Death Therapy is an American

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band from

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. The project was formed in 2015 by Jason Wisdom, the former bassist and vocalist of

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. The band has since signed with

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and have released three albums, ''The Storm Before the Calm'', ''Voices'', ''Melancholy Machines'', and a demo. The band has described their sound as

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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

band

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

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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 '

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' On October 30, 2016, the band announced that they had signed with

, 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, "

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" of

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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

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, with the official music video premiering on YouTube on October 2. The song is a cover, originally released by Christian metal band

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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;

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) Singles *"Possessed" (2015) *"The Lie" (2015) *"Self Mind Dead" (2017) *"Slow Dance (With Death)" (2017) *"

" (2018) *"My Defiance" (2019) *"Feels Like Fiction" (2019) *"It's Ok" (2019) *"Reject" (202

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 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)