TEMIC

Temic biography
Temic is a progressive metal band from Norway. Nevertheless the line up is multinational and it includes keyboardist Diego Tejeida (Mexican born, living in the UK), previously in Haken, American multi-instrumentalist Eric Gilette (Neal Morse Band), Norwegian vocalist Fredrik Bergersen Klemp (Maraton) and Norwegian drummer Simen Sandness (Shining and Arkentype).

The origins of TEMIC date back to 2017, when Tejeida and Gillette toured the world as band members of Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress. The interaction and chemistry between the two musicians was so great that they started talking about the possibility of starting a band together.

Conflicting commitments in other bands and tours delayed their collaboration for three years. It was during the dreaded pandemic in 2020 that the two musicians finally connected and started laying ideas and demos together. The aim was to create a modern prog rock/metal sound blended with energetic electronic music.

First one to join Tejeida and Gillette was drummer Simen Sandness. All they needed now was finding a vocalist that could deliver expressive and intense vocal lines. It was at Simen's suggestion that Maraton vocalist Fredrik Bergersen Klemp be brought into the project.

In 2023, the band released their debut album, called "Terror Management Theory", well received by both critics and audience.

Recommended for fans of Threshold, Leprous, Pain of Salvation, Haken, Tesseract, Devin Townsend and even Symphony X and Evergrey.