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For|the German band|Impending Doom (German band)cleanup|reason=Reduce extended quotes and prose visit|date=May 2012ref improve|date=May 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Impending Doom| image =| caption =| image_size = 250| background = group_or_band| origin = Riverside, California|Riverside , California , United States|USA | genre = Death metal (early) Deathcore http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/09/09/bands-who-used-to-be-good-impending-doom/ September 9th, 2010| years_active = 2005 - present| label = Facedown Records|Facedown , E1 Music , nowrap| Ferret Music|Siege of Amida , Koch Entertainment|Koch | associated_acts = xDEATHSTARx , Sleeping Giant , The Devastated, Underneath the Gun, Demon Hunter | website = URL| http://www.facebook.com/impendingdoom| current_members = Brook Reeves Cory Johnson David Sittig Brandon Trahan| past_members = Chris Forno Andy Hegg Greg Pewthers Chad Blackwell Manny Contreras Isaac Bueno Impending Doom is a Christian Deathcore band from Riverside, California|Riverside , California .
History
Brook Reeves and Manny Contreras started the band in 2005 with ex members Chris Forno, Isaac Bueno. After releasing the The Sin and Doom of Godless Men EP, Greg Pewthers joined on third guitar after leaving the band Oblige. Later that year, Jon left the band and David Sittig was added to the line-up. Andy Hegg later took the place of Bueno and the band recorded the album Nailed. Dead. Risen. after getting signed to Facedown Records . Due to Andy Hegg's dedication to his soccer scholarship, Impending Doom has had to use fill-in drummers on their tours. Since then touring drummer Chad Blackwell became the official drummer for the band, during which Greg Pewthers returned to Oblige and was replaced by Cory Johnson, formerly of Sleeping Giant (band)|Sleeping Giant .
The group signed to Facedown Records in January 2007, http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=65797 Christian Death Metallers Impending Doom Sign With Facedown Records. Blabbermouth.net , January 23, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007. and their debut release for the label, Nailed. Dead. Risen. , reached number 46 on the Billboard magazine|Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p815537|pure_url=yes Billboard Chart Positions, Allmusic.com The record has received generally positive reviews. http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx? csid1=115& csid2=846& fid1=27593 Album Review, Exclaim! , October 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007. http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/impending-doom/nailed-dead-risen.htm Album Review, Stylus Magazine . Accessed December 19, 2007. http://www.waytooloud.com/2007/11/19/impending-doom-naileddeadrisen/ Album Review, Way Too Loud, November 19, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007. http://www.skylinepress.net/review727.php Album Review, Skyline Press. Accessed December 19, 2007. The band has since started a street team to promote their music, which can be found on their Myspace top 8. The group then embarked on a tour of the United States to support the album in autumn 2007, http://www.skratchmagazine.com/interviews/interviews.php? id=294 Impending Doom interview. Skratch Magazine. Accessed December 9, 2007. including dates with Dead to Fall , Winds of Plague and With Dead Hands Rising. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=31665 Impending Doom and Dead to Fall Reveal Tour Dates. Metal Underground, December 4, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2007. In 2009 the band released their second album, The Serpent Servant . Sometime after the release, drummer Chad Blackwell, a native of Pensacola, Florida, left the band to attend the Atlanta Institute of Music, to which Impending Doom asked former member Isaac Bueno to rejoin.
The band refers to its style of Christian metal as "Gorship" - a portmanteau of Graphic violence|gore and worship . http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/nov2007/impendingdoom.aspx Impending Doom: Brutal Death Metallers Will Scare the Devil Out of You. Decibel Magazine . Accessed December 19, 2007. The band also clarify on their MySpace blog that "Gorship" is their way of worshiping God through their gore sounding music; not worshiping "gore" as some are led to believe. Impending Doom released their second album, The Serpent Servant , on March 31, 2009 which has hit number 3 on the Billboard magazine|Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. Their third album, There Will Be Violence , was released on July 20, 2010. Sometime during the recording of the new album, both Manny Contreras and Isaac Bueno left the band for unknown reasons. Since then the band brought Brandon Trahan (ex-Mirror Of Dead Faces, xDEATHSTARx ) into the line-up but have yet to find another permanent guitarist. The band has been on the Thrash and Burn tour 2010 with Through The Eyes of The Dead, Kittie, Born of Osiris, Asking Alexandria and more. They've toured with Mychildren Mybride, The Crimson Armada, Chimiria, and other bands.
