Messengers is an American

Christian metal Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal, or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian-themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band-members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by ...

band, and they primarily play

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. They come from

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

. The band started making music in 2008, and their members are lead vocalist, Chad Paramore, lead guitarist, Chance Paramore, bassists, Thomas Kilgore (TK), Guitarist Andy Rhodes, and drummer, Noah Boyce. The band released an

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

, ''Anthems'', in 2010 with

Facedown Records Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California, that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands (Christian and secular) with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No ...

alongside

Strike First Records Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California, that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands (Christian and secular) with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No ...

. Later joined by Guitarist Phillip Odom Their second extended play, ''No Shelter'', was released in 2013. They are not to be confused with the UK Prog band, "Messenger", whose demo "Solid Chirps" sounds entirely different.

Background

Messengers is a

band from

. Their members are lead vocalist, Chad Paramore, lead guitarist, Chance Paramore, bassists, Thomas Kilgore and Andy Rhodes, and drummer, Noah Boyce. Later joined by Guitarist Phillip Odom

Music history

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2008, with their first release, ''Anthems'', an

, that was released by

alongside

on November 9, 2010. Their second extended play, ''No Shelter'', was independently released, in 2013.

Members

Current members * Chad Paramore – lead vocals * Chance Paramore – guitar * Andy Rhodes – guitar

Discography

;EPs * ''Anthems'' (November 9, 2010, Facedown/ Strike First) * ''No Shelter'' (2013, Independent)

References

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External links

Official website
Musical groups from Dallas 2008 establishments in Texas Musical groups established in 2008 Facedown Records artists Strike First Records artists