My Place Was Taken is a

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and

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band that originated out of

Matamoros, Mexico Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and the municipal seat of the homonymous municipality. It is on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Br ...

. The band originated in 2014 and signed to

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in 2017.

History

My Place Was Taken began in 2014, as a project between vocalist Jesus Salaz and guitarist Abraham Barberi. Shortly after the formation of the project, the two added on bassist Helix Nebula and drummer Daniel Castaneda. The four recorded and produced a self-titled five-track EP, which caused the band to gain popularity in the Mexico metal scene. After gaining the notoriety, the band signed with

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. Following the band's signing to their new label, the band debuted a single, titled "Imparables". After the single and lyric video debuted, the band released their sophomore EP, titled ''Imparables''. Following the EP's release, two music videos for "Cordeo Y Leon" and "Sociedad Demente". In 2020, it was announced that My Place Was Taken was to replace

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on the Hasten Revelation tour, due to health concerns with Broken Flesh's vocalist. The band is set to perform on the tour alongside labelmates Taking the Head of Goliath, Cardiac Rupture,

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, and

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Members

Current *Jesus Salaz - vocals (2014-present) *Abraham Barberi - guitars (2014-present) *Helix Nebula - bass (2014-present) *Daniel Castaneda - drums (2014-present)

Discography

EPs *''My Place Was Taken'' (2015) *''Imparables'' (2018) Singles *"Imparables" (2017) Music videos *"Cordero Y Leon" (2018) *"Sociedad Demente" (2019) Lyric videos *"Imparables" (2017)

External links

Bandcamp

References

Mexican heavy metal musical groups Metalcore musical groups Deathcore musical groups Christian metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2014 Rottweiler Records artists 2014 establishments in Mexico {{punk-music-stub