Cauldron (band)

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{{Short description|Canadian heavy metal band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Cauldron

| image = Cauldron in 2009.jpg

| image_upright = 1.2

| caption = Cauldron in 2009

| alias =

| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| genre = Heavy metal

| years_active = 2006–present

| label = Earache Records

| website =

| current_members = Jason Decay
Ian Chains
Myles Deck

| past_members = Al "Artillery" Chambers
Steelrider
Chris Rites
Chris Stephenson

}}

Cauldron is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2006 in Toronto following the breakup of Goat Horn,"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210011/http://www.chartattack.com/news/44272/cauldrons-boiling-metal-ready-to-cross-canada# Cauldron's Boiling Metal Ready To Cross Canada]}}", Chart, August 21, 2007. Retrieved on December 26, 2008. with guitarist Brandon Wars leaving to form a new band, Zuku. Cauldron consists of Jason Decay on vocals and bass guitar, Ian Chains on guitar and Myles Deck on drums.Carman, Keith (May 2007). "[http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=110&csid2=846&fid1=25101 Cauldron: Into the Cauldron]", Exclaim!. Retrieved on December 26, 2008. {{dead link|date=November 2017}}

History

= Formation and debut album =

Less than a year after formation, the band released its first EP, Into The Cauldron, with New Iron Age/Iron Kodex Records (Germany), and it was received positively by the metal press, which led to the band touring across Canada. In 2008, the band signed with Earache Records and began to record its first album. Around this time, the original drummer, Al Artillery, left the band to join Relapse Records' Toxic Holocaust, and the position was filled briefly by Steelrider, the original drummer of Goat Horn. He was replaced by Kïll Cheerleadër/Zuku/Crystal Castles drummer, Chris Rites. The band's first album, Chained to the Nite, was released in April 2009 and the band toured the UK with Wolf in support of the album.{{cite web |title=Bio_Earache_Records |url=http://www.earache.com/bands/cauldron/cauldron.html |publisher=Earache Records |accessdate=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921233855/http://www.earache.com/bands/cauldron/cauldron.html |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Cauldron's song "Restless" was used in a DC Shoes video of the professional skateboarder Danny Way.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

= Touring and second album 2010–2011 =

After the release of Chained to the Nite, drummer Steelrider left the band and was replaced by Chris Stephenson of the Canadian band Aggressor. The band spent most of 2010 playing gigs and touring and then began to work on a second album, Burning Fortune, which was released on February 14, 2011.{{cite web |title=Cauldron_Burning_Fortune |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=41983 |publisher=Metal_ Storm |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}

= ''Tomorrows Lost'' 2012–2015 =

In December 2011, the band's drummer, Chris Stephenson, left the band and the former one, Chris Rites, temporarily returned for the recording of Tomorrow's Lost, the band's third studio album, released on October 8, 2012, by Earache Records.

In July 2012, Cauldron announced Myles Deck as the new drummer.

= ''In Ruin'' 2016-present =

In January 2016, the band released its fourth album, In Ruin. The album was voted the "release of the month" by readers of Loudwire.com.loudwire.com./cauldron-in-ruin-january-2016-release-of-the-month/

Musical style

Cauldron is considered{{by whom|date=November 2017}} a part of the new wave of traditional heavy metal, an ongoing movement that has seen the return of traditional-sounding metal bands, similar to the Swedish glam metal revival. The name is taken from the new wave of British heavy metal, with which the movement strongly identifies. Other bands considered{{by whom|date=November 2017}} part of the movement include White Wizzard, Enforcer, Skull Fist, Steelwing and Sons of Lioth.

Members

  • Jason Decay – lead vocals, bass (2006–present)
  • Ian Chains – guitars, backing vocals (2006–present)
  • Myles Deck – drums, backing vocals (2012–present)

= Past members =

  • Al Artillery – drums (2006–2008)
  • Chris Rites – drums (2008–2009, 2012)
  • Steel Rider – drums (2008)
  • Chris Stephenson – drums (2009–2011)

Discography

= Studio albums =

  • Chained to the Nite (2009)"[http://earachenews.blogspot.com/2009/01/cauldron-finish-recording-album-reveal.html CAULDRON FINISH RECORDING ALBUM, REVEAL TRACK LIST]", Earache Records, January 13, 2009. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.
  • Burning Fortune (2011)
  • Tomorrow's Lost (2012)[http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=83419 Cauldron Unveils Album Art And Track List For New "Tomorrow's Lost"], metalunderground.com
  • In Ruin (2016)
  • New Gods (2018)

= EPs =

Videography

  • "Chained Up In Chains" (2009)
  • "All or Nothing" (2011)
  • "Nitebreaker" (2012)
  • "Summoned to Succumb" (2014)
  • "Live over Lee's" (2014) (VHS)

References

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