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* IdenticalStranger: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]]. He is apparently aware of this and doesn't appreciate being reminded.
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* IdenticalStranger: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]]. He is apparently aware of this and doesn't appreciate being reminded. He also bears a strong resemblance to Riley [=McShane=] (Allegaeon, Continuum), to the point where Riley has an entire album on his personal Facebook page of screencaps from times that Facebook mistakenly tried to tag him in photos of Trevor.
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* Brandon Ellis - lead guitar (2016-present)
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* Brandon Ellis - lead guitar guitar, backing vocals (2016-present)
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* FiveManBand:
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** TheLancer: Brian
** TheSmartGuy: Max
** TheBigGuy: Alan
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
** TheLeader: Trevor
** TheLancer: Brian
** TheSmartGuy: Max
** TheBigGuy: Alan
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* RagsToRiches: While they are not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination (their incomes and lifestyles are, at best, the absolute middle of middle-class), they went from being a bunch of kids who were so broke that they couldn't even afford a van and had to do the first several tours in their own personal vehicles, to being one of a tiny handful of death metal acts who can live comfortably off of band income and have not had day jobs in a long time.
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* TrueCompanions: Trevor Strnad and [[Music/{{Revocation}} Dave Davidson]] have become this as of the later 2010s, as both currently live in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, where they are almost always seen together at shows (when neither of them are on tour), or at nearby bars when they just want to have a few beers and talk music.
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* TrueCompanions: Trevor Strnad and [[Music/{{Revocation}} Dave Davidson]] have become this as of the later late 2010s, as both currently live in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, where they are almost always seen together at shows (when neither of them are on tour), or at nearby bars when they just want to have a few beers and talk music.
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* TheSmartGuy: Brandon Ellis assumed this role from the minute that he joined. As per Trevor, his audio engineering and recording expertise allowed him to take charge of the ''Nightbringers'' writing and preproduction process, and his extensive theory knowledge was of tremendous help during the songwriting and editing process.
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* TrueCompanions: Trevor Strnad and [[Music/{{Revocation}} Dave Davidson]] have become this as of the later 2010s, as both currently live in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, where they are almost always seen together at shows (when neither of them are on tour), or at nearby bars when they just want to have a few beers and talk music.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse". If the fade-in doesn't clue you in that it's about to start, Trevor shouting "GET THOSE FISTS IN THE AIR! PUMP THOSE FISTS!" surely will. It's also not uncommon to hear people shouting the gang vocals to "Vlad, Son of the Dragon".
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse". If the fade-in doesn't clue you in that it's about to start, Trevor (or Brian) shouting "GET THOSE FISTS IN THE AIR! PUMP THOSE FISTS!" surely will. It's also not uncommon to hear people shouting the gang vocals to "Vlad, Son of the Dragon".
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* BaldOfAwesome: Brian Eschbach.
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* BaldOfAwesome: Brian Eschbach.Eschbach, at times. He seems to be growing his hair back out, but only time will tell if he keeps it.
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* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Brian Eschbach. The joke is that Max's hair got longer as Brian lost his, and he is currently bald.
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* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Brian Eschbach. The joke is that Max's hair got longer Eschbach on an off-on basis, as Brian lost his, and he is currently bald.growing it out again after several years of shaving it.
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* CarpetOfVirility: Many a joke was cracked about Shannon Lucas' extreme amounts of body hair.
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* CarpetOfVirility: Many a joke was cracked about Shannon Lucas' extreme amounts of body hair.hair, and Alan Cassidy has quite the pelt himself and once [[KillItWithFire successfully lit it on fire]].
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* IdenticalStranger: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]].
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* IdenticalStranger: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]]. He is apparently aware of this and doesn't appreciate being reminded.
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* StartMyOwn: Lock and Gibson (along with [[Music/TheRedChord Mike [=McKenzie=]]] and several other people) started Nightkin in 2012, while Williams started Necromancing the Stone with [[Music/{{Arsis}} James Malone]], Jeramie Kling from The Absence, and several others. Subverted with Alan Cassidy and Slugdge, as they were around long before he joined, and he joined them because he was a huge fan of their music to begin with (and vice versa, as they were longtime TBDM fans).
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* StartMyOwn: Lock and Gibson (along with [[Music/TheRedChord Mike [=McKenzie=]]] and several other people) started Nightkin in 2012, while Williams started Necromancing the Stone with [[Music/{{Arsis}} James Malone]], Jeramie Kling from The Absence, and several others.others, and Lavelle started Serpent of Gnosis with [[Music/JobForACowboy Jonny Davy, Al Glassman, Tony Sannicandro]], and Darren Cesca (Goratory) at some point in 2018 or 2019. Subverted with Alan Cassidy and Slugdge, as they were around long before he joined, and he joined them because he was a huge fan of their music to begin with (and vice versa, as they were longtime TBDM fans).
