Sylencer

Sylencer
Sylencer
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Thrash metal, heavy metal
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Sylencer Records
Members	Markus Johansson ; Kevin Talley
Past members	Johnny Rox;

Sylencer is an American thrash metal band from Chicago, formed in 2006 by Markus Johansson (vocals, guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar). During recording of their debut album, A Lethal Dose of Truth, the band recruited drummer Kevin Talley on a session basis, although he became a full-time member in 2012.

History

In the summer of 2004,

Larry Tarnowski to round out the recording lineup.^[1] As the majority of the album was recorded by years end, hard economic times started to befall the band. But refusing to give up on the album, Markus and Johnny used their downtime to slowly but surely recruit more guests to the album's lineup, which grew to include members of Dream Theater, Anthrax, Dethklok, and nearly a dozen others.^[2]

As years passed and things for Sylencer started to rebound, they found themselves in a position to finally complete their debut accompanied by session members Talley (now a full member) and

Larry Tarnowski, the album soon turned into a full collaborative effort with a large number of established heavy metal musicians contributing to the effort, including Dethklok's Gene Hoglan and Brendon Small, The Heathen (of Zimmers Hole, with Hoglan), Rob Caggiano (Anthrax, The Damned Things) and Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater

), amongst others.

In December 2011, the band landed a licensing and distribution deal with dPulse Recordings/Ovrtone Music Group, Inc. in association with Sony Music Entertainment Germany.[3] This led to the album's finally receiving a release date, September 4, 2012, some six years since the project's start. 2012 also saw the addition of drummer

Sony Music Entertainment Germany.^[4]

Upon the release of their debut album, "A Lethal Dose Of Truth," the band intends to take to road and tour just as relentlessly as they pursued their album's completion.[5] On April 17, 2013, the band announced that a number of guest appearances for their sophomore album have been confirmed, including current and former members of Chimaira, Jag Panzer, King Diamond, Death, Forbidden, Korn and Megadeth.