In Dread Response

In Dread Response
Origin	Auckland, New Zealand
Genres	Melodic death metal^[1]
Years active	Since 2005
Labels	Deadboy, Universal

Members	Steve Boag Corey Friedlander Trajan M. Schwencke William Cleverdon Ben Read

Website	Official Website

In Dread Response is a New Zealand metal band from Auckland formed in 2005^[2] commonly referred to as "In Dread" or "IDR".

In Dread has released three full-length studio albums and two EPs.^[3] Their video Cannons At Dawn from the album From the Oceanic Graves won the 2010 Juice TV Awards category Best Metal Video.^[4] In Dread have performed at GTaranaki 2010 alongside acts such as Slash.^[5] Their early EPs and first 2 albums have a sound that fuse Melodic Death Metal and Thrash Metal along with a few Doom Metal elements present. Their third album, "Heavenshore" was released independently and on Grind House Records in Japan in 2016 followed by a Tour of Japan to commemorate the signing.

Members

Current members^[2]

Steve Boag - Bass
Corey Friedlander - Drums
Trajan M. Schwencke - Guitars
William Cleverdon (2015–present)
Ben Read - Vocals (2014–present)

Former members^[2]

Michael Exton - Bass
Matthew Berry - Bass
Nikolas Kissel - Drums
Alex Bird - Drums
David Wilson - Drums
Ross McDougall - Guitars
Andhe Chandler - Guitars
Sean O'Kane Connolly - Vocals

Discography

Forgotten Wasteland EP (2005)
In the Arms of the Absurd EP (2007)
From the Oceanic Graves LP (2008)
Embers in the Spiritless Void LP (2011)
Heavenshore LP (2015)

References

^ [1] "In Dread Response show a great understanding of what separates by-the-numbers melodic death and truly standout melodic death. They sit firmly in the latter category."
^ ^a ^b ^c "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - In Dread Response". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^ "IN DREAD RESPONSE New Video Online! | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
^ "Juice TV gives out awards". Stuff.co.nz. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
^ "Gtaranaki 2010 - In Dread Response". Gtaranaki.co.nz. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.