Dead by Wednesday is an American heavy metal band from New Haven, Connecticut, formed in 2006. The band's current lineup includes founding members Christian "Opus" Lawrence and Michael Modeste, along with Rob Roy and Dave Sharpe. DBW has released four full-length albums: Democracy is Dead ; The Killing Project ; and The Last Parade and The Darkest of Angels. Additionally, the band released its Death of the Rockstar EP in 2014 via Ear One Productions, and has been featured on Hatewear Inc.'s Brutal New Music Compilations Vol. 1, 2, and 3. They released their fourth full-length album, Darkest of Angels, in May 2016.
History
Dead by Wednesday was formed by drummer Opus and his cousins David and Ceschi Ramos, who were the original vocalists for the band. While the Ramos cousins still make guest appearances, Joe Morbidelli was the singer for most of the band's tenure until leaving in 2014 due to personal issues. Dead by Wednesday has toured across the United States multiple times, notably with Shadows Fall in 2014, Flotsam and Jetsam in 2015, and A Killers Confession in 2017. The band also played several dates for Mayhem Festival in 2015. Before beginning to record Darkest of Angels, DBW parted ways with longtime guitarist Ross Ragusa. Joey Concepcion joined on guitar and the band invited a variety of guest vocalists to collaborate on the album. Brian Fair, AK, John Arch, Rob Dukes, Carley Coma, Waylon Reavis, Sean Danielsen, Paul Stoddard, Kris Keyes, Antony Hamalainen and Ceschi Ramos each have featured tracks, as well as now-permanent singer Rob Roy. Darkest of Angels was released on May 20, 2016 and was distributed through David Ellefson 's EMP Label Group. In June 2016 Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy guitarist Marc Rizzo joined Dead by Wednesday as a second guitar player for a very brief time. In August 2018, the band introduced their new guitarist Dave Sharpe of End-time Illusion and formally of Blood Has Been Shed after Kyle departed in April.
Media
DBW has released several music videos; their video for "Pawns" was featured on MTV2's Headbangers Ball, Havok TV, Music Choice, and Sirius Satellite's Liquid Metal. They also have videos for "When in Rome," "Will to Fight," "Godlike Feeling," and "All the World is Waiting," which were released on the heavy metal news site Metal Injection.
