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Fen are a british black metal outfit formed in 2006 from the Fens of East Anglia. Their myspace page reports that they "draw the listener into a windswept and desolate landscape, bereft of hope". In 2006 they recorded the Ancient Sorrow EP (released on both CD and Vinyl) and January 2009 saw the release of the first full length album "The Malediction Fields" under the CODE666 record label. In 2011 they released the album EPOCH (also CODE666 records), gaining positive reviews in leading magazines Metal Hammer (8/10) and Terrorizer magazine. The album was launched at the Bull & Gate venue in London with support from the old Corpse Road on the 11th of February 2011.

Fen have played at many festivals and with other class acts, including at the Infernal Damnation Festival, the Damnation Festival 2010 (alongside acts such as Sabbat and Lawnmower Deth) and tours with Negura Bunget and Wodensthrone

EPOCH was released in a standard jewel CD case and as a strictly limited artbook edition (limited to 799 copies) with 40 pages of photography from the landscapes that have inspired the music and two bonus tracks (The wind whispers of Loss & ...From the Mists).

The band features original members The Watcher, Grungyn and Theutus. In 2007 Draugluin joined on Synths, in 2010 Draugluin was replaced by Æðelwalh previously of Wodensthrone.

Releases:
Ancient Sorrow - Northern Silence EP - 2006

(Desolation Embraced, The Gales Scream of Loss, Under the Endless Sky)

The Malediction Fields - CODE666 - 2009

(Exiles Journey, A Witness to the passing of Aeons, Colossal Voids, As Buried Spirits Stir, The Warren, Lashed by Storm, Bereft)

Towards the Shores of the End - Fen / De Arm (Split Release)

(Soilbound, Ageless Thenody, Towards the Shores of the End, Bereft (acoustic reprise)

Epoch - CODE666 - 2011

(Epoch, Ghosts of the Flood, Of Wilderness and Ruin, The Gibbet Elms, Carrier of Echoes, Half Light Eternal, A Warning Solace, Ashbringer, *The Wind Whispers of Loss, *... From the mists)

=== References and Reviews: ===

Reviews of Epoch:

Ultimate Metal (collection of reviews) - http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/code666/645565-fen-epoch-reviews.html

Metal Hammer Magazine - February 2011

Trebuchet Magazine - http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/index.php/site/article/fen_-_epoch/

Shellshock - http://www.shellshock.co.uk/product_info.php?selected_cat=CODE051&artist=Fen&Label_filter=Code666

Blabbath - http://www.cackblabbath.co.uk/2010/12/02/fen-epoch/

Reviews of Malediction Fields

Metal Review: http://metalreview.com/reviews/4878/fen-the-malediction-fields

Metal Crypt: http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=4688

Metal Rage: http://www.metalrage.com/reviews/2685/fen-the-malediction-fields.html

Ultimate Metal (collection of reviews): http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/code666/450876-fen-malediction-fields-reviews.html

Metal Archives: http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=220219

Chronicles of Chaos: http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-6026_fen_the_malediction_fields.aspx

Blistering.com http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/15482/tempidx/4/menuid/2

Other Reviews / Sites

Full page feature in Metal Hammer (UK) magazine March 2011 "FEN: expansive brits redefine the black metal landscape"

Terrorizer magazine March 2011 - 7.5 review of Towards the Shoes of the End

Aural Music site - http://www.auralmusic.com/

De Arma Split Review http://halifaxcollect.blogspot.com/2011/02/fen-de-arma-towards-shores-of-end.html MTUK Metal Zine Review http://www.metalteamuk.net/jan11reviews/cdreviews-fende.htm

Sea of Tranquility Review: http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=10502

Avant Garde Metal Review http://avantgarde-metal.com/content/reviews2.php?id=592

LAST FM Page - http://www.last.fm/music/Fen