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Chad Fjerstad

Chad Fjerstad is an American musician. He has composed music scores for feature-length films such as Dark Cloud and released synthesizer-based albums under his surname. He is the songwriter and front person of synth-pop band More Ephemerol, and is one of the key songwriters and players in progressive rock trio K'mono and avant punk band Ass Life. He's also toured extensively and internationally as the bassist in bands such as Dead to Fall, VR SEX, Nehemiah, and The Primals

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Chad Fjerstad is an American musician.1 He has composed music scores for feature-length films such as Dark Cloud 2 and released synthesizer-based albums under his surname. He is the songwriter and front person of synth-pop band More Ephemerol,3 and is one of the key songwriters and players in progressive rock trio K'mono 4 and avant punk band Ass Life.5 He's also toured extensively and internationally as the bassist in bands such as Dead to Fall, VR SEX,6 Nehemiah,7 and The Primals 8

Early life, family, and education

Chad Fjerstad grew up in the Twin Cities (St. Paul/Minneapolis), Minnesota. His music career began as the bassist in Midwest-based metalcore bands Nehemiah, and Dead To Fall.9

Music

After Dead To Fall's break-up in 2008,10 Fjerstad relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he formed industrial metal duo Chiildren,11 Ass Life, and More Ephemerol, which was initially a solo vehicle.12

In 2014, Fjerstad launched the imprint Ephemerol Night Terrors, through which he would release a great quantity of his projects including music albums and paperback books, as well as releases by other notable artists such as underground icon Geneva Jacuzzi.

In 2018, Fjerstad joined Darkest Hour's frontman John Henry in the side project The Primals.13

Though generally functioning as a complementary player to other songwriters in the past, Fjerstad began receiving favorable reviews between 2019 and 2023, for his own compositional works heard through releases by K'mono,14 More Ephemerol, and under his surname.15

Discography

Chad Fjerstad

  • Warship - Original Soundtrack (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2025)
  • Dark Cloud - Original Motion Picture Score (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2022)

Fjerstad

  • Promiscuous Sects (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2024)
  • 8-Circuit Neurorgasmic Trigger (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2019)

More Ephemerol

  • Apotheosis Pageant (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2023)
  • Fertile Energy (Oraculo Records, 2023)
  • Fractal Bath (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2015)

K'mono

  • Mind Out of Mind (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2023)
  • Return To The 'E' (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2021)

Ass Life

  • Ass Life (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2023)
  • Damn, Dude (self-released, 2017)
  • A Couple Cold Ones (Ephemerol Night Terrors/Wiener Records, 2015)

The Primals

Chiildren

  • The Circle Narrows EP (Records Ad Nauseam, 2015)
  • The Other People EP (Bit Riot Records, 2012)

Dead To Fall

Nehemiah

References

References

  1. "Meet Chad Fjerstad". canvasrebel.com. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  2. "'Dark Cloud' Soundtrack Released | Film Music Reporter".
  3. post-punk.com (2023-03-22). "Minimal Synth Project More Ephemerol Mourns the loss of Human Connection in "HYPERNUMB" Featuring Margot Rhodes". Post-Punk.com. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  4. Thomas, Graham (March 31, 2023). "K'mono – Mind Out of Mind".
  5. "Ass Life: LA Band Brings Pissed-Off Punk, Filthy Hardcore on 'Damn, Dude' LP (PREMIERE) | Features". www.noecho.net. September 19, 2018.
  6. "Fjerstad: Sado/Maso". Destroy // Exist. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  7. "Chad Fjerstad". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  8. "The Primals (Darkest Hour, The Explosion, Dead to Fall) Discuss Debut LP (EXCLUSIVE) | Features". www.noecho.net. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  9. "Dead To Fall - Victory Records". victoryrecords.com. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  10. "Dead To Fall breaks up". lambgoat.com.
  11. "Exclusive Premiere: Chiildren, "O' Child"". MetalSucks. December 10, 2014.
  12. "More Ephemerol - "Tomb Shaker" + Q&A". THE BRVTALIST. March 8, 2016.
  13. Kennelty, Greg (2018-07-31). "Members Of DARKEST HOUR & DEAD TO FALL Form THE PRIMALS, Announce Debut Album". Metal Injection. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  14. "K'Mono Mind Out of Mind". profil. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023.
  15. "10 great albums you might have missed so far this year (January-March 2019)". April 13, 2019.