Malice (American band)

Malice
Origin Minneapolis, MN, United States
Genres Heavy metal, Power metal
Years active 2001–present
Labels Iron Valkyrie Records
Associated acts Iron Maiden, Manowar, Judas Priest, Hammerfall, Iced Earth
Website http://www.maliceofficial.com
Members The Metal Warrior Rayman James
Sheridan Dolan
David Koepplin
Dave Whitmer
Past members David Reece
Rob Jalonen
Sean Doan

Malice is an American heavy metal band formed in the early 2000's known for their warrior themed heart pounding heavy metal. Their heavily European influenced style elicited instant comparisons to Manowar due to the subject matter of the music and the look of the band. Lyrically, Malice are steeped in Norse mythology, battles and warriors. ‘Valhalla Waits’ is like a hymn that would be sung by an army marching into battle. It is epic and majestic with a very powerful vocal delivery and the melodic heavy metal stomp that Malice are making their signature sound is evident from start to finish.

Biography

Malice started as a project of Bassist "The Metal Warrior" Rayman James. Originally it founded by Rayman and his brother Jay Mez. But Mez quickly left the group before it officially got its start. After years of frustration, not being able to find the right musicians to work with, Rayman put the Malice band aside and began working on a solo album. It was in 2009 that he met Sheridan Dolan at The House Of Rock (THOR) Sheridan was performing with some friends in another band. And Troy Niebergall introduced the two of them and they became fast friends. The friendship is what influenced Rayman to turn his attention towards MALICE once again. So he began writing songs and dusted off some old songs he wrote for Malice, and went to the studio and recorded some demo tracks.

With the demos written and a new young talented guitar player in the band, Malice needed a singer. After months of searching and placing ads across the entire USA in search of the right singer, Rayman ran across Rob Jolonen at a Hammerfall concert in St. Paul. They had very similar interests in music so after the show Rob auditioned for Malice out on the street in front of Station 4. A few weeks later Rob came into the studio to cut some demo vocals for Malice; at that point Malice had found their lead singer.

Finding a drummer was a bit more of a task, Troy Niebergall sat in to play all the drums on the demo tracks but Malice needed a full time drummer. In the summer of 2010 Malice went through a total of 18 different drummers, who were all either kicked out of the band or left do to artistic difference or personality clashes. Rayman was getting on a plane to head to Romania when he received a phone call from Sean Doan. When Rayman got back from Romania he met up with Sean and held an audition. Finally Malice had found their drummer, and they were ready to record.

In 2012 Malice released their debut album "Triumph and Glory" shortly after the albums release Drummer Sean Doan left the band, due to conflicts with his other bands "Stir it Red" and "Do as The Romans Do". Sean was replaced with North Dakota native David Koepplin Jr. and Malice was ready to go out on tour to support the release of "Triumph and Glory." Shortly before the tour would begin Rob Jalonen parted ways with Malice, and was replaced with former ACCEPT front man David Reece.

After 2 years working with the band David's heart was not in the music and wanted to explore different ventures. Malice wished him well and they parted on good terms. He was soon replaced with David Whitmer from North Carolina, whom was introduced to the band through Jason Davis Malice's tour manager.

Members

Former members

Discography

References

    [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]


    External links

    1. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Malice/3540344801
    2. ↑ https://audioboom.com/boos/4240543-guest-doro-pesch-rick-bouwman-of-martyr-rayman-james-of-malice-madame-mayhem
    3. ↑ http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-local-heavy-metal-bands-in-minnesota/
    4. ↑ http://screamermagazine.com/events/namm-2016/the-namm-show-2016-malice-defines-the-new-generation-of-heavy-metal/
    5. ↑ http://metalgodstv.com/malice-album-review-triumph-and-glory/
    6. ↑ http://www.midlandsmetalheads.com/malice-triumph-and-glory/
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