Recording Line-up:
Jaime Cross - Keyboards, Synths and Vocals
Joe MacGreagor - Bass Guitar and Vocals
Jeni Thomson - All Female Vocals
Alan "Staresy" Stares - Guitars
Live Line-up:
Jaime - Keyboards, Synths and Vocals
Joe - Bass Guitar and Vocals
Jeni - Vocals
Alan - Guitars
??? - Drums
Influences
Insomnium
Dark Tranquillity
Draconian
My Dying Bride
Katatonia
Novembre
Swallow The Sun
The Gathering
Tristania
Disillusion
Virgin Black
Atrox
Sentenced
Poisonblack
Yearning
Akira Yamaoka
Ephel Duath
Agalloch
The Vision Bleak
Daylight Dies
Novembers Doom
Lake of Tears
Amorphis
Ulver
Arcturus
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Left Hand Solution
Slumber
Ram-Zet
Beyond Despair - Progressive Melodic Death/Doom Metal
Beyond Despair was formed in January 2006 by bassist/vocalist Joe MacGreagor and ex-guitarist/drummer/vocalist Connor McCorran through their mutual appreciation of music and interests. In February of that year keyboardist/vocalist Jaime Cross was invited to the band after various discussions with the original two members.
In August 2007 Connor excused himself from the band as he felt he did not have enough interest in the project, and vocalist Jeni Thomson, a friend of Joe and Connor, was brought in. Later in the year, guitarist Alan Stares of Burning Earth was drafted in on guitar duties and to help handle the recording of the first demo, a work that has been in progress since March of the band's founding year.
Now led by Jaime, the band strive to create songs with a sound that can instantly be attributed to them. With infulences raging across the metal spectrum, as well as other sources, they take notes of Doom, Death and Progressive metal and mix them with Gothic, Jazz and Classical stylings, brought together with lyrics that paint images of bleakness and horror with their tales of death, romance and nightmares.
Aside from this band, Joe can be found playing in Alba gu Bráth, a folk metal band, Alan is the band leader of Burning Earth, which combines the epic sounds of Wintersun and Lost Horizon with that of Meshuggah and Death, while Jaime appears in both, as well as having his own side projects.
Thank you for visiting our page, we appreciate any comments and questions you may have about our songs or the band in general.
Please Note: The songs that are on the page are merely for demonstration until they are recorded properly.
Yeah its very cool that we're sort of carrying the flag for this kinda stuff once the time is right we should deffo play live together somewhere that'd be awesome! -Wyllie/3MH
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Hey Beyond Despair Thanks for being my friend and adding me/Grazie per il tuo add e per la tua visita Greetings from Italy!!! LET YOUR METAL FIRE BURN!!!!!
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