Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky (SWWAATS) is an American

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band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2006. The group was founded by guitarists Aaron Haines and Ian Sturgill, shortly after the disbandment of their previous band, Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus. The band's name was inspired by a 1989 text titled "Apocalypse", written by William S. Burroughs (in which "he describes art and creative expression taking a literal and physical form"), and also "inspired and supported by a healthy amount of paranoia," as guitarist Sturgill stated in an interview with About.com. The group's first release, an EP entitled ''Subhuman Empire'', was released in July 2007 through Debello Recordings. In December 2007, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky signed a deal with German label Nuclear Blast. The band's full-length debut, '' The Grand Partition and the Abrogation of Idolatry'', was produced, mixed and mastered by guitarist James Murphy, and released on April 3, 2009, in Europe and on May 5, 2009, in the United States. The lyrical themes of Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky, which were defined by ''

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'' magazine as "a big 'fuck you' to all of humanity," address topics like " wage slavery, psychological warfare, 'denial and contortion' of human rights,

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, and eugenics". Vocalist John Collett cites authors such as H. P. Lovecraft,

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, and Ambrose Bierce as some of his lyrical influences.

Members

Current members

*Ian Sturgill – guitars, backing vocals (2006–present) *John Collett –

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(2007–present) *Jennifer Muse – samples (2008–present) *Matt Simpson –

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(2008–present) *Shaun De Leon – guitars (2012–present)

Former members

*JR Daniels –

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*Aaron Haines – guitars *Chris Woodall – bass *Mike Petrak – drums *Jesse Jolly – bass *Pete Lamb – drums

Session and touring members

* Mike Heller – drums (2009) *Sally Gates – guitar (2009) *Angel Cotte – drums (2013)

Discography

*''Subhuman Empire'' EP (2007) *'' The Grand Partition and the Abrogation of Idolatry'' (2009)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky Death metal musical groups from Florida Musical groups established in 2006 Musical groups from Tampa, Florida Nuclear Blast artists