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Infobox musical artist | name = Dirge Within| image =| caption =| image_size = 500| background = group_or_band| origin = Chicago, IL , USA | genre = Thrash metal , groove metal | years_active = 2007 - Present| label = Rocket Science Ventures/Sony Red | associated_acts = Soil (band)|Soil | website =| current_members = Jerms Genske Shaun Glass Chuck Wepfer Frankie Harchut | past_members = Matt Szlachta Brian Paz Jimmy KnightDirge Within is a heavy metal music|heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois which formed in 2007.
History
Formation
Dirge Within formed in January 2007, originally calling themselves Dirge , composed of former guitarist of the bands Broken Hope and Soil (band)|SOiL , Shaun Glass, having just departed the latter band at the time of formation, Jimmy Knight, and Jeremy "Jerms" Genske. In March 2007, after the band recorded a three song demo which included the songs “Forever the Martyr”, “Complacency Strain”, and “Ties that Bind”, they recorded the demo at Mercenary Studios in Zion, Illinois. The demo was mixed and mastered by James Murphy (metal guitarist)|James Murphy of Testament (band)|Testament and Death (metal band)|Death . The band then asked bassist Paz (March 2007) and lead guitarist Matt Szlachta (July 2007) to join.
Early Touring and Success
The first show that Dirge Within played was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at The Rave in July 2007. In November 2007, the band became sponsored by ESP Guitars , Line 6, EMG Electronics, Dunlop Manufacturing|Dunlop Jagermeister music. The several sponsorships signified a bright future and early positive recognition for the band.
In the beginning of 2008, Dirge Within recorded another song entitled “The Last Goodbye” with engineer Chris Wisco in Racine, Wisconsin. James Murphy mixed and mastered the song at Safehouse Productions. In April 2008, the band got their first manager Justin Arcangel of 5b Management. On July 28, 2008 the band released a demo version of the song “Confession”. The song was co produced by Edsel Dope of the band Dope (band)|Dope , with James Murphy mixing and mastering.
Force Fed Lies (2009-onwards)
In May 2009, Dirge Within signed with E1 Entertainment , formerly known as Koch Records .
On July 26, 2009 Dirge Within was the Jagermeister band at the Chicago date for the Rockstar Mayhem Festival . They shared the stage with God Forbid , All That Remains (band)|All That Remains , and Trivium.
On September 1 of 2009, the band released their first full-length album entitled Force Fed Lies . The album was recorded at Belle City Sound with Chris "Wisco" Djuricic. Vocals were produced by Edsel Dope. The album was produced by Dirge Within, Edsel Dope & Chris Djuricic also helped co-produce the album. The album was mixed by Jeff and Ginge at Not In Pill Studios in Wales .
Dirge Within has toured with bands such as Trivium (band)|Trivium , DevilDriver , Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel , Chimaira , Static-X , Bury Your Dead , and Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour . In support of their album, the band is currently touring with Fear Factory from March 22-May 15, 2010 and will tour with GWAR from June 1–26, 2010. Dirge Within also opened for Korn on the Minneapolis stop of their Ballroom Blitz tour on May 17, 2010. October 2010 the band will be part of Greenbay, Wi Savage Fest as well as special show with Five Finger Death Punch in Milwaukee, Wi at The Rave. The band continued touring in 2011 with Kittie to support the digital release of Absolution. The band has signed to Rocket Science Ventures who will release their Second studio album entitled "There Will be Blood" April 10, 2012.The band will be part of a major tour in July-August 2012.
Band members
Jeremy "Jerms" Genske - vocals (2007–present)
Shaun Glass - Guitar (2007–present)
Frankie Harchut - drumkit|drums (2010–present)
Chuck Wepfer - lead guitar (2011-present)
Session Band Members
Jeff Paulick - Bass Guitar
Former Band Members
Matt Szlachta - Lead Guitar
Brian Paz - Bass Guitar
Jimmy Knight - drumkit|Drums
Discography
Studio albums
Force Fed Lies (2009)
There Will Be Blood (Dirge Within album)|There Will Be Blood (2012)
