Invection

Invection is the next step in metal evolution. Taking influences from past genres such as oldschool thrash, brutal 90s thrash, gothenburg melodic death metal and hardcore, comes evolved music from a group of people taking the best aspects and their favorite aspects of metal history and molding it into something new.



Invection started in the beginning of summer 2007 when 4 young highschool friends who all had the same interests in music decided to start a metal band. Playing out of each of their garages, the band wasn’t able to really practice and advance until they moved into Soundwave Studios in West Oakland, CA (where they still practice to this day) with another bay area metal band, Antagony. A few changes in guitarists and vocalists led to the first 5 piece lineup; Nick Hooshmand, Rory, Andrew Kubiak, Andy Lindquist and John Haag. This lead the band to work on their first release, "World Plague". The EP was done on a low budget at Colorblind studios in Concord and had art done by one of the band members friends and while it wasn't very professional, the EP got lots of positive feedback and was posted all over the internet, handed out at shows, mailed to people interested and accumulated plays and started to generate interest in the band despite the young age and lack of experience of the band. However, after a year full of constant shows supporting their first EP and days full of practicing; in summer of 2008 the band had to part ways with rhythm guitarist Rory.



With studio time booked in September, as a four piece, they recorded a new 2-song demo simply titled "Incarcerate" which was a rerecording of an old song and a fresh, new song demonstrating the bands progression in all aspects which received regular airplay on Thrash Unlimited radio. Shortly after finishing the "Incarcerate" recordings they found local thrasher Jeremy Power (now of Zombie Holocaust) to fill the slot as their new rhythm/lead guitarist. The band spent the end of 2008 promoting the demo playing shows to tighten their sound, handing out free copies at local metal shows and spending days promoting as much as they could. Unfortunately, in the beginning of December, Andy decided that he didn't want to be playing in Invection any longer due to other commitments and feeling not able to continue and left. This setback didn't stop them as Jeremy’s friend, Joe Esteban filled in on bass and added a new influence of technicality not as present before. The band continued to practice and play shows making them tighter as a unit than ever before. In late 2008/early 2009 Invection parted ways with old vocalist Nick Hooshmand and Andrew Kubiak took over vocal and guitar duties to keep the ball rolling. Then right before the band was set to go into the studio to record a new EP, guitarist Jeremy Power decided to leave to focus more on other musical interests and spend time on other aspects that he couldn't while spending full time with the band.



The band pressed on, of course, recording the new 6 song EP "Demented Perception" with their good friend Alex Winkley from Fog of War (www.myspace.com/fogofwarbenicia) recording guest solos on Two Faced Lie and Invection to make up for the lack of a 2nd lead player and had Andrew Kubiak recording all rhythm tracks and other solos as well as doing vocals. The EP was recorded at Sharkbite Studios (Warbringer, Exodus, Machine Head) in Oakland, CA and the cover art was done by Dan Seagrave (Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Dismember) and received airplay on Thrash Unlimited radio, KUSF Rampage Radio, and many other online radio stations, pushing the band to a whole new level. Just after recording the EP however, Joe left the band to pursue other musical interests leaving the band temporarily empty handed. Nevertheless, the band continued promoting the EP offering free online downloads, posting it all over the internet and generally promoting on and offline to generate buzz about the band and release. The EP spread like wildfire and soon was all over metal blogs, forums, online radio stations and reviews and had generated the most interest that the band had ever received before and pushed them out of the stage of garage band and into the realm of a serious metal band. Soon after the recording and promotion, needing new members for live shows, guitarist Drew Gage who had been a fan of the scene and in a few bands approached the band and the original bassist, Andy Lindquist decided to come back to complete the Invection lineup once again. Stormspell Records liked the EP and approached the band to press and distribute "Demented Perception" since before that it had just been hand pressed on cd-r's with artwork photoprinted into jewel cases and in November 2009 "Demented Perception" was fully pressed and sold through Stormspell Records. "Demented Perception" sold fast and well and to this day continues to sell well and draw in more new fans and receive praise from fans and critics all over the globe such as Decibel magazine, Hardrocker magazine and online websites such as Blabbermouth.net, Metal-rules.com Powermetal.de, Lordsofmetal.nl and many many more.



With their new smashing line up, material and and ever increasing work ethic and drive, Invection continued to push on stronger and faster than ever before. In December, they recorded a new 4 song EP titled "Derealization" to send to labels, websites, magazines, free download and generate even more interest in the band. With a much darker and more unique sound than their previous releases, "Derealization" pushed the band to a new, more mature level. Gaining praise all over the internet from fans and being posted on many websites before even being released as a hard copy the EP took the Invection sound and combined with influences from all the band members, made something truely unique that didn't just fall through the cracks. Pressed CD copies were released a while after and sold quickly and spread the word even more due to the buzz from people hearing it online before and radiostations, websites and fans of the EP wanting to have a real copy to support metal.



Currently in Summer 2010 the band is hard at work on their biggest project yet, their new album which will take the Invection sound, all the influences of the band members and mold it together to continue on and beyond from "Derealization" and step up to create a completely fresh and unique album and sound. Being recorded over 3 weeks at Studio SQ and Panda Studios in August, the band is currently working on deals with multiple labels for the widest release possible of the album to spread the music everywhere and is practicing and working non stop to make sure that their newest album is better than everything that has come before it in all aspects; music, art, lyrics, production and performance wise. Being set to be more aggressive, heavy, filled with pure energy and better songwriting than ever, the album will push the band to a level before never dreamed possible. Be on the lookout for news and updates, Invection has spent 3-4 years working relentlessly no matter what the setback and constantly going up; the future looks bright for the band and with the never ending push and improvement making the band grow exponentially, you won't want to miss what comes next. Bring an extra pair of underwear, this year will smash your balls.