Early years
The band was formed when Mircea Eftemie (ex-Mercenary) joined Rune Stigart and Brian “Brylle” Rasmussen, both formerly of a local death metal outfit called Exhume in Aalborg, Denmark in 1998.
The first line up was completed with the addition of Mark Bai also known as notus bai and dorthe dak, who was on vocals and Mikkel Larsen on bass. Mark Bai suggested the band call themselves ‘Mnemic’ (the Latin word for energy), which stands for Micro-organized Neurological Energetic Modulation Intensely Cristalized. The band went on to record their first demo in 2000 with Jacob Hansen. These songs are blueprints of the later songs, “Tattoos” and “Closed Eyes”.
Mnemic engaged with a masked look in some promotional pictures during this period but apparently abandoned the masks after their first live performance wearing them.
Mark Bai, finding a strong religious calling, left shortly after to become a priest.
Mnemic were to find their second singer, Michael Bøgballe, on Danish national television who they tracked down and recruited as their first permanent vocalist.
After their second demo was recorded in 2000 with Tue Madsen, they were offered a contract with Nuclear Blast Records.
Mechanical Spin Phenomena and The Audio Injected Soul
This second line-up went on to record the band’s critically acclaimed debut industrial metal album Mechanical Spin Phenomena. Bassist Mikkel Larsen left the band after recording the bass parts for this album and was replaced by Tomas ‘Obeast’ Koefoed, who had earlier played with Tue Madsen in a band called Grope.
After touring Europe in support of the album, the band returned to the studio to record and release their second album, titled The Audio Injected Soul in 2004, which charted in the Top 100 in Denmark.
The album contains a cover of Duran Duran’s famous song, “Wild Boys”.
The AM3D positional audio technology for headphones was also used on two of the album’s tracks, on The Audio Injection and on Deathbox, but the band have not used the technology again since. The feature was only present on the retail version of the album.
Mnemic toured heavily in support of this album across Europe and North America until September 2005.
Departure of Michael Bøgballe and recruitment of Guillaume Bideau
Michael Bøgballe left the band at this stage, unable to balance the heavy touring with his family commitments, but continues as vocalist with his other two bands Oktan and Smaxone, which also features Mnemic’s drummer Brian “Brylle” Rasmussen and Tomas “Obeast” Koefod.
Swedish band M.A.N (and former Transport League) vocalist, Tony Jelencovich was recruited on a short stint, filling in on vocals on the band’s subsequent North American tour with Meshuggah, but Jelencovich and the band amicably parted ways in April 2006.
Michael’s permanent replacement was later confirmed to be Guillaume Bideau, formerly the clean vocalist of the French technical metal band, Scarve.
Passenger
Mnemic’s third studio album, titled Passenger, was produced by Christian Olde Wolbers of Fear Factory and Warren Riker, and mixed by Tue Madsen, and was released in Europe on February 2 and in North America on February 6, 2007. A bonus track, titled “Zero Synchronized” is available on the Japanese version of the album. Currently Guillaume has a side-project with Dirk Verbeuren (drummer for Scarve and Soilwork) called One Way Mirror, which is an industrial rock/metal group.
On July 13, 2007, they were one of two opening acts playing with Metallica in Aarhus (The other act being Volbeat).After the Headbangers Ball tour in Denmark in 2007 the band decided to take a break from touring and start writing a new album, but in 2008 Mnemic where again invited by Metallica to play a few selected shows in Europe, as support.
Sons of the System
The band have announced the title of their new album as Sons of the System, and have been working on it since 2008, and is has been stated through the bands Myspace will be released in January of 2010. Furthermore the band is working on a new media, bridging audio, sensor and projection technologies to be implemented into their forthcoming live shows.
Mnemic
The band was formed when Mircea Eftemie (ex-Mercenary) joined Rune Stigart and Brian “Brylle” Rasmussen, both formerly of a local death metal outfit called Exhume in Aalborg, Denmark in 1998.
The first line up was completed with the addition of Mark Bai also known as notus bai and dorthe dak, who was on vocals and Mikkel Larsen on bass. Mark Bai suggested the band call themselves ‘Mnemic’ (the Latin word for energy), which stands for Micro-organized Neurological Energetic Modulation Intensely Cristalized. The band went on to record their first demo in 2000 with Jacob Hansen. These songs are blueprints of the later songs, “Tattoos” and “Closed Eyes”.
Mnemic engaged with a masked look in some promotional pictures during this period but apparently abandoned the masks after their first live performance wearing them.
Mark Bai, finding a strong religious calling, left shortly after to become a priest.
Mnemic were to find their second singer, Michael Bøgballe, on Danish national television who they tracked down and recruited as their first permanent vocalist.
After their second demo was recorded in 2000 with Tue Madsen, they were offered a contract with Nuclear Blast Records.
Mechanical Spin Phenomena and The Audio Injected Soul
This second line-up went on to record the band’s critically acclaimed debut industrial metal album Mechanical Spin Phenomena. Bassist Mikkel Larsen left the band after recording the bass parts for this album and was replaced by Tomas ‘Obeast’ Koefoed, who had earlier played with Tue Madsen in a band called Grope.
After touring Europe in support of the album, the band returned to the studio to record and release their second album, titled The Audio Injected Soul in 2004, which charted in the Top 100 in Denmark.
The album contains a cover of Duran Duran’s famous song, “Wild Boys”.
The AM3D positional audio technology for headphones was also used on two of the album’s tracks, on The Audio Injection and on Deathbox, but the band have not used the technology again since. The feature was only present on the retail version of the album.
Mnemic toured heavily in support of this album across Europe and North America until September 2005.
Departure of Michael Bøgballe and recruitment of Guillaume Bideau
Michael Bøgballe left the band at this stage, unable to balance the heavy touring with his family commitments, but continues as vocalist with his other two bands Oktan and Smaxone, which also features Mnemic’s drummer Brian “Brylle” Rasmussen and Tomas “Obeast” Koefod.
Swedish band M.A.N (and former Transport League) vocalist, Tony Jelencovich was recruited on a short stint, filling in on vocals on the band’s subsequent North American tour with Meshuggah, but Jelencovich and the band amicably parted ways in April 2006.
Michael’s permanent replacement was later confirmed to be Guillaume Bideau, formerly the clean vocalist of the French technical metal band, Scarve.
Passenger
Mnemic’s third studio album, titled Passenger, was produced by Christian Olde Wolbers of Fear Factory and Warren Riker, and mixed by Tue Madsen, and was released in Europe on February 2 and in North America on February 6, 2007. A bonus track, titled “Zero Synchronized” is available on the Japanese version of the album. Currently Guillaume has a side-project with Dirk Verbeuren (drummer for Scarve and Soilwork) called One Way Mirror, which is an industrial rock/metal group.
On July 13, 2007, they were one of two opening acts playing with Metallica in Aarhus (The other act being Volbeat).After the Headbangers Ball tour in Denmark in 2007 the band decided to take a break from touring and start writing a new album, but in 2008 Mnemic where again invited by Metallica to play a few selected shows in Europe, as support.
Sons of the System
The band have announced the title of their new album as Sons of the System, and have been working on it since 2008, and is has been stated through the bands Myspace will be released in January of 2010. Furthermore the band is working on a new media, bridging audio, sensor and projection technologies to be implemented into their forthcoming live shows.
Website: http://mnemic.com
MySpace: http://myspace.com/mnemic