Death Requisite

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Death Requisite
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Death Requisite at AudioFeed Festival 2016
Background information
Also known asDR
Origin Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Genres Christian metal, [1] black metal, [2] [3] death metal, [3] [4] extreme metal [2] [5] [6]
Years active1998–2005, 2010–present
LabelsJDA, Sound of the Dead, (affiliated) [7] Dysmorphic, (affiliated) Rottweiler
MembersDave Blackmore
Sir William Lee
Gabriel Whitmore
Johanna Fincher
Vincent St. James
Past membersGomez
Jon
Josh
Matthew
Thadius
Trevor
Matthias
Jamon Dane
Dennis
Cuinn Griffen
Tyrannus
Joseph Moria
Website Death Requisite on Facebook

Death Requisite is a heavy metal band from Sarasota, Florida, United States. The band describes their style as "blackened symphonic melodic technical death metal", or simply "extreme hybrid metal". [2] The band has played with Living Sacrifice, Extol, Zao, Norma Jean, and Sleeping Giant. [8] The band is signed to Rottweiler Records. [9]

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Background

Death Requisite is a melodic death metal band which originated in Sarasota, Florida. The band formed in 1999 and broke up 2005. In 2010, they re-formed. Since then they have released three EPs, Prophets of Doom, Second Death , and Threnody. In June 2016, the band signed to Rottweiler Records. [9] [10]

The band released their new album, Revisitation, on November 25, 2016, [11] through Rottweiler. [12] [13] The album was reviewed by notable musicians including Kevin Tubby of Broken Flesh, [14] Michael Cook of A Hill to Die Upon, and Kelly Shaefer of Atheist. [15] [16]

Bassist RTJ left the band 2016 and was unofficially replaced by Gabriel Blackmore, Dave Blackmore's son. [17] Vocalist Vincent St. James departed from the band in 2017. [18] The band later revealed that they were working with new material with Johanna Fincher on soprano vocals. [19] The band released a picture of them with former vocalist St. James, along with Blackmore and another man, revealing that the upcoming album would have five vocalists featured throughout.

On May 10, 2018, Rottweiler and the band released the artwork, the release date and title of the EP, known as Threnody, which launched on June 29, 2018.

Name

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Death Requisite's logo

The band's name is derived from a quote from Stanislaw Lec:

"The first requisite for immortality is death." [20]

Members

Current [2] [12]

Live musicians

Former

Timeline

Death Requisite

Discography

EPs
Studio albums
Demo
Singles

Compilation appearances

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