Black/Death metal influenced by Death,Satyricon,Dimmu Borgir,Venom,Bathory,Destruction,Morbid Angel,Megadeth,Slayer,Setherial,Darkthrone,Mayhem,Dark Funeral,Emperor,Marduk,Possessed,Deicide,Luciferion............
Zircon was founded in 97 by Scott Wily in N.J. He had recorded the first songs on a 4-track in 98 now known as rough mix 1 . In 99 the band came to form in MA. Eric Blais, Joel Maki and Jay Capelette completed the line up. In 2000 Zircon began to play show's in Worcester. Most of the live performances were at the Palladium with national acts such as Mayhem,Cryptopsy,Dark Funeral,and Vital Remains. In 2001 Zircon had played the 3rd Metal fest held at the palladium with Dimmu Borgir,Cannibal Corpse,Lamb of God, Monstrosity and many more. There were many unreleased rehearsal recordings of the band from 00-02. Scott had made another recording know as rough mix 2. Only very few possess this very rare cd. The band went through a couple years of down time and line up changes. In 04 Chris Farmerie from Acephalus,Despoilment,Bane of Existance took up bass duties. Zircon started rehearsing again regularly.
05 was when the resurgance of Zircon began. Continuously booking many local shows and playing all over Massachusetts Zircon became unstoppable. The first EP(TM) was then recorded at Vemplore studio's by Dorian Gatej. This Ep was played on radio stations all over the world including WAAF.
06 Zircon began playing out of state including the NY Death fest, Providence RI with Vital Remains and Bedford NH with Six Feet Under,Cryptopsy and many more. Several shows were played in the Boston area with Cryptopsy,Cattle Decapitation and Godless Rising.
Summer of 06 Scott Wily was asked to fill in on guitar for Godless Rising(former members of Vital Remains) for a full U.S. tour. When he got back Zircon entered the studio to finish the split album,Vastlands(TM) with Nephilim. Zircon signed to Oaknoll towards the end of 06 and the split album was released.
07 Jay Capelette left the band due to personal strife so Anthony Paulini( Belphegor,Coffin Birth) was asked to fill in on guitar for about 6 months. Zircon had played more shows in NH with Dark Funeral,Enslaved,1349,Belphegor,Krisiun +many more. The first Zircon tour was in January of 07 with Sapremia. Upstate NY to Philadelphia,PA. and NJ..
In summer of 07 Anthony had other obligations so a new guitar player arised to play for Zircon. Hel from Inferal Devotion took up guitar duties. A Brazilian mastermind of black metal. The first show with Hel was at the Palladium, the Summer Slaughter tour 07. That was Zircon's first show back at the Palladium in over 5 years. Many more shows followed including NYC with Hung and more local shows. Metal Thursdays at Ralphs... September tour with Insatanity to Canada and PA.
08 Scott joined Vital Remains as a live vocalist and did the unstoppable force tour with Monstrosity and Forever in Terror. Also a small tour with Skinless & Inferneon.
Summer 08 Zircon booked a tour with Sapremia down the east coast. The southern despair tour.
All Lyrics and songs copyright 1999,2008 by Scott Wily and Zircon(TM)
Zirconium (Zr) is a grayish-white, "metallic element" (metal music) with an atomic number of 40. It naturally combines with silica and oxygen to form the mineral zircon (ZrSiO4), the primary ore of this element. Zirconium reacts with oxygen, forming a thin coating of zirconium oxide on its surface. This coating "protects the metal from further oxidation". (On our band page our headline is "preserving the metal") Zirconium is quite resistant to corrosion by acids and other chemicals, and is valued in industry for this resistant quality zircon was created from the Arabic word zargun. Zirconium is used in a number of industrial applications because it is so resistant to corrosion. It is used in pumps and valves and the cores of nuclear reactors. Zirconium oxide is used to make laboratory crucibles and to line furnaces. When zirconium is alloyed (mixed) with the element niobium, it becomes superconductive. This means that it is able to conduct electricity with very little loss of energy to electric resistance. Superconductivity is possible only at very low temperatures. Another feature of zirconium is that it does not absorb neutrons (unlike hafnium, which absorbs neutrons, and is also found in zirconium deposits). This makes it useful in nuclear applications, where it is used as fuel cladding in nuclear reactors, and as a coating on nuclear fuel parts.
