Dead to fall

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Dead to fall
General information
origin Chicago , Illinois , United States
Genre (s) Metalcore , Melodic Death Metal
founding 1999
resolution 2009
Last occupation
Jon Hunt
Tim Java
Logan Kelly
Chad Fjerstad
Electric guitar
 Phil Merriman
former members
Electric bass
 Justin Jakimiak
Drums
 Dan Craig
Electric guitar
 Antone Jones
Electric guitar
 Bryan Lear
singing
 Andy Dalen
singing
 Aaron Cosgrove
Electric guitar
 Matt Hartman
Electric guitar
 Seth Nichols
Drums
 Evan Kaplan
Drums
 Brad King
Electric guitar
 Matt Matera
Electric guitar
 Aaron Nelson
Electric bass
 Chris Nolan

Dead to Fall was a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Chicago , Illinois , USA , formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2009.

history

The band was founded in 1999 by drummer Dan Craig and guitarists Antone Jones and Matt Hartmann. A short time later, bassist Justin Jakimiak and singer Jon Hunt joined the band and completed the line-up. Together they developed the first songs and played appearances, among others with The Crown or Darkest Hour . This made Victory Records aware of the band and signed the group.

In the summer of 2002, the band went into the studio to record their debut album Everything I Touch Falls to Pieces . Before the release followed appearances with Caliban , Malevolent Creation and Incantation . After the album was released, guitarist Hartmann left the band, so Bryan Lear and Seth Nichols were in the band as guitarists. This was followed by a tour with Mastodon and Atreyu . A little later, drummer and main songwriter Craig, as well as both guitarists left the band, so Jakimiak and Hunt were the only remaining members. Matt Matera and founding member Antone Jones joined the band as new guitarists, and Evan Kaplan now took over the drums. With this line-up, the band went to the Trax East Studios in spring 2004 with producer Eric Rachel to record the next album Villainy & Virtue . After the release followed a tour of England with The Haunted and Martyr AD , followed by a tour of the USA with Twelve Tribes and Fight Paris . In January 2005 Tim Java joined the band as the new drummer, bassist Chris Nolan replaced Justin Jakimiak three months later. The band then went back to the studio with Eric Rachel to record The Phoenix Throne , which was released in mid-April 2006. The band now consisted of Hunt, Java, guitarists Logan Kelly and Aaron Nelson, and bassist Chad Fjerstad. Phil Merriman later replaced Matera and was on the album Are You Serious? first heard in February 2008. On May 24th, 2009 the band played on the Chicago Metro with ten members of the band's history: Matt Matera, Justin Jakimiak, Antone Jones, Timothy Java, Logan Kelly, Chad Fjerstad, Phil Merriman, Bryan Lear, Dan Craig and Jonathan Hunt.

style

The band played pure Melodic Death Metal at the beginning of their career, which is comparable to the music of In Flames , At the Gates and Soilwork . The later albums can be described as a mix between melodic death metal and metalcore.

Discography

  • 1999: Demo (demo, self-publication)
  • 2000: Demo (demo, self-publication)
  • 2000: ... For the Memories (demo, self-published)
  • 2002: Everything I Touch Falls to Pieces (Album, Victory Records )
  • 2004: Villainy & Virtue (Album, Victory Records)
  • 2006: Summer of Metal Sampler (split with Bury Your Dead , Nights Like These , The Autumn Offering and Between the Buried and Me , Victory Records)
  • 2006: The Phoenix Throne Promo (Single, Victory Records)
  • 2006: The Phoenix Throne (Album, Victory Records)
  • 2008: Are You Serious? (Album, Victory Records)

Web links

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  1. ↑ Dead To Fall , accessed July 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ Dead to Fall , accessed July 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ DEAD TO FALL , accessed July 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Toby: Dead to Fall (USA) "Are You Serious?" CD , accessed July 11, 2012.