The Wise Man's Fear is a 6-piece American Fantasycore band from Central Indiana consisting of: Tyler Eads - Clean vocals, Joseph Sammuel - Harsh vocals, Codi Chambers - Lead guitar, Nathan Kane - Rhythm Guitar/vocals, Thomas Barham - Bass guitar, and Paul Lierman - Drums and lyrics. The group debuted its first full-length record, Castle in the Clouds, in the summer of 2015. The album takes place in a fictional universe called Pneuma and chronicles the adventures of a young knight (representative of mankind) on his quest to find a legendary Castle and allegorically, the meaning of life. Their subsequent 2017 release, The Lost City, serves as a prequel to the events of Castle in the Clouds and tells the story behind the rise of Chaotica, the villain from the previous record while commenting on the dangers of generational warfare. In 2020, the band released "Valley of Kings" via Sharptone Records, the third and final installment in the Codex Trilogy. The record explores the merits and pitfalls of several core philosophical outlooks, each portrayed by a member of a conclave on a quest to find the mythical valley of kings. The band released Atlas Ruinica in 2023, weaving a new story arc in a universe parallel to our own Drawing from a wide range of influence spanning from singer/songwriter and alternative music to downtempo deathcore, the band has crafted a unique sonic blend as true to their Fantasycore classification as their lyrical content.