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Haste the Day is a Christian[www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=421091] metalcore band that was signed with Solid State Records from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2001. Their band is named after a lyric in the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul".
HistoryIn late 2005, Jimmy Ryan announced his decision to leave Haste The Day. Soon thereafter he got married and accepted a position at Tooth & Nail Records. He has since started a new band called Trenches. His last show with Haste The Day was in the band's hometown of Indianapolis on December 30, 2005.
The remaining members continued on for the European tour with The Juliana Theory, accompanied by Stephen Keech of Denver-based Christian band New Day Awakening.[ " class="PageLink" target="_blank">issue=124] On February 23, 2006, Haste The Day stated in a press release that they had officially made Keech their new permanent singer.[www.abacusrecordings.info/eu/news/haste_the_day_announce_new_singer]
Haste the Day released a DVD as part of the special edition of Pressure the Hinges. The DVD features all of the band's current music videos, including "The Closest Thing To Closure", "American Love", and "When Everything Falls". It includes live footage including Jimmy Ryan's last show, a show with Stephen Keech from The Truth Tour (w/ Bleeding Through, Between the Buried and Me, and Every Time I Die), and behind the scenes antics (such as prank OnStar calls)
. The DVD was produced by Full Lock Media.
After releasing Pressure the Hinges and finishing up the "12 Days Of Christmas Tour" with Calico System, Heavy Heavy Low Low and Flee the Seen, the band began another tour with From Autumn to Ashes and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
The band spent the summer of 2007 on the Vans Warped Tour and shortly after that, spent a month on the road with Atreyu. Haste the Day finished off 2007 with a full national tour with As I Lay Dying before taking some time off for Christmas. In January 2008, Haste the Day went on a full American Tour with Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Drop Dead, Gorgeous and fellow Indianapolis band, Gwen Stacy (band).
Haste the Day was featured on the album ''It's a Punk Rock Christmas. Stephen Keech is also in another band, Stephen and the Lion Tamers, which was mentioned in a bulletin by HTD on Myspace. Stephen and the Lion Tamers have their own Myspace as well, and the band features members of the local Indianapolis band Amarna Reign.
In a later bulletin posted on their iLike, Myspace, and Facebook pages, the band confirmed that they had in fact re-done an old Haste the Day song for their new album, the redone song is "Autumn" which was first introduced on their EP "That They May Know You".
Recently, the band's manager posted a blog on their Myspace saying that the album is heavy, memorable, and hopes that it will please Haste the Day fans. On July 17, 2008, the band announced that guitarist Jason Barnes was asked to step down from Haste the Day because he is no longer of the Christian faith, which would contradict their whole purpose as a Christian band.
. Also on September 29, 2008 , Haste the Day streamed "Mad Man" on their Myspace.
From October to November 2008, Haste The Day performed on Norma Jean's "The Anti-Mother Tour". The tour also included several bands on Solid State Records such as The Showdown, Mychildren Mybride, Children 18:3, and Oh, Sleeper.
On October 14, 2008, Haste The Day's fourth studio album "Dreamer" was released on Solid State Records.
The band announced that the Twelve Days of Christmas Tour would mark the final shows that drummer Devin Chaulk would play with the band, as he felt that he was being called into full-time ministry. On December 20, 2008, the band played their last show with Devin Chaulk at a home show in Indianapolis.
On February 24, 2009, the music video of their single "Mad Man" appeared on their MySpace profile.
The band began touring on the Saints and Sinners Tour along with Brokencyde, Senses Fail and Hollywood Undead on February 27, 2009. In May 2009, they will be in South Africa for a six-show tour, with their first show on May 8 in Johannesburg, and ending the tour in Cape Town on May 16.
On July 18, 2009, Jimmy Ryan joined Stephen Keech for a performance of Blue 42 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Partway through this year's Scream The Prayer Tour, Brennan Chaulk left the band because of personal reasons (getting married) and due to the fact that he writes Christian worship music. Since his departure, Blake Martin of A Plea For Purging has been filling in as second guitar. No plans of Blake to join Haste The Day permanently have been announced, as he is still heavily involved in writing A Plea For Purging's third release on Facedown Records, and plans on continuing to tour with the band. Mike Murphy is now the only original member of Haste the Day, after Brennan's departure.
On September 1, 2009, Haste The Day announced via a Myspace blog the 5 Countries 3 Continents Tour. The tour is to take place in the continents North America, South America, and Australia. It will take place in the countries United States, Colombia, Panama, New Zealand, and Australia. They also announced that they are shooting a DVD while on this tour.
Haste The Day is currently writing their new record while on their fall tour.
DiscographyMusic videos - The Closest Thing To Closure (Burning Bridges)
- American Love (Burning Bridges)
- When Everything Falls (When Everything Falls)
- Stitches (Pressure The Hinges)
- Mad Man (Dreamer)
Band members- Current
- Stephen Keech - Lead Vocals (2006 - present) (ex-New Day Awakening) (Stephen and the Lion Tamers)
- Michael Murphy - Bass, Clean Vocals (2001 - present)
- Dave Krysl - Guitar (2009 - present) (ex-New Day Awakening)
- Giuseppe Antonio Capolupo - Drums (2009 - Present) (ex-Once Nothing)
- Touring
- W. Scott Whelan - Guitar (Late 2009 - Present) (Phinehas)
- Former
- Jimmy Ryan - Lead Vocals (January 2002 - December 2005) (Trenches)
- Jason Barnes - Lead Guitar (2001 - 2008)
- Devin Chaulk - Drums (2001 - 2008)
- Brennan Chaulk - Guitar, Clean Vocals (2001 - 2009)
- Former (touring)
- Matt Marquez - Drums (2009)
- Blake Martin - Guitar (2009) (A Plea For Purging)
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