Hands was an American Christian metal band from

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, United States. The band started making music in 2007, with lead vocalist and guitarist

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, lead guitarist Ian Johnson, bass guitarist Chris Schwartz, and drummer Josh Silbernagel. Jerik Hendrickson became the band's lead guitarist in 2010, but he has since left the band, with Shane Ochsner taking over lead guitar duties. The band released one extended play, ''The Everlasting'', independently in 2007. Their first studio album, ''The Sounds of Earth'', was released by Oort Records in 2009. The band signed with

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, where they released ''Creator'', a studio album, in 2009. The third studio album, ''

Give Me Rest ''Give Me Rest'' is the third studio album from Hands. Facedown Records released the album on July 5, 2011. Hands worked with Joshua Barber and Shane Ochsner, in the production of this album. Critical reception Awarding the album four stars from ...

'', was released in 2011, also on

. The band reunited in 2017 for Facedown Fest 2017.

Background

Hands was a Christian metal band from

. Their members at its inception in 2007, were lead vocalist and guitarist, Shane Ochsner, lead guitarist Jerik Hendrickson, bass guitarist Chris Schwartz, and drummer Josh Silbernagel. Their lead guitarist became Ian Johnson in 2010, yet he is no longer with the group as Shane Ochsner is the present lead guitarist.

Music history

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2007, with their first release, ''The Everlasing'', an extended play, that they released independently in 2007. They released a studio album, ''The Sounds of Earth'', on February 24, 2009, with Oort Records. They signed to

, where they released another studio album, ''Creator'', on July 21, 2009. Their third studio album, ''

'', released by Facedown Records on July 5, 2011.

Members

Final Lineup *

- vocals, guitar *Josh Silbernagel - drums *Chris Schwartz - bass Former *Jerik Hendrickson (until 2010) - guitar *Ian Johnson - guitar *Craig Carlson - guitar

Discography

;Studio albums * ''The Sounds of Earth'' (February 24, 2009, Oort Records) * ''Creator'' (July 21, 2009, Facedown Records, Facedown) * ''

'' (July 5, 2011, Facedown) ;EPs * ''The Everlasting'' (June 24, 2008, Independent) * ''New Heaven / New Earth'' (February 3, 2017, Facedown)

References

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External links

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