Beyond Fear

Infobox musical artist
Name = Beyond Fear


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = United States
Genre = Heavy metal, Thrash metal
Years_active = 2005 - present
Label = SPV
Associated_acts = Winter's Bane Iced Earth Judas Priest Seven Witches
URL = [http://timripperowens.com http://timripperowens.com]
Current_members = Tim "Ripper" Owens John Comprix Dennis Hayes Eric Elkins
Past_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.

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." [http://www.metalasylum.net/interviews/2007/i0732.html] .

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

* "Beyond Fear" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.timripperowens.com/ Homepage]
* [http://www.icedearth.com.br/Ripper/ Official Brazilian Site]
* [http://highwiredaze.com/beyondfear.htm Tim "Ripper" Owens interviewed] by "Highwire Daze" (2006)