The Red Death
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The Red Death were a death metal
band from Bath, New York
.
band Shadows and the Silence (whose bass player, a Bath native, Dominic Mastronunzino, would replace Karl Janovec the following summer). While on a three-week tour with New Jersey's With Resistance, the band began speaking with Metal Blade Records and signed with them the following fall; however, Nate left the band to concentrate on school and was replaced by Aaron Conti, formerly of If Hope Dies. After signing to Metal Blade, the band embarked on several extended, full-U.S. tours with bands such as From a Second Story Window, The Acacia Strain
, Undying, Through the Eyes of the Dead
, Arsis, and Into the Moat. In 2006 they were dropped by Metal Blade Records.
With a new bassist (Jordan Rathbun), the band recorded a new demo for prospective labels. They were signed by UK record label Siege of Amida. In a distribution deal with Ferret Records Siege of Amida released The Red Death's second and final full length CD called "Godmakers" in early 2008. That summer the band decided to call it quits. Their final show was Halloween night (2008) at The Little Pickle in Bath, NY. They reunited for a show on Halloween night 2009 at the Half Penny Pub in Syracuse, NY. They stated that this would be their last time that they would ever play together.
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band from Bath, New York
Bath (village), New York
Bath is a village in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 5,641 at the 2000 census. Bath is the county seat of Steuben County. The community was named either for the English city or for Lady Bath, daughter of William Pulteney, one of the original landowners.The Village of...
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History
Formed in 2002 after the demise of Another Day Forgotten by singer Paul Hamblin, guitarist Josh Williammee, and drummer Graham Mitchell, the original lineup was rounded out by guitarist Brian VanGelder and bassist Karl Janovec. In 2003 Bryan left the band and was replaced by Nate Golia, a guitarist from nearby Rochester, NY, formerly of another metal band, Warblade. That summer they embarked on their first short tour, with Virginia screamoScreamo
Screamo, though used loosely to generally describe music that features screamed vocals, is actually a musical subgenre of hardcore punk which predominantly evolved from emo, among other genres, in the early 1990s...
band Shadows and the Silence (whose bass player, a Bath native, Dominic Mastronunzino, would replace Karl Janovec the following summer). While on a three-week tour with New Jersey's With Resistance, the band began speaking with Metal Blade Records and signed with them the following fall; however, Nate left the band to concentrate on school and was replaced by Aaron Conti, formerly of If Hope Dies. After signing to Metal Blade, the band embarked on several extended, full-U.S. tours with bands such as From a Second Story Window, The Acacia Strain
The Acacia Strain
The Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...
, Undying, Through the Eyes of the Dead
Through the Eyes of the Dead
Through the Eyes of the Dead is an American deathcore band from Florence, South Carolina, formed in 2003. They have released three full-length albums, one EP, and one split album with The Knife Trade.-History:...
, Arsis, and Into the Moat. In 2006 they were dropped by Metal Blade Records.
With a new bassist (Jordan Rathbun), the band recorded a new demo for prospective labels. They were signed by UK record label Siege of Amida. In a distribution deal with Ferret Records Siege of Amida released The Red Death's second and final full length CD called "Godmakers" in early 2008. That summer the band decided to call it quits. Their final show was Halloween night (2008) at The Little Pickle in Bath, NY. They reunited for a show on Halloween night 2009 at the Half Penny Pub in Syracuse, NY. They stated that this would be their last time that they would ever play together.
Final line-up
- Paul Hamblin - vocals
- Aaron Conti - guitar
- Graham Mitchell - drums
- Mark Kelley - guitar
- Jordan Rathbun - bass
Former members
- Joshua Williammee - guitar and bass
- Bryan VanGelder - guitar
- Nate Golia - guitar
- Dominic Mastronunzino - bass
- Jed Shugars - bass
- Jackson Portwood - bass
- Karl Janovec - bass
Discography
- 3 Song Demo (Demo CDR, 2003)
- External Frames Of Reference (Album, Metal Blade RecordsMetal Blade RecordsMetal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...
, 2005) - Godmakers (Album, 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...
, 2008)