Oh, Sleeper
is a Christian metalcore band from Ft. Worth, Texas signed to Solid State Records. They have recorded two full-length albums to date, the most recent their sophomore album Son of the Morning, released on August 25th, 2009. Their name is a reference to Ephesians 5:14 which reads, "Wake up, O sleeper
, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
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History
Formation/The Armored March EP
Oh, Sleeper formed in April 2006 after former member, Ryan Conley, of the short-lived rock band
Terminal got together with former Evelynn and
Between the Buried and Me guitarist Shane Blay and former Terminal bassist Lucas Starr (who was at the time with
As Cities Burn). Eventually they found a vocalist in Micah Kinard and began practicing. As the 4 members began sledging through all the normal problems of a band start-up (no place to practice, no money and different schedules) the biggest obstacle was finding the last and final member. Countless awkward auditions still fell short of the missing position, until the thought of long time friend and previous guitar player and band mate of the guys in
Terminal, James Erwin. After adding James to the lineup, the band released an EP during this time titled
The Armored March
, through 1x1 music.
When I Am God
The band signed with Solid State Records in the summer of 2007. Their debut album,
When I Am God
, was released on October 23, 2007. On December 28, 2007, Oh, Sleeper performed at the Plano Centre (in Plano, Texas) along with the briefly reunited
Terminal. This was the only Terminal reunion show, with all original members, that took place after their break-up in 2005. Oh, Sleeper also supported
Demon Hunter on their "Stronger Than Hell Tour" alongside
Living Sacrifice,
Advent, and
The Famine. The Anti-Mother tour in support of
Norma Jean was drummer Ryan Conley's last tour with Oh, Sleeper.
Ryan Conley's Departure
Ryan Conley left Oh, Sleeper after he announced that he is going to join the Navy. After Oh Sleepers last song with Ryan Conley, Ryan made a speech about how much he loves his band members and God. At the end of his speech he proposed to Lyn Cole. There is a video of this on youtube.
Son of the Morning
Oh, Sleeper announced in early 2009 that they will release a new album titled Son of the Morning. The album was released on August 25th, 2009. Two songs have been performed live off of the new album and are posted on youtube. The two songs titles are: The New Breed and Commissioned by Kings. In an interview with Micah he stated that with this album, they wanted to combine crowd favorites like Vices like Vipers and Charlatans Host from the last album to make this new album stay true to their sound as well as please the fans with what appeals to the fans the best. The messages are much more straight forward (WIAG had more metaphors in their messages). On June 9 the band released the final tracklisting for the album on their MySpace. The album is a concept album based on the final battle between the devil and God. Oh, Sleeper added a new song to their myspace page. The song is called "Son of the Morning". Also Micah was interviewed about the new album coming out August 25th. He made several statement of what the Album cover means and what certain songs represents. The cover of Son Of The Morning is a "Broken Pentagram" according to Micah. The last breakdown and chant of the album is "I'll cut off your horns!" in the song "The Finisher". The album cover follows the same pattern as a pentagram with the horns missing. The Finisher and Son of the Morning were performed live at Tomfest 2009 in Camas, WA, which was also Shane's birthday. Oh,Sleeper played their new album debut in Waco Texas at Art Ambush.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #120 and also charted at #46 Rock Albums, at #7 Christian Albums & at #12 Hard Rock Albums.
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Members
- Micah Kinard (2006- present) - Vocals (Keeping Lions)
- Shane Blay (2006- present) - Guitar/Vocals (Die Trying, Between the Buried and Me, Evelynn)
- James Erwin (2006- present) - Guitar (Noose, Letter Twelve, Terminal)
- Lucas Starr (2006- present) - Bass (Exit Upwards. splitfish.JObE. Losing All Hope, Letter Twelve, Terminal, As Cities Burn, Sherwood)
- Matt Davis (2008- present) - Drums
Former Members
- Ryan Conley (2006-2008) - Drums(Ill Equipt, Headtrip, Noose, Letter Twelve, Terminal)
Discography
- When I Am God (2007) (Solid State Records)
- Son of the Morning (2009) (Solid State Records)
EPs
- The Armored March (EP) (2006) (1x1 music)
Singles
- "We Are The Archers" - Armored March EP
- "Vices Like Vipers" - When I Am God