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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