55-423: Daysend (pronounced days-end ) were an Australian melodic death metal band formed in 2002 by mainstays Aaron Bilbija on guitars and Meredith Webster on bass guitar. They were joined later that year by Wayne Morris on drums. From 2003 to 2006 their lead vocalist was Simon Calabrese, who was replaced by Mark McKernan. The group released three albums, Severance (November 2003), The Warning (May 2007) and Within
110-594: A brief spell with Melbourne thrash band Atomizer. Lilley's addition to Daysend caused some initial surprise as he had been fired from Psi.Kore in mid-2001, then coincidentally joined Infernal Method after Bilbija had left to join Psi.Kore. However, after learning the band's entire set in one emergency rehearsal, he slotted into the Daysend line-up. In May 2005, Daysend toured the US for six weeks with Otep . On returning to Australia,
165-825: A deal with Koch Records, who belatedly released The Ascension in October. Upon its release, It peaked at 81 on the Billboard 200 and 6 on the US Independent Charts. The album sold about 10,200 album copies in its first week of release. In 2009, Otep signed with Victory Records . Their 2009 album, Smash the Control Machine , which was released on August 18, 2009, included a reunion with former members Mark "Moke" Bistany on drums and Rob Patterson on guitar. The album also featured Koichi Fukuda on piano , and Emilie Autumn on violin , and
220-522: A lot and released an EP, Jihad , in June 2001. After performing at Ozzfest, Marsh and Aguilera were fired, with both guitarists being replaced by Rob Patterson for the rest of the tours that year. The band released their album Sevas Tra with Terry Date on June 18, 2002, and then played several gigs at the Ozzfest and was considered one of the prime bands there in 2002. Their first time at Ozzfest
275-450: A lot of music to write, a lot of things to say, a lot of injustices to confront and a lot of madness to summon and capture. To be able to forge this sacred alchemy with the dark brilliance of producer Howard Benson is a dream come true." On February 4, 2016, Otep announced that the album would be titled Generation Doom and would be released on April 15. They also released the album art on their Facebook page. On April 11, 2016 Billboard
330-484: A lyric video. The album sold 1,850 copies in its first week, and became Otep's first studio album not to chart on the Billboard 200. Otep's ninth album, The God Slayer , was released through Cleopatra Records on September 15, 2023. The album features original material alongside covers of songs by artists including Lil Peep , Olivia Rodrigo , Billie Eilish and Eminem . After its release, Otep Shamaya said that
385-536: A national tour with the reformed Melbourne grindcore band Damaged . After that, Daysend spent ten days recording the debut album Severance , which was released by Chatterbox in October. Severance was voted Best Australian Metal Album in a Triple J listeners poll soon after, an honour it shared with Renascent Misanthropy by Brisbane black metal band Astriaal. 2004 saw Daysend touring heavily. They supported Slipknot , In Flames , Shadows Fall and Machine Head and toured nationally with Entombed . Severance
440-555: A new sound, including the death 'n' roll of Entombed 's Wolverine Blues . At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul influenced many American metal bands, especially metalcore bands who used guitar riffs and vocals emulating At the Gates' music. The vocals also were noted by AllMusic for being more decipherable than other death metal vocals, resembling high-pitched shrieks that foreshadowed 2000s American screamo bands. The album brought At
495-436: A song co-written with songwriter Holly Knight, which resulted in "UR a WMN NOW". Knight previously co-wrote "Perfectly Flawed" with Otep on The Ascension . It peaked at 47 on the Billboard 200 and 6 on the US Independent Charts. The band appeared with 2Cents , Five Finger Death Punch and Shadows Fall on the 'Shock & Raw Tour' of North America in the fall of 2009. On September 30, 2010, bassist Jay McGuire left
550-613: A string of New South Wales shows with Dyscord, Psycroptic and the US deathcore band Whitechapel in early January 2009. Following this, Daysend began recording their third album as a four-piece since Turnbull had left the group. Within the Eye of Chaos was released on 19 February 2010, on the Stomp label. A national tour followed with Braithe Selby as a touring member. On 10 July 2010, the band played Utopia Records 30th Anniversary show which marked
605-631: A vocalist. However, Metal for the Brain was cancelled due to an insurance cost blow-out and Daysend had still not found a singer in time for the Pungent Stench tour. In January 2003, Simon Calabrese was recruited as lead vocalist. Calabrese had previously been with a nu metal act called Redsands that had recorded an EP before disbanding. With Calabrese in place, Daysend immediately found themselves supporting Sweden 's The Haunted in March and then on
