Dave Stephens (born June 30, 1988) is an American singer who is a founding member and actively the lead vocalist and frontman for the

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We Came as Romans We Came as Romans (sometimes abbreviated as WCAR) is an American metalcore band from Troy, Michigan. Formed in 2005, the band has gone through one name change and multiple line-up changes, and signed to SharpTone Records in 2016 after having b ...

Music career

In the summer 2005, while attending high school, Stephens, along with classmates Sean Zelda, Jonny Nabors, Mark Myatt, and Joshua Moore formed a band called ''This Emergency''. For the first few years, Stephens was the guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocals. The band performed various shows throughout the Detroit metro area. Sometime after Nabors and Zelda left the band, the band underwent a name change as they officially called themselves We Came as Romans. In 2008, Stephens met Kyle Pavone who came on as the new clean vocalist while Stephens became the unclean vocalist. In 2008, with both Stephens and Pavone fronting the band, We Came as Romans released its first EP ''

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'' and released five more studio albums up to the summer of 2018 when co-frontman, Kyle Pavone, died at the age of 28 of an accidental drug overdose. After Pavone's passing, Stephens released a statement saying the band would not replace Pavone nor would they disband, but would continue their tour with Bullet for My Valentine and Bad Omens while honoring his bandmate and talking about his foundation. In 2019, Stephens along with the rest of We Came as Romans began creating new material. Releasing two songs for the first time since Pavone's passing, "Carry the Weight" and "From the First Note". In 2022, the band announced their first record since 2017, '' Darkbloom'', which was the first album with Stephens as the only singer and frontman for the group.

Discography

We Came as Romans

Studio albums * '' To Plant a Seed'' (2009) * ''

Understanding What We've Grown to Be ''Understanding What We've Grown to Be'' is the second studio album by American metalcore band We Came as Romans. It was released on September 13, 2011 through Equal Vision Records. It debuted and peaked at number 21 on the '' Billboard'' 200 t ...

'' (2011) * ''

Tracing Back Roots ''Tracing Back Roots'' is the third studio album by American metalcore band We Came as Romans. It was released on July 23, 2013, through Equal Vision Records. The album is noted for the band's shift from their signature metalcore sound to a mor ...

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2015) * '' Cold Like War'' (2017) * '' Darkbloom'' (2022)

Collaborations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Dave American singers 1988 births Living people 21st-century American singers Metalcore singers People from Detroit