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Artist: Beyond Fear
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Influenced By:

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Winters Bane, Armored Saint, Queensrÿche
  • Formed: 2005
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Beyond Fear

Biography

Although he deputized as well as anyone could have expected for the absent Rob Halford on two late-'90s Judas Priest albums, vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens was quite brusquely discarded when the metal gods' reunion plans started falling into place circa 2003. And though his unlikely rags-to-riches story (he'd been plucked from a Priest cover band in the depths of Ohio) had even inspired a terribly kitschy (and not all that accurate) motion picture in the Mark Wahlberg-starring Rock Star, chances were slim that anyone would stick around for the "...and back to rags" portion of Ripper's tale. Except, perhaps, for die-hard heavy metal faithful who, no matter how much they hungered to see a Halford-fronted Priest once again, were grateful for Ripper's years of service and dignified exit, not to mention aware of his incredible talent. Most could tell that his subsequent hook-up with Iced Earth for 2004's The Glorious Burden album was a marriage of convenience, more than anything else, and that an entirely new heavy metal band -- materializing in the shape of Beyond Fear -- was to be his final destination. This began taking shape in early 2005, when Owens started working on new songs with lead guitarist John Comprix and, following the recruitment of rhythm guitarist Dwane Bihary, bassist Dennis Hayes, and drummer Eric Elkins, moved quickly through sessions for a debut album cryptically entitled DTO. Released through SPV in May 2006, the disc not surprisingly featured the same brand of melodic but aggressive, high-caliber heavy metal that Owens had performed with both Priest and his pre-tribute band outfit, Winters Bane, boding well for his continued success -- albeit on a slightly smaller scale for now -- for the Ripper. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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For the book, see Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World.
Beyond Fear
Origin Akron, Ohio, United States
Genres Heavy metal, Thrash metal, Power metal
Years active 2005 - present
Labels SPV
Associated acts Winter's Bane
Iced Earth
Judas Priest
Seven Witches
Yngwie Malmsteen
Website http://timripperowens.com
Members
Tim "Ripper" Owens
John Comprix
Dennis Hayes
Eric Elkins
Former members
Dwayne Bihary

Beyond Fear is a heavy metal band started in March, 2005 by Tim "Ripper" Owens as a side-project apart from his former work with Iced Earth.

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History

The band was started largely to satisfy Owens' desire to be involved in the song writing on a heavy metal album, something denied to him on most of his previous musical ventures. Writing duties are split between Owens and guitarist John Comprix. A demo was recorded after a month, and the debut album was released about a year later. Later on the same year as their debut album was released guitarist Dwayne Bihary quit the band, with the reasons being kept private.

Owens recently commented on Beyond Fear's next studio album in an interview with Metal Asylum: "It will always be classic metal but I think a lot of the later songs that we recorded for the debut, like “Scream Machine”, became favorites for fans. And lyrics to a song like that were not so serious and more cliché metal lyrics, you know about a metal machine (laughs), so I think some of the new songs may go in that direction. We are still gonna have songs like “Save Me” but I think it will probably have some more aggression. We have been writing now, John Comprix and I, for a while, I have a lot of ideas and melodies in my head that I really can’t use anywhere else (laughs). Its nice I get to use em for Beyond Fear. I mean I have been a writer for many years but I don’t get to do it as much as I would like and Iced Earth just keeps me so busy but its nice that every once and a while I get to do my thing with Beyond Fear. And we get to take our time with this band and practice together. I mean that’s what I want to hear with all my influences on one album that’s what I like to do with Fear." [1]

Band members

  • Tim "Ripper" Owens - Vocals (2005-)
  • John Comprix - Rhythm & Lead Guitar (2005-)
  • Dennis Hayes - Bass (2005-)
  • Eric Elkins - Drums (2005-)

Former members

  • Dwayne Bihary - Rhythm Guitar (2005-2006)

Discography

References

  1. ^ Metalasylum.net

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