Mare (band)

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| name = Mare

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| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| genre = Post-metal
Sludge metal
Jazz fusion

| years_active = 2004–2007, 2015–present

| label = Hydra Head

| associated_acts = Circle Takes The Square, The End (Canadian band)

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| past_members = Tyler Semrick-Palmateer
Caleb Collins
Rob Shortil
Scot

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Mare were a Canadian band from Toronto, who fused sludge metal with more experimental traits such as jazz, unusual time signatures and Gregorian chant. Mare, consisted of Tyler Semrick-Palmateer{{Cite web |url=http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1750/ |title=Mare "s/T" CD - AVERSIONLINE.COM |access-date=2011-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106221622/http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1750/ |archive-date=2012-01-06 |url-status=dead }} on vocals and guitar, Rob Shortil on bass, and Caleb Collins on drums. The band recorded and released several demos,{{Cite web |last=Julien |first=Alexandre |author-link=Alexander Julien |date=September 15, 2011 |title=Chris Gray & Loveless .1. Official Biography |url=http://www.abridgedpause.com/chrisgrayandloveless1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925174204/http://www.abridgedpause.com/chrisgrayandloveless1 |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |access-date=September 12, 2020 |website=Abridged Pause Blog |language=en-US}} one of which was re-issued by Hydra Head Records in 2004 {{cite web|url=http://www.hydrahead.org/hh/press/mare/index.htm |title=Hydra Head Records: Press: Mare |accessdate=2011-01-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002053523/http://www.hydrahead.org/hh/press/mare/index.htm |archivedate=2010-10-02 }} as an EP.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1841 |title=Dusted Reviews: Mare - Mare |access-date=2010-09-13 |archive-date=2010-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230091334/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1841 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bluecollardistro.com/hydrahead/categories.php?cPath%3D4_521 |title=Hydra Head Shop: Artists |accessdate=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903023024/http://www.bluecollardistro.com/hydrahead/categories.php?cPath=4_521 |archivedate=2010-09-03 }} They also contributed a cover of the track "Night Goat" on the We Reach: The Music of the Melvins compilation.

In 2015, Caleb and Tyler reformed the band as a two-piece.