ETERNAL MYSTERY calls it a day

Long running Christian grindcore band ETERNAL MYSTERY has officially announced it’s demise today. The band will continue on however with some line up changes under the name OPPRESSED.

Here is a formal statement from founding member Broc Toney:

Hello everyone, this is Broc from Eternal Mystery. I figured that since I am the only original member of this band that I would be the one to put out this announcement.

Eternal Mystery’s last show was this past Friday, February 11th. We played with Suspended Obscurity, Machine Made Slave, and our new vocalist Davey’s acoustic/folk project The Jackanapes. To all who came out to see us, thank you. To those who couldn’t make it but were still supportive from wherever they were,
again, thank you.

As of January 22nd, we had to remove Josh Cook, our vocalist for over a year, from his position in this band due to what I will simply list as extreme attitude and pride issues that were damaging to this band’s nature. I refuse to go into any details because I don’t want to cause any more hardships than there already are. We had a backup vocalist lined up ready for the replacement already, and we are glad we found him. However, after long discussions having to due with the extent of the damage done to this band’s reputation here in the local music scene, we came to the conclusion that we could no longer, in good conscience, continue with this band. The name, reputation, and integrity this band was supposed to represent, have been completely destroyed and cannot be repaired.

As of about 2 weeks ago, David (Davey) Lavergne officially replaced Josh as the vocalist of this band. We made plans to change the name, musical style, and lyrical content/stance of the band because, as mentioned earlier, we did not feel comfortable continuing on with a name that was stained as badly as Eternal Mystery. We have decided to change our name to Oppressed, mix sludge, grindcore, death metal, and many other forms of music to create our own unique style that we could call our own, and no longer label ourselves a ‘Christian band’. The reason why, I will mention in the next paragraph.

We will not carry this title simply because most of the bands carrying it do not practice what they preach. As a matter of fact, most of the bands and venues who have treated us the worst have been those who have carried the Christian title. We were treated much better and with more respect by the secular scene, even including bands and musicians who themselves held an anti-religious/anti-Christian sentiment, than we were by almost all of the Christian scene that we had been involved with, and that to us says a lot. Thus, we came to the conclusion that bearing the Christian title means absolutely nothing. Most of the bands carrying this title, except for a small handful, do not practice what they preach and do not carry themselves in a manner that would be considered Christian in any sense. We find this to be completely disgusting and want no part of the dishonesty and hypocrisy that it’s come to represent. In a national environment where calling yourself “Christian” is like the “cool and hip thing to do”, the meaning of it gets destroyed and twisted into something grotesque.

Eternal Mystery, as of right now, is dead. We are changing our name to Oppressed, and this is for us a fresh, new start. If you don’t want to support us simply because we choose not to associate ourselves with the Christian music scene, then I personally suggest that you barricade yourself in your bedroom and
listen to your Audio Adrenaline and Skillet CDs at full volume. This is what our consciences are leading us to do. However, we do want to thank everyone who bought a CD, wrote a review, conducted an interview, or did anything in general to support us. We love you all more than you could ever know.