Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.myspace.com/anterior www.myspace.com/anterior] - years active: 2003 -- 2012 - past members: ross andrews andrew cairns - origin: tredegar , south wales , united kingdom - genre: melodic death metal progressive metal - name: anterior - background: group_or_band - label: metal blade - current members: luke cook davies leon kemp steven nixon james britton james - associated acts: mendeed Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anterior -lrb- band -rrb- .
anterior was a five-piece metal band from tredegar , wales .they were signed to metal blade records , although they were also approached by manowar 's joey demaio .they released two albums through metal blade records : '' this age of silence '' in 2007 and '' echoes of the fallen '' in 2011 .