With a business goal set, the four musicians got to work on the music aspect of their newfound destiny. Though the chemistry was solid and the music infinitely powerful, they felt an emptiness in their live sound. The now final product seeks solace in spreading their music around the globe under the fabled name: Gemanon.

Since age 6, James has studied the guitar relentlessly. Always knowing what he wanted to do with his life, James played in small bands wherever he could, whether it be on the drums or the guitar. James discovered Ryan after watching several of his guitar videos. Together they started collaborting to find like-minded musicians. Now armed with a prodigious line-up, James is ready to take this project straight to the top.

Jesus has always been influenced by metal music and always wanted to lead a band to success. In high school he joined Aeglyss as lead guitarist and vocalist. After a couple of years in that project he decided it was time to move onto a dedicated metal project with high aspirations and goals. After a short band hiatus to hone his technical skills, Jesus was asked to join Gemanon as their bassist. Gladly accepting the offer, Jesus now sets a strong foundation for Gemanon.

Paul Anderson started playing drums at age twelve. He toured Canada at thirteen and Europe for the first time at age 14 and by 17 he was playing in the Montreaux Jazz festival. Paul took up singing in college to lead the LA based band The Fortune Teller and Nemesis Records LLC signed Sympathy Ends. After touring with Sympathy Ends, Paul decided to become a full-time drummer. The networking he had done for the 3 years after high school enabled him to have a myriad of tryouts and from that he selected Gemanon as the band that most suited his work ethic and aspirations.

Ryan Alvarado began playing guitar at the age of eight. Twelve years later, Ryan has worked in many metal projects including his sovereign act Exogenesis, an instrumental progressive metal project. For Exogenesis, Ryan became proficient in playing drums, bass, and synth in order to record an entire 50+ minute album himself. Several years after recording The Overview Effect and countless other singles, Ryan joined up with James Fraser to form Gemanon.
Redirect Playthrough - Work in Progress
Ryan Alvarado and James Fraser playing a new work-in-progress currently titled "Redirect".
Filmed with GoPro HD HEROs (http://GoPro.com)
Gemanon - Pocus & Ryan Practicing Earthrift
Paul Anderson filming Stephen Pocus and Ryan Alvarado before their first big show. At this point, Pocus joined the band a few weeks ago. Watch these Gedis discuss the time signatures and variations of Earthrift's progressive ending.
Sentience - Ryan & James Playing Guitar
Gemanon's first release - Sentience is a heavy and melodic metal song with technical and progressive guitar riffs and groove synth leads. Watch Ryan M. Alvarado and James W. Fraser play 'Sentience' on the guitar.
If you like the song and would like to hear more Gemanon songs, Visit us on our new Facebook Fanpage!
http://facebook.gemanon.com
Download Sentience here: http://soundcloud.com/gemanon/sentience
Gemanon - Live At The Red House (Walnut Creek)
Gemanon's 2nd show! Watch Gemanon play their entire setlist (30 minutes) at The Red House in Walnut Creek. Gemanon co-headlined with Nekrogoblikon.
Gemanon - Earthrift Live (DNA Lounge)
Gemanon performing their instrumental "Earthrift" at their first show at the DNA Lounge (12/15/11).
DNA Lounge SF Dec. 15th (First Show!)
James, Ryan, and Paul announcing Gemanon's first show at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco!














