Waylon Reavis (born September 19, 1978) is an American musician best known for being a former vocalist for American heavy metal band

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. He was in Mushroomhead from 2004-2015 and with them released three albums: Savior Sorrow (2006), Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children (2010), and Righteous and the Butterfly (2014). He has also performed vocals for the Cleveland-based band Tenafly Viper and the alternative rock band 3 Quarters Dead. Reavis starred in the 2011 movie horror ''13th Sign''. He was a featured vocalist on the song "Open Wide" by Black Flood Diesel, "Personal Demons in the Void" by Underlined, and "Letting Go" by Amerakin Overdose. In September 2016, Reavis announced that his new project A Killer's Confession had signed to

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bassist

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, and that their debut album ''UNBROKEN'' would be released in 2017.

Mushroomhead

Reavis joined Mushroomhead in 2004, taking over vocalist duties from Jason "J Mann" Popson. Reavis remained in the band even after J Mann announced his return in 2013. He is identified by his facepaint and masks, all consisting of a swallow on his forehead. Reavis announced on his Facebook fan page on October 5, 2015, that he was leaving Mushroomhead. * ''

Savior Sorrow ''Savior Sorrow'' (also recognized as SaVIor Sorrow during the album's development stages) is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Mushroomhead. It is their first release through Megaforce Records. This is the first Mushroomhea ...

'' – 2006 * ''

Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children ''Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children'' is a comic book series written by Dave Louapre and illustrated by Dan Sweetman, published by DC Comics through their Piranha Press imprint from June 1989 until September 1992. The series saw a total of 30 i ...

'' – 2010 * '' The Righteous & the Butterfly'' – 2014

A Killer's Confession

In September 2016, Reavis announced on Facebook, then via press release, that his new project A Killer's Confession had signed a deal with EMP Label Group, which would release their debut album ''UNBROKEN'' in the spring of 2017. The album was partially recorded and mixed at Kentucky's Third Sky Studio with Reavis and co-producers

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and Richard Easterling. On Halloween 2016 AKC released their debut single "A Killer's Confession", featuring a guest performance by

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guitarist

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. The band, including guitarists Matt Trumpy and Paul E, and drummer Jon Dale, played their first shows in December 2016, with

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, culminating in a hometown show at the Cleveland Agora on December 17. Discography * 2017 – ''Unbroken'' * 2019 – ''The Indifference of Good Men'' * 2021 - ''REMEMBER''

Other work

In March 2021, Reavis collaborated with electronic music producer Boom Kitty on the song ''It Takes Me'', which was released as part of

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's fourth in-game original album.

References

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