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band formed in

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, in 2008. Currently signed to

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, Windhand released their most recent album, '' Eternal Return'', in October 2018.

History

Windhand formed in 2008 with singer

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, guitarists Asechiah Bogdan (also a member of

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) and Garrett Morris, bassist Nathan Hilbish and drummer Jeff Loucks. In 2010, they released a two-song demo titled ''Practice Space Demo''. Loucks was then replaced by former The Might Could drummer Ryan Wolfe. The band signed with Forcefield Records and released their eponymous debut album in 2012. Hilbish left the band and was replaced by Parker Chandler. Shortly after, the band left Forcefield and signed to

, which released their second album, ''

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'', in 2013. The album reached No. 24 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, making it the band's first release to make a ''Billboard'' chart, and was named one of the year's best heavy metal albums by ''

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''. In 2013, Windhand released the split album ''

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'' with Cough and another with the band Salem's Pot, simply titled ''Windhand / Salem's Pot'', followed by the live album ''

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'' the next year. In 2015, with Jack Endino as producer, they recorded and released their third album, ''

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'', which peaked at No. 16 on the ''Billboard''

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chart and No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart, and was named the 17th-best album of 2015 by '' Consequence of Sound''. Founding guitarist Asechiah Bogdan then left the band and was not replaced. In early 2018, Windhand released the split EP ''

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'' with fellow Virginia band

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. This EP reached No. 11 on the ''Billboard''

chart. Their fourth full-length album, '' Eternal Return'', again with Endino producing, was released in October 2018. That album reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard''

chart.

Members

Current members

– vocals (2008–present) * Garrett Morris – guitars (2008–present) * Ryan Wolfe – drums (2010–present) * Parker Chandler – bass (2013–present)

Former members

* Nathan Hilbish – bass (2008–2013) * Jeff Loucks – drums (2008–2010) * Asechiah Bogdan – guitars (2009–2015)

Discography

Demos

* ''Practice Space Demo'' (independent, 2010)

Studio albums

* ''Windhand'' (Forcefield Records, 2012) * ''

'' (Relapse Records, 2013) – No. 24 ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums * ''

'' (Relapse Records, 2015) – No. 7 ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums, No. 17 ''Billboard'' Tastemaker Albums, No. 16 ''Billboard'' Hard Rock Albums, No. 39 ''Billboard'' Rock Albums *'' Eternal Return'' (Relapse Records, 2018)

Splits

* ''

'' (Relapse Records, 2013) * ''Windhand / Salem's Pot'' (RidingEasy Records, 2014) * ''

'' (Relapse Records, 2018)

Singles

* "Orchard" (Relapse Records, 2013)

Live albums

* ''Live at Roadburn 2014'' (Roadburn Records, 2014) * ''Live Elsewhere'' (self-released, 2019)

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control Relapse Records artists American doom metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2009 Heavy metal musical groups from Virginia Music of Richmond, Virginia