Martyr A.D. is an American

metalcore Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...

band formed in late 1999 from former members of the band Disembodied. Joel Johnson (guitar), Tara Johnson (bass) and Justin Kane (drums) joined with newcomers Charlie Johnson (guitar) and Mike Fisketti (vocals). After the departures of Kane and Fisketti in 2002, Andrew Hart and Karl Hensel from

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band Holding On took over on vocal and drum duties, respectively. Martyr A.D. released their first album ''The Human Condition in Twelve Fractions'' with the indie label

Ferret Music Ferret Music was an American independent record label turned Warner Music Group subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by metalcore band NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in West Windsor, New Jersey. Ferret recently started an ...

in 2001. The band's second and last album, ''On Earth as it is in Hell'', was released on April 20, 2004, through

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thu ...

. Martyr A.D. has toured with such bands as Poison the Well, Throwdown, The Haunted,

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, and Walls of Jericho. The band disbanded for unknown reasons in April 2005. All three Johnsons (Joel, Tara, Charles) were featured in the reformation of Disembodied. The band additionally reunited for a performance at This is Hardcore 2017.

Discography

*''Human Condition demo'' (2000) *''The Human Condition in Twelve Fractions'' (

; 2001) *''Jared Demo'' (featuring Jared from

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; 2002) *''Summer '03 Demo'' (2003) *''On Earth as it is in Hell'' (

; 2004)

Members

*Mike Paradise – drums (2017) *Michael James Fisketti – vocals *Joel Andrew Johnson – guitar *Charles Allan Johnson – guitar, vocals *Tara Lee Johnson – bass *Justin James Kane – drums *Andrew James Hart – vocals ''Summer '03 Demo'', ''On Earth as it is in Hell'' *Karl Englebert Hensel – drums ''Summer '03 Demo'', ''On Earth as it is in Hell''

References

External links

Twin Cities HardcoreProfile on Ferret StyleMartyr A.D. on nipp.com
Metalcore musical groups from Minnesota Victory Records artists Musical groups established in 2000 Musical groups disestablished in 2005 Ferret Music artists {{US-band-stub