![]() On October 20, 2014, both Evan Brewer and Alex Rüdinger announced on their personal Facebook pages that they were leaving the band to pursue other projects. On February 14, 2014, Wes Hauch announced he was leaving the band. Alex Rüdinger, formerly of The HAARP Machine, a labelmate of The Faceless, became the band’s new full-time drummer. In January 2013, Cooper left the band, and posted on his Facebook module regarding his departure he claimed that the band’s goals and interests were not his own. The band, along with bands including Cannibal Corpse, Between the Buried and Me, and Periphery, took part in The Summer Slaughter Tour of 2012. Keene stated that “he’s moved in a different direction than us and we wish him good luck in his ventures.” Keene has also stated that the addition of Hauch gave the band some fresh energy, praising Hauch to be “one of the finest guitar players I’ve ever had the privilege of playing with, he’s really amazing.” Keene wrote Autotheism almost entirely while being the only member of the band, with the exception of track "Ten Billion Years" which was brought to the table by Wes Hauch and rewritten together between Hauch and Keene, keeping a large portion of Hauch's original arrangement with some Faceless signature elements added.Īutotheism débuted at number 50 on the Billboard 200 and hit number 1 on CMJ radio loud rock charts. In March 2012, guitarist Steve Jones left the band and was replaced by Wes Hauch, leaving Keene as the last founding member still in the band. In April 2011, the band was joined by bassist Evan Brewer of Animosity, replacing Giffin. Ficco performed the lead vocals on “The Eidolon Reality” pre-production preview track released on YouTube. In May 2011, Keene confirmed via Facebook that Geoffrey Ficco would be replacing Derek Rydquist as the band’s vocalist. The band also announced that they would be playing in The Summer Slaughter Tour of 2010 along with bands including Decapitated, All Shall Perish, and Decrepit Birth. Prior to their performance at California Metalfest IV, Giffin announced that he would no longer be in the band. Soon after its release, they toured with bands including Meshuggah, Lamb of God and In Flames. The album was critically acclaimed and brought the band a new level of success. Planetary Duality débuted at number 119 on the Billboard 200. The band went through several fill-in drummers before adding drummer Lyle Cooper to their line-up. After a break in the recording process, the band decided to make the EP into a full–length record and recruited several drummers to finish the drum tracks for the remaining songs.įollowing the release of Akeldama, the band toured extensively with bands including Necrophagist, Decapitated, Nile, and The Black Dahlia Murder. After recording the drum tracks, drummer Brett Batdorf left the band. In the winter of 2005, the band began work on a four-song extended-play album which would become Akeldama. The band was formed in Encino by guitarist Michael Keene and bassist Brandon Giffin in 2004. ![]()
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