Glass Casket is a

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. Originally known as Gadrel, the band released two albums before becoming mostly inactive in 2006 as the members focused on other projects. 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.

History

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

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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''. In January 2014, Glass Casket announced Wes Hauch (formerly of

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) as their new guitarist. 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. After a decade in

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, Glass Casket released their first new material in 17 years; a self-titled EP released on June 9, 2023. The band released the EP's lead single and their first song in 17 years, "Let Them Go", on March 16, 2023.

Members

;Current line-up *Adam Cody – lead vocals (

, Columns, ex-Zero System, ex-Anything on Fire, ex-Vanisher, ex-Nysiis, ex-Vehemence) * Blake Richardson – drums (

) *

Dustie Waring Robert Dustie Waring (born January 31, 1985) is an American guitarist. He is known for as the former guitarist for the progressive metalcore band Between the Buried and Me. He is also a guitarist for the deathcore band Glass Casket. Waring joined ...

– guitars (Between the Buried and Me) *Sid Menon – bass, clean vocals (ex-Upheld, ex-Yearling) *Wes Hauch – guitars (Alluvial, ex-

, ex-

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) ;Former members *Ian Blake Tuten – guitars *Jake Troth – guitars (ex-Columns, ex-Desist, Seneca) ;Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Music videos

References

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