Growning up in a Military, Latter Day Saint family in Waiouru there wasn't a whole lot to get up to except listen to music. Our Dad raised us on a balanced diet of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin so I never strayed far from heavy music. I'd been in bands previously (Metallica cover bands in high school) but when it came to starting my own band (In Dread Response) I drew from my influences of Iron Maiden, Megadeth and the likes of Darkest Hour.

At the time I'd also really been getting into a japanese band called Envy which is where I took my more melodic influence from. When all the music was written it came time to find a vocalist. I'd previously worked with Irish madman Sean O'Kane-Connolly in the band Cold By Winter and quickly jumped at the chance to put his lyrical genius to good use. We were set. We quickly recorded a 6 track EP and printed & pressed them ourselves which went down well. After a very short tour of NZ and Australia we headed back into the studio to record our full length album From the Oceanic Graves.