Canvas Solaris: Difference between revisions

| genre = [[Progressive rock]]<br />[[Progressive metal]]<br />[[Experimental music|Experimentalrock]]

| years_active = 1999&ndash;2011, 2014&ndash;present

'''Canvas Solaris''' are an [[United States of America|American]] [[progressive metal]] band from [[Statesboro]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], formed in 1999, and disbanded in 2011.<ref name=Myspace>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/canvassolaris/blog/542242310 |title=Featured Content on Myspace|publisher=Myspace.com|date= |accessdate=2015-09-22}}</ref> Though they first played with vocals, they moved on to instrumental, drawing influence from bands as diverse as [[Cynic (band)|Cynic]], [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[King Crimson]], [[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Watchtower (band)|Watchtower]], and [[The Mars Volta]].<ref name=MySpace>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/canvassolaris |title=Featured Content on Myspace|publisher=Myspace.com|date= |accessdate=2015-09-22}}</ref>

Hunter Ginn (drums), Nathan Sapp (guitar), and Jimmy McCall (bass) formed Canvas Solaris in 1999 in Statesboro, Georgia. Brad Jeffcoat joined the band to serve as a vocalist. At this point, the band was playing mainly technical death metal, influenced by bands like [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] and [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]]. They recorded two untitled demos of four songs each and toured in South Carolina for several years before Jeffcoat and McCall both left the band. Ben Simpkins joined as a second guitarist, bassist, and keyboardist, the band decided to drop vocals entirely, and they put out the EP [[''Spatial/Design]]'' in 2003 on [[Tribunal Records]]. A year later, in 2004, they released their first full-length album, [[''Sublimation (album)|Sublimation]]''.<ref name=ProgArchives>{{cite web|url=http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1839 |title=CANVAS SOLARIS discography (top albums)|publisher=Progarchives.com|date= |accessdate=2015-09-22}}</ref>

In February 2005, the band signed ontowith Sensory Records, where they remain today, and put out their second full-length album, [[''Penumbra Diffuse]]'' in 2006. Their next album, 2007's [[''Cortical Tectonics]]'', wouldwas be thetheir last to feature Ben Simpkins on guitar, bass, and keyboards. Chris Rushing, Donnie Smith, and Gael Pirlot joined on guitar, keys, and bass, respectively, and the band put out [[''The Atomized Dream]]'' in 2008. Following its release, they toured with [[Dysrhythmia (band)|Dysrhythmia]] and [[Behold... The Arctopus]].<ref name=SensoryRecords>[http://www.lasersedgegroup.com/bands.asp?iBandID=52] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103213605/http://www.lasersedgegroup.com/bands.asp?iBandID=52 |date=November 3, 2007 }}</ref> The band released [[''Irradiance]]'' in 2010.

Since disbanding in 2011, the band have formed The Universe Divide <ref name=TheUniverseDivide>{{cite web|url=http://www.theuniversedivide.net/ |title=The Universe Divide|publisher=The Universe Divide|date= |accessdate=2015-09-22}}</ref> and The Burden of Existence with vocalist Narissa Wolke (releasing a self-titled album<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.theuniversedivide.net/fr_TheBurden |title=The Burden|publisher=The Universe Divide|date= |accessdate=2015-09-22}}</ref>).

In 2013, the band announced a reunion with a new album in the works, clarifying this in a [[Facebook]] comment.<ref name="Canvas Solaris Facebook post 10 March 2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CanvasSolarisGA/posts/484975424882903|title=CanvasSolaris100313|publisher=Facebook |date= 2013-03-10|accessdate=2021-02-24}}</ref> TheAn album was anticipated to be released in 2014 and funded independently via a public fundraiser website.{{fact|date=September 2013}} After announcing the completion of the drum tracking in 2017,<ref name="Canvas Solaris Facebook post 06 May 2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CanvasSolarisGA/posts/1296244857089285|title=CanvasSolaris060517|publisher=Facebook|date=2017-05-06|accessdate=2021-02-24}}</ref> it was not until a December 2020 Facebook post that they officially announced a release for the new album, by then entitled ''Chromosphere'', in May 2021.<ref name="Canvas Solaris Facebook post 05 December 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CanvasSolarisGA/posts/3458897197490696|title=CanvasSolaris120520 |publisher=Facebook|date=2020-12-05|accessdate=2021-02-24}}</ref>

; Former Membersmembers

* 2004 - ''[[Sublimation (album)|Sublimation]]''

* 2006 - ''[[Penumbra Diffuse]]''

* 2007 - ''[[Cortical Tectonics]]''

* 2008 - ''[[The Atomized Dream]]''

* 2010 - ''[[Irradiance (album)|Irradiance]]''

* 2003 - ''[[Spatial/Design]]''

[[Category:MusicalAmerican musical quintets]]