Daylight Dies
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Genre(s) | Doom metal Death metal |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Label(s) | Candlelight Records Relapse Records |
| Website | www.daylightdies.com |
| Members | |
| Nathan Ellis Barre Gambling Charley Shackelford Egan O'Rourke Jesse Haff |
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| Former members | |
| Guthrie Iddings Matthew Golombisky |
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Daylight Dies is a American Doom/Death Metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Their music focuses on dark and melancholic emotional introspection.
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[edit] History
Daylight Dies was formed in 1996 by Barre Gambling and Jesse Haff, both of whom were previously involved with the Melodic death metal band Circle. In 1999, the two sole members recorded the band's first demo, The Long Forgotten Demo. In 2000, Guthrie Iddings joined the band as the vocalist and the trio recorded the band's second demo, Idle, which was released through Tribunal Records. In 2001, Egan O'Rourke joined as the bassist and the band recorded a two song demo that was meant for record labels only. In late 2001, the band signed with Relapse Records.
In 2002, the band released their debut studio album, No Reply. Afterwards the band toured Europe with Katatonia and the United States and Canada with Lacuna Coil in support of the album. After the tour, vocalist Guthrie Iddings left the band to pursue a career in California and was replaced by Nathan Ellis. Charley Shackelford also joined as a second guitarist. On November of 2005, Daylight Dies signed with Candlelight Records. On March of 2006, the band released their second studio album, Dismantling Devotion.
On July 13 and July 14, 2006, the band played as the main support for Emperor in New York City. The band premiered their first music video for the song "Lies that Bind" on August 9, 2006. Between October 20 and November 19, 2006 the band embarked on their first full North American tour in support of Dismantling Devotion together with Portugal's Moonspell and Sweden's Katatonia.
The band entered the studio in December 2007 to begin recording their third album Lost to the Living. Like Dismantling Devotion, the album will be mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios and is slotted to be released on June 24.
A limited tour single entitled 'A Portrait in White' containing one song featured on Lost to the Living and two rare demo recordings will be sold on the bands upcoming North American tour with Candlemass this Spring.
[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- Nathan Ellis – vocals
- Barre Gambling – guitar
- Charley Shackelford – guitar
- Egan O'Rourke – bass guitar, clean vocals
- Jesse Haff – drums
[edit] Former members
- Guthrie Iddings – vocals
- Matthew Golombisky – bass guitar
[edit] Session musicians
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- No Reply (2002, Relapse Records)
- Dismantling Devotion (2006, Candlelight Records)
- Lost to the Living (2008, Candlelight Records)
[edit] Singles
- A Portrait in White (2008, Candlelight Records)
[edit] Live albums
- Live at the Contamination Festival (2005, Relapse Records)
[edit] Demos
- The Long Forgotten Demo (1999)
- Idle (2000, Tribunal Records)
