One year ago we started our first project. On October 8th, 2017 was when we posted the first song we wrote together in 10 years, 'Cain and Abel'. Excited in our ambition, we continued writing and ended up writing a song with a similar theme of war, 'Waltz of the War Machine'. This led to a 5 song vision of a war themed EP that touches different perspectives of war. Once finished, we were very pleased with 'The War Machine' EP, and a month or two later began writing our first full length album.

Recently we reflected back on 'The War Machine', being halfway through our full length album in progress, we saw this EP and always thought the tone and mix could be better. With our updated software and capabilities, we re-recorded the drums specifically and reapplied it to the songs we wrote last year. The difference was incredible. It came to be the EP we always wanted it to be, and with a new sense of tone and clarity that brings the vision to life.

On October 8th 2018, one year after 'Cain and Abel' was first posted, we now celebrate the anniversary of where it started with the re-vamped EP 'War Machine: Reboot'. All five songs completed re-tracked drums with updated tone, mix, and clarity. Enjoy!

War Machine: Reboot

Resume Order (Rebooted)

Usurp the Throne (Rebooted)

No One's Fault (Rebooted)

Cain and Abel (Rebooted)

Waltz of the War Machine (Rebooted)

We have been playing music together since we were 16 years old, learned how to play our instruments from each other as well. 'Shackled Fervor' was the titled of our pairing back as teenagers in high school, before we got a bass player and started a different sound as 'Commanding Presence'. In late 2006, 'Commanding Presence' went our separate ways, and recorded our album together in 2007. Since then, we went with different projects, even solo work. In late 2017, 10 years after 'Commanding Presence, Jay recorded some old demos from the Shackled Fervor days from 2003 and 2004, which got the attention of Daniel. This eventually led to a reunion project, recording 'Cain and Abel' first in October 2017, over the course of 3 days. Having so much fun with that, we decided to write more, and have our comeback as Shackled Fervor with the first effort together in over a decade. "The War Machine" is our first EP together, and we are very proud to share it here, as well and look forward to making more music in the coming times. Thank you all for listening!