Death Requisite Explained

Death Requisite is a heavy metal band from Sarasota, Florida. The band describes their style as "blackened symphonic melodic Technical death metal" or simply "extreme hybrid metal". The band has played with Living Sacrifice, Extol, Zao, Norma Jean, and Sleeping Giant.^[8] The band is signed to Rottweiler Records.^[9]

Background

Death Requisite is a melodic death metal band which originated in Sarasota, Florida. The band formed in 1999 and broke up 2005. In 2010, they re-formed. Since then they have released three EPs, Prophets of Doom, Second Death, and Threnody. In June 2016, the band signed to Rottweiler Records.^{[9] [10]} The band released their new album, Revisitation in the fall of 2016, through Rottweiler.^[11] The album had several reviews by notable musicians, including Kevin Tubby of Broken Flesh,^[12] Michael Cook of A Hill to Die Upon, and Kelly Shaefer of Atheist.^{[13] [14]} Revisitation was released on November 25, 2016.^[15] Bassist RTJ left the band 2016 and was unofficially replaced by Gabriel Blackmore, Dave Blackmore's son.^[16] Vocalist Vincent St. James departed from the band in 2017.^[17] The band would later reveal that they were working with new material with Johanna Fincher on soprano vocals.^[18] The band released a picture of them with former vocalist St. James, along with Blackmore and another man, revealing the upcoming album will have five vocalists featured throughout. On May 10, 2018, Rottweiler and the band released the artwork, the release date and title of the EP, known as Thernody, which launched on June 29, 2018.

Name

The band's name is derived from a quote from Stanislaw Lec.

Members

Current^{[19] [20] [21]}

• Vincent Saint James Clerval – vocals (2012–2017, 2018-2019 [Live], 2019-present)^[22]
• Johanna Fincher – soprano vocals (2017-2019 [Live], 2019–present)^[23]
• Dave "Requisite" "DJ" Blackmore – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1998–2005, 2010–present)
• Gabriel Blackmore – bass (2016-2019 [Live], 2019–present)
• "Sir" William Lee – drums (2001-2005, 2010–present)

Live musicians

• Jamon Dane – vocals (2001-2004)
• Logan Thompson - guitars (2018) (Symphony of Heaven)

Former

• Marcus "Matthias" – vocals (1998-2000, 2001)
• Dennis – vocals (2000)
• Tyrannus – vocals (2010–2012)
• Trevor – bass (1998-1999), rhythm guitar (1999–2001), vocals (2001–2002)
• Matthew – rhythm guitar (2000-2001)
• Eric – rhythm guitar (2003)
• Thadius – rhythm guitar (2002-2005)
• Joseph "ov" Moria – rhythm guitar (2013–2017)
• Gomez – bass (2002–2005)
• Jon – bass (1999–2002)
• Cuinn Griffen – bass (2010–2014)
• Justin "Regnal the Just" – bass (2014–2016)
• Josh – drums (1999–2001)

Timeline

Discography

EPs

• Living Sanctuary (2000, Independent)
• Thanatopsis (2004, JDA)
• Prophets of Doom (2011, Independent)
• Second Death (2013, Independent)^{[24] [6]}
• Thernody (June 29, 2018, Rottweiler)

Studio albums

• From Death to Life (2001, JDA)
• Revisitation^{[19] [25] [26]} (November 25, 2016, Rottweiler)

Demo

• Unreleased Demo (1999)

Singles

• "Revisitation" (2015)
• "Redemptio Per Deicide" (2016)^[27]
• "Tormentor" (2018)

Compilation appearances

• A Brutal Christmas: The Season in Chaos (2002; Sounds of the Dead Records)
• The Bearded Dragon's Sampler (2.0) (2016; The Bearded Dragon Productions)
• The Pack Vol. 1 (2016; Rottweiler)
• Metal From The Dragon (Vol. 2) (2017; The Bearded Dragon Productions)
• The Pack Vol. 2 (2018; Rottweiler)

