Death Therapy

Death Therapy emerged from Georgia as a Christian metal endeavor fusing industrial and groove aesthetics. Electronics, drums, bass, and vocals form the core of their unconventional approach, where the tension among pounding beats, metallic edges, and industrial textures produces a dark, swirling, emotive atmosphere that shifts between harsh and haunting. Their debut full-length, the widely praised The Storm Before the Calm issued by Solid State in 2017, captured this dynamic from the outset.

Jason Wisdom, formerly bassist and vocalist with Becoming the Archetype and Solamors, conceived the project in 2015. He sought a sonic identity distinct from his earlier work, one capable of supporting lyrics that challenge societal, spiritual, and psychological conventions while forging a more immediate atmospheric connection to intense emotional states. After composing and tracking original material, Wisdom released an extremely limited four-track demo in 2016 that sold out at once. Signing with Solid State—the same label that had housed Becoming the Archetype—he enlisted keyboardist Brian Wages and drummer Josh Seagraves to finalize the album. Issued in February 2017, the guitar-free recording displayed an almost obsessive commitment to experimentation and confrontation, earning favorable notices both within and beyond Christian music circles.

Wages and Seagraves eventually departed, replaced on drums by Blake Aldrige; neither musician had been intended as a permanent member. The resulting two-man configuration crafted a live presentation whose intensity matched or exceeded that of the recorded work. This latest incarnation of Death Therapy explored an expanded palette of noise, ambient, and gothic textures on the 2019 album Voices. No two tracks on the set shared similar characteristics, and the record included guest vocal contributions from Josh Kincheloe of Glasslands, Garrett Russell of Silent Planet, and Matt Baird of Spoken.