Fen
Origin	The Fens The Fens The Fens, also known as the , are a naturally marshy region in eastern England. Most of the fens were drained several centuries ago, resulting in a flat, damp, low-lying agricultural region....
Genre	Black metal Black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
Years Active	2006 - Present
Labels	Code 666 / Norvdis
Website	http://www.myspace.com/fenband
Members
The Watcher (guitar, vocals)
Grungyn (bass, backing vocals)
Theutus (drums)
Æőelwalh (synths, backing vocals)
Releases
Ancient Sorrow - 2006 Label:Northern Silence
Malediction Fields - 2009 Label:CODE666
Towards the shores of the End - 2011 Label:NORDVIS - split release with De Arma
Epoch - 2011 Label:CODE666

Fen are a British black metal outfit formed in 2006 from the Fens of East Anglia

East Anglia

East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...

 signed to the label Code666. Their Myspace page reports that they "draw the listener into a windswept and desolate landscape, bereft of hope". In 2006 they recorded the Ancient Sorrow EP (released on both CD and Vinyl) and January 2009 saw the release of the first full length album The Malediction Fields under the CODE666 record label. In 2011 they released the album Epoch (also CODE666 records), gaining positive reviews in leading magazines Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...

 (8/10) and Terrorizer magazine (7.5/10). The album was launched at the Bull & Gate venue in London with support from the old Corpse Road on the 11th of February 2011.

Fen have played at many festivals and with many other acts, including at the Infernal Damnation Festival, the Damnation Festival

Damnation Festival

The Damnation Festival is a one day music festival currently held annually at Leeds University, Leeds, England and organised by Gavin McInally. The 2011 edition of the festival will be held on November 5...

 2010 (alongside acts such as Sabbat and Lawnmower Deth

Lawnmower Deth

Lawnmower Deth are an English thrash metal band who parodied the genre and recorded three-and-a-half albums. Initially active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they reformed in 2008.-Main career :...

) and tours (including international dates) with Negura Bunget

Negura Bunget

-Biography:Negură Bunget formed at the end of 1994, as a duo, with Hupogrammos Disciple on guitars, vocals, and keyboards, and Negru on drums. In 1997, Sol'Faur Spurcatu joined the group on guitar...

, Wodensthrone

Wodensthrone

Wodensthrone is a black metal band formed in winter of 2005, in Sunderland in the North East of England, by founding members Brunwulf, Wildeþrýð, Gerádwine, and Hréowsian....

 and Agalloch

Agalloch

Agalloch is an American metal band formed in 1995 in Portland, Oregon. The band is led by vocalist and guitarist John Haughm and so far have released four limited EPs, four full-length albums, two demos, one split album, one compilation album and one live DVD....

.

Epoch was released in a standard jewel CD case and as a strictly limited artbook edition (limited to 799 copies) with 40 pages of photography from the landscapes that have inspired the music and two bonus tracks ("The Wind Whispers of Loss" & "...From the Mists"). A Waning Solace from Epoch featured in Terrorizer magazine's 10 essential anthems (Issue 208).

The band features original members The Watcher, Grungyn and Theutus. In 2007 Draugluin joined on Synths, in 2010 Draugluin was replaced by Æðelwalh previously of Wodensthrone.

Releases

• Ancient Sorrow - Northern Silence EP - 2006

1. Desolation Embraced
2. The Gales Scream of Loss
3. Under the Endless Sky

• The Malediction Fields - CODE666 - 2009
  

1. Exiles Journey
2. A Witness to the Passing of Aeons
3. Colossal Voids
4. As Buried Spirits Stir
5. The Warren
6. Lashed by Storm
7. Bereft

• Towards the Shores of the End - Fen / De Arm (Split Release) - Nordvis

1. Soilbound
2. Ageless Thenody
3. Towards the Shores of the End
4. Bereft (acoustic reprise)

• Epoch - CODE666 - 2011
  

1. Epoch
2. Ghosts of the Flood
3. Of Wilderness and Ruin
4. The Gibbet Elms
5. Carrier of Echoes
6. Half Light Eternal
7. A Warning Solace
8. Ashbringer
9. The Wind Whispers of Loss*
10. ...From the Mists*