Widow Sunday
Encyclopedia
Widow Sunday is a industrial metal
band formed in Framingham, Massachusetts
in 2007. Widow Sunday was the nickname of Madame Dimanche, a 19th century Parisian woman who grew an 8-inch bone horn from the center of her forehead in her late 70's. A wax cast of the abnormality can be found in the Mutter Medical Museum. After recording their first EP Embracing the Beast Within, Widow Sunday signed with Rat Pak Records. After a few lineup changes, they then went on to recording and releasing their first full length album In These Rusted Veins
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was released in early 2009 on Rat Pak Records/CM Distro. Tracks included are: "Strings of Clarity", "Of Shadows and Shotguns", "Human Virus", and "An Ode to Every You". Widow Sunday currently has a music video for the single "Strings of Clarity".
on Rat Pak Records/CM Distro. With a wide variety of genre's fused together, the band has been cited with influences such as Meshuggah
, Pantera
, Cannibal Corpse
, Whitechapel
, and Devildriver
. In These Rusted Veins was produced and engineered by Shane Frisby (Bury Your Dead
, Cannae
, The Ghost Inside (band)
) at the Brick Hithouse in Hyannis, MA, and mixed and mastered by Peter Rutcho (Revocation, The Year of Our Lord, Ravage) at Damage Studios in Southbridge, MA over the winter months of late 2009 into 2010. Upcoming plans for the band include a new music video, three webisodes on the making of "ITRV", and extensive summer touring.
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
band formed in Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...
in 2007. Widow Sunday was the nickname of Madame Dimanche, a 19th century Parisian woman who grew an 8-inch bone horn from the center of her forehead in her late 70's. A wax cast of the abnormality can be found in the Mutter Medical Museum. After recording their first EP Embracing the Beast Within, Widow Sunday signed with Rat Pak Records. After a few lineup changes, they then went on to recording and releasing their first full length album In These Rusted Veins
In These Rusted Veins
In These Rusted Veins is the debut full length album by Widow Sunday, released in May 2010 through Rat Pak Records. "ITRV" was produced and engineered by Shane Frisby at the Brick Hithouse in Hyannis, MA, and mixed and mastered by Peter Rutcho at Damage Studios in Southbridge, MA over the winter...
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Embracing The Beast Within (2007-2009)
Widow Sunday formed from the ashes of East Coast bands in December 2007. The EP Embracing The Beast WithinEmbracing The Beast Within
Embracing The Beast Within is the debut EP by Widow Sunday, released in April 2010. The CD was produced by Jim Foster .-Track listing:# "An Ode To Every You"# "Human Virus"# "Of Shadows and Shotguns"# "The Strings of Clarity"...
was released in early 2009 on Rat Pak Records/CM Distro. Tracks included are: "Strings of Clarity", "Of Shadows and Shotguns", "Human Virus", and "An Ode to Every You". Widow Sunday currently has a music video for the single "Strings of Clarity".
In These Rusted Veins (2010-Present)
In May 2010, Widow Sunday released In These Rusted VeinsIn These Rusted Veins
In These Rusted Veins is the debut full length album by Widow Sunday, released in May 2010 through Rat Pak Records. "ITRV" was produced and engineered by Shane Frisby at the Brick Hithouse in Hyannis, MA, and mixed and mastered by Peter Rutcho at Damage Studios in Southbridge, MA over the winter...
on Rat Pak Records/CM Distro. With a wide variety of genre's fused together, the band has been cited with influences such as Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
, Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...
, Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...
, Whitechapel
Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a built-up inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is located east of Charing Cross and roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Fashion Street on the north, Brady Street and Cavell Street on the east and The Highway on the...
, and Devildriver
DevilDriver
DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002. The band was originally named Deathride, however, due to copyright issues and the name being taken by several bands, Deathride changed its name to DevilDriver, which refers to bells Italian witches used to...
. In These Rusted Veins was produced and engineered by Shane Frisby (Bury Your Dead
Bury Your Dead
Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, formed in 2001. To date they have had eight releases; one EP: Bury Your Dead, one live DVD: Alive, and six studio albums: You Had Me at Hello, Cover Your Tracks, Beauty and the Breakdown, Bury Your Dead, It's...
, Cannae
Cannae
Cannae is an ancient village of the Apulia region of south east Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Barletta.-Geography:It is situated near the river Aufidus , on a hill on the right Cannae (mod. Canne della Battaglia) is an ancient village of the Apulia region of south east Italy. It is a...
, The Ghost Inside (band)
The Ghost Inside (band)
The Ghost Inside is an American Melodic Hardcore band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2006.As A Dying Dream, they released one EP, Now or Never. Not long after, they changed their name to The Ghost Inside, and released a full length studio album entitled Fury and the Fallen Ones...
) at the Brick Hithouse in Hyannis, MA, and mixed and mastered by Peter Rutcho (Revocation, The Year of Our Lord, Ravage) at Damage Studios in Southbridge, MA over the winter months of late 2009 into 2010. Upcoming plans for the band include a new music video, three webisodes on the making of "ITRV", and extensive summer touring.
Current Lineup
- Jacob Falconer – Lead vocals (2008–Present)
- Sean Duffy - Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(2009–Present) - Adam Cutler - Rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
(2007–Present) - Patrick Flaherty - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2007–Present) - Darin Moyen - Drums (2007–Present)
Former members
- Phil Smolinsky - Lead vocals (2007–2008)
- Michael Todd - Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(2007–2008)