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See Wiktionary||travail Travail was a Christian nu metal / rapcore band based in the Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth area in Texas . Fronted by Matt Leslie, it had an intense following at Club 412, a local church-sponsored lounge and music venue located in southwest Fort Worth. Stylistic comparisons were often drawn between their sound and that of secular rock acts popular at the time such as Korn . The band was signed on Pluto Records and then were picked up by national label Metro One. After releasing their second album, Beautiful Loneliness, on the Metro One label, Travail received a nomination for the 2001 Dove Awards in the Hard Music Recorded Song category http://www.tollbooth.org/news/2001n.html. Before touring much under the new label, however, Travail broke up. Their most requested song, "Judge Me" is still a very popular song and the video for "Return" is still a popular video among those who enjoy the rapcore/nu metal genre. Guitarist Aaron Wiese later joined the band Spoken (band)|Spoken , but left in 2008.
Members Matt Leslie, Brian Hoover, Daniel McKay, and Duane Smith have started a new band with Travis Knight as their second guitarist. The new band is called "Southern Train Gypsy" http://www.southerntraingypsy.com/.
Members
Brian Hoover - Guitarist
Daniel McKay - Drummer
Duane Smith - Bassist
Matt Leslie - Vocalist
Former members
Kyle Magnon - Guitarist
Tim Bowman - Guitarist
Aaron Weise - Guitarist
Cliff Wright - Bassist
Discography
1999: Travail+Luti-Kriss (album)|Travail + Luti-Kriss (EP, Pluto Records , Review: http://web.archive.org/web/20001020025134/www.hmmagazine.com/issue81/reviews_indie81.html HM Magazinecite journal |last=Pogge |first=David M. |year=2000 |month=January/February |title=Indie Album Reviews: LUTI-KRISS / TRAVAIL |journal= HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=81 |pages= |accessdate=)
1999: Travail (Pluto Records, Review: http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/travail.html The Phantom Tollbooth)
cite journal |last=Ralph |first=Matthew |title=Travail Isn't Really That Important |pages=35 |year=2000 |month=November / December |journal= HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=86
cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location= Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody , Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Travail |page=959
External links
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile& friendid=138678069 Travail Fan Site (Myspace)
DEFAULTSORT:Travail Category:American nu metal musical groups Category:Christian rock groups from Texas Category:Christian metal musical groups Category:Christian rapcore/nu metal artists Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Texas Category:Rapcore groups
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