Death's Dynamic Shroud

Since their teens, Honors and Webster played together in the space rock band, The Sailing, with Honors on vocals and keyboard, and Webster on vocals and guitar.{{Cite web |last=Thrasher |first=Don |title=The Sailing: a final show and album release |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/entertainment/the-sailing-final-show-and-album-release/T0F9TmIsfNlLBTn9aRUbUN/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=dayton-daily-news |language=English}}

In early 2011, Rankin founded Orange Milk Records with Seth Graham.{{cite web |title=About/Demo/Return Policy |url=https://orangemilkrecords.wpcomstaging.com/aboutdemo/ |website=Orange Milk Records |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=26 September 2022 |quote=Orange Milk Records is operated by Keith Rankin and Seth Graham.}}

In 2015, the album I'll Try Living Like This, was released digital and CD-R. Unlike previous Death's Dynamic Shroud albums by Rankin or Webster, I'll Try Living Like This was not produced using the Portastudio, in order to complement the CD-R release. It was ranked #15 out of 50 on FACT Magazine's Top 50 Best Albums of 2015.{{cite web |last1=Ravens |first1=Chal |last2=Wilson |first2=Scott |last3=Lea |first3=Thom |last4=Twells |first4=John |last5=Kelly |first5=Chris |last6=Bowe |first6=Miles |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2015 |url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/12/09/the-50-best-albums-of-2015/ |website=FACT Magazine |access-date=13 August 2022}}

In 2017 they released Heavy Black Heart under Orange Milk Records, and marked the group's first album with all three members working together. It also marked a slight departure from vaporwaves' typically lo-fi production while still retaining its sample-heavy roots.{{cite web |last1=Beane |first1=Pat |title=Death's dynamic shroud returns with Heavy Black Heart on Orange Milk, premieres single |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/deaths-dynamic-shroud-returns-heavy-black-heart-orange-milk-premieres-single |website=tinymixtapes |access-date=17 October 2022}} The band regards the release as an inflection point that defined their creative structure, and saw more standardization of release names and collaborations.

Honors and Webster would feature together as death's dynamic shroud on the 2018 Neo Gaia Phantasy Tour in Japan, alongside other musicians in the vaporwave scene Equip and R23X. The tour visited Okazaki, Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-19 |title=Equip / R23X / death's dynamic shroud.wmv Japan tour |url=http://nnnnnnnnnnnnn.web.fc2.com/n/neogaiaphantasy.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119095517/http://nnnnnnnnnnnnn.web.fc2.com/n/neogaiaphantasy.html |archive-date=2018-11-19 }} The setlist played on the tour would later be re-recorded and mastered as a studio album in 2019, Live From Japan, featuring remade songs from previous albums and mixtapes alongside new material. Webster would return for the second Neo Gaia Phantasy Tour in 2019, although Honors would not be able to attend.

In late 2020 the NUWRLD Mixtape Club, a Bandcamp subscription service which allowed members access to exclusive death's dynamic shroud mixtapes on a monthly basis was opened to the public. For the first year of the mixtape club, mixtapes were produced by Honors and Webster, alternating each month. Rankin would release his first mixtape for the club, Faith In Persona on November 1, 2021, to favorable reviews and marked a turning point in the group's visibility.{{cite web |last1=Fantano |first1=Anthony |title=death's dynamic shroud.wmv - Faith in Persona ALBUM REVIEW |url=https://www.theneedledrop.com/articles/2021/12/deaths-dynamic-shroudwmv-faith-in-persona |website=theneedledrop |date=13 December 2021 |access-date=17 October 2022}} It would be released on Spotify and Apple Music a month later.

In early 2022 the band announced a new mainline album titled Darklife,{{Cite web |title=death's dynamic shroud share "Judgment Bolt," announce new album |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/01/18/deaths-dynamic-shroud-judgment-bolt-new-album |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=The FADER |language=en}} again featuring contributions from all three members, which was later released in September to positive reviews.{{cite web |last1=Blackwell |first1=Matthew |title=Darklife |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/deaths-dynamic-shroud-darklife/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=pitchfork }}{{cite web |last1=Gadbois |first1=Drew |title='Darklife': death's dynamic shroud's operatic reinvention |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/music/darklife-deaths-dynamic-shrouds-operatic-reinvention/ |website=The Michigan Daily |date=13 October 2022 |access-date=17 October 2022}} The album was praised for being ambitious and unlike most contemporary electronic music releases. A follow-up album, After Angel, was released in 2023 consisting of material recorded in the same sessions as Darklife, eight songs which were available previously on two EPs, and four new tracks.

• "Judgment Bolt" (2022)
• "Neon Memories" (2022)
• "Messe de E-102" (2022)
• "Fall for Me" (2022)
• "You Are Burning Me Up Like This" (2023)
• "Phantom You, In Four Parts" (2023)
• "The Bleeding of the Sun" (2023)
• "Love Heat" (2023)
• "What? to be human" (2023)
• "Who I Say I Am" (2023)
• "Let Them Live" (2023)
• "Profane Angelic Function" (2023)

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