Chad Fjerstad


Chad Fjerstad is an American musician. He has composed music scores for feature-length films such as Dark Cloud and released synthesizer-based albums under his surname. He is the songwriter and front person of synth-pop band More Ephemerol, and is one of the key songwriters and players in progressive rock trio K'mono and avant punk band Ass Life. He's also toured extensively and internationally as the bassist in bands such as Dead to Fall, VR SEX, Nehemiah, and The Primals

Early life, family, and education

Chad Fjerstad grew up in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. His music career began as the bassist in Midwest-based metalcore bands Nehemiah, and Dead To Fall.

Music

After Dead To Fall's break-up in 2008, Fjerstad relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he formed industrial metal duo Chiildren, Ass Life, and More Ephemerol, which was initially a solo vehicle.
In 2014, Fjerstad launched the imprint Ephemerol Night Terrors, through which he would release a great quantity of his projects including music albums and paperback books, as well as releases by other notable artists such as underground icon Geneva Jacuzzi.
In 2018, Fjerstad joined Darkest Hour's frontman John Henry in the side project The Primals.
Though generally functioning as a complementary player to other songwriters in the past, Fjerstad began receiving favorable reviews between 2019 and 2023, for his own compositional works heard through releases by K'mono, More Ephemerol, and under his surname.

Discography

Chad Fjerstad
Fjerstad
  • Promiscuous Sects
  • 8-Circuit Neurorgasmic Trigger
More Ephemerol
  • Apotheosis Pageant
  • Fertile Energy
  • Fractal Bath
K'mono
Ass Life
  • Ass Life
  • Damn, Dude
  • A Couple Cold Ones
The Primals
Chiildren
Dead To Fall
Nehemiah
  • Lenore EP
  • The Asphyxiation Process
  • Nehemiah EP