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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Symphony in Peril| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| origin = Columbus, Ohio|Columbus , Ohio , United States|USA | genre = Metalcore | years_active = 2002 & ndash; 2005| label = Facedown Records|Facedown | website =| current_members =| past_members = See #Members|Members Symphony in Peril was a Christian music|Christian http://www.bandsonfire.com/interviews-3/article/symphony-in-peril metalcore band from Columbus, Ohio .
History
Symphony in Peril formed in Columbus, OH in 2002 . The band gained attention quite early in their development because Shawn Jonas, former vocalist for popular metalcore band Zao (US band)|Zao , was one of the founding members. http://www.unboundzine.com/symphonyinperil.html Interview with Shawn Jonas, Unbound Zine (2004), Retrieved on 11 June 2008 Quickly, they signed with Facedown Records , and released their debut full-length, Lost Memoirs and Faded Pictures , in 2003 . The band toured nationally and internationally with bands such as Nodes of Ranvier (band)|Nodes of Ranvier and The Chariot and also performed at the Cornerstone Festival|Cornerstone and Sonshine Festival|Sonshine festivals. In March of 2005 , shortly after releasing their second album, '' The Whore's Trophy , the band announced that vocalist Shawn Jonas had left the band. In June of the same year, the band announced that John Pope, former singer for fellow Ohio band Narcissus (band)|Narcissus , would be replacing Jonas. http://web.archive.org/web/20050614010256/ http://www.facedownrecords.com/news.htm Symphony in Peril Announce new vocalist, Archive of Facedown Records news page (7 June 2005), Retrieved on 11 June 2008 Later that year, in October, the band announced via their MySpace blog that the band would break up after a few final performances in November.
Their song "Stiletto" is frequently used on YouTube videos that feature Break_(music)#Metal_and_punk|breakdowns .
The breakdown at the end of "Stiletto" is also featured in a series of videos referred to as "Drive-by Hardcore Dancing" where the makers of the video will stop pedestrians and ask them for directions to a music store, and eventually interrupt them by turning on the breakdown from the end of "Stiletto" at a high volume, and then having a car load of friends get out and mosh. This was started in Raleigh, NC and continues to be popular all over.
References
External links
http://www.myspace.com/symphonyinperil Symphony in Peril at MySpace
http://www.last.fm/music/Symphony+in+Peril Symphony in Peril at Last.fm
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ICrIWKSZX7w YouTube video featuring "Stiletto"
Category:American metalcore musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2002 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2005 Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Ohio Category:Christian hardcore
