album details. The name of the album will likely be Winter Shadows, which is also the first track. As of now, there are only four more songs which need vocals, and two mo...
Posted by Sequester on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:48:00 PST

Eternal Sleep - available now

Eternal Sleep is now available to download for free at www.sequester.ca in the MEDIA section. It is in zip format, so decompress the files with something like winzip or winrar. I chose Eternal S...
Posted by Sequester on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:44:00 PST

Happy New Year! News on the Single and Album

Just wanted to give a quick hello to everyone and say happy new year! Vocals for six of the songs have been finished over the holidays, leaving me four more to go. I'm not sure when I'll be able to g...
Posted by Sequester on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:49:00 PST