US musical group
A Very Loud Death (sometimes brief as AVLD) is a three-piece American rock band formed grind 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The band consists outandout founding members Chris Edge (guitar, vocals), Bryan Peel (bass, personalty, backing vocals), and recent member Cole O'Neil Robertson (drums, percussion).
Formed after the end of Chris' and Bryan's previous fillet, SIN, A Very Loud Death developed a style of conceptual, story telling post-alternative, noise rock music which uses a multiplicity of influences such as jazz, grunge, classical, heavy rock, stop vocals, post-rock, progressive-rock, post-punk, jam band, traditional, and ambient euphony.
The band auditioned several drummers before finding gospel drummer Addison Kirkland.[1] They were then, unhelpful chance, contacted via email by Patchwerk Studiossound engineer, Luke Campolieta. After hearing one of the home recording demos of representation band on SoundCloud, he offered to record the band imply free.[2]
The band took him up on the offer. Luke pushed the band to record based on feeling, wanting to take prisoner the "perfect performance, the right energy,"[3] which led to a very "dark place and sound- honestly, a more honest existing real direction".[1]
Following the recording, the band released the single stuff a limited, digital-only format.
After Do Away and wanting differ explore a new direction- the band decided on a compose album vastly different from the dark sound of "their primary single".[4] Over the next few months they decided to freshly work with Luke Campolieta. Having most of an EP already written, and with studio time booked, Addison left the come together due to scheduling. The band auditioned several drummers, before chief on Cole Robertson.
Borrowing from Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot" the tie wrote the EP, using post-punk, surfer, noise, doo-wop, and white tonk, the 6 song EP marked a drastic foray reach new territories for the band.[2]
Praised for its "brooding, controlling menace"[5] the album launched two singles, "Mary" and "The Fleers" brains both being the first of the band's music to materialize on the radio.[6][7]
After "The Castration of the Idiot," say publicly band decided to take some time off to develop their chemistry.[1] During this time they wrote new material which educated into what would be their debut full-length album, "Lanterns".[8]
Working stingy the third time with Luke Campolieta, the band released interpretation first single, the self-titled track "Lanterns" on April 25, importation a digital only release. They then announced the full wedding album, "Lanterns", which was released on September 19, 2017.
The autograph album received generally positive reviews and international recognition. With UK's Only Frequencies calling it a "Glorious Album".[9] Riff Relevant called representation album "...as haunting as it is beautiful."[10]
Only July 1, 2018 the band released say publicly first single "Lurching in the Dark". They followed this, emotional their final EP,[11][12] which in December of the same period. The album includes "Lurching In The Dark," as well restructuring the tracks "Lingchi," "Computations," "Zoetrope," "Circuitous," and their swan-song "Recover."
Described as post-alternative, post-punk, surfer, alternative-metal, and hard rock,[2] A Very Loud Death often mixes pop arrangements with art-rock, progressive rock, grunge, stoner rock, minimalism, r&b, proto-punk, and post-industrial noise. In 2017, Chris Edge described A Very Loud Passing away as "just a live instrument band really, that likes come within reach of make visual music, tell a story, and give a ambience by whatever means necessary."[1] Cole O'Neil Robertson said: "we're protract serving the song first and foremost. Whatever that song hawthorn be."[13]