HUMAN GROUND - Progressive/Melodic Death metal (Est)
HUMAN GROUND was born in late fall of 2003 in Los Angeles. The founding member Tarvo Valm (living in LA at that time) was struggling with the idea to put together a well-sounding thrash/death metal project. In the beginning it was meant to be a studio project with different additional musicians, but as time passed, the band's concept changed. Getting tired of (and nowhere with) being in LA for almost five years, Valm started to think about of returning to his home country Estonia. Being parted for so long with his friends and family was too depressing for him. He decided to go back for everything he was missing and also in order to make some quality music - playing with his close friends, with real musicians, not with wannabes.
In the spring of 2004 the plans for HUMAN GROUND were getting clearer and the line up was already set up. HG slowly came to life. There were two main objectives: first of all to record the demo and then to get ready for the first show.
In the beginning of July their first 3-song demo "Carrier Of The Remains" was out. On July 16, 2004 (HUMAN GROUND's birthday) they played at the Hard Rock Laager, the biggest metal festival in Estonia, for hundreds of headbanging fans. That was the great start - to play together with Dismember from Sweden. From this day on Human Ground was completely formed and presented as the new hope in the Estonian metal scene. The star was born! During the fall HG rehearsed and played a few small shows, but the main thing was to get ready to record the album.
In the beginning of 2005 the studio session started. At the end of March 2005 the album was finally mixed and mastered. After releasing the "Human Ground" album and giving great show at the release party, the band took some time off. They gave a few shows here and there, but nothing serious. The record label was busy with promotion for the album. The Hard Rock Laager 2005 festival was drawing nearer, as well as Human Ground's birthday. Sven was having a hard time with his personal life and couldn't spend time with the band as much as he wanted to. The HR Laager gig was Sven's last show with Human Ground. They've decided to go on as a 4-piece band. At the moment HG is looking for an agency or a management who would be interested in the band - booking shows and dealing with everything.
