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Tetrafusion is a progressive metal/experimental band based out of Shreveport, Louisiana. Tetrafusion was formed in October of 2006 when Gary Tubbs, Mark Michell, and J.C. Bryant had a strong desire to form a small side project trio playing jazz and slow jam music locally. During the first rehearsal of this newly formed side project, the first riff written is what became the intro riff for "Inertia". Prior to their formation, bassist Mark Michell was a member of another local artist by the name of Altered State, an alternative rock influenced trio with guitarist Paul Turner and drummer Brooks Tarkington, who had also played guitar. Keeping in touch with Brooks long after Altered State had disbanded, the two had tossed around the idea of adding a guitarist into their side project. After sending the early demos of "Inertia" his way, Brooks was quite impressed and offered to fulfill guitar duties to become the group's official guitarist. Thus, Tetrafusion was formed. Becoming more innovative in their music, the band had a change of mind and decided to become a progressive metal/experimental band. They continued to write music in the months following, played several local shows, and self-produced a low-quality demo until they were able to finance professional recordings. A year later, they were finally ready to record their newly written material, and tapped QueenSix Productions to professionally record and produce their first full-length album "Absolute Zero", an instrumental concept album depicting the birth, life, and death of the universe. After the release of "Absolute Zero", the band plans to incorporate vocals to continue to develop an original sound for their style.

Gary Tubbs
Keyboard / Synth



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Brooks Tarkington
Electric Guitar



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Mark Michell
Electric Bass



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J.C. Bryant
Drumset



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