Called to Arms
Progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina.
Called to Arms is a progressive metal band formed in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2003. They are signed to Tragic Hero Records and released their most recent album, based on C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, digitally on August 10, 2010. The album was recorded with Jamie King.
Quick Facts
- Origin
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Genre
- Progressive metal, melodic hardcore (early)
- Years active
- 2003–present
- Label
- Tragic Hero
- Current members
- Daniel Grissom
- Brady Sweat
- Jamie Nickerson
- Joshua Philips
- Grayson Sweat
- Past members
- Zack Van Hoy
Facts from the source article.
History
The group was formed in 2003 by Daniel Grissom, Jamie Nickerson, Zack Van Hoy, and Josh Philips as a melodic hardcore band. Their second show was at a small independent venue featuring Showbread, The Showdown, and He Is Legend (then Uriah Omen); none were signed to major labels at the time, but all later released critically acclaimed albums on major labels. He Is Legend joined Called to Arms on Tragic Hero Records in 2009. In 2004, Brady Sweat joined on lead guitar, shifting the sound toward technical metal. The band is known for technical guitar work and retro style metal solos, with critics praising their melodic side. Their EP The Last Lament was described as a 28-minute trip through nearly every subgenre of metal. In 2007, Grayson Sweat replaced Van Hoy, who left to focus on his indie band Dakota Darling. The third album Peril and the Patient was recorded and mastered with Jamie King at the Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The band aimed to disassociate from metalcore by fusing heavy metal subgenres, citing influences from Queen, Smashing Pumpkins, The Mars Volta, Deftones, and System of a Down.
Facts
Brady Sweat toured and wrote with My Epic when guitarist Travis Brooks left; Brooks later filled in for Called to Arms guitarist Jamie Nickerson for two shows in 2007. Jesse Clasen of Harvard and The Bear Romantic recorded and produced the band's early material and provided guest vocals on several tracks. Lane Wood, who sang guest vocals on "Ashamed, Awake," performed the national anthem before the Panthers vs Dolphins game on August 17, 2012.
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