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About Me

Brief history
In 2005, Chris Phanos (Vocals/2nd Guitar) began experimenting with Jordan Freshney (Drums) through a school music class and eventually found their feet as a band by casually playing cover songs and performing at school gradually making progress and going through different members. As the pair became serious and sought an experienced bassist, it was by chance they met Nick Grant (Bass) online who then joined in August 2006 rehearsing under the name Execrator.
After a few line up changes, the motivated band now known as Kathexus, remained a 3 piece and recorded their first and only demo in March 2007 consisting of 4 songs. Practising regularly and constantly working on original material, the soloist they had been seeking for almost a year was finally found in July 2007, Jason Sekay (Lead Guitar). The lineup was now complete, together forming a Thrash/Heavy Metal band with significant melodic and progressive influences.
In September 2007, long time member Jordan Freshney parted with the band for personal reasons and so the talented Brody Green (Drums) was quickly recruited to support Kathexus by performing live and to record if necessary. Due to Brody's previously known commitments with other bands, he could not practise as a full time member so band rehearsal is not taken for granted and is always appreciated.At that time, Kathexus applied for a project development grant funded by S.A.Y.A.B in order to record a professional demo consisting of 8 songs of 33 minutes length. By December, it was confirmed the grant was approved and the band entered the studio in February 2008. All tracking and mixing is now complete and the songs are waiting to be mastered, once everything is printed a CD launch will be organized but the band still hunts for gigs.
What our name means:
In Greek, Kathexis (holding & retention) is derived from Katekhein (to hold fast) which is derived from Catakhein (to hold) of European roots. In English, Cathexis is now defined as "Concentration of emotional energy on an object or idea." and we edited it to form an original and meaningful name.
Please Note: We are more than happy for bands to promote their gigs with banners on our comments page but once the gig's date has passed, they'll be deleted to keep it looking organized. Thankyou & thanks for visiting our Myspace!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/4/2006
Band Website: kathexus.adelaidemetal.com
Band Members:
Chris: Lead Vocals/Guitar

Jason: Lead Guitar

Nick: Bass/Backing Vocals

Brody: Drums

Influences: Metallica

Slayer

Arch Enemy

Opeth

Tool

Dream Theater

Nevermore

Iron Maiden

Death

Trivium

Pantera

Outworld

Children of Bodom

Sounds Like:

Contact details
Please contact Kathexus either through this Myspace or by:
Phone: (08) 8443-9814 Email: [email protected]

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Recording news & information

Hey it's Chris here writing to let you know we finished recording on Friday the 25th after 4 days tracking and 3 days mixing with Broadcast and MixMasters studios made possible by The South Australian...
Posted by Kathexus on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:39:00 PST

SAYAB application is approved!!!

We're really excited to say we've just been contacted by SAYAB about our application and they're happy to aid Kathexus the requested amount of $4400 in order to record an album at Broadcast ...
Posted by Kathexus on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:49:00 PST

Jordan parts ways with Kathexus

Hey people it's Chris here.We are sorry to inform everybody that Jordan has recently left Kathexus due to personal reasons after a persistent lack of enthusiasm lately. I've played music with Jordan f...
Posted by Kathexus on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:42:00 PST

Application to SAYAB!

We want thank to everybody that left supportive comments! Sorry it was short notice this week, the deadline was Friday and we filmed 2 of our 7 songs after recent changes in order to receive communit...
Posted by Kathexus on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:00:00 PST

New member & more

Jason Sekay has joined us as our new lead guitarist and we're really excited to start working with him after he blew us away with his fretwork at our last practise but it's a shame he's on a holiday f...
Posted by Kathexus on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:42:00 PST

Aftermath

We want to thank all the people that supported us Friday night at our first gig, we enjoyed ourselves so we hope you did too! The crowd reaction was awesome and it didn't run as smoothly ...
Posted by Kathexus on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:59:00 PST

Another Update

Hey guys another update. By the way, we appreciate the people that read our blogs! On the 20th of May we'll film ourselves playing 3 new songs so be sure to check em out Sunday night. It's good to con...
Posted by Kathexus on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:21:00 PST

Search for a Lead Guitarist

We're looking for a guitarist with a good knowledge of guitar theory aged between 14-17 and living in the Adelaide area. We hope to meet someone with the right attitude and commitment so if you're int...
Posted by Kathexus on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:29:00 PST

Please Read April 7th

Hey guys! chris here, thought I'd talk about a few things.We've been discussing our plans to record an EP this year which will be self-funded, pressed and sold. There's been some slight changes to mos...
Posted by Kathexus on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:47:00 PST