Divine Heresy is an American metal band formed by founder of Fear Factory, guitarist Dino Cazares. Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially formed in 2006. The band currently consists of guitarist Cazares, former Vital Remains drummer and current World Under Blood drummer Tim Teung, former Nile bassist Joe Payne and vocalist Travis Neal.
Tommy "Vext" Cummings was fired from Divine Heresy following an onstage altercation on April 26, 2008. After holding Auditions for a new frontman for the band, it was announced on August 14 that The Bereaved vocalist Travis Neal is to fill the position.
The band's debut album Bleed the Fifth was released on August 28, 2007, and sold 2,700 copies in its first week. Receiving generally positive reviews, Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic commented the album "strikes a near-perfect balance between confirmation and innovation", while Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer commented "All in all, the portly pioneer [Cazares] has hit the bull's-eye".
Following his departure from Fear Factory in 2002, guitarist Dino Cazares was looking for a drummer that "fit in" with the band. First he tried drummer Nicholas Barker from the bands Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. But, he had to "go back home" (expired visa). He then met former Vital Remains drummer Tim Yeung. Cazares and Yeung recorded the material they wrote and sent tapes to Cummings for his vocal audition. Cazares comments "We heard passion and anger in his voice, which was something we wanted. It was also very aggressive." Divine Heresy held auditions for a permanent bassist — Tony Campos of Static-X played bass on three songs and Cazares acted as bassist on the remaining songs. Following unsuccessful auditions, Cazares was contacted by former Nile bassist Joe Payne. Cazares knew Joe Payne from seeing him play live with Nile. After auditioning Joe Payne joined Divine Heresy as the permanent bass guitarist.
Lead singer Tommy Vext left the band following an on-stage altercation on
April 26, 2008. Cause of the altercation remains controversial. Cazares explained "We felt that he wanted to end the show early to go hang out at the New England Metal Fest, which we were supposed to be performing at the next day" coming with all sorts of excuses to make this happen. In a video interview Vext explained that he wanted to prevent ruining his voice for the next show by ending the set early because the PA system went out during the show. Cazares, however, continued to play after what Vext thought was to be the last song, forcing him, Joe and Tim to step in at the last minute. Confronted by Vext about only performing as a complete band, Cazares responded by telling him to "just deal with it".
Divine Heresy's follow-up to 2007's "Bleed the Fifth" was the group's first release with new vocalist Travis Neal, formerly of Pushed and currently with Swedish band The Bereaved and Hate Times Nine of San Diego/LA. The new album tentatively titled Bringer of Plagues was released on July 28 release via Century Media Records. Dino co-produced the album with the acclaimed producing team Dirty Icon (Logan Mader and Lucas Banker).
As of November 25th 2010 Divine Heresy cannot be found on the Century Media Records Website.
Dino has also given interviews that during breaks from the current Fear Factory tour, Dino and Drummer Tim Yeung have started writting new material for the next Divine Heresy record.
Current Members
• Travis Neal – vocals (2008–present)
• Dino Cazares – guitar (2005–present)
• Joe Payne – bass (2007–present)
• Tim Yeung - drums (2005–present)
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Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially formed in 2006.
The band currently consists of guitarist Cazares, former Vital Remains drummer and current World Under Blood drummer Tim Teung, former Nile bassist Joe Payne and vocalist Travis Neal.
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