The band also created their own symbol called the "Repentagram" combining the words repent and pentagram . The band explained the Repentagram with the following:
“We’ve gotten a lot of mail questioning the Repentagram Logo, I would like to take time right now to explain it to you all. First off we are a christian band and a real one at that, we would never put something out that had satanic meaning or anything negative. We thought up the word “REPENTAGRAM” basically putting two words together. 1. REPENT (meaning: to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one’s life for the better; be penitent.) 2. PENTAGRAM (which in the dark metal world is a satanic symbol.) Since we are a Christian death metal band we wanted to think up something clever; thus the Repentagram came into thought. It is not the same amount of sides as a pentagram, we are going for making a Christian death metal symbol. Just like we created the word “GORSHIP” (which as you all should know, does NOT mean worship gore, it means worshiping God through our Gore sounding music) the Repentagram is just the new word. Please pass this information along to anyone you may know that thinks anything more than it really is."
Baptized In Filth
Unreferenced section|date=May 2012 Baptized In Filth was produced by Andreas Magnusson who produce the last Oh, Sleeper album Children of Fire and was mixed by Machine (producer)|Machine . The album is focused in God , Satan and the number of the beast 666. The first single is "For the Wicked" and the first video is "Murderer".
Cory Johnson – lead/rhythm guitars (2008–present, ex Sleeping Giant )
David Sittig – bass (2005-present) (founding member)
Brandon Trahan – drums (2010–present, ex Mirror Of Dead Faces, ex xDEATHSTARx )
;Former members
Greg Pewthers – rhythm guitar (2006–2008, ex-Oblige, currently in The Devastated)
Manny Contreras – lead guitar (2005–2010, ex xDEATHSTARx , ex-Oblige, currently in The Devastated)
Isaac Bueno – drums (2005–2007, 2009–2010, ex Underneath the Gun)
Andy Hegg – drums (2007–2008)
Chad Blackwell – drums (2008–2009)
Jack Foust - rhythm guitar (touring) (2010)
Jon Alfaro - bass (2005)
Chris Forno - guitar (2005-2006)
Discography
;Full lengths
Nailed. Dead. Risen. (2007)
The Serpent Servant (2009) U.S. #144 http://www.billboard.com/#/album/impending-doom/the-serpent-servant/1218458 The Serpent Servant Album Info, Billboard.com
There Will Be Violence (2010) U.S. #124 http://www.billboard.com/#/album/impending-doom/there-will-be-violence/1380482, There Will Be Violence Album Info, Billboard.com
Baptized in Filth (2012) #98 http://www.billboard.com/#/album/impending-doom/baptized-in-filth/1599339, Baptized in Filth Album Info, Billboard.com
;Demo records
The Sin and Doom of Godless Men (2005)
Videos
"Silence the Opressors" - Nailed. Dead. Risen.
"My Nemesis" - Nailed. Dead. Risen.
"More Than Conquerors" - The Serpent Servant
"The Serpent Servant" - The Serpent Servant
"There Will Be Violence" - There Will Be Violence
"For the Wicked" - Baptized in Filth
"Murderer" - Baptized in Filth
References
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External links
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Impending Doom Category:American Christian metal musical groups Category:American deathcore musical groups Category:Christian extreme metal groups Category:Christian rock groups from California Category:Death metal musical groups from California Category:Musical groups established in 2005 Category:Musical quartets
