With Passion was a melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

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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. They were formed in 2002 in Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

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, and broke up in 2007.

Biography

The band hails from Sacramento and was formed by Samuel Mcleod, Shaun Gier, Jeff Morgan, and Jacob Peete, but didn't acquire a permanent bassist until 2003 with Michael Nordeen. Jeff Morgan later left the band and was replaced by Andrew Burt. Keyboardist Brandon Guadagnolo joined the band later on, and with this line-up the band released an EP, In the Midst Of Bloodied Soil.

Jacob Pete, Andy Burt, Sam Mcleod and Brandon Guadagnolo left the band in the summer of 2005, and drummer Greg Donnelly and guitarist John Abernathy, both from Conducting from the Grave, joined in 2006. At this moment, the line-up consisted of no fewer than four former Conducting from the Grave members, the only exception being bassist Michael Nordeen. Later that year, vocalist Shaun Gier left the band and was replaced by Fidel Campos, just in time for the recording of their debut album.

The band released their debut album, In the Midst Of Bloodied Soil, in 2005, with the same title as their EP, through Earache Records

Earache Records

Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

--the songs are the same as on the EP, with two additional tracks. The album consisted of technical metalcore with melodic death metal influences.

The band's second album was released in early 2007 on Earache, but broke up soon thereafter. Since then, Conducting from the Grave has reformed.

Final line-up

• Fidel Campos - vocals
• John Abernathy - guitar
• Jeff Morgan - guitar
• Steven Lovas - bass
• Greg Donnelly - drums

Former members

• Shaun Gier - guitar, vocals
• Jacob Peete - drums
• Brandon Guadagnolo - keyboards
• Sam Mcleod - vocals
• Andy Burt - guitar
• Justin Tvetan - drums
• Michael Nordeen - bass

Discography

• The First Battalion: Battle Ensues (Demo, 2003)
• In The Midst of Bloodied Soil (EP, Reflections of Ruins, 2004)
• In The Midst of Bloodied Soil (CD, Earache, 2004)
• What We See When We Shut Our Eyes (CD, Earache, 2007)