Scarve

French death metal band

Scarve

Origin| Nancy, France
Genres|

* Technical death metal
* thrash metal
* groove metal

Years active| 1994–2009 (hiatus)
Labels| Listenable, War Music
Members| Lawrence Mackrory
Patrick Martin
Sylvain Coudret
Loïc Colin
Dirk Verbeuren
Past members| Pierrick Valence
Guillaume Bideau
Alain Germonville
Philippe Elter

Scarve is a French technical death metal[1] band from Nancy. They have released four full-length albums, the latest being The Undercurrent, released in 2007.

## History

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Scarve was formed in 1994 by rhythm guitarist Patrick Martin and drummer Dirk Verbeuren,[2][3][4][5] the latter of whom later joined Soilwork, and is now with renowned thrash metal band Megadeth. Their 2004 album, Irradiant features a contribution from Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal on the track "Asphyxiate".

### Vocalist departures and The Undercurrent

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In October 2006, it was announced that Guillaume Bideau had left Scarve during the recording of The Undercurrent in order to take over as lead singer in the Danish industrial metal band Mnemic. His session replacement was announced to be ex-Darkane singer, Lawrence Mackrory (who provided vocals on the album Rusted Angel).

Following the release of The Undercurrent, on 4 June, Pierrick Valence announced that he was leaving Scarve to focus on his other band, Phazm. On 22 April 2007, The band posted a message on their Myspace page saying that they were still looking for a vocalist.

In May 2009, the band revealed their new vocalist, Lawrence Mackrory, who sung on The Undercurrent and their next album. Dirk said on their Myspace blog "We're all very proud and happy to have Lawrence in our ranks, and extremely excited to bring you, our fans, a whole new collection of blasting futuristic death metal!"

Scarve has been on an unofficial hiatus since 2009, and have not performed live since 2007. Dirk Verbeuren currently performs with Megadeth and Sylvain Coudret is with Soilwork, while Loïc Colin recently joined American death metal band Solium Fatalis, which also features current members of Cryptopsy.

## Members

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Current

* Lawrence Mackrory (Darkane) – vocals (2007, 2009–present)
* Patrick Martin – rhythm guitar (1994–present)
* Sylvain Coudret (Soilwork) – lead guitar (1994–present)
* Loïc Colin – bass guitar (2001–present)
* Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth) – drums (1994–present)

Live members

* Gilles Delecroix – drums (2007)
* Butcho Vukovic – vocals (2007)
* Benoit Antonia – guitar (2004)

Former

* Alain Germonville – co-lead vocals (1998–2001)
* Guillaume Bideau (Mnemic) – co-lead vocals (1998–2006, died in 2022)
* Pierrick Valence – co-lead vocals (2001–2007)
* Fred Bartolomucci – vocals (1994–1998)
* Philipe Elter – bass guitar (1998–2001)
* David Fioraso – bass guitar (1994–1997)
* Julien Thibers – bass guitar (1997–1998)

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Timeline

## Discography

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* Six Tears of Sorrow (1996, self-released)
* Translucence (2000, War Music)
* Luminiferous (2002, Listenable Records)
* Irradiant (2004, Listenable Records)
* The Undercurrent (2007, Listenable Records)

## References

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1. ^ The Undercurrent review at About.com
2. ^ "PlayVJ Music Video Stations". playvj.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
3. ^ "Scarve Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | Al..." AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
4. ^ "Scarve - Biography". Metal Storm. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
5. ^ "SCARVE: Thrashing Young Lads". www.apeshit.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

## External links

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* Official website[usurped]
* Scarve at Listenable Records
* Scarve on Facebook

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

Artists|

* MusicBrainz