The Devil Wears Prada is an American
metalcore
Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...
band from
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...
, formed in 2005. Previously a
Christian metalcore
Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music
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band, it consists of members Mike Hranica (vocals, additional guitar), Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, vocals), Kyle Sipress (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mason Nagy (bass), Jonathan Gering (keyboards, backing vocals), and
Giuseppe Capolupo
Giuseppe Capolupo is an American musician who typically performs metalcore. Capolupo has been in bands such as Renfield, Demise of Eros, Haste the Day and Once Nothing, as well as formed his own band, Gypsy and His Band of Ghosts. Capolupo joi ...
(drums). The band had maintained its original line-up until keyboardist James Baney left the band. To date, the group has released seven studio albums: ''
Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord'' (2006), ''
Plagues'' (2007), ''
With Roots Above and Branches Below'' (2009), ''
Dead Throne
''Dead Throne'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 13, 2011, through Ferret Music. Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, the record was recorded in several studios across the United ...
'' (2011), ''
8:18'' (2013) ''
Transit Blues'' (2016), and ''
The Act'' (2019). Their eighth studio album, ''
Color Decay
''Color Decay'' is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 16, 2022, through Solid State Records. The album was produced by Jonathan Gering.
Background and promotion
On September 29 ...
'', was released on September 16, 2022.
History
Formation and ''Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord'' (2005–2006)
The Devil Wears Prada was founded during 2005 in
Dayton Ohio
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...
;
they derived their band name from
the story of the same title.
Being founded with all Christian members and maintaining a theme that represents their religion, the group played their first show in 2005 with a fill-in bassist and only one guitarist. Rhythm guitarist Jeremy Depoyster and bassist Andy Trick joined the band soon afterward. They continued playing at local areas in Dayton before recording their demo later in the year which was titled ''Patterns of a Horizon''.
One year after the group recorded their demo and trialed for record labels,
Rise Records took the band in with a contract. The band was unsatisfied with the demo so they re-recorded all of the tracks from the demo for their debut full-length album, ''
Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord''. The album was recorded with
Joey Sturgis
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, at The Foundation Recording Studio held in
Connersville, Indiana
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and it was released on August 22, 2006. The record's final track features guest vocals, courtesy of Cole Wallace who was formerly part of the band
Gwen Stacy
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. With the release of the album, the band then began touring in multiple areas throughout the country, most notably at 2006's
Cornerstone Festival
Cornerstone Festival was a Christian music festival put on by Jesus People USA and held annually around July 4 near Bushnell, Illinois, drawing some 20,000 attendees each year. In a given year, many artists that played at Cornerstone also playe ...
after being recognized as a newer key musical group to Christian metal.
''Plagues'' (2007–2008)
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With ''Dear Love'' released at the end of the summer of 2006, The Devil Wears Prada already had songs for their second album prepared by winter of the same year. With a recording duration lasting from that time and leading into spring of 2007, the band's second album, ''
Plagues'' met its completion by the summer and was released on August 21, 2007. The demo version of their song "HTML Rulez D00d" was placed on the band's Myspace profile on January 1, 2007 for promotion of the record and on July 11,
AbsolutePunk
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began to stream their song "Don't Dink and Drance", which led to further exposure for the band.
The songs from the album "HTML Rulez D00d" and "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" were released as the album's two singles, both of which spawned music videos that aired on television channels such as MTV and
Fuse
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. ''Plagues'' peaked at No. 57 on the
''Billboard'' 200 on September 8, 2007 and has been considered a great success since its original release, selling more than 30,000 copies more than their debut album, ''
Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord''. It was re-released on October 28, 2008 in a
digipak
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Jewel case
A ...
form that includes a DVD in which features the music videos for album's two singles as well as footage of The Devil Wears Prada playing at 2008's
Warped Tour
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and Ultimatour. Later in the year, the band was interviewed by East Coast Romper, and stated that their primary influences are
Underoath
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and
Still Remains
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, which was mistaken on their official website due to it incorrectly stating that they were not influenced by these bands. The band recorded a cover of the rap song "
Still Fly
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", originally written and performed by
Big Tymers
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, the cover song was released on the compilation album ''
Punk Goes Crunk
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''.
''With Roots Above and Branches Below'' (2008–2010)
The Devil Wears Prada began writing and recording their third album ''
With Roots Above and Branches Below'' after attending 2008's
Warped Tour
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. Prior to recording and production of it, vocalist Mike Hranica stated "Expect a much heavier and more epic record". Keyboardist, James Baney, also announced that their new album would be more mechanical but still containing their same distinct style whereas drummer, Daniel Williams, claimed that the new album would be "crazier and wilder" than their previous albums. In Autumn 2008, they debuted a song off of the upcoming record while on tour with
Underoath
Underoath (stylized as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. It was founded by lead vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton on November 30, 1997, in Ocala, Florida; subsequently, its additional member ...
