In March 2012, guitarist Steve Jones left the band and was replaced by Wes Hauch, leaving Keene as the last founding member still in the band. In April 2011, the band was joined by bassist Evan Brewer of Animosity, replacing Giffin. Ficco performed the lead vocals on “The Eidolon Reality” pre-production preview track released on YouTube. In May 2011, Keene confirmed via Facebook that Geoffrey Ficco would be replacing Derek Rydquist as the band’s vocalist. The band also announced that they would be playing in The Summer Slaughter Tour of 2010 along with bands including Decapitated, All Shall Perish, and Decrepit Birth. Prior to their performance at California Metalfest IV, Giffin announced that he would no longer be in the band. Soon after its release, they toured with bands including Meshuggah, Lamb of God and In Flames. The album was critically acclaimed and brought the band a new level of success. Planetary Duality débuted at number 119 on the Billboard 200. The band went through several fill-in drummers before adding drummer Lyle Cooper to their line-up. After a break in the recording process, the band decided to make the EP into a full–length record and recruited several drummers to finish the drum tracks for the remaining songs.įollowing the release of Akeldama, the band toured extensively with bands including Necrophagist, Decapitated, Nile, and The Black Dahlia Murder. After recording the drum tracks, drummer Brett Batdorf left the band. In the winter of 2005, the band began work on a four-song extended-play album which would become Akeldama. The band was formed in Encino by guitarist Michael Keene and bassist Brandon Giffin in 2004. On December 1, 2017, the band released their fourth album, In Becoming a Ghost. The band's third album, Autotheism, was released on August 14, 2012. They released their debut album, Akeldama, in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008. The Faceless are an American technical death metal band from the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Faceless performing at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
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