Sea of Treachery (formerly known as At Daggers Drawn) is an American
metalcore
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/
deathcore
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band from
Hebron, Kentucky
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, United States, formed in 2004. Since forming, they have released three EPs and two full-length studio albums, the first being '' At Daggers Drawn'', which was released on April 29, 2008 on
Sumerian Records
Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen.Wonderland'', released on December 14, 2010 on Blkheart Group. The digital version of ''Wonderland'', featuring a bonus track, was released January 4, 2011. In early 2012, the band had reformed with the original line-up who were on the At Daggers Drawn record, played a reunion show in
Newport, Kentucky
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, and have also announced more shows around the tri-state area.
Musical style
The band showcases many forms of
extreme metal
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in their overall delivery. On '' At Daggers Drawn'', the songs contained elements from
metalcore
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(breakdowns, screamed vocals, etc.),
deathcore
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(blast beats, deep growls, highs, etc.), and
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
(clean vocals, choruses, etc.). '' Wonderland'' showed even more musical progression, taking the elements from ''At Daggers Drawn'' and combining more
technical
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* Technical drawing, showing how something is co ...
guitar work and an overall technical song structure. The clean vocals on ''Wonderland'' also had more of a rougher,
hard rock
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sound to it than the clean vocals on ''At Daggers Drawn''.
History
Formation, Sumerian Records, and ''At Daggers Drawn'' (2004-2008)
Their debut album, '' At Daggers Drawn'', was released April 29, 2008. Prior to this, under the name At Daggers Drawn, the band had released an EP in 2006 entitled ''All Hope Is Lost'' and an 11 track CD entitled ''The First Eulogy''. Many of the songs from ''The First Eulogy'' were re-released on ''At Daggers Drawn'' following a line-up change and subsequent signing to Sumerian Records. All of these early recordings were produced by
Joey Sturgis
Joey Sturgis (born January 3, 1985) is an American record producer and owner of The Foundation Recording Studio in Connersville, Indiana. Sturgis started recording in 2004 including producing the Asking Alexandria single "The Final Episode" whic ...
in
Connersville
Connersville is a city in Fayette County, east central Indiana, United States, east by southeast of Indianapolis. The population was 13,481 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated town in Fa ...
,
Indiana
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. After several lineup changes, that included the return of original vocalist, Alex Huffman, the band relocated to
San Diego
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,
California
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. In September 2009, Sumerian dropped Sea of Treachery from the roster after the label had lost confidence in the band. The band began writing their second album while in Southern California.
BlkHeart Group and ''Wonderland'' (2008-2012)
On the June 15, 2009, the band released a demo of the song "Skin Deep" (featuring Johnny Plague of
Winds of Plague
Winds of Plague is an American deathcore band from Upland, California. Formed in 2002, the band is known for being one of the few deathcore bands to incorporate symphonic elements into their music.
The band's name is derived from a section of ...
) on their MySpace. This was followed by another upload of another song (titled "The Comedian Is Dead") on the June 27, 2009. Both of these songs were re-recorded and appear on '' Wonderland''. The album version of "Skin Deep" does not feature Johnny Plague.
On October 7, 2010, the band announced that they had signed to BlkHeart Group and that their second album ''Wonderland'' would be released December 14, 2010. In November 2010, BlkHeart Group released the album art for ''Wonderland'' and on November 16, the band released the album's first single, "A Lifetime Ago". On December 3, 2010, the band released a second track from ''Wonderland'', entitled "Who's Winning, You or You?" on their Facebook page.
Return of old line-up, new EP (2012-present)
It was announced on March 17, 2012 that The original Sea of Treachery line up had reformed to write new music and tour.
In April 2012, Sea of Treachery was declared unsigned once again due to BlkHeart Group closing its doors,.
Shortly before the band's scheduled headlining tour in December 2012, brothers Michael and Tommy Dalhover abruptly left the band, which forced the band to scramble to recruit new members. Without enough time to do so, the band was forced to cancel the tour but quickly added Cody Patton and Josh Wells to play drums and guitar, respectively. Both Patton and Wells played their first show with Sea of Treachery in March 2013.
They released a single, "Palindrome", on April 6, 2013, their first release since 2010's ''Wonderland''. The band embarked on their first tour of 2013 in late May.
Currently, the band is not touring, due to vocalist Alex Huffman having a tumor in his stomach, disabling him from performance duties as a frontman.
Members
;Current
*Alex Huffman -
lead vocals
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(2004–present)
*Christian McManama -
lead guitar
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(2012–present)
*Cody Patton -
drums
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(2013–present)
*Aaron Hoover -
rhythm guitar
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clean vocals
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* ''The First Eulogy'' (As At Daggers Drawn) (2006)
* '' At Daggers Drawn'' (2008)
* '' Wonderland'' (2010)
Singles
* "
Misery Business
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" (Paramore Cover) (2008)
* "Purging of the Wicked" (2008)
* "Skin Deep (Feat Johnny Plague of Winds Of Plague)
emo
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(2009)
* "The Comedian is Dead
emo
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(2009)
* "Palindrome" (2013)
* "Hell on Earth" (2019)