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Monotheist | |
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Origin | Orlando, Florida U.S. |
Genres | Progressive death metal, Christian metal [1] |
Years active | 2004–2009, 2012–present [2] |
Labels | Shigionoth, [3] Independent, Bombworks, [4] SkyBurnsBlack |
Website | Monotheist on Facebook |
Members | Mike "Prophet" Moore Cooper Bates Jose Figueroa Tyler McDaniel Chris Stropoli |
Past members | JJ "Shiv" Polachek Elyssa Noel Eirek Eichel Isaac Kaplan Xander Rodriguez Anthony Wert Jake Rice Christian Martinez |
Monotheist is a death metal band from Orlando, Florida. [5] Former vocalist JJ Polachek is in the bands 7 Horns 7 Eyes and Ovid's Withering, of which, 7H7E, ranked their album on No. 1 on Metalsucks.com by Vince Neilsteins' Top 15 albums, [6] and therefore stated that Monotheist is very similar to 7 Horns 7 Eyes. [7] In 2016, the band released a demo, "Scion of Darkness" for their debut album that was to be released in the summer of 2016 via SkyBurnsBlack Records. [8]
The band released their debut studio album, Scourge, on March 16, 2018. [9]
In January 2019, the band announced that Cooper Bates replaced Shiv on vocals, and Chris Stropoli joined on drums. [10]
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