Day Of Contempt
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Day of Contempt originated from Adelaide, Australia. They joined in 1998 and released their first EP 'Where Shadows lie' two years after. Their genre on this album was heavy metal hardcore. It consisted of heavy riffs, double kick on drums and vocals were mostly growling.
In 2002 they followed up with a full length album called 'See Through The Lies'. The band replaced bass player Brett Eitzen with Dan Smith. Dan became the melodic backup vocals for Ben Coyte's main growl. A couple of years after the release of 'See Through The Lies' the band went through some considerable changes. The first, Josh Delsar and Vince Jukic were replaced by Simon O'Gorman (Guitar) and Joel Bourne (Drums). The second change saw them move to Orange County, California. They moved to access a greater potential of audience, after much touring in Australia. After the move they did a large amount of scheduled touring with the likes of Good Charlotte, Underoath, Alexisonfire, Bleeding Through and Avenged Sevenfold.
It was during this time that they had two more changes. Tom Deverix left the band for personal reasons, and they changed their image. The band dropped the simple metal look, of jeans and a tshirt, and went with makeup and hairstyles. They had also signed with Epitaph and released an EP called "The Will To Live". The EP showed a difference in music, from their previous records. They had dropped the heavy metal sound and produced something that would be more post hardcore. Whatever you may call the genre, the change was not so bad.
[edit] Band Members
Where Shadows Lie
Ben Coyte (Vocals)
Brett Eitzen (Bass)
Tom Deverix (Guitar)
Josh Delsar (Guitar)
Vince Jukic (Drums)
See Through The Lies
Ben Coyte (Vocals)
Dan Smith (Bass/Backup Vocals)
Tom Deverix (Guitar)
Josh Delsar (Guitar)
Vince Jukic (Drums)
The Will To Live
Ben Coyte (Vocals)
Dan Smith (Bass/Backup Vocals)
Tom Deverix (Guitar)
Simon O'Gorman (Guitar)
Joel Bourne (Drums)
[edit] Break-up
Ben Coyte, the last remaining founder of Day Of Contempt, left the band due to personal reasons. The remainder of the band changed their name to 'The Dear and Departed' and ex kittie bassist joined shortly after. The day of contempt website has been redirected to the new dear and departed website which has been temporary for over six months now.
One year on from the breakup, Ben Coyte is part of another band called 'The Aversion'. Although it seems there are more than one Aversion out there, you can link to their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/aversionband
