Death Therapy is an American
Christian metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by ...
band from
Atlanta, Georgia
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. The project was formed in 2015 by
Jason Wisdom, the former bassist and vocalist of
Becoming the Archetype
Becoming the Archetype is an American Christian metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. They have released five albums on Solid State Records. ''Dichotomy'', which was released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United St ...
.
The band has since signed with
Solid State Records
Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...
and have released three albums, ''The Storm Before the Calm'', ''Voices'', ''Melancholy Machines'', and a demo.
The band has described their sound as
industrial
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groove metal
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.
History
Death Therapy originated in November 2015 as a solo project in hopes to create a new outlet for
Jason Wisdom to create music again. Wisdom previously had performed with
Christian metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by ...
band
Becoming the Archetype
Becoming the Archetype is an American Christian metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. They have released five albums on Solid State Records. ''Dichotomy'', which was released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United St ...
as well as
technical death metal
Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting.
Techni ...
project
Solamors
Solamors was a Christian metal band, that formed in 2012. The band has become a project of members of Becoming the Archetype, Aletheian, and UnTeachers
UnTeachers is a heavy metal band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The band has released a s ...
with former BTA and
Aletheian
Aletheian are a Christian progressive/melodic death metal band. They formed in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in 1997 under the name Crutch, and then changed their name to "Aletheian" prior to the 2003 album ''Apolutrosis''. Guitarist Alex Kenis joined ...
members.
The concept for the band began in 2010, but did not officially begin until 2015. Wisdom hired his friend Brian Wages to perform keyboards for the project, while the two programmed the drums on the band's first three songs - "Possessed", "The Lie", and "Prodigal" - which eventually came out as a demo, titled ''Demo Songs - 2015/2016'', which was released independently on February 24, 2016.
The band derived its name from the 1991 film '
What About Bob?
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'
On October 30, 2016, the band announced that they had signed with
Solid State Records
Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...
, which oddly enough the label did not announce until January 19, 2017.
Following their signing with the label, the band released two singles, "Self Mind Dead" and "Slow Dance (With Death)", to promote their upcoming album.
The band released their debut, ''The Storm Before the Calm'', through Solid State on February 24, 2017.
The project toured around with several acts throughout 2017 and 2018. Death Therapy also released a cover, "
Crazy
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" of
Gnarls Barkley
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, as a stream.
Following the cover's release, the band announced their sophomore album, ''Voices''.
''Voices'' debuted through Solid State on April 12, 2019.
The band also performed at Audiofeed Festival in 2019, sharing the stage with
Symphony of Heaven,
Gnashing of Teeth, and their new labelmates Empty.
On July 10, 2020, Death Therapy released an independent album titled ''Dance Therapy: Pre-apocalyptic Cyber Funk for Late Stage Humanoids''.
On September 25, 2020, Death Therapy and Solid State records released the new single "Reject,", featuring guest vocals from Brook Reeves of
Impending Doom
Impending Doom is an American Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California. The group has released six full-length studio albums and are currently a five piece with lead vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining member ...
, with the official music video premiering on YouTube on October 2. The song is a cover, originally released by Christian metal band
Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice is an American Christian metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1989. The band has released eight studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren Johnso ...
in 1997.
Members
Current
*
Jason Wisdom – vocals, bass (2015–present)
Live and session
*Brian Wages – keyboards (2015–2016)
*Andrew Simmons – keyboards (2019–present)
*Josh Seagraves – drums (2016–present)
*Blake Aldrige – drums (2017–present)
*Josh Seehorn – drums (2019–present)
Discography
Studio albums
*''The Storm Before the Calm'' (February 24, 2017;
Solid State)
*''Voices'' (April 12, 2019; Solid State)
*''Melancholy Machines'' (June 4, 2021; Tooth & Nail)
EPs
*''Dance Therapy Part I: Pre-Apocalyptic Cyber Funk For Late Stage Humanoids'' (Independent) (2020)
Demos
*''Demo Songs 2015/2016'' (February 24, 2016;
independent
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)
Singles
*"Possessed" (2015)
*"The Lie" (2015)
*"Self Mind Dead" (2017)
*"Slow Dance (With Death)" (2017)
*"
Crazy
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" (2018)
*"My Defiance" (2019)
*"Feels Like Fiction" (2019)
*"It's Ok" (2019)
*"Reject" (202
References
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American industrial metal musical groups
American groove metal musical groups
American Christian metal musical groups
Musical groups from Atlanta
Solid State Records artists
Heavy metal musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)