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#1732782449546660-459: Is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs , often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal ). The genre features the heaviness of death metal but with highly melodic or harmonized guitar riffs and solos, and often features high-pitched shrieked vocals (differing from traditional death metal) alongside the low-pitched growls commonly featured in traditional death metal. Pioneered by
715-490: Is more prone to using verse-chorus song structures. Much of the origin and popularity of melodic death metal can be attributed to the bands At the Gates , In Flames , and Dark Tranquillity , whose mid 1990s music releases (namely Slaughter of the Soul , The Jester Race , and The Gallery , respectively) defined the genre and laid the foundation for the Gothenburg metal scene. Writer Gary Sharpe-Young considered
770-467: Is this country." Kult 45 was recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, using exactly the same equipment which was used for Otep's first album, Sevas Tra (down to Shamaya's vocal microphone, a SHURE Beta 58), in order to create a sound reminiscent of their roots. Kult 45 was self-produced by the band, with assistant engineering from Larry Goetz, Nicolas Schilke, and Lizzy Ostro. It was also mentioned that
825-450: The Billboard 200 . The band is still touring and tours the U.S. east coast and Australia for their Sounds of Armageddon tour. In early 2014, Otep confirmed on her personal Facebook account and the band account that another album would be made. In April 2014, Otep signed a new management deal with Kam 9.8 Machlation Group, a company founded by Slipknot 's DJ Sid Wilson and his business partner Synonym Mead. The contract with Kam 9.8
880-527: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal , especially melodic or harmonized guitar riffs, with the heavily distorted guitars, fast double-bass drum patterns and occasional blast beats of death metal . The vocal style typically features either high-pitched shrieks screaming (differing from traditional death metal) or low-pitched growling (similar to traditional death metal) and can feature clean sung vocals. Unlike traditional death metal, melodic death metal
935-401: The 2000s decade, melodic death metal achieved popularity among heavy metal fans, starting with the release of In Flames' 2002 album Reroute to Remain , which showed a change to a more eclectic sound while retaining the band's melodic death metal sound. Many other melodic death metal bands quickly had chart success. In the mid-2000s, melodic metalcore , a subgenre of metalcore that combines
990-422: The 2000s decade. In the mid–late 2000s, melodic metalcore became one of the most popular heavy metal genres, with bands like Killswitch Engage , Unearth , Bullet for My Valentine , All That Remains , Shadows Fall and Atreyu achieving success, headlining major festivals and selling a lot of records. Melodic metalcore combined melodic death metal elements like melodic guitar riffs and screaming with elements of
1045-574: The English heavy metal band Carcass with their 1993 album Heartwork , melodic death metal developed further in Sweden (developed by bands like At the Gates , Dark Tranquillity , and In Flames ) in the mid-1990s. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularise the style, soon centering in the " Gothenburg metal " scene. At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul , Dark Tranquillity's The Gallery , and In Flames' The Jester Race , all released in
1100-573: The Eye of Chaos (February 2010), before disbanding in May 2011. Daysend were formed in mid-2002 by Aaron Bilbija on guitars , Matt Lamb on drums and Meredith Webster on bass guitar . All three had been members of a thrash metal band, Psi.Kore, which were founded by Lamb's brother Chuck, guitarist Adam Boyle and bassist Lex Dourian in 1996; Lamb had joined in 1997 and Webster took Dourian's place in late 1998. The band recorded an EP with Chatterbox Records in 2000 and toured Australia widely before Bilbija
1155-519: The Gates , In Flames , Arch Enemy and Soilwork . Otep Otep was an American nu metal band. The band was formed in November 2000 in Los Angeles by frontwoman Otep Shamaya . The band is noted for their style of "art-house nu metal", and their strong political stances. Throughout the course of several lineup changes over the years, Shamaya has remained the only constant member in
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#17327824495461210-676: The Gates underground popularity, including rotation on MTV 's Headbanger's Ball , a nomination at the Swedish Grammys, and American tours with Morbid Angel and Napalm Death . In the late 1990s and early 2000s, melodic death metal quickly expanded with many bands emerging, including Amon Amarth , The Black Dahlia Murder , Arch Enemy , Soilwork , Insomnium , and Children of Bodom . Additionally, other genres would begin using melodic death metal as an influence, including melodic metalcore and melodic black/death. Stewart Mason claims that melodic metalcore has become very popular in
