Daysend (pronounced days-end) is a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Sydney, Australia, assembled in 2002. Metalcore is an umbrella term used to describe fusion genres that incorporate elements of the Hardcore punk and heavy metal genres Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a Subgenre of Death metal which combines the melody of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Their debut album, Severance, was released year following year. Severance is the debut album by Australian melodic Death metal band Daysend.

History

The band was formed in mid-2002 by guitarist Aaron Bilbija, bass player Meredith Webster and drummer Matt Lamb. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion All three had previously been together in a thrash metal band called Psi. Thrash metal (sometimes referred to simply as thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression Kore that had been founded by Lamb's brother Chuck in 1996; Lamb had joined in 1997 and Webster in late 1998. The band recorded an EP with Chatterbox Records in 2000 and toured Australia widely before Bilbija was recruited in early 2002. Chatterbox Records is an Independent record label based in Sydney Australia, founded in 1997 by musician Nik Tropiano and Sebastian Chase of 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. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Warhead Records was an Independent record label based in Sydney Australia that specialised in releasing albums by Australian heavy metal bands Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Bilbija now recruited Micallef into his latest band, and Daysend 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^[3]. Infernal Method was a Melodic death metal band from Sydney, Australia. The line-up was only together briefly before Matt Lamb left, his place taken by Morris. Lamb played in some local rock acts for a short time before essentially quitting music.

A debut live show with Melbourne death metal band Earth was booked but Micallef quit Daysend before the show; the band played regardless as an instrumental act. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 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 extremists Pungent Stench shortly afterward, both without so much as having either a recording or a vocalist. Metal for the Brain was Australia's largest Heavy metal music festival Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous Death metal band from Vienna, Austria who formed in 1988. 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. Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative

With Calabrese in place, Daysend immediately found themselves supporting Sweden's The Haunted in March and then on a national tour with the reformed Melbourne grindcore band Damaged. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Haunted is a Swedish Thrash metal band formed in 1996 in Gothenburg, Sweeden. For the fictional character with this name see Grindcore (Transformers. Damaged was a Heavy Metal band from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia that was formed in 1989 by Drummer Matt "Skitz" After this 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. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking,

2004 saw Daysend touring heavily. They supported Slipknot, In Flames, Shadows Fall and Machine Head and toured nationally with Entombed. Slipknot is an American band from Des Moines Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid In Flames is a Death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1990 and is considered to be a pioneer and major influence to the melodic death metal genre Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band formed in Springfield, Massachusetts in late 1995 Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Severance was released in the US by Metal Blade Records and by Locomotive in Europe in November. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Artists Current artists 3 The Absence Aeon A Love Ends Suicide(Now Let's Fighting 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. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. Two days before this, however, Kordek suddenly left the band. His replacement was Andrew Lilley, who had most recently served 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. For the Ancient Egyptian name component see Hotep. Otep (also spelled OTEP or OT3P) is an American Nu metal On returning to Australia, 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 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 the debut. The Warning is the second full-length Studio album by the Australian Melodic death metal band Daysend, released on May 28 Norton signed the band to his label Faultline and the album was released on May 28, 2007 ahead of Daysend's appearance at Sydney's two-day Come Together Festival. Come Together is an all-ages Australian Music festival performed at Luna Park, in Sydney. 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. He has since recovered.

In late November 2007, band member Michael Kordek left the band to follow "other musical and non-musical interests". He was replaced by Jason Turnbull in late 2007, playing his first show with the band on New Year's Eve. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. In July 2008 Daysend will travel to New Zealand before returning to Australia for a national tour with Judas Priest in September. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham.

 Samples of Daysend:

"Born Is The Enemy"

Artist: Daysend
Album: Severance
Year: 2003
Track #: 1

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Members

Current members

• Mark McKernan – vocals (2006–present)
• Aaron Bilbija – guitar (2002–present)
• Meredith Webster – bass (2002–present)
• Wayne Morris – drums (2002–present)
• Jason Turnbull - guitar (2007-present)

Former members

• Simon Calabrese – vocals (2003–2006)
• Dave Micallef – vocals (2002)
• Andrew Lilley – guitar (2005)
• Matt Lamb – drums (2002)
• Michael Kordek – guitar (2002–2005, 2005–2007)

Discography

• Severance (2003)
• The Warning (2007)

References

External links

• Daysend - official website
• Daysend - official MySpace
• BEAT 2007 Interview w/ Meredith Webster
• BEAT 2007 Review of The Warning