Frantic Bleep

Frantic Bleep is a progressive metal band from Norway.

History

Frantic Bleep was founded in November 2001 in Kongsvinger, Norway. The original instrumentation was Patrick Scantlebury playing guitars and synthesizers, Eywin Sundstrom on guitars and Karl Arthur Renstrøm on the drums. In November 2002, they released four songs for their first and only demo CD called Fluctuadmission. During the recording, Paul Mozart Bjørke joined the group as a studio member on vocals and bass.

Although a debut demo, the release gained positive feedback. There was enough positive feedback for the band to receive offers from several labels, including The End Records, with whom they signed in the summer of 2003.

Karl Arthur Renstrøm was replaced by Sten Erik Svendheim in July 2003. The band began recording their debut album, The Sense Apparatus, in October 2003. The recording took an entire year to complete. The album was produced by Patrick Scantlebury with artwork by Christian Ruud. The album also features Kjetil Foseid, Daniel Solheim and Agnete M. Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem) performing various vocal duties. In 2004/2005, Lars Gunnar Morastseter and Trond Sand, previously from the Norwegian Death Metal band The Laughing Man, joined Frantic Bleep. Writing and rehearsals for the second studio album started around the time the band played their first, and so far only, live gig in their hometown of Kongsvinger in August 2005.

As of 2009, the album was announced as being in progress, and had a tentative release date of 2009, but as of June 2012, there has been no updates from the band.

Members

Current members

• Eywin Sundstrom - Bass, Guitars (2001–Present)
• Patrick Scantlebury - Guitars, Synthesizers (2001–Present)
• Lars Gunnar Morastseter - Guitars (2004–Present)
• Trond Sand - Drums (2005–Present)
• B.P.M. Kirkevaag - Vocals (2007-present)

Former members

• Paul Mozart Bjørke - Vocals, Bass (2001–2003) (Session Only)
• Karl Arthur Renstrøm - Drums (2001–2003)
• Sten Erik Svendheim - Drums (2003–2005)
• Kjetil Foseid - Vocals (2004–2007)

Timeline

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id:session   value:yellow  legend:Session_Members
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id:studio   value:black     legend:Studio_Album
id:other   value:gray(0.5) legend:Demos

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at:02/07/2005 color:black layer:back

BarData =

bar:Paul       text:"Paul Mozart Bjørke"
bar:Kjetil     text:"Kjetil Foseid"
bar:BPM       text:"B.P.M. Kirkevaag"
bar:Patrick   text:"Patrick Scantlebury"
bar:Eywin    text:"Eywin Sundstrom"
bar:Lars      text:"Lars Gunnar Morastseter"
bar:Karl      text:"Karl Arthur Renstrøm"
bar:Sten     text:"Sten Erik Svendheim"
bar:Trond   text:"Trond Sand"

PlotData =

width:11
bar:Paul       from:12/01/2001 till:03/01/2003  color:vocals
bar:Paul       from:12/01/2001 till:03/01/2003  color:bass width:3
bar:Paul       from:12/01/2001 till:03/01/2003  color:session width:7
bar:Kjetil      from:01/01/2004 till:06/01/2007  color:vocals
bar:BPM       from:06/01/2007 till:end  color:vocals
bar:Patrick   from:11/01/2001 till:end  color:guitar
bar:Patrick   from:11/01/2001 till:end  color:synth width:3
bar:Eywin     from:11/01/2001 till:01/01/2004  color:guitar
bar:Eywin     from:01/01/2004 till:end  color:bass
bar:Lars       from:01/01/2004 till:end  color:guitar
bar:Karl       from:11/01/2001 till:07/01/2003  color:drums
bar:Sten      from:07/01/2003 till:07/01/2005  color:drums
bar:Trond   from:07/01/2005 till:end  color:drums

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Discography

• Fluctuadmission (2002) - Demo
• The Sense Apparatus (2005) - LP

External links

• Official Homepage
• Label Profile
• Template:PAGENAMEBASE discography at Discogs