Daniel Travis Davison (born January 28, 1983) is an American musician, songwriter, artist, and filmmaker. He is also a co-founder and former drummer of the band Norma Jean and a former drummer of

Underoath Underoath (styled as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. It was founded by lead vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton in 1997 in Ocala, Florida; subsequently, its additional members were from Tamp ...

and

Every Time I Die Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist Andy Williams, ...

Early life

Davison was born on January 28, 1983, in

Douglasville, Georgia The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. , the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately west of Atlant ...

, where he first learned to play the drums and started his musical career.

Career

Norma Jean

In 1997, Davison co-founded the band Luti-Kriss. They changed their name to Norma Jean after having been confused for the rapper with a similar sounding name,

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, spoken as "ludicrous" in American English), is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age ...

Colour Revolt

In early 2010, Davison joined the indie rock band, Colour Revolt. He played several shows with them and recorded drums on their latest record, '' The Cradle''.

Underoath

In May 2010, Davison succeeded drummer

Aaron Gillespie Aaron Roderick Gillespie (born July 18, 1983) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer and clean vocalist for the Rock music, rock band Underoath, of which he is the only original member. He is also the lead singer and rhythm ...

in the band

before the group disbanded in 2013. Davison helped write and record what was thought to be Underoath's last and final record, ''

Ø (Disambiguation) ''Ø (Disambiguation)'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Underoath. Released on November 9, 2010, through Tooth & Nail Records, the album was the band's only without founding member Aaron Gillespie, and is the first and o ...

''. When Underoath reunited in 2015, Davison was not featured in the new line-up due to Gillespie coming back in the band.

Every Time I Die

In February 2015, Davison replaced Ryan "Legs" Leger in the band

until 2017. He has since also released solo songs.

Other projects

Film and video career

Davison has directed and produced music videos. His most recent videos include the final music video for the band

Anberlin Anberlin is an American alternative rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida, in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band consists of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, ...

for the song "Stranger Ways," and mewithoutYou's "Dorothy" and "Red Cow." A list of his clients include: * Sony/BMG Recording Group *

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Delta Spirit Delta Spirit is an American rock band from California, United States. The group consists of Jonathan Jameson (bass), Brandon Young (drums), Matthew Vasquez (vocals and guitars), Kelly Winrich (multi-instrumentalist), and William McLaren (guita ...

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* '68 *

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recording artist

Kill the Noise Jacob Stanczak, known professionally as Kill the Noise, is an American DJ and record producer from Rochester, New York. His collaboration with Skrillex, Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos, "Recess (song), Recess", entered the UK Singles Chart at ...

Letlive Letlive, stylized letlive., is an American Rock music, rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band's final lineup consisted of lead vocalist Jason Aalon Butler (son of Aalon Butler, vocalist, and guitarist of the soul group Aalon), guitaris ...

mewithoutYou MewithoutYou, usually stylized as mewithoutYou, was an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band consisted of Aaron Weiss (vocals), Michael Weiss and Brandon Beaver (guitars), Greg Jehanian (bass guitar), and Rickie Mazzott ...

For Today For Today were an American Christian metalcore band from Sioux City, Iowa, formed in 2005. They released two EPs, ''Your Moment, Your Life, Your Time'' and ''Prevailer'', and six full-length albums: '' Ekklesia'' in, 2008, ''Portraits'' in 2009 ...

* Norma Jean * August Burns Red *

Brian "Head" Welch Brian Philip Welch (born June 19, 1970), also known by his stage name Head, is an American musician. He is a guitarist and founding member of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death (band), Love and Death, where he also pro ...

from

Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James Shaffer, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band ...

's band Love & Death *

Manchester Orchestra Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, that formed in 2004. The group's current line-up is composed of lead singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, bassist Andy Pri ...

* The Showdown

Discography

Luti-Kriss

* ''Luti-Kriss/

Travail Travail may refer to: * Travail (band), an American Christian nu-metal band, and the title of its 1999 album * ''Travail'' (film), a 2002 Japanese film * ''Travail'', a 1901 novel by Émile Zola * ''Labour/Le Travail ''Labour/Le Travail'' is a ...

'' Split 7" (1999) * ''5ep'' (2000) * '' Throwing Myself'' (2001)

Norma Jean

* ''Norma Jean /

MewithoutYou MewithoutYou, usually stylized as mewithoutYou, was an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band consisted of Aaron Weiss (vocals), Michael Weiss and Brandon Beaver (guitars), Greg Jehanian (bass guitar), and Rickie Mazzott ...

'' (2002) * '' Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child'' (2002) * '' O God, the Aftermath'' (2005) * '' Redeemer'' (2006)

Colour Revolt

* '' The Cradle'' (2010)

With Underoath

* ''

Lost in the Sound of Separation ''Lost in the Sound of Separation'' is the sixth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Underoath. It was released on September 2, 2008, through Solid State Records, Solid State and Tooth & Nail Records. Following the release of their fift ...

'' (additional drum tracks) (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Anthology: 1999–2013'' (2012)

With Every Time I Die

*''Salem'' (2015) *'' Low Teens'' (2016)

References

External links

Daniel Davison
on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, Daniel Living people American heavy metal drummers Christian metal musicians Drummers from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Douglasville, Georgia American performers of Christian music American former Christians 1983 births Underoath members Every Time I Die members 21st-century American drummers Norma Jean (band) members