,
The Famine
The Famine was an American death metal band formed in Arlington, Texas in 2007. They were signed to Solid State Records.
History
Formation and three-song EP
The band initially formed with three of the original members of Embodyment ...
,
Saosin
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,
P.O.S, and
Person L
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. The Devil Wears Prada performed with
A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember (often abbreviated ADTR, and previously known as End of an Era) is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida, founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denney and drummer Bobby Scruggs. They are known for their amalgamation of meta ...
,
Sky Eats Airplane
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and
Emarosa
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. They have also performed at
2009's Warped Tour to promote the release of ''With Roots Above and Branches Below''. On March 13, the group released a song from the album prior to its release entitled "Dez Moines". Also before the release, the purchaser was given the option to receive several pre-ordered packages. One deal that features the album, a DVD and a shirt also includes a card with a code that let the purchaser download "Dez Moines", and "Assistant to the Regional Manager". The band launched their official website and released ''With Roots Above and Branches Below'' both on May 5, 2009. The sales of the album have been very satisfactory which brought it to position No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 for top albums upon its release. The song "Dez Moines" was released as downloadable content for the video game ''
Guitar Hero World Tour
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'' on May 7, as well as the song "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" was released as downloadable content for ''
Rock Band
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'' and ''
Rock Band 2'' on June 30, 2009.
As well as performing at the main stage of Warped Tour 2009, The Devil Wears Prada as well played at the iMatter Festival in
Elmira, New York
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. On June 13, they performed the song "Danger: Wildman" for the first time in concert. Vocalist Mike Hranica, managed a clothing company called Shipshape Roolz Clothing in which he sponsored and endorsed bands. A fraction of Shipshape's scale money was donated to charities such as Skate 4 Cancer. As of September 29, 2009 the clothing line was shut down and its online store changed its name to Traditiona, due to "legal issues." From November 23 to December 21, 2009, the band toured with
All That Remains and from February 4 to March 21, 2010, they were included on a tour headlined by
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...
and opened by
Dark Tranquillity.
At the beginning of 2010, it was announced that The Devil Wears Prada were voted as 2009's Band of the Year by readers of ''
Alternative Press
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* ''Alternative Press'' (magazine), an American music magazine
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'' and appeared on the cover. On February 12, 2010, the group confirmed the production for the "Assistant to the Regional Manager" music video, this led to its release on April 6, 2010 where it was premiered on ''
Headbangers Ball
''Headbangers Ball'' is a music television program that consisted of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV and its global affiliates. The show began on MTV on April 18, 1987, playing heavy metal music videos from both well-known and more obs ...
''.
''Zombie'' EP and ''Dead Throne'' (2010–2013)
In an interview at the beginning of April with Lucy Alberts of ''Alternative Press'', the band revealed that they were recording an
EP before they begin their Back to the Roots Tour. The EP was described as a "fun" release with "brutal" songs in the vein of what will eventually become the band's forthcoming studio album. The band's Back to the Roots Tour was presented by
Rockstar
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. Mike Hranica stated "One of the primary elements of the Back to the Roots Tour is playing a few ''
Dear Love'' songs that we have not played in a long time, and probably will not play again or anytime soon." On June 11, it was announced that they have completed the recording of the EP, the title for it was revealed as being ''
Zombie
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'' and was released on August 23.
After the completion and announcement of the EP, the band began their Back to the Roots Tour on June 25 as they planned.
By January 2011, Hranica revealed in an interview with Tim Karan what the band's ideas and plans for their fourth full-length studio album would be. His comments were placed within comparison to their latest release (the ''Zombie'' EP and described that the record is "a more heavy-focused sound from us. We think it would be smart to push that beefy, heavy songwriting
rom ''Zombie''into the new full-length...but with a strong blend of what we usually do with melody." The album was confirmed to not be a
concept album
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– like their previous work on the ''Zombie'' EP – but would have an overall theme, focused on anti-
idolatry
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, which, according to Hranica, "has been weighing on me lately." On June 13, ''Alternative Press'' began streaming a track, titled "Born to Lose", debuting off the upcoming album, and during the same month, the band signed with
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City.
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.
Vocalist, Hrancia offered his opinion of the new material, stating that it will contain "the heavy aspects of the ''Zombie'' EP, meshed with the melody of the full-lengths. ‘Born to Lose’ captures some of those elements and serves as a comprehensive preview to the album." He ended his comments with; "By all means I'd call it our most emotional, well-written album to date."
