Bury Your Dead
American metalcore band
Bury Your Dead was an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The final lineup included guitarist Chris Towning, lead vocalist Mat Bruso, drummer Mark Castillo, and bassist Aaron Patrick. 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 Nothing Personal and Mosh n' Roll).
History
You Had Me at Hello (2001–2002)
In 2001, Bury Your Dead began as a side project of the band Hamartia featuring drummer Mark Castillo and guitarist Brendan "Slim" MacDonald. With the metalcore sound of Hamartia growing tiresome to both of them, they started writing less technical songs in their free time. They recruited Steve Kent to play bass, second guitarist Jesse Viens, and Joe Krewko as vocalist and began playing shows in Massachusetts and Connecticut under the name Bury Your Dead. News of their unbridled energy and destructive live show spread immediately around the East Coast hardcore scenes and the band was courted by Alveran/Eulogy.
The band recorded and released their debut album titled You Had Me at Hello in 2002, borrowed a van, then toured in support of it. After several successful tours, Bury Your Dead decided to go their separate ways. Castillo moved back to Philadelphia and began touring with Between the Buried and Me, bassist Rich Casey went back to running his own screen-printing business and MacDonald began playing guitar in the band Blood Has Been Shed.
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