External links

• Death Requisite on Blogspot
• Death Requisite on PureVolume

Notes and References

1. Web site: Raucous Rocker . Music Review: Various Artists – A Brutal Christmas: The Season in Chaos . . December 19, 2011 . October 13, 2015 . November 17, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022728/http://blogcritics.org/music-review-various-artists-a-brutal/ . dead .
2. Web site: Hybrid Metal - Death Requisite. Rockbrary. Rockbrary. November 20, 2015. February 17, 2016.
3. Web site: Death Requisite. Last.fm. October 6, 2015.
4. Web site: Death Requisite release new song: "Revisitation". Tunescope. November 23, 2015.
5. Web site: Extreme Metal Band Death Requisite Offer Free Download New Single. XS Rock. Bobby. Caughron. July 23, 2016. July 23, 2016. August 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816145721/http://xsrock.com/extreme-metal-band-death-requisite-offer-free-download-new-single/. dead.
6. Web site: Death Requisite - Second Death. Spirit of Metal. October 6, 2015.
7. . HM Magazine. Retrieved on June 20, 2016.
8. Web site: Interview with Dave Requisite of Death Requisite. Life Metal. August 26, 2015. October 20, 2015.
9. Web site: Death Requisite Joins Rottweiler Records, Offers Free Song Download. Giants in the Sound. DarcyRumble. June 13, 2016. June 17, 2016.
10. Web site: Rottweiler Records announcement. Facebook. Rottweiler Records. June 13, 2016. June 13, 2016.
11. Web site: "Vincent Saint James, Death Requisite" on Hardcore Inquisition w/ Gina. YouTube. Sanctuary International Matrix. August 19, 2016. September 30, 2016.
12. Web site: Timeline - Broken Flesh. Facebook. Death Requisite. October 11, 2016. October 30, 2016.
13. Web site: Timeline - Atheist. Facebook. Death Requisite. October 26, 2016. October 30, 2016.
14. Web site: Death Requisite to Release New Album "Revisitation" Through Rottweiler Records. Indie Vision Music. Mason. Beard. October 17, 2016. November 10, 2016.
15. Web site: Death Requisite Releases "Revisitation". Indie Vision Music. Mason. Beard. November 25, 2016. November 25, 2016.
16. Web site: Dave Blackmore of Death Requisite. Indie Vision Music. Dave. Blackmore. Mason Beard. January 7, 2017. January 9, 2017.
17. Web site: Death Requisite Loses Member, Begin Working on New Material. Indie Vision Music. Mason. Beard. August 2, 2017. August 23, 2017.
18. Web site: Death Requisite Working on New Music. Indie Vision Music. Mason. Beard. August 23, 2017. August 23, 2017.
19. Web site: Interview with Death Requisite. GHGunman. Robex. Lundgren. September 3, 2015. October 6, 2015.
20. Web site: Death Requisite. Spirit of Metal. October 6, 2015.
21. Web site: Death Requisite. Twinmusix. September 2016. September 23, 2016. September 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924015246/http://www.twinmusix.com/death-requisite. dead.
22. Web site: ANNOUNCEMENT: After 4 awesome years.... Facebook. Death Requisite. July 14, 2017. July 30, 2017.
23. Web site: Look who came to rehearsal tonight.... Facebook. Death Requisite. March 16, 2017. March 17, 2016.
24. Web site: Death Requisite - Second Death. HM Magazine. Chris. Gatto. 12 October 2013 . October 6, 2015.
25. Web site: Death Requisite - "Revisitation". The Metal Resource. John. Jackson. November 19, 2016. November 20, 2016.
26. Web site: Death Requisite - Revisitation. Indie Vision Music. Mason. Beard. December 16, 2016. August 23, 2017.
27. Web site: HM PPREMIERE: Death Requisite release new video for "Redemptio Per Deicide" from upcoming Revisitation. HM Magazine. David. Stagg. September 23, 2016. September 30, 2016.