Sleeping Giant (band)

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Sleeping Giant
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Sleeping Giant in 2011
Background information
Origin Redlands, California
Salt Lake City, Utah
Genres Christian metal, metalcore, Christian hardcore
Years active2006 (2006)–2018 (2018)
Labels Century Media, Facedown, Ain't No Grave
MembersTom Green
Geoff Brouillette
Nelson Flores [1]
Matt Weir
Past membersTravis Boyd
J.R. Bermuda
Eric Gregson
Cory Johnson
Manny Contreras
Website Sleeping Giant on Facebook

Sleeping Giant was an American Christian metal band from Redlands, California and Salt Lake City, Utah. [2] All the members of the band, minus drummer Matt Weir, played in the band xDEATHSTARx.

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History

Sleeping Giant was founded in 2006 by several members of xDeathstarx. [3] The group released its first album, Dread Champions of the Last Days , in 2007 on Facedown. Sleeping Giant's release, Finished People , was issued on Century Media in 2014. On December 1, 2017, the band announced they returned to Facedown Records to release their final album, I Am. [4] The band announced they would play their final show on February 17, 2018. [5] They also released their debut single from the album, "No Love".

Tommy Green would go on to form a metalcore worship outfit titled HolyName with guitarist Joe Holt in 2021, releasing their self-titled debut in 2023 under Facedown Records. [6] [7]

Members

Final lineup [8]

Former

Session musicians

Live musicians

Timeline

Sleeping Giant (band)

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions [12]
US [13] US
Christ [14] 		US
Hard [15] 		US
Indie [16] 		US
Rock [17] 		US
Heat [18]
Dread Champions of the Last Days [19] [20] [21] ——————
Sons of Thunder [22] [23] [24] [25] —————47
Kingdom Days in an Evil Age [26] [27] [28] 131—1227392
Finished People [29] [30] [31] —151732—7
I Am——————

Singles

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