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About me
Welcome! I'm Chris Kerley, a UK based songwriter / composer, producer, drummer & vocalist. I'm the principal song writer of UK heavy bands Zedi Forder, An Entire Legion, Tricore & Kerl. I've been writing music, spanning the genres, for well over a decade, from pop to orchestral. I've produced several releases of rock/metal & electronic/pop music. I've also created a bunch of other stuff including short animations, a book and I'm currently in the process of designing a board game of all things!
I also occasionally offer various recording/audio services. If you're interested please check out >
Music Released
Tricore - Unbound EP (2007) - Writer, Drums, Vocals
Tricore - 'Aliens' Animation (2008) - Creator
Tricore - Less than man...More than rabbit ALBUM (2009)*(RW 2014) - Writer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
Kerl - 'Home Again' Single (2009)*(RW 2015) - Writer, Vocals, Drums, Producer
Tricore - Great balls of Troooper EP (2010) - Writer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
An Entire Legion - Where do you fit EP (2010)*(RW 2014) - Writer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
An Entire Legion - Flame Wizard ALBUM (2011/12)*(RW 2014) - Writer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
An Entire Legion - Flame Wizard Adventures 'making of' vid (2011) - Creator
Rind SKank - Double track (2012) - Writer, Vocals, Producer
Kerl - To Anybody EP (2013) - Writer, Vocals, Producer
Zedi Forder - Zedi Forder 1 EP (2015) - Writer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
Zedi Forder - Zedi Forder Album (2017) - Writer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
Zedi Forder - Zedi Forder Album/Acoustic tracks (2017) - Writer, Vocals, Producer
Zedi Forder - Zedi Forder "Killakarta" video
Kerl- Red Lips Album (2017) Writer, vocals, producer
*(RW - Re-worked & Re-mastered)
Videos, Animations, misc
Smiley Jim short Animation (2012) - Creator
Kiburi short Animation (2012) - Creator
Galactic Kay 'Ineptitude' Animation (2013) - Creator, Voice over
KerlsHouse Gameplay commentary vids (2013) - Voice over
Toys with Tommy Comedic reviews - (2013) - Voice over
Poncho Twiddle Judgment Animation (2013) - Creator, Voice over
Romantic turn on's, turn off's Animation (2013) - Creator, Voice over
This is me and this is my gun Animation (2014) - Creator, Voice over
This is me and this is my gun Song Animation (2014) - Creator
Jimmy Binks Animation (2015) - Creator, Voice over
He's so handsome when the lights go out Song Animation (2015) - Creator
Black Crown Story - Writer
Black Crown Board Game - Creator
MUSIC
Press Quotes >>>
"It is fair to say that other bands with Kerley and Carstairs at the heart have criminally gone undervalued bordering on unnoticed by major attention and success. Thankfully making music which leaves a lasting imprint on body and imagination through creative originality and adventure is a passion, a vocation for the pair at the heart of Zedi Forder, so we get to feast on their alchemy once again and so should you, it would be rude not to go off and discover its majesty, wouldn’t it?"
-- Ringmaster
"Meet Zedi Forder, a band that will have you hooked with one listen of this 4-track EP!"
--Ross Welford (Uberrock)
"An Entire Legion continued to intrigue, surprise, and thrill with an unpredictable and persistently adventurous intent in sound and ideation"
-- The Ringmaster
"From the moment you play the first track entitled “When We Were Kings” you are sent speeding into what I can only describe as a mixture of powerful vocal lines, and heavy classic Rock textured guitar parts"
-- Michael Coyle (Metal Temple)
"It's absolutely fantastic. There's such excellent tracks on it...all of them"
-- Ro, Darkcompass
"My favorite moments on the record are when they veer off into thrash territory. Granted, they don’t ever stay there long, but it’s a treat when they do. Fyrom' features one of the most memorable riffs on the record. A funky hard rock verse leads into a much more aggressive bit of mechanical thrash riffing. The song is very catchy, despite some almost rapped vocals, and is probably my favorite track on the record"
--Fred Phillips, Teeth of the divine
"Their unique creations of heavy riffs and energetic sounds fused with instinctive melodies and diverse engaging hooks feed and inspire any metal loving heart with immense satisfaction"
"From the very first listen to Tricore the noticeable thing other than their immense skill in songwriting and playing is a sound that is theirs alone, it stands in its very own private corner with a distinct and exclusive identity and any bands one mentions in comparison just give mere hints to the band’s music and not a true description"
--RIngmaster
“Twelve Ton a Foot. The new wave-ish 1980s rock opening blasts into a proggy high energy song"
-- Teeth of the Divine
“It’s great! It’s bouncy and it’s got a robot voice in it. There’s not enough robot metal I say.”
-- Johnny Doom - Kerrang Radio
“Highly accomplished in terms of playing and production” “There are some nice surprises, in particular the daft punk-style vocoder part in the title track, which is a real masterstroke”
-- Chris Korff - Sound on Sound
“I think they’re fantastic. I thought that track was absolutely brilliant. There was a great ending to a fantastic track that was great throughout.”
--Thekla - Total Rock Radio
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