Description
This quartet, known in a previous incarnation as Andromeda, now calls itself Andeavor and plays a style of progressive metal as unique as the spelling of its name.

Music style
Intense prog metal covering a lot of ground between gentle, profound, balladic inquiries and heavy, relentless, aggressive displays of talent.

Musical influences
Rush, Yes, Dream Theater, Fates Warning, and also bands with an industrial edge such as White Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, and Marilyn Manson.

Group members
Douglas Peck - bass, keyboard, lead vocals

Steve Matusik - guitar, background vocals

Steven Starvaggi - drums, percussion

Chris Rodler - keyboards, guitar synth

Albums
Once Upon Time

Press reviews
In astronomy, Andromeda is a northern constellation south of Cassiopeia. Some say as far as the naked eye can see. This also holds true of the music of Andromeda, a local, progressive metal power trio.
"We don't really agree with labels," states vocalist Doug Peck. "But people always ask 'What do you play?', and progressive metal was the closest we could come up with."

Truth is, their influences contain such a wide variety of styles, and it shows in the individuality of each song.

"Our journey begins with Yes, Genesis, Zeppelin, even Sabbath," continues Peck, "slides through the 80's metal like Whitesnake and Scorpions, hits the 90's art rock bands like Queensryche, Fates Warning, and Dream Theater, add a cup of Rush, a dash of Megadeth, and a pinch of Nine Inch Nails. In a nutshell, everything!"

Put that in a blender on low speed for three years, chill and enjoy songs like "Crimson Tears", "Heaven's Gate", "House of Rags", "False Profit". and "Deja Vu". Don't expect to hear your radio favorites though. "Covers are fun to play, but we decided long ago, why should we spend a week on a Queensryche song when we could be writing another "House of Rags"? We spend a lot of time writing and rewriting, and the next week, we might scrap it and start over."

Steve Matusik (guitars) and Douglas Peck (vocals, bass, keyboards) formed the nucleus of Andromeda in early 1995. They later added the services of Steven Starvaggi (drums) in 1996. Originally a four piece, they lacked a bass player for months. With no luck locating one, Doug took the slot and filled the void in no time.

When asked of their future plans, the singer confessed, "We'd love to do everything and anything, but the timing has to be right for us. We're looking into updating our recording equipment and eventually releasing our music. We don't believe it will ever be outdated, at least not for us. That's most important because if the band isn't enjoying what they're doing, how could the fans enjoy it?"

Don't think we'll have a problem with that

Additional info
Progressive Music Management:
www.pmm-music.net

Location
Erie, PA

"Crimson Tears"		Progressive Metal
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