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** The drum beat in the intro to "As Good as Dead" (one of Ellis' songs) was a tribute to [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen "Black Star"]].
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* CelebrityResemblance: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]].
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* CelebrityResemblance: As he has gotten older, Trevor Strnad has begun to develop an uncanny resemblance to [[Music/{{Korn}} Jonathan Davis]].
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* AscendedExtra: Alan Cassidy and Brandon Ellis were both live fill-ins before becoming full-time.
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* AscendedExtra: Alan Cassidy and Brandon Ellis were both live fill-ins before becoming full-time.full-time, while Ryan Williams was a recording engineer at the studio where they tracked ''Unhallowed'' who became a close friend and supporter of the band well before David Lock left.
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Five Man Band is no longer allowed for real people.
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** TheLancer: Brian
** TheSmartGuy: Max
** TheBigGuy: Alan
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
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** TheLancer: Brian
** TheSmartGuy: Max
** TheBigGuy: Alan
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* FanOfThePast: Brandon Ellis. He's an 80s shred guitar hero type of player whose favorite bands are Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Toto}}, and Vicious Rumors, and most of his musical preferences are along the lines of shred, HairMetal, and ArenaRock, and his writing with the band involves prominent power metal elements. He is, however, a fan of death metal as well, and he most certainly enjoys playing extreme music.
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** TheBigGuy: Alan
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
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** TheLancer: Brian
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** TheBigGuy: Alan
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
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We're not doing Five Man Band any more.
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* BigFun: Trevor Strnad. Shannon Lucas was also this, and it led to lots of "TBDM = melodic death played by a bunch of hairy fat guys" jokes. It seems to be a common phenomenon within the band due to their hard-touring lifestyle and long sedentary periods while on the road, as Brian is also heading here and Alan himself has started to develop the Black Dahlia gut; Max has so far averted this by bringing weights and lifting on the road (though he qualifies when bulking), and only time will tell if Brandon manages to avoid this or not.
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* BigFun: Trevor Strnad. Shannon Lucas was also this, and it led to lots of "TBDM = melodic death played by a bunch of hairy fat guys" jokes. It seems to be a common phenomenon within the band due to their hard-touring lifestyle and long sedentary periods while on the road, as Brian is also heading here and Alan himself has started to develop the Black Dahlia gut; grown quite chunky; Max has so far averted this by bringing weights and lifting on the road (though he qualifies when bulking), and only time will tell if Brandon manages to avoid this or not.
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** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
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** TheLancer: Brian
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** TheBigGuy: Alan
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* Trevor Strnad – lead vocals (2001–present)
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* MetalScream: Strnad is known for his [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl vocal chord-crackling]] type 3 shrieks, but he also throws in type 2's here and there.
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* MetalScream: Strnad Trevor is known for his [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl vocal chord-crackling]] type 3 shrieks, but he also throws in type 2's here and there.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Their heavy touring schedule leads to regular turnover. Trevor has acknowledged that their lifestyle takes a toll and isn't for everyone; when you're on tour for close to two-thirds of the year and getting by on minimal sleep and shitty, largely unhealthy food, you're more likely than not going to burn out at some point.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Their heavy touring schedule leads to regular turnover. Trevor has acknowledged that their lifestyle takes a toll and isn't is not for everyone; when you're you are on tour for close to two-thirds of the year and getting by on minimal sleep and shitty, largely unhealthy food, you're you are more likely than not going to burn out at some point.
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** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
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** TheLancer: Brian
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* StartMyOwn: Lock and Gibson (along with [[Music/TheRedChord Mike [=McKenzie=]]] and several other people) started Nightkin in 2012, while Williams started Necromancing the Stone with [[Music/{{Arsis}} James Malone]], Jeramie Kling from The Absence, and several others.
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* StartMyOwn: Lock and Gibson (along with [[Music/TheRedChord Mike [=McKenzie=]]] and several other people) started Nightkin in 2012, while Williams started Necromancing the Stone with [[Music/{{Arsis}} James Malone]], Jeramie Kling from The Absence, and several others. Subverted with Alan Cassidy and Slugdge, as they were around long before he joined, and he joined them because he was a huge fan of their music to begin with (and vice versa, as they were longtime TBDM fans).
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse". If the fade-in doesn't clue you in that it's about to start, Trevor shouting "GET THOSE FISTS IN THE AIR! PUMP THOSE FISTS!" surely will.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse". If the fade-in doesn't clue you in that it's about to start, Trevor shouting "GET THOSE FISTS IN THE AIR! PUMP THOSE FISTS!" surely will. It's also not uncommon to hear people shouting the gang vocals to "Vlad, Son of the Dragon".
* LyricalColdOpen: "IT STARTED AS A CHILD..."
