Lance Garvin is an American drummer and, along with

Bruce Fitzhugh Bruce Patrick Fitzhugh is an American musician. He is the second lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and founding member of Arkansas's Christian metal band Living Sacrifice. The lead vocalist role was left to Bruce shortly after the departure of Da ...

, DJ Johnson and

Jason Truby Jason Truby (born June 1, 1973) is an American guitarist. He began his career in 1989 with Living Sacrifice as lead guitarist. He was also a member of P.O.D., but has also performed with Phil Keaggy, David Beegle, Ashley Cleveland and her husba ...

, a founding member of the

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band

Living Sacrifice Living Sacrifice is an American Christian metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1989. The band has released eight studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren John ...

. Garvin is mostly known for using a Ride

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in modern metal without making it sound thinner. Garvin is also the drummer of Christian metal band

Soul Embraced Soul Embraced is an American Christian melodic death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas. It was originally a side project for Rocky Gray and David Sroczynski. History Originally a side project of drummer David Sroczynski and William "Ro ...

and has played with the bands Throwdown and Zao as well. He formed the band Kill System, along with fellow Soul Embraced members, Chad Moore and

Rocky Gray William Caldwell "Rocky" Gray (born July 2, 1974) is an American drummer and guitarist. He is a guitarist for the bands Living Sacrifice, Even Devils Die, and Creepy Carnival, and the drummer for Soul Embraced, Mourningside, Machina, and W ...

, and former

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guitarist

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. When Living Sacrifice prepared to release their documentary, the release was delayed by

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, with Garvin contracting the sickness. Following his recovery, the plan to work on new material was also delayed by Garvin breaking his leg.

Influence and legacy

Garvin has stated that his inspiration was

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: With Living Sacrifice, Garvin influenced many metal bands, such as

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, Throwdown, 7 Horns 7 Eyes, Saving Grace,

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and

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. Garvin, along with Brandan Trahan of

Impending Doom Impending Doom is an American Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California. The group has released six full-length studio albums and are currently a four piece with lead vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining member ...

and xDEATHSTARx,

Matt Greiner Matthew Wilson Greiner is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of the metalcore band August Burns Red. In 2012, he also cofounded the drum company ''Greiner&Kilmer'' with fellow drummer Kaleb Kilmer. Greiner is an outspoken Chris ...

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and Ted Kirkpatrick of

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, are all considered influential drummers for

. Garvin has been compared by his bandmate Bruce Fitzhugh and others to

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's former drummer,

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Bands

;Current * Hope Deferred - drums (2021–present) *

– drums (1989–2003, 2005, 2008–present) *

– drums (1999–2009, 2014–present) ;Former * Kill System – drums (2002–2003) * Heroes Among Thieves – guitars, drums (2007–2008) *The Satire – drums ;Touring *

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– drums (1996, 1999) * Zao – drums (2003) * Throwdown – drums (2009–2011) * Ironside – drums (2019–present)

Discography

; With Living Sacrifice *'' Not Yielding to Ungodly'' (1989) *''

'' (1991) *''

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'' (1992) *''

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'' (1993) *'' Inhabit'' (1994) *'' Reborn'' (1997) *''

The Hammering Process ''The Hammering Process'' is the fifth album by the Christian metal band Living Sacrifice. This is the first album to feature percussionist Matthew Putman, guitarist Rocky Gray and bassist Arthur Green. The making of this album was featured in ...

'' (2000) *'' Subtle Alliance'' (2002) *''

Conceived in Fire ''Conceived in Fire'' is the sixth album by the Christian metalcore band Living Sacrifice. It was the band's final album before 2008 when the band reunited, minus Percussionist Matthew Putman. Critical reception Jason Taylor of AllMusic write ...

'' (2002) *'' In Memoriam'' (2005) *'' Death Machine'' (2008) *''

The Infinite Order ''The Infinite Order'' is the seventh studio album from Christian metal band Living Sacrifice released January 26, 2010. The album, produced by Jeremiah Scott and mixed and mastering done by Andy Sneap marks a return for the band since their pr ...

'' (2010) *''

Ghost Thief ''Ghost Thief'' is the eighth studio album by the Christian metal band Living Sacrifice. It is their second album produced by Jeremiah Scott. Writing and recording The band toured in support of their prior album, ''The Infinite Order'', for thre ...

'' (2013) ; With Soul Embraced *''

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *''

This Is My Blood ''This Is My Blood'' is the second studio album by the death metal band Soul Embraced. Critical reception Awarding the album three stars at AllMusic, Tom Semioli writes, "In a genre that thrives on formula and repetition, Soul Embraced adds a ...

'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) *''

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'' (2008) ; With Kill System *''Kill System'' (2002) ;As additional musician *''Forever'' by

(1999) *'' Burning Bridges'' by

Haste the Day Haste the Day is an American metalcore band formed in Carmel, Indiana in 2001 and signed to Solid State Records. Their name is derived from a lyric in the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Spafford. The band released an EP titled '' T ...

(2004) *''In the Clutches of the Novae'' by Mothwind (2014)

References

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