Shards of Ice

Shards Of Ice is a metal/rock band based in Manila, Philippines. Angelo Garcia and Dean Rosen started the band in 2004. Within the same year they recruited Lex Adarme to be their drummer and Griff Chatwin to be their rhythm guitarist. The band is greatly influenced by old school metal. Metallica has always been their favorite band, while Killswitch Engage and In Flames are two contemporary metal bands also inspiring them.

They can be heard on Myspace [ [http://www.myspace.com/shardsofice MySpace.com - Shards Of Ice - Manila, Manila - Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/shardsofice ] ]

Shards Of Ice's debut album, entitled 'The Monkeys Have Landed', was released in the Philippines in October 2004. The singles 'Hunter Killer' and 'Wasted Everyday' were aired on local music channels MTV Philippines and MYX.

In July 2004, Angelo moved to Cairo, Egypt. Since, Shards Of Ice have remained a three-piece band, promoting Griff to be their lead guitarist. In November 2004, they were featured in PULP magazine; and in February 2005, the band won first place in LSGH's "Overdose" Battle Of The Bands competition, in which they were the youngest band and the only three-piece. Later on in April, they played in the PULP Summer Slam, which celebrates the top 35 bands in the country of that year; and in June, the Fete De La Musique, a world wide festival of music from different countries. This event gave them their first television spot in both the Philippines and France. RockEd and Gawad Kalinga are two charity organizations they have supported by playing benefit concerts, including one campaigning against poverty, and one for the victims of the Leyte landslide. They were also featured in The National Inquirer newspaper, featured in May 2005 [http://you.inq7.net/music/index.htm]

In 2006, Griff moved to Sweden, and thus only Dean and Lex remain in Manila. They have performed with session guitarists, including Fred Dobbelstein and Birk Kollecker. In April 2007, they competed in the national Invasia Battle Of The Bands and placed in the Top 5, among other local acts such as Neruda and April Morning Skies. Currently, they are writing new material for their 2008 Demo, and communicate with Griff for their recordings.

In April 2007, Shards Of Ice released their music video for their song I Pledge Allegiance [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqZLMVkfrs YouTube - Shards Of Ice - I Pledge Allegiance (music video) ] ] , due to appear on their next album.

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