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{{Short description|American progressive metal band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
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| Name = Canvas Solaris
| Imgname = Canvas = Solaris
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| origin = [[Statesboro]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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| Origin genre = [[StatesboroProgressive rock]],<br />[[GeorgiaProgressive (U.S.metal]]<br />[[Experimental state)|Georgiarock]]
| Instrument occupation =
| Years_active years_active = 1999&ndash;2011, 2014&ndash;present ▼
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]<br />[[Progressive Metal]]<br />[[Experimental]]
| Occupationlabel = Sensory, [[Tribunal Records]]
| associated_acts =
▲| Years_active = 1999&ndash;present
▲| Landscape website =
| Label = [[Sensory (record label)|Sensory]]<br />[[Tribunal (record label)|Tribunal]]
| Current_members current_members = [[Nathan Sapp]]<br />[[Hunter Ginn]]<br />[[Chris Rushing]]<br />[[Donnie Smith]]<br />[[Gael Pirlot]]▼
| Associated_acts =
| Past_members past_members = [[Brad Jeffcoat]]<br/>[[Jimmy McCall]]<br/>[[Ben Simpkins]] ▼
| URL =
▲| Current_members = [[Nathan Sapp]]<br />[[Hunter Ginn]]<br />[[Chris Rushing]]<br />[[Donnie Smith]]<br />[[Gael Pirlot]]
▲| Past_members = [[Brad Jeffcoat]]<br/>[[Jimmy McCall]]<br/>[[Ben Simpkins]]
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'''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, theirthey musicmoved ison nowto 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>
 
==Biography==
[[Hunter Ginn]] (drums), [[Nathan Sapp]] (guitar), and [[Jimmy McCall]] (bass) formed Canvas Solaris in 1999 in Statesboro, Georgia.<ref name="MySpace" /> [[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 (record label)|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 (record label)|Sensory Records]]<ref name="MySpace" />, 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 their most recent album, [[''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>).
==Band Members==▼
 
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> An 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>
 
▲==Band Membersmembers==
; Most Recent Line-up
* [[Nathan Sapp]] - [[guitar]], [[vocals]] (1999- )
* [[Hunter Ginn]] - [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] (1999- )
* [[Chris Rushing]] - [[guitar]] (2008- )
* [[Donnie Smith]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (2008- )
* [[Gael Pirlot]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]] (2008- )
 
; Former Membersmembers
* [[Ben Simpkins]] - guitar, bass, keyboards (2002-20072002–2007)
* [[Brad Jeffcoat]] - vocals (1999-20021999–2002)
* [[Jimmy McCall]] - bass (1999-20021999–2002)
 
==Discography==
===Studio Albumsalbums===
* 2004 - ''[[Sublimation (album)|Sublimation]]''
* 2006 - ''[[Penumbra Diffuse]]''
* 2007 - ''[[Cortical Tectonics]]''
* 2008 - ''[[The Atomized Dream]]''
* 2010 - ''Irradiance''
* 2021 - ''Chromosphere''
 
===Demos & EPs===
* 2000 - ''[[Demo I (album)|Demo I]]''
* 2000 - ''[[Demo II (album)|Demo II]]''
* 2003 - ''[[Spatial/Design]]''
 
==References==
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* [http://www.myspace.com/canvassolaris The Band's MySpace Page]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=17658 Encyclopaedia Metallum]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103213605/http://www.lasersedgegroup.com/bands.asp?iBandID=52 Sensory Records]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1839 ProgArchives]
 
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