Daylight Dies

Daylight Dies

Daylight Dies is an American Doom/Death Metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Their music focuses on dark and melancholic emotional introspection.

History

Daylight Dies was formed in 1996 by Barre Gambling and Jesse Haff, both of whom were previously involved with the Melodic death metal band Circle. In 1999, the two sole members recorded the band's first demo, The Long Forgotten Demo. In 2000, Guthrie Iddings joined the band as the vocalist and the trio recorded the band's second demo, Idle, which was released through Tribunal Records. In 2001, Egan O'Rourke joined as the bassist and the band recorded a two song demo that was meant for record labels only. In late 2001, the band signed with Relapse Records.

In 2002, the band released their debut studio album, No Reply. Afterwards the band toured Europe with Katatonia and the United States and Canada with Lacuna Coil in support of the album. After the tour, vocalist Guthrie Iddings left the band to finish college and was replaced by Nathan Ellis. Charley Shackelford also joined as a second guitarist. On November of 2005, Daylight Dies signed with Candlelight Records. On March of 2006, the band released their second studio album, Dismantling Devotion.

On July 13 and July 14, 2006, the band played as the main support for Emperor in New York City. The band premiered their first music video for the song "Lies that Bind" on August 9, 2006. Between October 20 and November 19, 2006 the band embarked on their first full North American tour in support of Dismantling Devotion together with Portugal's Moonspell and Sweden's Katatonia.

The band entered the studio in December 2007 to begin recording their third album Lost to the Living. Like Dismantling Devotion, the album will be mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios and is slotted to be released in June 2008. The first North American tour in support of the album will with Candlemass in May/June 2008.

Members

Current members

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Daylight Dies, 2006

• Nathan Ellis – vocals
• Barre Gambling – guitar
• Charley Shackelford – guitar
• Egan O'Rourke – bass guitar, clean vocals
• Jesse Haff – drums

Former members

• Guthrie Iddings – vocals
• Matthew Golombisky – bass guitar
• Robert Daugherty - session live guitar

Discography

Demos

• The Long Forgotten Demo (1999)
• Idle (2000, Tribunal Records)

Studio albums

• No Reply (2002, Relapse Records)
• Live at the Contamination Festival (2005, Relapse Records)
• Dismantling Devotion (2006, Candlelight Records)
• Lost to the Living (2008, Candlelight Records)

External links

• Daylight Dies - official website
• Daylight Dies - official Myspace
• Candlelight Records
• Daylight Dies discography at MusicBrainz