Dead and Divine

Dead and Divine
Dead and Divine live in 2008.
Background information
Origin	Burlington, Ontario
Genres	Post-hardcore
Years active	2003 - 2012
Labels	Distort, Rise, Verona
Website	Dead & Divine official MySpace page
Members	Matt Tobin Chris LeMasters Kellan Lindsay Sebastien Lueth Kelly Bilan

Dead and Divine was a five-piece post-hardcore band out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Their initial success spawned from their 2005 EP What Really Happened At Lover's Lane on Verona Records (a label created by the band themselves, and Silverstein's Shane Told).

What Really Happened At Lover's Lane beat all expectations when in its first week alone it sold nearly 1,000 copies nationwide, landing them a spot on the Canadian Billboard Top 200. The band then set off on an independently booked coast to coast Canadian headlining tour that following summer, playing in as many cities as they could.

In the fall of 2006, the band took time off touring to begin work on their full-length album. Along with locking themselves in their jamspace for hours on end, they initiated the writing process, creating and fine tuning new tracks for their second album. Following their writing stint, Dead and Divine set out on several more self-booked headlining tours including a winter tour throughout Ontario during the month of January, a February–March east coast tour, and two more full Canadian tours spanning from April to August 2007. Finally taking some time off, the band spent five days at Drive Studios with producer Steve Rizun, completing pre-production for six songs on their upcoming full-length.

They spent most of December recording their Rise Records debut at Interlace Studios with producer Kris Krummet. The band then shot their music video for their single "Like Wolves" from their record The Fanciful with director Ben Knechtel - www.motionformusic.com (Hawk Nelson, Seconds To Go, Thousand Foot Krutch). The band toured Canada and the US supporting The Fanciful for close to two years with bands like Darkest Hour, Oh Sleeper, and Cancer Bats.

In July 2008, it was announced that Ryan Leger would leave the band in order to be with his girlfriend and newborn daughter. The band has recently found a replacement, Kyle Anderson of Sydney. It was announced on their Facebook page. Leger later joined Every Time I Die and is currently playing drums for the band.

In September 2008, the band signed with Distort Entertainment (Alexisonfire, Bleeding Through, Cancer Bats, Architects, The Bronx, etc.) They went on to be a part of the Weight Of The World Cross Canada Tour with headlining band Misery Signals. Also on the tour were Haste The Day, Architects and Sights & Sounds.