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Dantesjuice
Dantesjuice - An American based Progressive Metal band formed in 2008 comprised of guitarist Julius Callahan aka "Juice", rhythm guitarist Jed Causient, drummer Cedes Jaitun, bassist Sean Tuidjec and keyboardist Jestin Udeac. Their is no known set vocalist, as the band prefers to keep an "open and rotating" singer available. They are known for their extraordinary technical musicianship, polyrhythmic song structures and concept based albums.

Formation 2008
Little to nothing is known about the bands history or origin other than guitarist/ composer Julius Callahan was formerly a member of the band Viii Fraud and is believed to be the brain child of Dantesjuice.

Music style
Dantesjuice has been categorized under sever musical genres. In general Dantesjuice has been labeled as progressive metal, thrash metal, experimental metal and avant-garde metal to name a few. Dantesjuice has also been known to incorporate elements of math rock and jazz metal to create their unique and recognizable sonic imprint.

Genesis
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Genesis - A concept album delving into the idea of human evolution and its counterparts. I marks the beginning of this journey when we find that self replicating rna manipulates itself into complex shapes and thus becomes the foundation for other things to come. II represents dna based life, separating data from function. Error correction, redundancy, and amplification of protein synthesis will pave the way for adaptive subsystems such as defense mechanisms and the nervous system.

Work in progress...

Song writing and Composition
Guitarist Julius Callahan is responsible for most of the songwriting and composition of Dantesjuice. "The gears are always turning", he says. "Its hard for me NOT to think about music...I'll wake up out of a dead sleep with an idea for a riff, or song, so i'll pick up my guitar and head straight to my computer and start tracking...I'll run into the occasional dry spell every now and then, but its usually not long before im hit with a wave of inspiration, anything from entire song ideas to full album concepts."

According to Julius, most of the bands production is done "in house". "Home recording studios have really come along way", he says "I have a nice little setup at home and we can get some really good sounds from what little gear i do have. Usually i'll track most of my ideas including the drums, bass and keyboards just to get a pretty good outline of the song structure, then i'll pull in Jed and the rest of the guys to get their input, see what they like and dislike about the new jam...from there we just start recording."

Current members

 * Julius Callahan - guitar
 * Jed Causient - guitar
 * Cedes Jaitun - drums
 * Sean Tuidjec - bass
 * Jestin Udeac - keyboards