At least two bands call themselves Mare: one was a progressive sludge band from Oakville/Burlington, Canada, the other is a black metal band from Trondheim, Norway. 1) Mare from Oakville/Burlington was a band orchestrated primarily by frontman Tyler Semrick-Palmateer, previously on vocal duty for tech-metal outfit The End. In a unique mixture of sludge, doom metal and and other textures that defy immediate genres or categorization...
PagesEND was formed by Alex and Aaron in 2005, with the recording of Nitetime back in 2006, the duo struggled to find a suitable drummer for a while, so they had to settle for programmed drums on live performances. These performances didn't bring the full dynamic of the sound.In mid 2007 after the release of the first album the band found a drummer whos experience stretched back over 12 years. The band finally reaped the fruit of the full dynamic of a live sound. Chris' ability to out play the drum machine had given a new direction to PagesEND sound.