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For the German band, see Impending Doom (German band).
Impending Doom
OriginRiverside, California
GenresDeath metal
Years active2005 - present
LabelsFacedown, E1 Music, Siege of Amida, Koch
MembersBrook Reeves
Manny Contreras
David Sittig
Brandon Trahan
Past membersChris Forno
Andy Hegg
Greg Pewthers
Chad Blackwell
Cory Johnson
Isaac Bueno
Websitewww.facebook.com/impendingdoom

Impending Doom is a Christian death metal band from Riverside, California. The group has released four full-length studio albums and are currently a four piece with vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining members along with Manny Contreras who left the band in 2010 but returned in 2012. The band refers to their style of music as "Gorship", which is described by Reeves as "Worshipping God through our gore-sounding music."

History

After leaving death metal band Oblige where he played guitar, Manny Contreras and vocalist Brook Reeves started Impending Doom together in 2005 with Chris Forno, Jon Alfaro and Isaac Bueno. The band practiced with their sound before writing enough songs to record their demo, The Sin and Doom of Godless Men. After this release, Greg Pewthers joined as rhythm guitarist after also leaving Oblige. Later that year, bassist Alfaro left the band and David Sittig was added to the line-up in his replacement. Andy Hegg later took the place of Bueno and the band recorded the album Nailed. Dead. Risen. after getting signed to Facedown Records. Due to Andy Hegg's dedication to his soccer scholarship, Impending Doom was forced to employ substitute drummers for the tours that supported the album. Since then touring drummer Chad Blackwell became the official drummer for the band, during which Greg Pewthers returned to Oblige and was replaced by Cory Johnson, formerly of Sleeping Giant.

The group signed to Facedown Records in January 2007,[1] and their debut release for the label, Nailed. Dead. Risen., reached number 46 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[2] The record has received generally positive reviews.[3][4][5][6] The band has since started a street team to promote their music, which can be found on their Myspace top 8. The group then embarked on a tour of the United States to support the album in autumn 2007,[7] including dates with Dead to Fall, Winds of Plague and With Dead Hands Rising.[8] In 2009 the band released their second album, The Serpent Servant. Sometime after the release, drummer Chad Blackwell, a native of Pensacola, Florida, left the band to attend the Atlanta Institute of Music, to which Impending Doom asked former member Isaac Bueno to rejoin.

The band refers to its style of Christian metal as "Gorship" - a portmanteau of gore and worship.[9] The band also clarify on their MySpace blog that "Gorship" is their way of worshiping God through their gore sounding music; not worshiping "gore" as some are led to believe. Impending Doom released their second album, The Serpent Servant, on March 31, 2009 which has hit number 3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[2] Their third album, There Will Be Violence, was released on July 20, 2010. Sometime during the recording of the new album, both Manny Contreras and Isaac Bueno left the band for unknown reasons. Since then the band brought Brandon Trahan (ex-Mirror Of Dead Faces, xDEATHSTARx) into the line-up but have yet to find another permanent guitarist. The band has been on the Thrash and Burn tour 2010 with Through The Eyes of The Dead, Kittie, Born of Osiris, Asking Alexandria and more. They've toured with Mychildren Mybride, The Crimson Armada, Chimiria, and other bands.

The band also created their own symbol called the "Repentagram" combining the words repent and pentagram. The band explained the Repentagram with the following:

“We’ve gotten a lot of mail questioning the Repentagram Logo, I would like to take time right now to explain it to you all. First off we are a christian band and a real one at that, we would never put something out that had satanic meaning or anything negative. We thought up the word “REPENTAGRAM” basically putting two words together. 1. REPENT (meaning: to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one’s life for the better; be penitent.) 2. PENTAGRAM (which in the dark metal world is a satanic symbol.) Since we are a Christian death metal band we wanted to think up something clever; thus the Repentagram came into thought. It is not the same amount of sides as a pentagram, we are going for making a Christian death metal symbol. Just like we created the word “GORSHIP” (which as you all should know, does NOT mean worship gore, it means worshiping God through our Gore sounding music) the Repentagram is just the new word. Please pass this information along to anyone you may know that thinks anything more than it really is."

Baptized in Filth was produced by Andreas Magnusson who produced Oh, Sleeper's album Children of Fire and was mixed by Machine. The album is focused in God, Satan and the Number of the Beast; 666. The first single is "For the Wicked" and the first video is "Murderer". Before the band played at Warped Tour 2012, guitarist Cory Johnson left the band and original guitarist Manny Contreras took his position.

Band members

Current members
  • Brook Reeves – vocals (2005–present)
  • Manny Contreras – lead guitar (2005–2010, 2012-present, ex-xDEATHSTARx, ex-Oblige)
  • David Sittig – bass guitar (2005-present)
  • Brandon Trahan – drums (2010–present, ex Mirror Of Dead Faces, ex xDEATHSTARx)
Former members
  • Cory Johnson – guitars (2008–2012, ex Sleeping Giant)
  • Greg Pewthers – rhythm guitar (2006–2008, ex-Oblige)
  • Isaac Bueno – drums (2005–2007, 2009–2010, ex Underneath the Gun)
  • Andy Hegg – drums (2007–2008)
  • Chad Blackwell – drums (2008–2009)
  • Jon Alfaro - bass (2005)
  • Chris Forno - guitar (2005-2006)

Discography

Full-lengths
Demo records
  • The Sin and Doom of Godless Men (2005)

Videos

References

  1. ^ Christian Death Metallers Impending Doom Sign With Facedown Records. Blabbermouth.net, January 23, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Billboard Chart Positions, Allmusic.com
  3. ^ Album Review, Exclaim!, October 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  4. ^ Album Review, Stylus Magazine. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  5. ^ Album Review, Way Too Loud, November 19, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  6. ^ Album Review, Skyline Press. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  7. ^ Impending Doom interview. Skratch Magazine. Accessed December 9, 2007.
  8. ^ Impending Doom and Dead to Fall Reveal Tour Dates. Metal Underground, December 4, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  9. ^ Impending Doom: Brutal Death Metallers Will Scare the Devil Out of You. Decibel Magazine. Accessed December 19, 2007.
  10. ^ The Serpent Servant Album Info, Billboard.com
  11. ^ There Will Be Violence Album Info, Billboard.com
  12. ^ Baptized in Filth Album Info, Billboard.com
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