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Members: Gavin Meagher, Gary Humphrey, Michael Lukers, Joe Hammond

FORESEEN BIOGRAPHY:
Appearing from out of Pensacola, FL, the band climbed into the 1997 global progressive metal scene with their debut album, "Prophet's Dream". They established themselves once more in 2001 with their sophomore release, "Soulless Age". The band combines a myriad of unique influences to create one melodically aggressive sound, which can only be described as Foreseen. Each song is a culmination of talents from Gary Humphrey, Michael Lukers and Joe Hammond. The band is diligently working on their latest opus with a new addition in the frontman position. The current songwriting process joins together Gavin Meagher's inspiring vocals with Foreseen's undeniable signature sound, to produce body-moving grooves and thought provoking subjects. With standout tracks like "Prophet's Dream, Twilight Winter and Soulless Age" under their collective belt and future crowd pleasers as "Only The Wicked, So Far Gone and Mr. Hyde", don't be surprised to find Foreseen on the progpower radar and beyond.

GAVIN MEAGHER: vocals
Creating vocal melodies since the age of seventeen, Gavin actually began experimenting with music at a younger age, by playing guitar. Then something magical happened. As he stared through the looking glass of such vocalists as Rob Halford, Layne Staley and Ian Gillan, he started setting his sights on rock stardom. Finding his way into the musical fold of Foreseen as current vocalist, Gavin is stretching out his broad range and expressing a diverse collection of emotional boundaries. Whether Gavin is using his voice soaring high or devastatingly low, he captures the meaning and intensity of every lyric to create memorable melodies. "I get off on the live feedback of every person we perform for and in return, that interaction between us makes for an electric performance."

GARY HUMPHREY: Guitars
Playing stringed instruments since the age of eight, music has always been present in Gary's life. Having a strong love for the live performance, he has been playing gigs since sixteen. Though Gary is able to break a song down to its subtle elements, his true nature in playing is all out, energy driven riffs. The tendency for most guitar players is to over play. Surround yourself with great players, and you can create something great with more understandable elements. To me its better to feed off the energy of the group around me.

MICHAEL LUKERS: Drums
Michael has performed many styles of music since he began this journey. Some of Lukers' inspirations come from influential artists such as Johan Langell, Snowy Shaw, Vik Foxx, Shannon Larkin and Mark Zonder (to name drop just a few). Michael has the ability to push Foreseen's intricately powerful music while also letting the "experience" breathe. "I love being one of the four driving and visual entities in our band. Playing my kit is a feeling that pumps through my blood every day. We try to entertain as one big machine. When that happens, this band can move the crowd with high energy. That's when it's a good show.

JOE HAMMOND: Bass Guitar
The slamming low-end frequencies found in Foreseen's music are produced by bassist extraordinaire Joe Hammond. Playing his instrument since the age of ten, Joe found his home as the monster bassist of Foreseen. Possessing an extreme talent for finding inside grooves, he also ventures into the spotlight without taking away from the overall song structure. Joe's interpretations of bass guitar come from studying such performers as Steve Harris, Geezer Butler and John Entwistle. Joe's experience on the instrument gives him a confident aura and wild inner strength. A man on a mission to entertain you on stage and in the studio...


THE HISTORY OF FORESEEN:
Foreseen has released two albums to date. The bands first was titled, "Prophet's Dream". This album was the reason Foreseen started getting known in the progressive and power metal markets in America and abroad. Finding distribution through Germany really helped Foreseen become more established. The band started getting alot of press from such prestigious magazines as Heavy Oder Was! and online magazines as Sacred Metal. This led to the band performing at the first progressive metal festival 'Powermad' in 1997, thanks to a writer and friend Steve Woodham and Keith Menser (founder of the festival). You can also find Foreseen's title track on the Powermad Festival compilation, "Powermad 1997" disc. All of this action and hard work brought Foreseen the opportunity to realize the next step in the process. Writing, rehearsing and gigs. While in the studio recording their sophomore effort . Foreseen found its way back out on the scene and so it was back to Baltimore, MD to perform at 'Powermad Festival' 1998. This led to having "Twilight Winter" on the second compilation disc titled, 'Powermad 1998'. Following up with your second album is never easy, but Foreseen took it in stride and settled in to the writing tasks at hand. While finishing up the "Soulless Age" recordings, Foreseen received a message from Steve Woodham and Thomas Youngblood (Kamelot) inviting us to be included on Thomas' KMI label release. Very excited, Foreseen accepted the request and recorded "Shadow's Fall" for the album titled, "Powerquest: The Awakening" compilation. This album has the only available recording of this song. The band was also asked to contribute a song on the new Queensryche tribute album, "Warning: Minds of Raging Empires...vol. 2" (2002) CD, on Siegen Records. Here you will be able to experience FORESEEN's recorded version of the hit "Last Time in Paris". Foreseen released their aniticipated "Soulless Age" album in 2001. This album was a more orchestrated album than it's predecessor. This album led to Foreseen being chosen to open for Godsmack and Jerry Cantrell at the infamous TK101 X-Fest.

After a considerable amount of time and separate musical projects have come and gone, Foreseen have reunited with a new vocalist Gavin Meagher and are in the studio recording their third album. Michael has taken his position on drums again and the band is very excited about the sound and process. The music is in the same "unyielding rhythm attack" style as Foreseen's two previous albums while still focusing on melody. "When this album is heard, you will know it's Foreseen"