Daniel Travis Davison (born January 28th, 1983) is an American musician, songwriter, artist, and filmmaker. He is also a co-founder and former drummer of the band Norma Jean and a former drummer of

Underoath Underoath (stylized as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. It was founded by lead vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton on November 30, 1997, in Ocala, Florida; subsequently, its additional member ...

and

Every Time I Die Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist Andy Williams wi ...

Early life

Davison was born on January 28, 1983, in

Douglasville, Georgia The city of Douglasville is the county seat of Douglas County, Georgia, United States. , the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately west of Atlanta and is part of th ...

. Where he first learned to play the drums, and started his musical career.

Career

Luti-Kriss

In 1997, Davison co-founded the band

Luti-Kriss Norma Jean (formerly known as Luti-Kriss) is an American metalcore band from Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Since their inception in 1997, numerous lineup changes have left the band with no original members. To date, Norma Jean ha ...

and was their drummer.

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Colour Revolt

In early 2010, Davison started playing music again with the indie rock band

Colour Revolt Colour Revolt is an American Rock music, rock band from Oxford, Mississippi. History Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy (Mississippi), Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the n ...

. He played several shows with them and recorded drums on their latest record, '' The Cradle''.

Underoath

In May 2010, Davison succeeded drummer

Aaron Gillespie Aaron Roderick Gillespie (born July 18, 1983) is an American musician, best known for being the original and current drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Underoath and the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock ...

in the band Underoath before the group disbanded in 2013. Davison helped write and record what was thought to be Underoath's last and final record, ''

Ø (Disambiguation) ''Ø (Disambiguation)'' is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band Underoath. Released on November 9, 2010, through Tooth & Nail Records, the album was the band's only without founding member Aaron Gillespie, and is the first and o ...

''. When Underoath reunited in 2015, Davison was not featured in the new line-up due to Gillespie coming back in the band.

Every Time I Die

In February 2015, Davison replaced Ryan "Legs" Leger in the band

until 2017. He has since also released solo songs.

Other projects

Film and video career

Davison continues to direct and produce music videos when he is not on tour. His most recent videos are the final music video for the band

Anberlin Anberlin is an American alternative rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band consists of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, an ...

, for the song "Stranger Ways", and MeWithoutYou's "Dorothy" and "Red Cow". A list of his clients, include: * Sony/BMG Recording Group *

Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most acts signed to the label were punk and pop punk acts, while there are many post-hardcore and emo bands ...

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, ...

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwid ...

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

Delta Spirit Delta Spirit is an American rock band from California, United States. The group consists of Jonathan Jameson (bass), Brandon Young (drums), Matthew Vasquez (vocals and guitars), Kelly Winrich (multi-instrumentalist), and William McLaren (guitar) ...

Blessthefall Blessthefall (stylized as blessthefall or BLESSTHEFALL prior to 2013) was an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Rise Records. The band was founded in 2004 by guitarist Mike Frisby, drummer Matt Traynor, and bassist and v ...

* '68 *

Owsla Owsla (stylized in all caps) is an American record label and creative collective. It was founded by Skrillex, Tim Smith, Kathryn Frazier, and Clayton Blaha in 2011. Skrillex announced the label on August 17, 2011. The label's first release was ...

recording artist Kill the Noise *

Letlive Letlive, stylized letlive., was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band's final lineup consisted of lead vocalist Jason Aalon Butler (son of Aalon Butler, vocalist and guitarist of the soul group Aalon), guitarist Jeff Sahyo ...

MewithoutYou MewithoutYou, usually styled as mewithoutYou, was an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band consisted of Aaron Weiss (vocals), Michael Weiss and Brandon Beaver (guitars), Greg Jehanian (bass guitar), and Rickie Mazzotta ( ...

For Today For Today was an American Christian metalcore band from Sioux City, Iowa, formed in 2005. They released two EPs, ''Your Moment, Your Life, Your Time'' and ''Prevailer'', and six full-length albums: '' Ekklesia'' in, 2008, ''Portraits'' in 2009, ...

* Norma Jean *

August Burns Red August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's current lineup consists of lead guitarist John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker, rhythm guitarist Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist Ja ...

Brian "Head" Welch Brian Philip Welch (born June 19, 1970), also known by his stage name Head, is an American musician. He is one of the guitarists and founding member of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death, where he also provides vocals. ...

from

Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn, or occasionally KoRn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band is notable for pioneering the nu metal genre and bringing it into the mainstream. Originally formed in 1993 ...

's band Love & Death *

Manchester Orchestra Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band from Atlanta formed in 2004. The group is composed of rhythm guitarist-singer-songwriter Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, bassist Andy Prince and drummer Tim Very. Former drummer Jer ...

* The Showdown

Discography

Luti-Kriss

* ''Luti-Kriss/

Travail Travail may refer to: * Travail (band), an American Christian nu-metal band, and the title of its 1999 album * ''Travail'' (film), a 2002 Japanese film * ''Travail'', a 1901 novel by Émile Zola * ''Labour/Le Travail ''Labour/Le Travail'' is an ...

'' Split 7" (1999) * ''5ep'' (2000) * ''

Throwing Myself ''Throwing Myself'' is the only studio album by Luti-Kriss. It was released in 2001 on Solid State Records. After the release of this album, the band changed their name to Norma Jean. Track listing Personnel ;Luti-Kriss * Josh Scogin &ndash ...

'' (2001)

Norma Jean

* ''Norma Jean /

'' (2002) * ''

Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child ''Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child'' is the debut album by American metalcore band Norma Jean, released on August 13, 2002 by Solid State Records. It is the band's only album to feature bassist Joshua Doolittle and vocalist Josh Scogin, the l ...

'' (2002) * ''

O God, the Aftermath ''O' God, the Aftermath'' is the second album released by American metalcore band Norma Jean (band), Norma Jean and was released on March 1, 2005. Like their previous album ''Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child (album), Bless the Martyr and Kiss ...

'' (2005) * '' Redeemer'' (2006)

Colour Revolt

* '' The Cradle'' (2010)

With Underoath

* ''

Lost in the Sound of Separation ''Lost in the Sound of Separation'' is the sixth album by American rock band Underoath. It was released on September 2, 2008, through Solid State and Tooth & Nail Records. Following the release of their fifth studio album ''Define the Great Line' ...

'' (additional drum tracks) (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Anthology: 1999–2013'' (2012)

With Every Time I Die

*''Salem'' (2015) *'' Low Teens'' (2016)

References

External links

Daniel Davison
on Myspace * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, Daniel Living people American heavy metal drummers Christian metal musicians Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Douglasville, Georgia American performers of Christian music American former Christians 1983 births Underoath members Every Time I Die members 21st-century American drummers Norma Jean (band) members