1265-478: The Gates worship". In the 2000s, melodic death metal became popular among heavy metal fans. In 2002, In Flames' album Reroute to Remain peaked at number 10 on the Top Heatseekers chart. The album, retaining the band's melodic death metal sound, showed a diverse mix of different musical genres, including occasional electronica and hip hop synthesizers and occasional clean singing. This helped gain
1320-545: The Gothenburg scene the commercial salvation of death metal: "Gothenburg became the new Tampa and the genre received a new lease on life." The titular melodic elements can be traced to traditional Scandinavian musical motifs. Another pioneer was the English band Carcass , which performed grindcore on its first two releases but morphed into death metal and an increasingly melodic style on the Necroticism – Descanting
1375-693: The Insalubrious (1991) and Heartwork (1993). Death 's 1995 album Symbolic is also considered to be influential in the development of the genre. Ceremonial Oath and Eucharist also are early melodic death metal bands; however, they never gained much attention outside of their own scene. In Flames' The Jester Race combined death metal with guitar riffs heavily influenced by bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest . The album's sound heavily contrasted with traditional death metal, and made Swedish death metal more accessible to more people compared to other Swedish death metal albums that pioneered
1430-528: The Machine , The Notorious B.I.G. , Nine Inch Nails , Jim Morrison , Tool , the Doors , Nirvana , and Deftones . Although the band's style is primarily nu metal, their music incorporates strong elements of death metal. In 2004, the music video for the single "Warhead" was on the top ten of MTV Headbangers Ball . In 2010, Otep was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Music Artist" for
1485-487: The United States, using the term "Swedecore" to describe Scandinavian-style metal as played by non- Nordic bands. Many melodic death metal and metalcore bands (especially after melodic metalcore band Killswitch Engage rose in popularity) were heavily influenced by Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates and had an influence of them in their music. Many heavy metal bands in the mid-2000s, in turn, were labeled "At
1540-696: The United States. It was number 3 of the top 8 Napalm Record sellers in the week of April 23. On April 26 the album reached #7 on the Billboard Rock Chart, #10 on the Independent Chart and #109 on the Top 200 Albums Chart. On May 7, the album reached #4 on the Billboard Hard Rock Chart On May 2, 2018, Otep disclosed the album title and artwork for their eighth album, together with disclosing interviews about
1595-480: The album is produced well technically, lyrically, it's very raw. Musically, we explore different genres - we're trying to reach everyone. I don't want to be limited to one genre or to be anchored to a particular space where I can only reach certain political minds. It's important to me that I'm sending a clear and concise message to the Resistance - the people out there bending the barricades and fighting for justice
1650-487: The album will be Otep's last, "In symbolic terms, nine is the last single digit. So [ The God Slayer ] is the last; it represents the last. I don't know if I'll make another record". The band's style is primarily nu metal , and is also considered alternative metal . It has also been labelled as gothic metal , rap metal and extreme metal . AllMusic has described Otep as "art house nu-metal". Otep's influences include Slipknot , Slayer , Korn , Rage Against
1705-416: The band a new amount of fans while alienating fans of In Flames' early work. In Flames' next two albums, Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004) and Come Clarity (2006), peaked at numbers 145 and 58 on the Billboard 200 , respectively, with the latter album giving In Flames a Swedish Grammy Award. The Black Dahlia Murder, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, and Amon Amarth also enter the Billboard 200 during
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1760-405: The band any longer. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to our family and friends who have supported us over the years and most of all, our loyal fans". The announcement was carried by various Australian metal websites. In June 2019, Daysend's full discography was added to major music streaming services. Melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath )
1815-424: The band split with both its management and with Lilley. Michael Kordek rejoined and some work began on a second album. Further activity was stalled however when Simon Calabrese left Daysend in May 2006. Within a short time, however, ex-Headcage vocalist Mark Halcroft (McKernan) joined the band. Playing just two shows with him, Daysend began recording The Warning in November 2006 with DW Norton, who had also produced