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* OutOfGenreExperience: "Den of the Picquerist" and "Hellion", which are grindcore songs.
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* OutOfGenreExperience: "Den of the Picquerist" and Picquerist", "Hellion", and "Gone but Not Forgotten", which are grindcore songs.
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* SignatureStyle: Blazing, aggressive melodic death metal with extremely fast drumming, chainsaw guitar riffs, Trevor Strnad's signature ear-splitting screeches, and very noticeable brutal death metal influences. Knight and Ellis both have (or had, with Knight) distinctive guitar styles as well; Knight had a heavily fusion-influenced style with lots of clean legato and extended tapping runs, while Ellis has a far more aggressive style with a very exaggerated, howling vibrato and lots of alternate picking runs.
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* SignatureStyle: Blazing, aggressive melodic death metal with extremely fast drumming, chainsaw guitar riffs, Trevor Strnad's signature ear-splitting screeches, and very noticeable brutal death metal influences. Knight and Ellis both have (or had, with Knight) distinctive guitar styles as well; Knight had a heavily fusion-influenced style with lots of clean legato and extended tapping runs, while Ellis has a far more an extremely aggressive neoclassical style with a very exaggerated, howling distinctive vibrato and lots heavy usage of alternate picking runs.picking.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse". If the fade-in doesn't clue you in that it's about to start, Trevor shouting "GET THOSE FISTS IN THE AIR! PUMP THOSE FISTS!" surely will.
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** For specific songs, the title track off ''Miasma'' is a hard 9, "Into The Everblack" from ''Everblack'' is a hard 10, "Climatic Degradation" and "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse", both from ''Nocturnal'', are borderline 11's, and "A Vulgar Picture" from ''Miasma'' is a '''soft 11.'''[[note]]They managed to creep up to that level with [[TheScrappy Zach Gibson]] on drums.[[/note]]
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** For specific songs, the title track off ''Miasma'' is a hard 9, "Into The the Everblack" from ''Everblack'' is a hard 10, "Climatic Degradation" and "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse", both from ''Nocturnal'', are borderline 11's, and "A Vulgar Picture" from ''Miasma'' is a '''soft 11.'''[[note]]They managed to creep up to that level with [[TheScrappy Zach Gibson]] Gibson on drums.[[/note]]
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** ''Ritual'' was where the brutal death influences started taking a prominent role, in addition to experimenting with mid-paced songs heavily influenced by Obituary and Morbid Angel.
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** ''Ritual'' ''Everblack'' was where the a far darker album with prominent brutal death and black metal influences started taking that was, as a whole, distinctively less melodic and more foreboding and ominous than any of their earlier output.
** ''Nightbringers'' has prominentrole, in addition to experimenting PowerMetal influences with mid-paced songs heavily influenced by Obituary a greatly increased focus on leadwork and Morbid Angel.far more frequent gang vocals. This can likely be owed to the influence of Brandon Ellis, who wrote almost half of the album and played a large role in its creative direction as a whole.
** ''Nightbringers'' has prominent
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* VocalEvolution: While Trevor's lows have stayed largely unchanged, his highs used to be lower, more hoarse, and generally more hardcore-esque. ''Nocturnal'' was roughly the point where they turned into the far more famous piercing shrieks.
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* BigFun: Trevor Strnad. Shannon Lucas was also this, and it led to lots of "TBDM = melodic death played by a bunch of hairy fat guys" jokes.
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* BigFun: Trevor Strnad. Shannon Lucas was also this, and it led to lots of "TBDM = melodic death played by a bunch of hairy fat guys" jokes. It seems to be a common phenomenon within the band due to their hard-touring lifestyle and long sedentary periods while on the road, as Brian is also heading here and Alan himself has started to develop the Black Dahlia gut; Max has so far averted this by bringing weights and lifting on the road (though he qualifies when bulking), and only time will tell if Brandon manages to avoid this or not.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Brandon Ellis.
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** TheBigGuy: Alan
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Brandon
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* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Brian Eschbach. The joke is that Max's hair got longer as Brian lost his, and he is currently bald.
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* CannibalLarder: "Jars".
* FateWorseThanDeath: "Catacomb Hecatomb" has a truly horrifying one: zombified by a monstrous undead spider to slowly be consumed by her offspring for eternity [[AndIMustScream while conscious]].
* ProfessionalKiller: "Widowmaker".
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* ZombieApocalypse: "When the Last Grave Has Emptied".
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* ZombieApocalypse: "When the Last Grave Has Emptied".Emptied".
* ZombieInfectee: "As Good as Dead".
* ZombieInfectee: "As Good as Dead".
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* "Nightbringers" extensively references [[Music/MorbidAngel "Chapel of Ghouls"]] starting with the second line:
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-->"Ghouls, attack the church, crush the trinity dead!"
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