Kardashev are a progressive metal band based out of Arizona that formed in 2012 and was inspired by technology, love, and altruism. Their focus is to create beautiful, heavy music for fans of death metal, deathcore, atmospheric black metal, and post rock. Band Member Lineup: - Mark Garrett Mark has been with Kardashev since their start in 2012 lending his voice, lyrics, melodic ideas, and overall creativity to the project. He has screamed and sang on every release, filmed music videos, produced music videos, created how-to videos for vocals, compiled numerous promotional videos and content for marketing, is the founder of his own instructional school for singers/screamers called "Kardavox Academy", and has even authored a book of poetry. Mark is also the vocalist and lyricist for Neverbreath and Viraemia. - Nico Mirolla Nico has also been with Kardashev since 2012 and has written every song as the sole composer and guitarist of the band. Nico is also the "brains" of the band as he manages all of the day to day, social media, publishing, shipping, networking and other administrative duties. Nico runs a home studio where all of Kardashev's music has been created since the beginning. - Sean Lang Sean was introduced to Kardashev sometime in 2015 and in 2018 he and Nico began the process of bringing Sean onboard in the role of their drummer. He also owns and operates a marketing firm based in Vancouver, Canada. - Alexander Adin Rieth Alex has been a long-time friend of Kardashev since they were introduced in 2010 through a mutual friend. In 2013, him and the band went on a week-long tour called "The Game of Tones" with his then band A Distant Calm. Alex has since moved on to play bass guitar for Holy Fawn and in 2019, he was asked to join Kardashev as their bass player too! You can hear his first appearance on their album „The Baring of Shadows". Founded: June 2012 Hometown: Tempe, Arizona, USA Genre: Deathgaze | Atmospheric | Djent | Progressive Death Metal | Deathcore | Space | Science