1870-409: The band. After being selected by Sharon Osbourne to appear at Ozzfest 2001, Otep was signed to a record deal with Capitol Records without a demo in March 2001. Otep released two albums through Capitol, Sevas Tra (2002) and House of Secrets (2004); both albums were moderate successes, and sold a combined total of 400,000 copies worldwide by 2006. Otep's third album, The Ascension ,
1925-566: The band. On April 26, 2011, Otep released their fifth studio album, Atavist . It peaked at 61 on the Billboard 200 , 10 on the Independent Charts and 19 on the US Rock Charts . On November 6, 2012, Otep released their first live album, Sounds Like Armageddon . In an interview, Otep Shamaya said that Hydra will be her band's final album. The album was released on January 22, 2013 and peaked at 133 on
1980-497: The content of the album. The official Napalm announcement read: "You can expect a complete and total mutiny of the senses on Kult 45", says Shamaya. "That said, it's important for fans to know that this record is not just an indictment of Trump. The idea is rather to empower people to stand up and remind them this is our country and we have the power. It's primarily a rallying cry for people with common sense and good-natured patriots to rise up and know that we own this nation." "Although
2035-501: The debut. Norton signed the band to his label Faultline and the album was released on 28 May 2007 ahead of Daysend's appearance at Sydney's two-day Come Together Festival . A national tour began soon after but at least one show was cancelled when Morris received an eye injury from a broken drumstick during a show in Sydney on 13 July. In late November 2007, Michael Kordek left the band to follow "other musical and non-musical interests". He
2090-610: The genre with melodic death metal, achieved popularity with the chart success and sales success of bands like Killswitch Engage , All That Remains , and As I Lay Dying . Deathcore bands during this time period like Bring Me the Horizon and Through the Eyes of the Dead also were influenced by melodic death metal and achieved popularity. Melodic death metal combines death metal with elements of traditional heavy metal ranging as far as
2145-428: The genre would incorporate an increased sense of melody and narrative. Melodic metalcore is a fusion genre, incorporating elements of metalcore and melodic death metal, with a heavy emphasis on melodic instrumentation, blast beats , metalcore-stylized breakdowns and clean singing . These bands often take influence from the guitar riffs and writing styles of Swedish melodic death metal bands, especially At
2200-430: The label; Smash the Control Machine (2009), which saw a reunion of the band's Sevas Tra lineup, Atavist (2011), and Hydra (2013), a concept album . Hydra was intended to be the band's final album, but thereafter Otep Shamaya opted to continue the band, and they subsequently released two more albums through Napalm Records , Generation Doom (2016) and Kult 45 (2018). Otep's ninth album, The God Slayer ,
2255-590: The lyrics will tackle subjects like the immigrant crisis, rape culture and the US government. In an episode of 'Wake and Bake' (a weekly Facebook live stream on the Otep page) Justin Kier said that while creating this album the band had kept the fans in mind. Therefore, making it an album for the fans, rather than for self-exploration. The first single of the album, "To the Gallows", was released on May 25, 2018, along with
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2310-500: The mid-1990s, were highly influential albums in melodic death metal, with At the Gates and In Flames being the two most common influences on North American 2000s heavy metal bands. Many American heavy metal bands emulated At the Gates' sound, resulting in the usage of the phrase "At the Gates worship". In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many melodic death metal bands emerged, including Children of Bodom , Arch Enemy , Amon Amarth , The Black Dahlia Murder , Insomnium , and Soilwork . In
2365-685: The original style of metalcore like breakdowns . At the Gates and In Flames were major influences on these bands. Killswitch Engage are often credited as the band that brought melodic metalcore into the mainstream among heavy metal fans. Some deathcore bands during this time, such as Through the Eyes of the Dead and Bring Me the Horizon , combined deathcore with melodic death metal. Many melodic death metal bands began being inspired by black metal and European romanticism . This style has been referred to as blackened melodic death metal , melodic blackened death metal and melodic black-death . However, unlike most other black metal, this take on
2420-430: The return of Jason Turnbull to the line-up. Daysend played only a handful of shows throughout the year. In 2011 it was announced that Daysend would be touring Australia with Nevermore in June; however, that tour was cancelled. On 5 May, Daysend announced through their Facebook page that they were disbanding: "The reason is not due to artistic differences or personal issues but rather that we feel we cannot continue with
