Joseph Stephen Musten is an American musician who started his musical career in 1999. He formed Beloved,

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, Your Son Is Dead, and Torn. In 2008, he joined the band

The Almost The Almost is an American Rock music, rock band from Clearwater, Florida, fronted by Underoath drummer and vocalist Aaron Gillespie. Formed in 2005 as a solo project by Gillespie, the band currently includes guitarist Jay Vilardi, bassist Jon Tho ...

after former drummer Kenny Bozich quit the band. Joe was featured in the December 2009 issue of ''

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'' alongside former bandmate

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. He formed the band, Torn, and was featured on the self-titled debut album, but was un-credited.

Personal life

He is cousins with his bandmate,

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. Musten is married and has twins.

Bands

Current *

- vocals (2004–2011, 2016–present) * Beloved - drums (1999–2004, 2019-present) * Ends of Sanity - drums (2021-present) Former *

- drums (2008–2015) * Public Rage - drums (1996-1999) * Torn - vocals (2014–2015) * Your Son Is Dead - drums (2012–2014)

Discography

Beloved *''Garage Demos'' (1999; Independent) *'' ...And So It Goes'' (2000; Independent) *''The Running Pre-Release Sampler'' (2001; Independent) *'' The Running'' (2001; Vindicated) *''One Night Split'' (w/ Luti-Kriss) (2002; Independent) *'' Failure On'' (2003; Solid State) *'' The Running'' (2004 reissue; Solid State) * Beloved Live at Cat's Cradle (Live Album) – 2004 *''Kiss It Goodbye: The Final Show'' (2005 DVD; Solid State)

*'' Remove the Earth'' (2008; Solid State) *'' Naked and Cold'' (2009; Solid State) *''Pain and Suffering'' (2016; Bridge 9) ;

*''No Gift to Bring'' (2008; T&N) *''Monster EP'' (2009; T&N) *''

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'' (2009; T&N) *'' Fear Inside Our Bones'' (2013; T&N) Your Son Is Dead *''The Silver Cord EP'' (2012; Independent) Torn *''Torn'' (2014;

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)

Guest appearances

* "Across the Aisle" by Call To Preserve, on their album '' Life of Defiance'' (2010) * "Nietzsche's Madness" by

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, on their album '' The Infinite Order'' (2010) * "Finished People (Feat. Nate Rebolledo of

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)" by Sleeping Giant, on their album '' Finished People'' (2014) * "Casket Minds" by Dwell, on their EP ''Dwell'' (2014) * "Immanuel (The Challenger)" & "Immanuel (The Redeemer)" by

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, on their album ''

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'' (2009) * "Scarlet Paint and Gasoline" by Glass Casket, on their album '' We Are Gathered Here Today'' (2004) * "Sacrifice" by The Great Commission, on their album ''Cast the First Stone'' (2013) * "In Absentia" by Reign Supreme, on their album, ''Testing the Limit of Infinite'' (2009) * "Remember Me" by Poured Out, on the album, ''To the Point of Death'' (2016) * "Celestial" by HolyName, on their album, ''HolyName'' (2023) url=https://www.invubu.com/music/show/song/HolyName%7CJoe-Musten/Celestial.html

References

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