Daylight Dies is a

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band from

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, United States.

History

Daylight Dies was formed in 1996 by Barre Gambling and Jesse Haff. In 1999, the two recorded the band's first demo, ''The Long Forgotten Demo''. In 2000, Guthrie Iddings joined the band as the vocalist and the trio recorded the band's second demo, ''Idle'', which was released through

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. In 2001, Egan O'Rourke joined as the bassist and the band recorded a two-song demo that was meant for record labels only. In late 2001, they signed with

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. In 2002, Daylight Dies released their debut

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, '' No Reply''. Afterwards the band toured Europe with

Katatonia Katatonia are a Swedish heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for the band's love of death metal. Increasing popularity led them to ...

and the United States and Canada with

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in support of the album. After the tour, vocalist Guthrie Iddings left the band to pursue a career and was replaced by Nathan Ellis. Charley Shackelford also joined as a second guitarist. In November 2005, Daylight Dies signed with

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and released their second studio album '' Dismantling Devotion'' in March 2006. On July 13 and 14, 2006, Daylight Dies performed as main support for

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in New York City. The band premiered their first music video for the song "Lies That Bind" on August 9, 2006. Between October 20 and November 19, 2006 they embarked on their first full North American tour in support of ''Dismantling Devotion'' together with Portugal's

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and Sweden's Katatonia. Daylight Dies entered the studio in December 2007 to begin recording their third album '' Lost to the Living''. Like ''Dismantling Devotion'', the album was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. After the album's release in 2008, the band supported it with two North American tours—one with Candlemass and another with

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and

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. The band recorded their fourth full-length album in late 2011, entitled ''

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''. The album was again mixed and mastered by

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at Fascination Street Studios and was released by Candlelight Records in 2012.

Band members

Current members

* Nathan Ellis –

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(2004–present) * Barre Gambling –

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(1996–present), bass (2000) * Charley Shackelford – guitars (2004–present) * Egan O'Rourke –

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(2001–present) * Jesse Haff –

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(1996–present)

Former members

* Matthew Golombisky – bass (1999),

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(2006, as sessionist),

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(2008, as sessionist) * Guthrie Iddings – harsh vocals (2000–2004)

Session musicians

* Johnny Wooten – harsh vocals (1999) * Robert Daugherty – live guitars (2003)

Discography

Studio albums

* '' No Reply'' (2002,

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) * '' Dismantling Devotion'' (2006, Candlelight) * '' Lost to the Living'' (2008, Candlelight) * ''

'' (2012, Candlelight)

Singles

* '' A Portrait in White'' (2008, Candlelight)

Live albums

* '' Live at the Contamination Festival'' (2005,

)

Demo

* ''The Long Forgotten'' (1999, Self-released/Independent) Line up: * Jesse Haff – drums * Barre Gambling – guitars * Matthew Golombisky – bass Session: * Johnny Wooten – harsh vocals

EP

* ''Idle'' (2000,

) Line up: * Barre Gambling – guitars, bass * Jesse Haff – drums * Guthrie Iddings – harsh vocals

External links

Daylight Dies - official website

Daylight Dies - official Facebook

Candlelight Records
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