Glass Casket is a deathcore band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Originally known as Gadrel, the band released two albums before becoming mostly inactive in 2006 as the members focused on other projects.[3] In 2013, the band announced that they were working on new music but would not officially reform until a decade later in 2023, announcing that an EP would be released later that year.

Glass Casket
Also known asGadrel (2001-2004)
OriginWinston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Genres
Years active2001–present
Labels
MembersAdam Cody
Blake Richardson
Dustie Waring
Sid Menon
Wes Hauch
Past membersIan Tuten
Jake Troth
WebsiteGlass Casket on Myspace

History

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They were originally called Gadrel when releasing their first demo To Cherish a Falsity. The band formed after several members' previous band Narayan broke up. Dustie Waring and Blake Richardson are also members of Between the Buried and Me, and Adam Cody is a member of metal band Wretched and the grindcore band Columns. Jake Troth, who joined Glass Casket prior to the recording of A Desperate Man's Diary, also played in Columns, but left the band in 2007.

Guitarist Dustie Waring has stated on Between the Buried and Me's message board that Glass Casket is writing a new record, and were set to be releasing it sometime in 2013, stating it will be more "brutal" than A Desperate Man's Diary.[citation needed] In January 2014, Glass Casket announced Wes Hauch (formerly of The Faceless) as their new guitarist.[4]

On January 17, 2023, Silent Pendulum Records founder and CEO Michael Kadner released a brief video stating that Glass Casket had signed to the label and a new record would be released later in the year; additionally, Silent Pendulum obtained the rights to We Are Gathered Here Today and Desperate Man's Diary and would be reissuing the albums on vinyl.[5] After a decade in development hell, Glass Casket released their first new material in 17 years; a self-titled EP released on June 9, 2023.[6] The band released the EP's lead single and their first song in 17 years, "Let Them Go", on March 16, 2023.[7]

Members

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Current line-up[8]
Former members[8]
  • Ian Blake Tuten – guitars (2001–2006)
  • Jake Troth – guitars (2006–2013) (ex-Columns, ex-Desist, Seneca)
Timeline

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Name Label
2004 We Are Gathered Here Today Abacus
2006 Desperate Man's Diary

Extended plays

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Year Name Label
2002 To Cherish a Falsity (demo) Independent
2023 Glass Casket Silent Pendulum

Music videos

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Year Song Album
2004 "In Between the Sheets" We Are Gathered Here Today

References

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  1. ^ a b Staff(s). "Glass Casket". Last.fm. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Glass Casket". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Glass Casket returns with first new single in 17 years". Lambgoat. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Kennelty, Greg (February 17, 2015). "Guitarist Wes Hauch leaves THE FACELESS To Join Reactivated GLASS CASKET". Metal Injection. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Kennelty, Greg (January 27, 2023). "GLASS CASKET Plotting Their First Album In 17 Years & Reissues". Metal Injection. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Greg Kennelty (March 16, 2023). "GLASS CASKET Streams First New Song In 17 Years, Announces New EP". Metal Injection. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  7. ^ Keenan, Hesher (March 16, 2023). "Glass Casket Returns After 17 Years with a New Track and Album Announcement". MetalSucks. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Glass Casket". Encyclopedia Metallum. Retrieved November 27, 2015.