Hailing from New Bedford, MS,
Beyond the Embrace performs traditional
heavy metal with a few latter-day devices such as death-styled vocals and thrash-like speeds stirred into the mix of their unusual three-guitar attack. Debuting with 2002's Against the Elements on Metal Blade, the sextet featuring vocalist/keyboardist
Shawn Gallagher, guitarists
Oscar Gouveia,
Jeff Saude, and
Alex Botelho, bassist
Adam Gonsalves, and drummer Mike Bresciani has often been referred to as "
Iron Maiden on speed." Released in 2004, the band's sophomore Insect Song introduced new drummer
Kevin Camille and saw the departure of longtime bassist
Gonsalves. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Insect Song
Against the Elements