Chad Fjerstad is an American musician.[1] He has composed music scores for feature-length films such as Dark Cloud[2] and released synthesizer-based albums under his surname. He is the songwriter and front person of synth-pop band More Ephemerol,[3] and is one of the key songwriters and players in progressive rock trio K'mono[4] and avant punk band Ass Life.[5] He's also toured extensively and internationally as the bassist in bands such asDead to Fall, VR SEX,[6] Nehemiah,[7] and The Primals[8]
Chad Fjerstad grew up in the Twin Cities (St. Paul/Minneapolis), Minnesota. His music career began as the bassist in Midwest-based metalcore bands Nehemiah,[9] and Dead To Fall.[10]
After Dead To Fall's break-up in 2008,[11] Fjerstad relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he formed industrial metal duo Chiildren,[12] Ass Life, and More Ephemerol, which was initially a solo vehicle.[13]
In 2014, Fjerstad launched the imprint Ephemerol Night Terrors,[14] 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.[15]
In 2018, Fjerstad joinedDarkest Hour's frontman John Henry in the side project The Primals.[16]
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,[17] More Ephemerol, and under his surname.[18]
