Wolves At The Gate (band)
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Wolves At The Gate is an American
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and Christian metal band that originated from Cedarville, Ohio. Formed in 2008, they are currently signed to Solid State Records, where the band has released four EPs: ''We Are the Ones'' (2011), ''Back to School'' (2013), ''Reprise'' (2015), and ''Dawn'' (2020), five full-length albums: '' Captors'' (2012), '' VxV'' (2014), '' Types & Shadows'' (2016), ''
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'' (2019), ''
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'' (2022), and three Christmas singles over the years.


Background

The band formed in 2008, and are from Cedarville, Ohio. In 2009, the band released their debut demo EP, "Prisoner of War". None of these songs have ever been re-recorded for following albums and it is only available on YouTube and in part on the band's ReverbNation page. Drummer Ryan Connelly left shortly after its release. In 2010, the band recorded and released their EP "We Are the Ones". Since Conelly's departure, all drum parts were programmed by Cobucci. It was recorded in Engineer Tyler Smith's apartment in the back of a funeral home. After being signed to Solid State Records in September 2011, the EP was re-released on November 15th of that year, now with newly designed cover art, two bonus tracks, and a physical release exclusive to Hot Topic. The band released their debut studio album '' Captors'' on July 3, 2012, with Solid State. For the ''
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'' charting week of July 21, 2012, ''Captors'' charted at No. 7 on the ''
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'' Christian Albums chart, and at No. 17 on the
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chart. Their next album, '' VxV'' (pronounced: ''Five by Five''), was released on June 10, 2014. The band released the song "Dust to Dust" on April 24, 2014. On May 12, 2015, the band released their third EP, ''Reprise'', consisting of acoustic versions of songs from previous albums. The band's third album, '' Types & Shadows'', was released on November 4, 2016. Their fourth album, ''
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'', was announced on April 24, 2019, with a planned release date of July 26, 2019. At the same time, new band photos were released with a new member, Joey Alarcon joining in on guitars. They released its first single, "The Cure", on April 26, 2019. A second single, "A Voice in the Violence", was released on May 16, 2019. A third single, "Drifter", was premiered via '' Revolver Magazine'' on June 13, 2019. On September 4, 2020, the band announced their fourth EP, ''Dawn'', consisting of acoustic versions of songs off ''Eclipse'', would be releasing October 9, 2020. That same day, the first single, an acoustic version of "A Voice in the Violence" was released and the second, "Counterfeit", was released on September 25, 2020. In March 9, 2021, it was revealed that Tim Lambesis was working on a new side project with the band's guitarist Joey Alarcon. Lambesis had previously co-produced ''Eclipse'' alongside Alarcon and Steve Cobucci. In April 16, 2021, the band released a new single, "Stop The Bleeding", which was followed by another single, "Shadows", in October 15, 2021. After three more singles, "Deadweight", "Lights & Fire", and "Peace that Starts the War", were released, Wolves at the Gate issued their album ''
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'', on March 11th, 2022. On November 18th, 2022, the band released a Christmas EP, ''Lowborn'', featuring two Christmas songs the band had released a decade prior, along with three newer cuts including the title cut which had been released as a single in 2021.https://lambgoat.com/news/37443/wolves-at-the-gate-to-release-holiday-ep-share-first-single/


Band members

Current * Steve Cobucci – rhythm guitar, clean vocals (2008–present) * Ben Summers – bass guitar, backing vocals (2008–present) * Nick Detty – unclean vocals, piano (2012–present) * Abishai Collingsworth – drums (2015–present) * Joey Alarcon – lead guitar (2019–present) Former * Ryan Connelly – drums (2008) * Dave Nester – drums (2008–2010) * Colin Jones – unclean vocals (2008–2011) * Jeremy Steckel – lead guitar (2008–2012) * Ben Millhouse ( Decyfer Down) – drums (2012–2013) * Dylan Baxter – drums (2013–2015) Timeline ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:110 bottom:90 top:0 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/2008 till:11/11/2022 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:UVocals value:claret legend:Unclean_vocals id:CVocals value:red legend:Clean_vocals id:BV value:pink legend:Backing_vocals id:LGuitar value:teal legend:Lead_guitar id:RGuitar value:brightgreen legend:Rhythm_guitar id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Keys value:purple legend:Keyboards id:spacer value:gray(1) legend:  id:Album value:black legend:Studio_album id:EP value:gray(0.5) legend:Other_release id:bars value:gray(0.95) Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:2008 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:2009 LineData = layer:back at:01/01/2009 color:EP at:01/01/2010 color:EP at:01/01/2011 color:EP at:07/03/2012 color:Album at:01/01/2013 color:EP at:06/10/2014 color:Album at:06/01/2015 color:EP at:11/04/2016 color:Album at:07/26/2019 color:Album at:10/09/2020 color:EP at:03/11/2022 color:Album BackgroundColors = bars:bars BarData = bar:Colin text:"Colin Jones" bar:Nick text:"Nick Detty" bar:Jeremy text:"Jeremy Steckel" bar:Steve text:"Steve Cobucci" bar:Joey text:"Joey Alarcon" bar:Ben text:"Ben Summers" bar:Ryan text:"Ryan Connelly" bar:Dave text:"Dave Nester" bar:Millhouse text:"Ben Millhouse" bar:Dylan text:"Dylan Baxter" bar:Abishai text:"Abishai Collingsworth" PlotData= width:11 bar:Colin from:01/01/2008 till:01/01/2011 color:UVocals bar:Nick from:01/01/2012 till:end color:UVocals bar:Jeremy from:01/01/2008 till:09/01/2012 color:LGuitar bar:Steve from:01/01/2008 till:09/01/2012 color:RGuitar bar:Steve from:09/01/2012 till:01/01/2019 color:LGuitar bar:Steve from:01/01/2019 till:end color:RGuitar bar:Joey From:01/01/2019 till:end color:LGuitar bar:Ben from:01/01/2008 till:end color:Bass bar:Ryan from:01/01/2008 till:06/01/2008 color:Drums bar:Dave from:06/01/2008 till:01/01/2012 color:Drums bar:Millhouse from:01/01/2012 till:01/01/2013 color:Drums bar:Dylan from:01/01/2013 till:01/01/2015 color:Drums bar:Abishai from:01/01/2015 till:end color:Drums width:7 bar:Steve from:09/01/2012 till:01/01/2019 color:RGuitar bar:Nick from:01/01/2012 till:end color:CVocals width:5 bar:Steve from:01/01/2008 till:end color:CVocals width:3 bar:Steve from:01/01/2008 till:end color:UVocals bar:Ben from:01/01/2008 till:end color:BV bar:Nick from:01/01/2012 till:end color:Keys


Discography


Studio albums


Independent EPs


Studio EPs


Singles


Notes


References


External links


''HM'' Magazine story
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