Thy Will Be Done is an American
heavy metal band formed in 2005 from
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
.
The ensemble has released the studio albums ''Was and Is to Come''
and ''In Ancient of Days'' via
Stillborn Records,
as well as the EP ''Temple'' via Eye.On Lion Recordings.
The band toured with
DevilDriver
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,
Suffocation
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, and
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Biography
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with fill-in bassist Jeff Golden who would later go on to join
Crowbar.
In 2012, the band performed with
Metallica
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at
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Common meanings
* Orion (constellation), named after the mythical hunter
* Orion (mythology), a hunter in Greek mythology
* Orion (spacecraft), NASA crew vehicle first launched in 2022
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Fictional ent ...
, as well as ''Party to the Apocalypse 2012'' starring
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History Early career (1999-2004)
Building up a following in the late 1990s by touring with bands such as GWAR, Nile, Cradle of Filth and Candiria, God Fo ...
and Trumpet the Harlot.
In December 2015, Thy Will Be Done had been working on the follow-up to their ''Temple'' EP when the band's drummer, Jay Waterman, suffered
cardiac arrest
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amidst tracking the band's new album, resulting in a two-year break from performances for the band.
On November 11, 2016, via their
Facebook
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page, the band announced they are working on a new album.
Thy Will Be Done has been occasionally misidentified as a "religious band", but they do not have a religious agenda and think that that is mainly a "personal journey".
Discography
Studio albums
*'' Was and Is to Come ''(2007) (
Heatseekers
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No. 9)
[
*'' In Ancient of Days ''(2009)]
EPs
*'' Temple ''(2012) (Heatseekers
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No. 9)
Timeline
Studio and live lineup
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.thywillbedone.net
Groove metal musical groups
Metalcore musical groups from Rhode Island