A Life Once Lost
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A Life Once Lost is an American metalcore
band formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. After releases on Robotic Empire
and Deathwish Inc.
, A Life Once Lost released their successful album, Hunter
on Ferret Music
in 2005. The group supported the release by touring with groups such as Throwdown, As I Lay Dying
, Lamb of God
, Clutch
, Opeth
, Strapping Young Lad
, and took Part in the Ozzfest
2006.
September 2007 saw the release of their latest album, Iron Gag
, featuring musical guests Devin Townsend
of Strapping Young Lad
, Anthony Green
of Circa Survive
, and Randy Blythe
of Lamb of God. The band supported the album with tours alongside High on Fire
, The Dillinger Escape Plan
, Saviours
, Suicide Silence
, and Job for a Cowboy
.
The band toured Europe twice in 2008 alongside Himsa and War From a Harlots Mouth
, respectively. 2008 also saw the band head to Scandinavia as well as performing two shows in Russia. In April 2009 the band took a break from writing a new album and headed to Alaska for 3 dates. A new demo was released called "Expression of Hate".
Former members
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. After releases on Robotic Empire
Robotic Empire
Robotic Empire is an American record label based out of Richmond, Virginia. They specialize in hardcore punk, metalcore, and alternative rock. Some of the most popular bands signed to the label over the years have been pg.99, City of Caterpillar, Crowpath, The Red Chord, Circle Takes the Square,...
and Deathwish Inc.
Deathwish Inc.
Deathwish, Inc. is a independent record label founded by Jacob Bannon and Tre McCarthy. The label was originally used to release early albums by Bannon's own band Converge starting in late 1991. It wasn't until late 1999 that McCarthy and Bannon discussed turning Deathwish into a full-fledged label...
, A Life Once Lost released their successful album, Hunter
Hunter (album)
Bonus Videos on CD/DVD Rerelease#With Pitiless Blows#Hunter#Vulture#Rehashed#Surreal AtrocitiesThe Japanese Edition also contains a Bonus Track.-Personnel:Band members*Robert Meadows – lead vocals*Robert Carpenter – guitar, keyboard...
on Ferret Music
Ferret Music
Ferret Music is an independent record label, founded in 1996. The label is owned in part by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and in part by Philadelphian artist manager Paul Conroy, and based in West Windsor Township, New Jersey...
in 2005. The group supported the release by touring with groups such as Throwdown, As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying (band)
As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by Tim Lambesis and having completed their first Line-up in 2001, the band consists of vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, lead guitarist Nick Hipa, rhythm guitarist Phil Sgrosso, and bassist Josh...
, Lamb of God
Lamb of God (band)
Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994, the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler...
, Clutch
Clutch (band)
Clutch is an American rock band from Germantown, Maryland, formed in 1990. The band's first release was an EP entitled Pitchfork, which debuted in October 1990. Their first studio album, Transnational Speedway League, was released three years later in 1993. To date, Clutch has released nine studio...
, Opeth
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
, Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
, and took Part in the Ozzfest
Ozzfest
Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne...
2006.
September 2007 saw the release of their latest album, Iron Gag
Iron Gag (album)
-Credits:*Robert Meadows - Vocals*Robert Carpenter - Guitar*Douglas Sabolick - Guitar*Nick Frasca - Bass*Justin Graves - Drums*Randy Blythe - Vocal Producer*Devin Townsend - Guitar Solo on Detest*Anthony Green - Guest Vocalist on All Teeth...
, featuring musical guests Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
of Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
, Anthony Green
Anthony Green (musician)
Anthony Green is a musician from Holland, PA. He is currently the lead singer of Circa Survive, previously in the bands Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Audience of One, Jeer at Rome, High and Driving, and Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer.-Circa Survive:Anthony Green joined California rock...
of Circa Survive
Circa Survive
Circa Survive is an American alternative rock band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Doylestown, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward....
, and Randy Blythe
Randy Blythe
David Randall "Randy" Blythe is the vocalist of American groove metal band Lamb Of God and side-project band Halo of Locusts. He is known as D. Randall Blythe on Lamb of God's albums....
of Lamb of God. The band supported the album with tours alongside High on Fire
High on Fire
High on Fire is a stoner metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, previously played guitar for the influential stoner doom band Sleep.-History:...
