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 Eths performing at the Motocultor Festival 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Marseille, France |
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| Labels | Season of Mist |
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| Website | eths |
Eths (variably stylized as eths and ETHS) was a French metal band from Marseille, formed in 1996. [1]
Eths formed in 1996 under the name What's the Fuck, with a lineup consisting of vocalist-guitarist Stéphane Bihl and guitarist Grégory Rouvière. [2] [3] The following year, Candice Clot, the best friend of Bihl's ex-girlfriend, joined the group as a lead vocalist, and the band was renamed Melting Point. [4] [5]
Through 1999, drummer Guillaume Dupré and bassist Marc Burghoffer were added to the lineup, and together they formed Eths. [6] [7] That same year they released a first demo titled Eths, containing "Encore" and "Rien à Dire". [8] [9] The band also appeared on a CD compilation titled Attentat Sonore. [10]
The band was part of Coriace, a small collective bringing together metal bands representing southeast France. [11]
In 2000, Eths released a seven-track EP titled Autopsie. [12]
On 14 November 2001, Eths was the opening act for Machine Head at L'Usine in Istres. [13] [14] The band featured on two CD compilations, Boukan and A Core Et à Cri. [10]
In March 2002, Eths made a television appearance at Rock Press Club's Canal Jimmy, performing "Samantha" and "Dévore". [15] In September 2002, the band released a second EP titled Samantha and gained acclaim in the French extreme metal circuit. [7]
On 11 October 2004, Eths released its first full-length album, Soma, and launched a 120-date national concert tour. [16] [7] That year, Clot, aged twenty three, who sang exclusively in her native language, said that she wrote "about things that scare me, that disgust me, about what I have inside of me". [17]
In 2006, the group announced the departure of both Dupré and Burghoffer. [5] As a result, the drumming on Eths' 2007 album Tératologie was performed by Pierre Belleville, then the drummer for Lofofora. [18] Dupré returned to the band in 2011. [9] Through constant touring, Soma would go on to sell over 25,000 copies. [9]
Considered "very popular in part of the youth" in France, Eths was often featured on the covers of Hard 'n' Heavy, Rock One, Rock Mag, and Rock Sound magazines. [11]
On 18 September 2012, frontwoman Candice Clot left the band. [19] Virginie Goncalves of Kells and Nelly Wood replaced Clot as temporary touring vocalists. [20]
In 2013, the group announced Rachel Aspe as their new lead vocalist. [21] In the same month, an injury led Rouvière to depart the band. [22]
On 30 November 2016, the band notified the public of their breakup via a Facebook post and announced their last concert in Angers on 3 December 2016. [20]
The original lineup of Bihl, Clot, Rouvière, Dupré, and Burghoffer reunited to play two final concerts, which took place at Le Moulin in Marseille and Le Trianon in Paris, on 8 April 2017, and 30 April 2017, respectively. [20] [23] The two concerts were also a posthumous homage to the band's friends, Mika Bleu and Julien Isilion. [23] [20]
On 15 December 2022, the official Eths Facebook page was updated with the status "Eths 2023". Shortly after, the band was confirmed to perform at Hellfest in June 2023. [24]
Eths cited as influences Meshuggah, Tool, Gojira, [25] Korn, Sepultura, [13] and Metallica. They also appreciated electro, hip hop and jazz. [26] Clot cited alternative rock band Hole as an early influence. [27] Clot had no female voices as references but respected the work of My Ruin's Tairrie B. [28] Aspe said her early influences include Slipknot and Walls Of Jericho, bands that made her discover "her vocal range while growling". [4]
Eths' musical style was described as metalcore, [29] groove metal, [30] and nu metal. [1] La Dépêche du Midi described the band as "Practising a neo-metal imbued with black [metal] and unscrupulously favouring a slight tendency for death metal." [31] Metal Hammer called the band "dark tech-metal". [4]
Author Jérôme Alberola [32] wrote that Autopsie, Samantha and Soma displayed "gothic-tinged death metal" featuring blast beats that directed the band's musical aggression towards "the deathcore subgenre". [33] Heavy metal magazine Hard Force labelled Soma as alternative metal, [34] Tératologie and Ankaa as death metal, [35] [36] and III as metalcore. [37]
Bihl stated the band liked to mix styles because they tended to get weary. [27] Clot emphasised, "We do metal, because it brings together all our influences, and we all like different things, without labels." [17]
Clot was the primary lyricist, but Bihl and Dupré also took part. [13] [31]
Final line-up
Former members
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Session musicians
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| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2004 | Soma | Sriracha Records, Coriace Management |
| 2007 | Tératologie | Coriace Management |
| 2012 | III | Seasons of Mist |
| 2016 | Ankaa | Seasons of Mist |
| 2017 | The Best of Eths | - |
As Melting Point
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1998 | Melting Point | - |
As Eths
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1999 | Eths | - |
| 2000 | Autopsie | Musicast |
| 2002 | Samantha | Coriace Management |
| 2004 | Autopsie｜Samantha | Sriracha Records |
| 2014 | Ex Umbra In Solem | Seasons of Mist |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2003 | Autopsie | Coriace Management |
| 2012 | Soma | Seasons of Mist |
| 2012 | Autopsie｜Samantha | Coriace Management |
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