Origin: Seattle, Washington, USA  
Genres: Traditional Metal
DISBANDED
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Last update/review: June 19, 2017

Nevermore

With a string of solid albums dating back to their debut in 1995, Nevermore firmly established themselves as one of the premier modern American metal bands. In a genre overrun with staleness and unoriginality, Nevermore continues to deliver quality music, mixing just the right amounts of power, melody, crunch and aggression to great effect. The roots of the band go back to an earlier band called Sanctuary, a similarly-styled technical power metal outfit that themselves released two albums before internal problems forced their breakup. Vocalist Warrell Dane is Nevermore's trump card, as he's one of the best in the business, with a clear yet forceful voice that never wanders out of control. Nevermore really have yet to release a sub-standard album, and have maintained their reputation as a premier metal act.

As of this writing (June 2017), the band continues to be on indefinite hold, though the chances of a revival seem to be fading. Longtime members Jeff Loomis and Van Williams officially left the band and have kept themselves busy in new bands, while Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard have revived Sanctuary.

Last Lineup

Warrel Dane

vocals (Sanctuary) RIP: December 13, 2017, heart attack, age 56

Jim Sheppard

bass (Sanctuary)

Former Members/Guests

Jeff Loomis

guitars (ex-Arch Enemy, Conquering Dystopia, guest for Rorschach Test)

Pat O'Brien

guitars (ex-Cannibal Corpse, Exhorder)

Tim Calvert

guitars (ex-Forbidden) RIP: April 30, 2018, ALS, age 52

Steve Smyth

guitars (ex-Dragonlord, Forbidden, One Machine, guest for Testament, ex-Vicious Rumors)

Van Williams

drums (guest for Ashes Of Ares, Ghost Ship Octavius)



Discography



Nevermore  
1995 Century Media
  1. What Tomorrow Knows
  2. C.B.F.
  3. The Sanity Assassin
  4. Garden Of Gray
  5. Sea Of Possibilities
  6. The Hurting Words
  7. Timothy Leary
  8. Godmoney
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
1995 Readers' Album #31




In Memory  EP
1996 Century Media
  1. Optimist Or Pessimist
  2. Matricide
  3. In Memory
  4. Silent Hedges/Double Dare
  5. The Sorrowed man
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Pat O'Brien
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams



The Politics Of Ecstasy  
1996 Century Media
  1. The Seven Tongues of God
  2. This Sacrament
  3. Next in Line
  4. Passenger
  5. The Politics of Ecstasy
  6. Lost
  7. The Tiananmen Man
  8. Precognition
  9. 42147
  10. The Learning
  11. Love Bites
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Pat O'Brien
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
1996 Readers' Album #12




Dreaming Neon Black  
1999 Century Media
  1. Ophidian
  2. Beyond Within
  3. The Death of Passion
  4. I am the Dog
  5. Dreaming Neon Black
  6. Deconstruction
  7. The Fault of the Flesh
  8. The Lotus Eaters
  9. Poison Godmachine
  10. All Play Dead
  11. Cenotaph
  12. No More Will
  13. Forever
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Tim Calvert
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
1999 Readers' Album #2




Dead Heart In A Dead World  
2000 Century Media
  1. Narcosynthesis
  2. We Disintegrate
  3. Inside Four Walls
  4. Evolution 169
  5. The River Dragon Has Come
  6. The Heart Collector
  7. Engines Of Hate
  8. The Sound Of Silence
  9. Insignificant
  10. Believe In Nothing
  11. Dead Heart In A Dead World
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
2000 Readers' Album #3




Enemies Of Reality  
2003 Century Media
  1. Enemies Of Reality
  2. Ambivalent
  3. Never Purify
  4. Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday
  5. I, Voyager
  6. Create The Infinite
  7. Who Decides
  8. Noumenon
  9. Seed Awakening
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
2003 Readers' Album #10




This Godless Endeavor  
2005 Century Media
  1. Born
  2. Final Product
  3. My Acid Words
  4. Bittersweet Feast
  5. Sentient 6
  6. Medicated Nation
  7. The Holocaust of Thought
  8. Sell my Heart for Stones
  9. The Psalm of Lydia
  10. A Future Uncertain
  11. This Godless Endeavor
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Steve Smyth
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
2005 Readers' Album #2




The Year Of The Voyager  VIDEO
2008 Century Media



Manifesto Of Nevermore  COMPILATION
2009 Century Media
  1. Final Product
  2. Born
  3. Enemies Of Reality
  4. Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday
  5. Believe In Nothing
  6. Narcosynthesis
  7. Dreaming Neon Black
  8. Beyond Within
  9. Next In Line
  10. The Seven Tongues Of God
  11. Matricide
  12. What Tomorrow Knows
  13. The Heart Collector (live)



The Obsidian Conspiracy  
2010 Century Media
  1. The Termination Proclamation
  2. Your Poison Throne
  3. Moonrise (Through Mirrors Of Death)
  4. And The Maiden Spoke
  5. Emptiness Unobstructed
  6. The Blue Marble And The New Soul
  7. Without Morals
  8. The Day You Built The Wall
  9. She Comes In Colors
  10. The Obsidian Conspiracy
  • Warrel Dane
  • Jeff Loomis
  • Jim Sheppard
  • Van Williams
2010 Readers' Album #5





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