In Dread Response is a
New Zealand
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metal
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band from
Auckland
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formed in 2005
commonly referred to as "In Dread" or "IDR".
In Dread has released three full-length studio albums and two EPs. Their video ''Cannons At Dawn'' from the album ''From the Oceanic Graves'' won the 2010
Juice TV Awards
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category ''Best Metal Video''.
In Dread have performed at
GTaranaki 2010 alongside acts such as
Slash
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.
Their early EPs and first 2 albums have a sound that fuse Melodic Death Metal and Thrash Metal along with a few Doom Metal elements present. Their third album, "Heavenshore" was released independently and on Grind House Records in Japan in 2016 followed by a Tour of Japan to commemorate the signing.
Members
;Current members
[
* Steve Boag - Bass
* Corey Friedlander - Drums
* Trajan M. Schwencke - Guitars
* William Cleverdon (2015–present)
* Ben Read - Vocals (2014–present)
;Former members][
* Michael Exton - Bass
* Matthew Berry - Bass
* Nikolas Kissel - Drums
* Alex Bird - Drums
* David Wilson - Drums
* Ross McDougall - Guitars
* Andhe Chandler - Guitars
* Sean O'Kane Connolly - Vocals
]
Discography
* ''Forgotten Wasteland'' EP (2005)
* ''In the Arms of the Absurd'' EP (2007)
* ''From the Oceanic Graves'' LP (2008)
* ''Embers in the Spiritless Void'' LP (2011)
* ''Heavenshore'' LP (2015)
References
External links
Official website
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2006 EPs
2009 albums
New Zealand death metal musical groups