, The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American mathcore band from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The group originated in 1997 after the disbanding of Arcane, a hardcore punk trio consisting of Ben Weinman, Dimitri Minakakis, and Chris Pennie. The band's current line-up consists of guitarist Ben Weinman,...
, Saviours
Saviours (band)
Saviours is an American stoner metal band. The band was formed in 2004 in Oakland, California. Since then, they have released four full-length albums and two EPs.-Members:*Austin Barber - vocals, lead & rhythm guitar...
, Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
, and Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy is a American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona. Formed in 2003, the band's debut album Genesis was released in 2007, peaking at #54 on the US Billboard 200 and selling 13,000 copies in its first week of release. The second album, 2009's Ruination, sold 10,600 copies in...
.
The band toured Europe twice in 2008 alongside Himsa and War From a Harlots Mouth
War From a Harlots Mouth
War from a Harlots Mouth is a German metalcore band from Berlin, formed in 2005. Consisting of vocalist Nico, guitarists Simon and Daniel, bassist Filip, and drummer Paul, the band is noted for a distinct musical style consisting of infusing many different genres into their songs, such as math...
, respectively. 2008 also saw the band head to Scandinavia as well as performing two shows in Russia. In April 2009 the band took a break from writing a new album and headed to Alaska for 3 dates. A new demo was released called "Expression of Hate".
Members
Current members- Robert Meadows – lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(1999–present) - Robert Carpenter – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(1999–present) - Douglas Sabolick – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(1999–present) - Mike Sabolick – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2010–present) - Jordan Crouse – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2011–present)
Former members
- Justin Graves – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(1999–2011) - Nicholas Frasca – Bass, Vocals
- Vadim Taver - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
Discography
- Open Your Mouth for the Speechless...In Case of Those Appointed to DieOpen Your Mouth for the Speechless...In Case of Those Appointed to DieOpen Your Mouth for the Speechless...In Case of Those Appointed to Die is the debut album from Philadelphia band A Life Once Lost. The 2004 reissue of this album, originally released in 2000 in a limited edition, features an improved remix and remastering, all-new artwork, and a trio of bonus...
(2000) (Re-issued in 2004) (Robotic Empire) - The Fourth Plague: FliesThe Fourth Plague: Flies- Track listing :#"Chileab" – 1:59#"Our Second Home" – 2:19#"The Dead Sea" – 2:37#"Prepare Yourself for What Is About to Come" – 2:48#"The Tide" – 2:48-Credits:*Robert Carpenter*T.J. De Blois*Robert Meadows*Vincent Ratti – engineering, mastering, mixing...
(2001) (Robotic EmpireRobotic EmpireRobotic Empire is an American record label based out of Richmond, Virginia. They specialize in hardcore punk, metalcore, and alternative rock. Some of the most popular bands signed to the label over the years have been pg.99, City of Caterpillar, Crowpath, The Red Chord, Circle Takes the Square,...
) - A Great ArtistA Great ArtistA Great Artist is the second album by Philadelphia band A Life Once Lost. Originally released in 2003, it was reissued as an LP record in 2004...
(2003) (Deathwish Inc.Deathwish Inc.Deathwish, Inc. is a independent record label founded by Jacob Bannon and Tre McCarthy. The label was originally used to release early albums by Bannon's own band Converge starting in late 1991. It wasn't until late 1999 that McCarthy and Bannon discussed turning Deathwish into a full-fledged label...
) - HunterHunter (album)Bonus Videos on CD/DVD Rerelease#With Pitiless Blows#Hunter#Vulture#Rehashed#Surreal AtrocitiesThe Japanese Edition also contains a Bonus Track.-Personnel:Band members*Robert Meadows – lead vocals*Robert Carpenter – guitar, keyboard...
(2005) (Ferret MusicFerret MusicFerret Music is an independent record label, founded in 1996. The label is owned in part by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and in part by Philadelphian artist manager Paul Conroy, and based in West Windsor Township, New Jersey...
) - Iron Gag (2007) (Ferret Music)