2475-399: The show; the band played regardless as an instrumental act. Inheriting Psi.Kore's manager, Chatterbox owner Nik Tropiano, who had helped push that group to the verge of major success, Daysend was listed on the bill for the 2002 Metal for the Brain festival and slated to open for Austrian death metal band Pungent Stench shortly afterward, both without so much as having either a recording or
2530-535: The spring of 2007. However, the album was delayed indefinitely due to the Capitol Music Group merger in January 2007. The merger led to the firing of the label's president and the band's A&R representative from the label, and Otep was left in limbo whether to stay at the label or find a new one; they were eventually dropped from Capitol in May 2007. In September 2007, the band was able to ink
2585-421: Was due to be released through Capitol in March 2007, but was delayed indefinitely following the label's consolidation into Capitol Music Group two months prior to its planned release date; the band subsequently parted ways with the label, and the album was eventually issued through Koch Records in October of that year. In February 2009, Otep signed with Victory Records . The band released three albums through
2640-418: Was formed with guitarist Michael Kordek (from a death metal act called Automation and then, briefly, Infernal Method with Bilbija) also coming into the group. The line-up was only together briefly before Matt Lamb left, his place taken by Morris. Lamb has since played in a variety of Sydney rock and metal bands. A debut live show with Melbourne death metal band Earth was booked but Micallef quit Daysend before
2695-645: Was in 2001 with their eighth gig. The first album peaked at 145 on the Billboard 200 and 86 on the UK Albums Chart . On July 27, 2004, Otep released their second album, House of Secrets , produced by Greg Wells . The album peaked at 93 on the Billboard 200 and 102 on the French Chart . After three years of touring, the band created a third album The Ascension , with a scheduled release date of March 20, 2007. In preparation of its original release, they toured with Static-X starting in
2750-411: Was not renewed. In September 2015 Otep announced on her Facebook page that the band had signed a new management deal with Napalm Records, and that a new album would be released in the spring of 2016 (pre-order from winter 2015). "Signing with Napalm Records is one of the most exciting alliances I've ever made. I haven't felt this excited to write a new album since 'Sevas Tra.' There's a lot of work to do,
2805-548: Was recruited in early 2002. Relations within the group pushed Chuck Lamb out and the remaining members decided to continue in a slightly different musical direction. In 1995, Bilbija had formed a death metal band called Deadspawn and with the eventual line-up of himself plus Dave Micallef ( vocals , guitar), Bob Latsombath (bass) and Wayne Morris (drums), that group had released an album on Warhead Records in 1999 before eventually splitting up when Micallef left in mid-2001. Bilbija now recruited Micallef into his latest band, and Daysend
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#17327824495462860-677: Was released in the United States by Metal Blade Records and by Locomotive in Europe in November. When the Metal for the Brain festival added two extra shows in Brisbane and Perth along with its regular Canberra fixture in February 2005, Daysend appeared at each. Two days before this, however, Kordek suddenly left the band. His replacement was Andrew Lilley, who had most recently served
2915-464: Was released through Cleopatra Records on September 15, 2023. Otep began as a band in Los Angeles in November 2000. They were invited to play Ozzfest before they had signed to a label after Sharon Osbourne witnessed their fourth live performance. They have since played Ozzfest several times. Otep signed with Capitol Records after four shows and without a demo, purely on the power of their live performance. They started gigging around Los Angeles
2970-522: Was replaced by Jason Turnbull in late 2007, playing his first show with the band on New Year's Eve. In July 2008 Daysend then travelled to New Zealand for a small tour with Subtract. August saw Daysend play a string of shows with Perth band Dyscord , and be the direct support for Trivium 's one off Australian show at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. In October, Daysend supported renowned UK metal band Carcass at Sydney's Metro Theatre, before playing
3025-485: Was to stream Generation Doom in its entirety for 24 hours, but due to its success extended the streaming time to several days. The music video for the song "In Cold Blood" premiered on April 15, 2016, on Music Choice. On Record Store Day (April 16, 2016), record stores released a picture vinyl disk of Generation Doom . On April 20, Napalm Records released the video for "In Cold Blood" on their YouTube page. Generation Doom sold 5,825 copies in its first week of sale in
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