Prayer for Cleansing

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Prayer for Cleansing
Background information
OriginNorth Carolina, U.S.
GenresMetalcore, death metal, black metal
Years active1996–2000, 2001, 2003–2004, 2022–present
LabelsTribunal Records
MembersDavid Anthem
Paul Waggoner
Will Goodyear
Marc Duncan
Dennis Lamb
Past membersTommy Rogers
James Chang

Prayer for Cleansing is an American metalcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The band is noted for their extreme metal (death/black metal) influence that was a little more prominent in their music than other metalcore bands at the time. They are also notable for being an early musical starting point for three members of Between the Buried and Me (Paul Waggoner, Will Goodyear and Tommy Giles Rogers) who played in the band.

Biography

The band, consisting of David Anthem (vocals),

Rain in Endless Fall. Shortly before the album was released, Dennis Lamb left the band, being replaced by James Chang of Undying, and later Tommy Rogers. In 2000 the band broke up after an automobile accident which totaled their new touring van. The band performed two reunion shows, the first being on March 13, 2004, at the Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina in front of nearly one thousand fans from as far away as Mexico. The second show was at the 2004 Hellfest music festival, held in Elizabeth, New Jersey
.

Prayer for Cleansing's music continued to grab attention however. 2003 saw a re-mixed and re-mastered version of The Rain in Endless Fall released on Tribunal Records, including new artwork. In 2004, Prayer for Cleansing's second album, The Tragedy, was released as a joint label CD/7" by Southern Empire Records, Surprise Attack Records and War Torn Records. The Tragedy featured re-recordings of three songs previously unavailable on an official release (though all three had been widely available in mp3 form), including their popular cover of The Cranberries song "Salvation". In 2004, straight edge distributor Seventh Dagger Records released The Rain in Endless Fall on vinyl. The band remains inactive since then. Lead guitarist Paul Waggoner later said in a 2009 interview: "I guess that band had sorta run its course. Some of the guys were in school and we didn't really see it going anywhere. At the same time we also wanted to start something different and try to push ourselves a little more musically. I wouldn't say we were bored with what we were doing, but that was around the time when metalcore was starting to sorta take off and bands were kinda coming out of the woodwork. We no longer felt like we were doing something different or creative."

Later projects

Tommy Rogers, Paul Waggoner, Marc Duncan and Will Goodyear went on to play in the Raleigh, North Carolina

vegan
coffee shop in Philadelphia, The Grindcore House.

Reunion shows

The band has announced they are playing a one-off benefit show featuring their Rain in Endless Fall lineup on December 18, 2022 in memory of John Rivera and to benefit his family. One of the other bands reforming for the concert is Undying, one of ex-rhythm guitarists James Chang and Tommy Rogers' former bands.[1] The band will also have a remaster of the original mix of their album reissued on vinyl by To Live A Lie Records in late 2022/early 2023.[2] The band also played the annual This Is Hardcore festival at the Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 6, 2023.[3]

Members

Current lineup

  • Will Goodyear – drums, keyboards, additional clean vocals (1997–2000, 2003–2004, 2022–present)
  • Paul Waggoner – lead guitar (1997–2000, 2003–2004, 2022–present)
  • Dave Anthem – vocals (1997–2000, 2003–2004, 2022–present)
  • Dennis Lamb – rhythm guitar (1997–1999, 2022–present)
  • Marc Duncan – bass guitar (1997–2000, 2022–present)

Previous members

  • Tommy Rogers – rhythm guitar (1999–2000, 2003–2004)
  • Jimmy Chang – rhythm guitar (1999), bass guitar (2003–2004)

Timeline

Discography

Rain in Endless Fall

Rain in Endless Fall
Studio album by
Prayer for Cleansing
ReleasedJune 2, 1999
September 2, 2003 (remastered)
RecordedFebruary – May 1999
StudioGrooveworks Recording Studios, Torrance, California
Genre
Length37:38
LabelTribunal
ProducerMatthew H. Rudzinski
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Dozen Black Roses"1:32
2."Feinbhas a Ghabhail"4:23
3."Winter's Gloom"1:17
4."A Dead Soul Born"5:19
5."Sonnet"4:35
6."Violent Waves"5:31
7."Destiny of Culture"5:02
8."Chalice of Repentance"3:16
9."Bael Na Mblath"5:17
10."Sleep Eternal"1:26
Total length:37:38

Personnel

Prayer for Cleansing

  • David Anthem – vocals
  • Paul Waggoner – guitars
  • Dennis Lamb – guitars
  • Mark Duncan – bass
  • Will Goodyear – drums, piano, clean vocals on "Feinbhas a Ghabhail"

Additional personnel

  • Lenny Watts – backing vocals (tracks 2 and 4)
  • Ian Schreier – recording, mixing
  • Jamie King – digital editing, mixing (2003 remix/remaster)
  • Abbadon Graphicworks – layout and design (CD)
  • Jacob Bigham – layout and design (2003 remaster CD)
  • Justin Pope – layout and design (Seventh Dagger vinyl)
  • Matthew H. Rudzinski – production, mixing (2003 remix/remaster)

The Tragedy (EP)

The Tragedy
EP by
Prayer for Cleansing
ReleasedJuly 2004
RecordedApril 23 and 24, 2004
StudioBasement Studios, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Genre
Length11:00
Label
  • Surprise Attack
  • War Torn
  • Southern Empire
ProducerJamie King

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Closet"4:11
2."When the Sun Kisses the Morning"3:58
3."Salvation" (The Cranberries cover)2:51
Total length:11:00

Personnel

Prayer for Cleansing

  • David Anthem – vocals
  • Paul Waggoner – guitars
  • Thomas Rogers – guitars
  • James Chang – bass
  • Will Goodyear – drums, clean vocals on "Salvation"

Additional personnel

  • Jamie King – recording, mixing

References

  1. ^ "Undying, Prayer For Cleansing, & more to play benefit show". lambgoat.com. August 20, 2022. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Prayer For Cleansing - The Rain In Endless Fall LP (2022 Remaster)". To Live A Lie. Archived from the original on August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "This Is Hardcore 2023 coming up: BANE, GORILLA BISCUITS, PRAYER FOR CLEANSING, UNDYING and more! [UPDATED] - IDIOTEQ.com". IDIOTEQ. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. Rovi Corporation. Archived
    from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2013.

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