Ever Since

December 1998: birth of the Valais (Switzerland) band Ever Since. June 1999: Christian Salom (bass guitar), Thierry Abbet (keyboards) and Jean-Philippe Lana (singer) join the band. In 2000, Christian leaves the band and is replaced by Fabrice Terrettaz, and Raoul joins Ever Since. In August, Ever Since plays live for the first time at the Underground Metal Festival. A few days later, Thierry leaves the band to move to Canada. He is replaced by Jean-Philippe on keyboards. In 2001 the band records "Into A Reign Of Pain", their first album, recorded live in Sion. In 2002, Ismael Roig (guitar) joins the band. In October of that same year, a contract is signed with Sweetnausea (an Italian label) and "Fight The Elements", their second album, finally sees the light of day.