Tim Yatras
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Tim Yatras is an Australian musician and composer, best known as a writer of several J-pop
songs, as well as a former member of Wollongong based heavy metal
band, Lord
, and creator of the Black Metal
/Rock
/Trance
act Germ
.
he was also a part of Dungeon
from February 2005 until their breakup, and appears on the 2006 release, The Final Chapter
, performing drums and backing vocals, and co-writing most of the tracks. He is also a session musician on the studio-based Newcastle band Ilium
's album, Vespertilion. He toured as a member of Nazxul
in 2004, and later performed on the bands album, Iconoclast, in 2008. Tim also featured in a string of bands including Battalion, with whom he recorded the CD Into Harm's Way. Yatras also performed drums and backing vocals on Simon Polhill's debut EP, Serial.
He played drums and keyboards and sang backing vocals on the Lord albums Ascendence
and Set in Stone
and receives a writing credit for every song except the intros, and is credited with the lyrics to the track "Same Old Lines". After completing work on the Set in Stone album, Yatras left Lord following a national tour in June, 2009.
Along with childhood friend Desolate of the doom metal
act Funeral Mourning, he was one half of the Black Metal band Austere. Since the dissolution of Austere, Tim played drums, sang and arranged much of the music on the Woods Of Desolation album, Torn Beyond Reason, as well as being a member of the Rock
band Grey Waters. Tim's latest musical ventures include composing songs for several J-pop
labels and producers, as well as releasing Wish, the debut album by his solo act Germ, in January of 2012.
, Gorecki, Max Martin
and Tetsuya Komuro
among others.
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
songs, as well as a former member of Wollongong based heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band, Lord
Lord (band)
Lord is a heavy metal band from Wollongong, Australia. The group began as a solo project for "Lord Tim" Grose of Dungeon in 2003 and expanded into a complete band when Dungeon broke up in 2005. They have released three albums and an EP to date. Lord has appeared with major acts that include...
, and creator of the 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....
/Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
/Trance
Trance
Trance denotes a variety of processes, ecstasy, techniques, modalities and states of mind, awareness and consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden.The term trance may be associated with meditation, magic, flow, and prayer...
act Germ
Germ
Germ may refer to:* Microorganism, especially a pathogen; see Germ theory of disease* Germ cell, an ovum or sperm, or one of its progenitors* The Germ , a periodical established by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to disseminate their ideas...
.
Biography
Aside from LordLord (band)
Lord is a heavy metal band from Wollongong, Australia. The group began as a solo project for "Lord Tim" Grose of Dungeon in 2003 and expanded into a complete band when Dungeon broke up in 2005. They have released three albums and an EP to date. Lord has appeared with major acts that include...
he was also a part of Dungeon
Dungeon (band)
Dungeon was a melodic power metal/thrash metal band based in Sydney, Australia, considered by some sources as one of Australia's leading metal bands...
from February 2005 until their breakup, and appears on the 2006 release, The Final Chapter
The Final Chapter (Dungeon album)
-Credits:* Lord Tim - vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass* Tim Yatras - drums, vocals* Andrew Dowling - bass * Mav Stevens - guitar * Sabine Linfoot - backing vocals...
, performing drums and backing vocals, and co-writing most of the tracks. He is also a session musician on the studio-based Newcastle band Ilium
Ilium (band)
Ilium is a melodic power metal band from Newcastle, Australia. The band have released five full-length albums to date.-Founding:Guitarist Jason Hodges and original vocalist Mark Snedden formed the band as Iliad in 1998 having previously played together in Oracle in the early 1990s...
's album, Vespertilion. He toured as a member of Nazxul
Nazxul
Nazxul is a black metal band from Sydney, Australia. At one time featuring members of other prominent local metal bands including Mortal Sin and Sadistik Exekution, Nazxul has released two albums, an EP and several split releases with other bands....
in 2004, and later performed on the bands album, Iconoclast, in 2008. Tim also featured in a string of bands including Battalion, with whom he recorded the CD Into Harm's Way. Yatras also performed drums and backing vocals on Simon Polhill's debut EP, Serial.
He played drums and keyboards and sang backing vocals on the Lord albums Ascendence
Ascendence
Australian bonus trackJapanese bonus track-Personnel:MusicalLord* Lord Tim – vocals, guitars, keyboards* Tim Yatras – drums* Andrew Dowling – bass guitarwith* Tania Moran – backing vocals* Gareth Michael – backing vocals...
and Set in Stone
Set in Stone (Lord album)
Set in Stone is the third album by Australian heavy metal band Lord. It was released in September 2009 by the band's own label Dominus in conjunction with Riot! Entertainment...
and receives a writing credit for every song except the intros, and is credited with the lyrics to the track "Same Old Lines". After completing work on the Set in Stone album, Yatras left Lord following a national tour in June, 2009.
Along with childhood friend Desolate of the doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
act Funeral Mourning, he was one half of the Black Metal band Austere. Since the dissolution of Austere, Tim played drums, sang and arranged much of the music on the Woods Of Desolation album, Torn Beyond Reason, as well as being a member of the Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Grey Waters. Tim's latest musical ventures include composing songs for several J-pop
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
labels and producers, as well as releasing Wish, the debut album by his solo act Germ, in January of 2012.
Influences
He lists his composing influences as Yoshiki Hayashi, Noel GallagherNoel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and principal songwriter of the English rock band Oasis. He is currently fronting his solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Raised in Burnage, Manchester with his...
, Gorecki, Max Martin
Max Martin
Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
and Tetsuya Komuro
Tetsuya Komuro
, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...
among others.
Lord
- AscendenceAscendenceAustralian bonus trackJapanese bonus track-Personnel:MusicalLord* Lord Tim – vocals, guitars, keyboards* Tim Yatras – drums* Andrew Dowling – bass guitarwith* Tania Moran – backing vocals* Gareth Michael – backing vocals...
(2007) - "Hear No Evil"Hear No Evil (Lord EP)Hear No Evil is an EP by Australian heavy metal band Lord. It was released in a limited edition of 500 hand numbered CDs on October 31, 2008 on the band's own label, Dominus Records.-Overview:...
(2008) - Set in StoneSet in Stone (Lord album)Set in Stone is the third album by Australian heavy metal band Lord. It was released in September 2009 by the band's own label Dominus in conjunction with Riot! Entertainment...
(2009)
Austere
- Withering Illusions and Desolation (2007)
- Only the Wind Remembers (2008)
- Bleak (2008)
- To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009)