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Theocracy is a Christian progressive power metal band founded in 2002 by Matt Smith of Athens, Georgia. The group originally started out as a one man project and all the instruments and vocals done on the debut album Theocracy were performed by Smith. The current lineup includes Smith along with Shawn Benson, Jonathan Hinds and Val Allen Wood. Musically, the band mixes the power metal style of Iron Maiden, Edguy, Iced Earth, and Helloween with progressive influences from bands such as Dream Theater, Symphony X, Kansas, and Rush.

The group performed at the ProgPower USA VII festival Pre-Party in Atlanta, Georgia. Live performances from the show of the songs The Serpent's Kiss and Mountain were included on the ProgPower VII DVD.[1] Their second album, Mirror of Souls album was released on Sweden's Ulterium Records and features cover artwork by Robert G. Wilson, Jr.[2] A song "On Eagles Wings", which is on that album, can be heard on the bands official MySpace page.[3] Mirror of Souls was released on November 26, 2008 in Japan by Soundholic Records. The Japanese version contains the bonus track Wages of Sin. The North American edition was released December 9, 2008. A picture disc LP was released through the record labels web store containing "Mirror Of Souls", "Laying The Demon To Rest", "Absolution Day" and "The Wages Of Sin". This LP was limited to 250 copies worldwide.

Band members

Current members

  • Matt Smith - Lead Vocals
  • Jonathan Hinds - Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Shawn Benson - Drums
  • Val Allen Wood - Lead Guitar
  • Jared Oldham - Bass, Backing Vocals

Note

Smith performed all lead and choir vocals, rhythm, lead, acoustic, and bass guitars, keys and orchestration on the self-titled album Theocracy

Former members

  • Seth Filkins - bass, backing vocals
  • Josh Sloan - bass, backing vocals
  • Patrick Parris - bass, backing vocals

Discography

Trivia

Die hier zu findenden Aussagen sollten mit reputablen Belegen versehen und an passenden Stellen des Artikels untergebracht werden (siehe auch die Ausführungen in den Formatvorlagen Film und Fernsehsendung, frühere Diskussionen zu dem Thema und die Empfehlungen zum Aufbau eines Artikels und zur Zurückhaltung bei Listen).
  • Matt Smith is also known for being the creator of a popular parody song of the Metallica album St. Anger.
  • Theocracy also has recorded a metal version of O come, O come, Emmanuel. In years past they recorded other songs for the Christmas season including an 11 minute medley of traditional Christmas carols, a version of Little Drummer Boy and a song titled Deck the Joy, which as the title suggests is a combination of Deck the Halls and Joy to the World. All of these songs were made available for free download at their website.
  • Theocracy made an appearance on the cover of the January/December 2007 issue of Heaven's Metal magazine. [1]
  • Matt Smith was also one of a select few musicians to appear in the "Metal Bible". [2]
  • The band wrote a song about John O'Connell (nicknamed Jack-O), a popular guest from ESPN writer Bill Simmons' podcast, "The B.S. Report." The song is called "The Gregarious Raconteur."

Audio

External links

References

  1. ↑ ProgPower The DVD Progress Reort
  2. ↑ Theocracy Signs with Ulterium Records - Ultimate Metal Forum
  3. ↑ MySpace.com - Theocracy - ATHENS, Georgia - Metal / Christian / Progressive - www.myspace.com/theocracyband
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