Soulpreacher
{{Short description|American progressive doom metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Soulpreacher
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| origin = Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
| genre = Gothic metal
Doom metal
| years_active = 1998 – present
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| website = [http://www.soulpreacher.net www.soulpreacher.net]
| current_members = Anthony Staton
Robb Hewlett
Chris Hill
Trent Giardino
Marc Campbell
| past_members = Michael Avery
Mark Schindler
Brian Watson
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Soulpreacher is an American progressive doom metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Influenced by Pink Floyd, My Dying Bride, and Anathema, their music focuses on similar themes of isolation and desperation.
Biography
Soulpreacher was formed in 1998 by Michael Avery, Anthony Staton, Mark Schindler, and Robb Hewlett. Their early sound focused primarily on hateful psychedelic doom metal. Mark Schindler parted ways early on, and Brian Watson was added to the lineup taking over on drums.
In 1999, Soulpreacher signed with the now defunct Man's Ruin Records founded by Frank Kozik, and soon released their debut studio album Sonic Witchcraft. The band went on to release the follow-up album When the Black Sunn Rises...the Holy Men Burn in 2000 on the Colorado label Game Two/Berserker Records.
Following Michael Avery's departure to law school in 2004, the band added Chris Hill and Trent Giardino. With the addition of the two new guitarists, the band's sound grew darker, and more melancholic.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
In 2004, the band released the Lost Words Demo.
In 2012, Soulpreacher founding members Anthony Staton and Michael Avery reunited to create Horseskull, with drummer Eric B. and bassist Joseph Pautz. Pautz was later replaced by Soulpreacher bassist Robb Hewlett.
Members
=Current members=
=Former members=
Discography
= Demos =
- Worship Demo 1998
- Demo 2003
- Lost Words Demo 2004
= Studio albums =
- Sonic Witchcraft (1999, Man's Ruin)
- When The Black Sunn Rises... The Holy Men Burn (2000, Game Two/Berserker Records)
= Compilation albums =
- Transcendental Maggot (Meconium Records, 1999)
- ''Dreams of What Life Could Have Been" (Psychedoomelic Records, 2004)
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.soulpreacher.info|Soulpreacher - official website}}
- [http://www.myspace.com/soulpreacher Soulpreacher - official Myspace]
Category:Heavy metal musical groups from North Carolina
Category:American doom metal musical groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1998
Category:Musical groups from Raleigh, North Carolina
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