Before the Mourning

Before the Mourning
Before the Mourning performing in 2015
Background information
Also known as	B4TM
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Melodic metal
Years active	2012 (2012)–2015 (2015)
Labels	Street Smart Recordings
Associated acts	The Kill Corps
Website	Before the Mourning on Facebook
Past members	Adam Ryan CJ Cussell Johnny Death Vincent Ferro Phil Gonyea Kyle Mayer Paul McBride Jeff Stevenson Nikki Stringfield

Before the Mourning (also initialized as B4TM) was an American melodic metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band has released two EPs entitled Remembrance as well as Damned and Forsaken, and published full-length album Etherial End on 21 August 2015. On 24 November 2015, the ensemble announced that they have permanently split up.

In December 2011, Phillip Gonyea, the former percussionist for bands Instinct of Aggression and Against All Will approached Johnny Death of The Kill Corps about performing music. Because the sessions proved to be successful, Adam Ryan, who also performed with The Kill Corps, was brought in to sing, after which time their first track "Dismember" was recorded. Weeks later, the band met guitarist Nikki Stringfield, at which time Before the Mourning began. In August 2012, their first EP, named Remembrance, was released free of charge via Facebook.

The song "Dead to You" is described by Death as being "breakup music for tough guys", focusing on "a relationship that can't work no matter how hard you try". The lyric video for this song was released on 6 September 2012. "Before the Mourning", the title track from the album, talks about "focus[ing] on the good times" had with someone that people have lost, "the double entendre within the band name". The music video for this song was released on 17 January 2013.

Halfway through 2013, the band began work on their second EP, entitled Damned and Forsaken. At the end of July, the band released the title track via their ReverbNation page, followed by "Grim" in early August. In the week following, the ensemble then published "The Right to Die" as well as demo "Need to Bleed".

In early 2014, the band performed on The Hell Pop Tour II with In This Moment, Butcher Babies, Devour the Day, and All Hail the Yeti.

In June 2014, a lyric video was debuted for "Another Sleepless Night", with "Continuum" published via SoundCloud just over two months later. The ensemble, along with American rock band Malaki then visited the western United States for their "Pacific Rim Tour".