The album's name was revealed to be ''
Dead Throne
''Dead Throne'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 13, 2011, through Ferret Music. Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, the record was recorded in several studios across the United ...
'', and was released on September 13, 2011 through
Ferret Music
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. It has since become a critical and commercial success, where it peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 32,420 copies within its first week. ''Dead Throne'' also topped the
Christian
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and
Independent
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album charts, as well as peaking at number 3 on the
Rock
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and
Hard Rock
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album charts.
The band was confirmed for the
Mayhem Festival
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tour at the beginning of 2012, with
Slayer
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,
Slipknot and
As I Lay Dying
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. During this tour on February 22, 2012, keyboard player James Baney left the band. The Devil Wears Prada will release a CD/DVD album, ''Dead and Alive''. The live album was released on June 26, 2012.
''8:18'' (2013–2015)
![The Devil Wears Prada-18](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/The_Devil_Wears_Prada-18.jpg)
On January 25, 2012, Mike Hranica announced in an interview with Noisecreep that the band is working on their fifth album and that the album will be darker than Dead Throne and lyrically more sad and miserable, Hranica also stated that guitarist Chris Rubey has come up with material that is absolutely relentless. Hranica went on to comment that he is very excited on the keyboard parts they've been working on since James Baney's departure, describing them as "very dark and intense".
On February 20, 2013, the band announced that guitarist Chris Rubey missed the band's immediate touring with As I Lay Dying to tend to his newborn child. Samuel Penner of
For Today
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and
In the Midst of Lions
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was Rubey's temporary replacement.
The Devil Wears Prada performed a new track titled "Gloom" at live shows, the final studio version of the song is on the group's latest studio album, which will see a fall release through
Roadrunner Records
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. That album was produced by
Matt Goldman
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(
Underoath
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,
The Chariot) with
Killswitch Engage
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guitarist
Adam Dutkiewicz
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executive producing. The new album was released on September 17, 2013.
It was revealed on the band's Facebook that the title of the new album would be ''
8:18''. Pre-orders began on July 30, 2013 and included the tracks "Home for Grave" and "Martyrs". The lyric video "Martyrs" was released on July 30, 2013 on
Rolling Stone
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and released on July 31, 2013 on
YouTube
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's official band page. It was announced in early 2014 that the band would be touring as part of the
Warped Tour 2014
The Vans Warped Tour
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on one of the main stages.
Label changes, line-up instability and ''Transit Blues'' (2015–2018)
On March 7, 2015, the band resigned to
Rise Records. 10 days later, they announced the departure of founding guitarist Chris Rubey, and that they will be releasing a new EP titled ''
Space
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''. The band will also be releasing a 7" vinyl on Record Store Day titled ''South of the City'' via Atlantic/Roadrunner. On March 14, the band embarked on a tour for the five-year anniversary of their EP ''Zombie''. The band has performed "Supernova", a song off ''Space'', and released it on June 18; this was followed by another song, titled "Alien", on August 4. Before the EP was released, Hranica announced they had a new guitarist named Kyle Sipress, the band's former guitar tech.
The ''Space'' EP itself was released on August 21. On August 20, the band premiered a music video for the opening track, "Planet A". On July 2, 2016, the band parted ways with drummer Daniel Williams.
On July 15, 2016, the band released a new song along with a music video called "Daughter". On July 18, 2016, just a couple of days after they released "Daughter", the band announced their new record ''
Transit Blues'' will be released on October 7, 2016. Later on July 18, 2016,
Giuseppe Capolupo
Giuseppe Capolupo is an American musician who typically performs metalcore. Capolupo has been in bands such as Renfield, Demise of Eros, Haste the Day and Once Nothing, as well as formed his own band, Gypsy and His Band of Ghosts. Capolupo joi ...
, drummer of
Demise of Eros,
Haste the Day
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and
Once Nothing
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, stated he had recorded on ''Transit Blues''.
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/ref> The band later released a video for "To the Key of Evergreen". The album, ''Transit Blues'', was released October 7, 2016. Hranica recently was interviewed and when asked about adding Giuseppe Capolupo as an official member, he stated "I totally perceive it being a permanent replacement if things go well". In 2017, the band embarked on a tour with Anthrax
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and Killswitch Engage
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, called the "Killthrax Tour". On September 24, 2018, they signed with Solid State Records
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.
