The Devil Wears Prada (band)

The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada in 2010. From left to right: Daniel Williams, Andy Trick, Mike Hranica, James Baney, Jeremy DePoyster and Chris Rubey.
Background information
Origin	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Metalcore,Christian metal
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Rise, Ferret, Warner Music, Roadrunner
Website	tdwpband.com
Members	Jeremy DePoyster Mike Hranica Andy Trick Kyle Sipress
Past members	James Baney Chris Rubey Daniel Williams

The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2005. It consists of members Mike Hranica (vocals, additional guitar), Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, vocals), Kyle Sipress (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Andy Trick (bass). The band had maintained its original lineup until keyboardist James Baney left the band. To date, the group has released six full-length albums: Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord (2006), Plagues (2007), With Roots Above and Branches Below (2009), Dead Throne (2011), 8:18 (2013) and Transit Blues (2016) as well as two EPs, one DVD, sixteen singles, and thirteen music videos.

The Devil Wears Prada was founded during 2005 in Dayton Ohio; they derived their band name from the story of the same title. Being founded with all Christian members and maintaining a theme that represents their religion, the group played their first show in 2005 with a fill-in bassist and only one guitarist. Rhythm guitarist Jeremy Depoyster and bassist Andy Trick joined the band soon afterward. They continued playing at local areas in Dayton before recording their demo later in the year which was titled Patterns of a Horizon.

One year after the group recorded their demo and trialed for record labels, Rise Records took the band in with a contract. The band was unsatisfied with the demo so they re-recorded all of the tracks from the demo for their debut full-length album, Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord. The album was recorded with Joey Sturgis, at The Foundation Recording Studio held in Connersville, Indiana and it was released on August 22, 2006. The record's final track features guest vocals, courtesy of Cole Wallace who was formerly part of the band Gwen Stacy. With the release of the album, the band then began touring in multiple areas throughout the country, most notably at 2006's Cornerstone Festival after being recognized as a newer key musical group to Christian metal.