Chad Fjerstad

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 as Dead to Fall, VR SEX,^[6] Nehemiah,^[7] and The Primals ^[8]

Early life, family, and education

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]

Music

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 joined Darkest 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]

Discography

Chad Fjerstad

• Warship - Original Soundtrack (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2025)

• Dark Cloud - Original Motion Picture Score (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2022)

Fjerstad

• Promiscuous Sects (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2024)

• 8-Circuit Neurorgasmic Trigger (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2019)

More Ephemerol

• Apotheosis Pageant (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2023)

• Fertile Energy (Oraculo Records, 2023)

• Fractal Bath (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2015)

K'mono

• Mind Out of Mind (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2023)

• Return To The 'E' (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2021)

Ass Life

• Ass Life (Ephemerol Night Terrors, 2023)

• Damn, Dude (self-released, 2017)

• A Couple Cold Ones (Ephemerol Night Terrors/Wiener Records, 2015)

The Primals

• All Love is True Love (Southern Lord Records, 2018)

Chiildren

• The Circle Narrows EP (Records Ad Nauseam, 2015)

• The Other People EP (Bit Riot Records, 2012)

Dead To Fall

• Are You Serious? (Victory Records, 2008)

• The Phoenix Throne (Victory Records, 2006)

Nehemiah

• Lenore EP (Uprising Records, 2005)

• The Asphyxiation Process (Uprising Records, 2003)

• Nehemiah EP (self-released, 2001)