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INCURA Is A Canadian Cinematic Metal Band Based In Vancouver BC. They Are Kyle Gruninger Vocals Jim McLaren Keys Jono Olson Bass Gatlin Fitzgerald Guitar And Phil Gardner Drums . Their Musical Style Is A Combination Of Hard Rock Prog Rock And Metal Instrumentals With High Vocals. The Early Years
INCURA Formed In Lethbridge Alberta. Original Guitar Player Gatlin Fitzgerald Attended Wilson Jr High School With Bass Player Jono Olson And Lethbridge Collegiate Institute With Kyle During Their High School Years. All Three Musicians Were Heavily Involved In The Local Music Scene Gat And Jono Played In A Band Called Last In Line While Kyle Performed With A Band Called Dislexic. After Being Introduced By Mutual Friends From The Lethbridge Scene The Trio Began To Jam Together On A Regular Basis. Drummer Adam Rosner Who Also Attended LCI Was Invited To Join In On These Sessions And The Group Began Writing Music Under The Name Invein. INVEIN
In 2003 The Original Band Lineup Recorded An EP Titled A Way Out. The Recording Process Was Productive For The Quartet — While Fitzgerald Gruninger Olson And Rosner Were Relatively Happy With The Tracks They Did Not Feel That A Way Out Best Represented The Band Artistically. Over The Course Of The Next Two Years The Quartet Worked Out Their Creative Vision Inviting Keyboard Player McLaren To Join The Group During The Recording Process Of Their Next EP 2005's Is Everyone Ready To Face What We're Fighting For?. Similarly The Band Grew Tired Of The Name INVEIN After The Release Of Their 2003 EP. Though It Had The Right Vibe For The Band's New Music Many Other Groups Also Used It As A Moniker. The Material Generated For The 2005 EP By Fitzgerald Gruninger Olson And Rosner Was Highly Original And The Addition Of McLaren's Keyboard Playing Marked A Genre Shift For The Band Away From More Conventional Metal. The Group Decided To Change Their Name Keeping The IN And Adding CURA — A Healing Spell From The Final Fantasy RPGs.
In That Moment INCURA Was Born. Start As INCURA
In 2006 All Five Of The Members Of INCURA Moved To Vancouver British Columbia. The Quintet Spent The Next Several Years Playing Extensively And Became Staples In The BC Hard Rock Scene. They Recorded Another EP Swords.Souls.Secrets In 2007 And Shortly After Its Release Rosner Left The Group.
He Was Replaced By A Friend Of The Band From Lethbridge Jeff Arnold. In 2008 INCURA Competed In The CFOX-FM Vancouver Seeds Music Competition. They Were Ultimately Awarded The Top Platinum Prize Joining The Ranks Of Past Winners Like Bif Naked Matthew Good Gob And Faber Drive. As A Part Of The Platinum Prize The Band Opened For Sloan And The Stone Temple Pilots On Aug 30 2008. 2009 Was Another Big Year For The Quintet. The Band Attended Canadian Music Week In Toronto Ontario And Generated A Great Deal Of Buzz For Their Unique Sound. Following The Success Of Their Stay In Toronto INCURA Recorded A Seven Track EP Titled The Lost. Shortly After Its June Release Drummer Jeff Arnold Left The Group And Phil Gardner Joined The Band. Manager Rob Lanni Had Mentored The Members Of INCURA As Part Of Their Prize Package From The 2008 FOX Seeds Competition. As The Band's Fan Base Grew So Did The Interest Of Various Record Labels In Their Music. It Was Around The Time Of Gardner's Joining The Group That INCURA Was Approached By Lanni's Company Coalition Music Formerly Coalition Entertainment . The Band Signed To Coalition Music Records /Warner Music Canada Late In 2009. INCURA After Signing To The Label The Three Years After The Lost EP Marked The Longest Break From Recording In The Band's History. The Band Gigged Extensively In Vancouver And Abroad With Their New Tunes Most Notably Opening For Apocalyptica In May 2012 And Playing The Huge Club-Run Reeperbahn Festival In Hamburg Germany In September 2012. They Continued To Write New Material And In 2012 They Recorded And Released A Six-Song Self-Titled Incura EP. Because Of The Band's Heavy Performance Schedule And Their Use Of The New Material In Their 2012 Shows Their Self-Titled EP Became Known By The Members And Their Fans As The Tour EP. Long-Time Guitarist Gatlin Fitzgerald Left The Band Near The End Of 2012 After The Tracking Of The Band's Self-Titled Full-Length Release From Coalition Music Records /Warner Music Canada. Fitzgerald Was Replaced By Royce Whittaker Whose Former Band Had Shared A Jam Space With INCURA In Vancouver. In January 2013 INCURA Launched A National Canadian Tour Dubbed The Theatre Of Anarchy Tour In Advance Of Their Full-Length Debut With Coalition Music Records /Warner Music Canada. Their Tour-Mates Included 40 Sons And Six Side Die. In 2014 INCURA Signed A Deal With Inside Out/Century Media And Released Their Self-Titled Record Across Europe/UK On February 26th 2014. After A 2-Year Hiatus Gatlin Rejoined The Band As Lead Guitarist.
They Started Recording For The New Album And In 2017 It Was Released Under The Name Incura II. read less