''The Act'', ''ZII'' and ''Color Decay'' (2019–present)
In 2019, Gering and Capolupo joined the band as official members. They proceeded to join in recording their new album, with Gering providing songwriting and production duties, alongside producer Sonny DiPerri. On August 23, 2019, the band released the first single "Lines of Your Hands" from their seventh studio album, '' The Act'', which was released on October 11, 2019. At the same time, the band revealed the album cover and the track list. On September 13, they unveiled the second single "Please Say No". On September 27, four days after the release of "Please Say No", the third single, "Chemical
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", was published. The single received airplay on Christian radio, peaking at no. 47 on ''Billboard
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s Hot Christian Songs
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chart.
On September 23, 2020, the band released an episode of their podcast (''The Prada Pod'') in which they discussed bassist Andy Trick's departure from the band and his replacement: former touring bassist Mason Nagy. On April 7, 2021, the name, artwork, and track listing, for a new EP, '' ZII'', were announced. A sequel to 2010's ''Zombie
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'', it is about hopelessness and was partially inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic
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. On April 23, the first single of the EP, "Termination", was released. On May 14, one week before the EP release, the band released the second single "Nightfall".
On September 29, the band released their first post-''ZII'' single titled "Sacrifice" along with an accompanying music video. On February 3, 2022, the band unveiled the second single "Watchtower" and its corresponding music video. On June 7, the third single "Salt" was released. At the same time, they announced that their eighth studio album ''Color Decay
''Color Decay'' is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 16, 2022, through Solid State Records. The album was produced by Jonathan Gering.
Background and promotion
On September 29 ...
'' would be released on September 16, 2022. On July 26, the band released the fourth single "Time" along with a music video. On September 13, three days before the album release, the band published the fifth and final single "Broken".
Musical style and influences
In their early years, the band and their works were described by some sources as metalcore
Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...
and Christian metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by ...
. According to Audio Ink Radio, "by fusing the finest elements of American metal-core and European melodic metal, Dayton, Ohio's the Devil Wears Prada are living the heavy music dream: delivering metal with a slight facelift to the next generation of headbangers." The band members' beliefs, and the themes in their music, also led to their genre being described as "Christian metalcore".
In 2021, Sipress stated in a Reddit AMA in response to a question as to whether they still considered their music to be Christian based that, "we have not promoted the band a being Christian for a looong time. Most of us aren't Christians, but we do aim at writing music that is fun to play!".
Band name
Despite speculations that the band named themselves after the film of the same title, it turned out that they were formed before the film was released. They have explained that their band name is based on an anti-materialistic mindset and derived their name from the novel, ''The Devil Wears Prada''. At the time of naming the band, the members assumed that the novel included anti-materialism as its moral, until later discovering that the novel did not feature this as its message at all. Despite making this mistake, the band members refused to change the name and decided that they would create a new, non-materialistic definition indicating that at the Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...
, God will not look at people's possessions.
Members
Current
* Jeremy DePoyster – rhythm guitar, vocals (2005–present)
* Mike Hranica – lead vocals (2005–present); additional guitars (2011–present)
* Kyle Sipress – lead guitar, backing vocals (2015–present)
* Jonathan Gering[Solid State Records TDWP](_blank)
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* Giuseppe Capolupo
Giuseppe Capolupo is an American musician who typically performs metalcore. Capolupo has been in bands such as Renfield, Demise of Eros, Haste the Day and Once Nothing, as well as formed his own band, Gypsy and His Band of Ghosts. Capolupo joi ...
– drums (2019–present; session musician 2016–2019)
* Mason Nagy – bass (2019–present; session musician 2018)
Former
* James Baney – keyboards, synthesizers, programming (2005–2012)
* Chris Rubey – lead guitar (2005–2015); backing vocals (2011–2015)
* Daniel Williams – drums (2005–2016)
* Andy Trick – bass (2005–2019)
Former touring musicians
* Samuel Penner – lead guitar (2013)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
* '' Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord'' (2006)
* '' Plagues'' (2007)
* '' With Roots Above and Branches Below'' (2009)
* ''Dead Throne
''Dead Throne'' is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 13, 2011, through Ferret Music. Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, the record was recorded in several studios across the United ...
'' (2011)
* '' 8:18'' (2013)
* '' Transit Blues'' (2016)
* '' The Act'' (2019)
* ''Color Decay
''Color Decay'' is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. It was released on September 16, 2022, through Solid State Records. The album was produced by Jonathan Gering.
Background and promotion
On September 29 ...
'' (2022)
References
External links
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Metalcore musical groups from Ohio
American Christian metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2005
Rise Records artists
Warner Music Group artists
Roadrunner Records artists
Solid State Records artists
Musical groups from Dayton, Ohio
Ferret Music artists