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, United States, as Aphasia. By 2003, they had changed their name to From a Second Story Window.FASSW's Metal Blade Bio
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History

The band's first EP was self-released as '' The Cassandra Complex'' in 2003. It was repackaged and re-released by

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'' in 2004. In 2006, the band released '' Delenda'', their first full-length album under

and distributed by

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. After releasing ''Delenda'', the band toured throughout North America and Europe until the summer of 2007. Then they finished writing their second full-length album. ''

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'' was released May 27, 2008, again on Black Market Activities. They toured

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in 2007, along with Walls of Jericho, Born from Pain, Fear My Thoughts,

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. On August 29, 2008, in a MySpace blog, the band announced that they had disbanded.

Musical style

The band's first two releases primarily featured a mix of

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, and

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, with

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reviewer Stewart Mason referring to ''Delenda'' as "deeply schizoid." ''Conversations'' features a more melodic

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and

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sound, dropping most of the mathcore and deathcore influences from previous releases.

Members

Final line-up

*Will Jackson – vocals (2005-2008) *Joe "Dad" Sudrovic – bass guitar (1999–2008) *Nick "Puffman" Huffman – drums (2003–2008) *Paul "Fat Paul" Misko – guitar (2006–2008) *Rob Hileman – guitar (1999–2008)

Previous members

*Jeff "Jpetes" Peterson – vocals (1999-2003) *Sean "Skeens" Vandegrift – vocals (2003–2005) *Derek Macaroni – guitar (1999–2006)

Discography

;Studio albums ;Extended plays ;Compilations ;Music videos

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial MySpacetour info on MTV.com
Metalcore musical groups from Ohio American deathcore musical groups American post-hardcore musical groups Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups disestablished in 2008 Black Market Activities artists Musical quintets 2003 establishments in the United States {{US-band-stub