As Deadtide sought to assemble a worthy lineup following the release of “Ephemeral,”
Mike & Phil continued to stay busy with writing, posting, growing their following and
reach, and other metal-related labors to keep active until returning to the stage. It's
worth noting that Mike, who writes everything vocal and lyrical for the band, was also
featured with metal guitarmaster Marios Iliopoulos from Nightrage after competing for
and winning the spot as the vocalist on fellow melodeath band Dawn of Dreams' track,
“Forever.” His vocal style on it is not far off from Deadtide's track “Stargazer Syndrome,”
which has been described as “epic.”
The band’s debut EP album Ephemeral has over 90k plays on Youtube, and the 2016 EP
The Great Unknown (self-recorded) has hit over 30k. Their first music video for the
studio-recorded single “Begin the Dream” has over 50k views. By far their most success-
ful release to-date, the music video for “Alteration”, has smashed through 212k views.
All combined, including Spotify, which totals 15k plays, their studio-recorded final
releases, alone, have garnered over 400,000 listens.
The band has been active since 2009. Since achieving a full, permanent lineup in late
2015, driven to make waves the metal world, Deadtide has been performing again in
the NYC/NY/NJ/PA CT metal scenes, and has shared stages with popular metal acts
including Soilwork, Fear Factory, Soulfly, Kataklysm, Doyle (The Misfits), Abnormality,
Through the Eyes of the Dead, Powerman 5000, The Absence, Exmortus, and more. The
band made it to the East Coast Finals of Wacken Metal Battle, the competition to play
the 70,000+ festival in Germany, where winning the final stop in California means flying
to Germany.
Presently, the band plays live at venues and events throughout the tri-state area,
saturating the area with the soundwaves of the Deadtide. Following excellent responses
from venues and promoters, Deadtide has been jumping at all invites and opportunities
to tear up stages at metal and hard rock shows and festivals wherever and whenever
they can, ready to stretch their legs and play new states.
The bigger, the better! Unusual events, too; even a festival
and business expo centered around the cannabis industry
invited Deadtide to play for attendees from all over. Most
recently, the band has been carefully crafting new songs for
a full concept album to be recorded in studio. The fans de-
serve a taste of what’s to come as they wait for Deadtide’s
next sonic conquest, and pieces of the blueprint have al-
ready been made available for the ears of headbangers all
across the world.