Threat Signal

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Threat Signal
Origin	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Melodic death metal Groove metal Metalcore Industrial metal
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Nuclear Blast
Associated acts	Arkaea
Website	www.threatsignal.com
Members
Jon Howard Travis Montogmery Pat Kavanagh Norman Killeen Adam Weber
Former members
Rich Howard Marco Bressette Eric Papky Adam Matthews Adam Weber Kyle McKnight George Parfitt

Threat Signal are a metal band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast.

1 Biography
2 Members
- 2.1 Current members
- 2.2 Former members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Threat Signal was formed in late 2003 by cousins Jon and Rich Howard, eventually they added guitarist Kyle McKnight and began writing material.^[1] In early 2004, drummer Adam Matthews joined the band. Threat Signal posted their song "Rational Eyes" on an international metal chart on GarageBand.com. After a few weeks, the song reached #1, and it has received many awards including best guitars, best drums, best male vocals, best production, song of the week, and song of the day.^[2] In August 2004 Eric Papky, Kyle's former guitar teacher, joined the band on bass. Success on GarageBand.com sparked some early record label interest and helped create a large following even prior to the band ever having played live. In August 2005 Marco Bresette replaced Eric Papky on bass guitar.

[edit] Nuclear Blast and Under Reprisal

The band travelled to Los Angeles, to record with Christian Olde Wolbers of Fear Factory in September, 2005. In November of 2005, the band announced they had signed a recording deal with Nuclear Blast records.^[3] In early 2006 Adam Matthews left the band, and he was replaced by George Parfitt.^[4] In July the band took part in the Earthshaker Fest, alongside notable acts as Scar Symmetry, Communic, and Arch Enemy.^[5] On August 1, 2006, the band announced that guitarist Rich Howard had left the band to pursue other personal goals, and he was replaced by the band's bassist, Marco Bressette. This left the bass guitar duties vacant,^[6] and in late September Pat Kavanagh was announced as the new bassist.^[7] In October, the band began a North American trek with Soilwork, Mnemic and Darkest Hour.^[8] The tour ended in November, but the band announced a headlining tour of North America in early 2007 as well.^[9]

[edit] New material and touring

In March 2007, Threat Signal began demoing new material,^[10] but was hampered by another departure, this time Marco Bressette's.^[11] The band announced a search for a new guitarist the same day.^[12] Threat Signal was tapped as the opener for the Tour and Loathing tour alongside Protest the Hero, All That Remains, Blessthefall, and The Holly Springs Disaster.^[13]

The band have recently added a new demo song entitled "Beyond Recognition" onto their myspace page and it is believed to be set as a song for the band's second studio album.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current members

Jon Howard − Vocals
Travis Montgomery – Guitar
Pat Kavanagh – Bass, Backing vocals
Norman Killeen – Drums
Adam Weber - Guitar

[edit] Former members

Kyle McKnight – Guitar
Rich Howard – Guitar, Backing vocals
Marco Bressette – Bass (-August 2006), Guitar & Backing vocals (August 2006-March 2007)
Eric Papky – Bass
Adam Matthews – Drums
George Parfitt – Drums

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Under Reprisal (2006, Nuclear Blast)

[edit] Singles

"Rational Eyes" (2005, Gomek Records)

[edit] References

[edit] External links