After a decades worth of gaining and losing momentum with previous acts, the strings section came together the winter of 2015, vocals soon thereafter and finally drums. Operating alongside like minded personalities with similar passion for dark progressive metal amongst other genres, H I V E was formed. We released our first 4 track ep December 2016 and went on our first 30 day national tour as a band in May 2017. Then again trekking out to the west coast and back In September 2017. Currently hibernating through the severe Chicago winter, H I V E is writing, demoing, fine-tuning, and growing super ecstatic to release new music early 2018.