Vesperia
| Vesperia | |
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 Vesperia at the award ceremony of the Metal Battle at Wacken Open Air 2015 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Toronto , Canada |
| Genre (s) | Death metal |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | vesperiametal.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Morgan Rider | |
| Casey Elliott | |
Electric guitar |
Frankie Caracci |
| Dylan Gowan | |
Vesperia is a death metal band from Toronto , Canada .
history
The band was founded in 2005 by singer and bassist Morgan Rider as a black metal band. The band later expanded their style to heroic metal . Today it consists of the singer and bassist Morgan Rider, the two guitarists Casey Elliott and Frankie Caracci and the drummer Dylan Gowan. In 2012 the quartet released their debut album Voyage From Vinland . After the demo The Swordsman and the second album An Olden Tale , the group found their current style. In spring 2015 the EP The Iron Tempests was released with four songs.
In 2014 Vesperia won the Wacken Metal Battle Canada from 120 participating bands and became the best young metal band in Canada. At the metal battle final during the Wacken Open Air 2015, the band prevailed against the international competition of 28 participating bands and won 1st place.
