Aesthetic Perfection is an American

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musical project created by Daniel Graves in 2000.

Biography

Aesthetic Perfection was formerly signed directly to

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in the United States and

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Records in

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, until Graves decided to run it on his independent label Close to Human Records. Additionally, the band was licensed to Gravitator Records in

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and Death Watch Asia in Japan. The band's third album, ''All Beauty Destroyed'', was released on November 4, 2011, in

and November 8, 2011, in the United States. On March 29, 2019, Aesthetic Perfection released its sixth album, ''Into the Black''. Unlike previous albums which were released by labels, ''Into the Black'' was self-released. According to Graves, this was an intentional move towards running the band free of label intervention, due to a belief that the label industry model was "dying".

Band members

* Daniel Graves -

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s, programming (2000–present) *

Joe Letz Joe Letz is an American drummer and DJ best known as the former drummer for the electro-industrial band Combichrist. Letz has also drummed for Amen, Mortiis, horror punk band Wednesday 13, Genitorturers, Hanzel und Gretyl, Imperative Reaction ...

- live

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(2018–present) * Constance Antoinette Day - live keyboards,

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s, bass (2018–present)

Former members

* Tim Van Horn - live drums (2009-2017) * David Dutton - live keyboards (2008-2010, 2014-2017) * Elliott Berlin - live keyboards (2010–2020), guitars, bass (2019–2020)

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Other appearances

Remixes

References

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