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Artist
Praeter Morte
9+ albums
hardcoremetalmetalcoreblack metalprogressive death metal
about
Final lineup (left to right): Tim Schmidt - Drums Danny Trapani - Guitar Gary Barbera - Bass Chris Billera - Guitar Chris Carlisle - Vocals Praeter Morte was formed in the summer of 2005 in Long Island, NY as a side project of Danny Trapani and Jay Rupp (of the NY death metal band Whorelord), Matt Kiedasch and Tim Schmidt (of the NY metal band Shrowd), and Gary Barbera (of the NY death metal band Without Remorse). The aim was to bring something new to the declining Long Island metal scene, to fuse together the brutality of the NY beatdown bands they grew up around with the melodic elegance and extremely dark overtones of Swedish death metal and black metal, and top it off with the intensity and attitude of old school NYC hardcore. The band quickly wrote material and after only a month of being in existence they had enough songs to play a live show. The response from the South Shore area was very enthusiastic, so they used the momentum to cut a 4-song demo (entitled "Vae Victas") and play shows all over Long Island. Towards the end of 2006, the vocalist Jay Rupp left the band due to some differences in priority, so Praeter Morte in turn drafted Chris Carlisle, a longtime friend of Danny's and the former vocalist of Hostile Intent. In early 2007 the band jumped back into the scene and picked up right where they left off. They went on that year to play in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and upstate NY, the latter being a festival where they shared the stage with Macabre, An*l C*
