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Metal at its Finest the Story
of the Band: Prosody
F
ormed in 2011 from the ashes of the 90’s Pennsylvania USA death metal act, Ossuary, Prosody joined forces with former members of Pave the
Way, Demeter and 10 Second Drop to unleash a mix of
thrash metal, hardcore and death metal.
With the release of their debut, The Dawn of Brutality, on June 2, 2013 – featuring cover art by former Ossuary alumni and artist, Eric Armusik – Prosody is ready
to enter today’s metal market and show the masses that
this five piece of veteran musicians has the experience
to be a driving force in the world of extreme metal.
Just to give you some history on the band; In 1993,
Christopher Stroud (lead guitar) joined Ossuary, a death
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m e t a l
band from
Pe n n s y l vania. Ossuary had
3
main
vocalists,
one being
Ken Ebersole. After
four years
with the band, Chris exited in late 1996. One year later,
Chris joined Christopher Rosenko (guitar) and Robert
Smith (drums) to form Migrane. This band had a strong
two year run until its end.
Christopher Rosenko and Robert Smith would again
collaborate together in 10 Second Drop and Demeter
until 2005. Meanwhile, Christopher Stroud formed Bodyfall, which ended in 2002. Stroud’s replacement in
Ossuary was Ed Witkowski, who played with Jay Comitz, drummer of Ossuary. In the band Lowlyfe. Christopher Stroud was invited to join Lowlyfe in 2005, and remained with them until 2007. At this time, Christopher
Rosenko enjoyed success in his next venture; Pave the
Way, (which later morphed into Our Ashes Remain).
It wasn’t until 2011 when Christopher Rosenko left
the band and contacted Stroud in hopes of building a
new and fresh metal act. Calling up Robert Smith, who
at the time played in various rock/radio cover
bands, Prosody was born.
A search went for a vocalist in the vein of Jamey
Jasta (Hatebreed), Freddy
Cricien (Madball), and
Phil Enselmo (Pantera),
which led to ex-Ossuary
and then-current Praise
the Sinner vocalist, Ken
Ebersole.
When news broke
that Ken was leaving his
band, Christopher Stroud
jumped at the chance to
audition the singer. After
a brutal and intense try
out, Ken had the job. Two
intense months of searching for a bassist led to ex
Demeter guitarist, Dave
Morris to round out the
band.
Says Ken, “The first
album; Dawn of Brutality
was really us finding what
our sound was as a band
and hitting it hard. As we
were writing the songs
one at a time, we figured
out that we were just interested in being the loudest
heaviest form of metal you could find in this area. With
each song, the drums got faster, and the guitars and bass
got louder and heavier.
“The sounds of the vocals were getting a lot more
extreme, as well as the topics that the songs were about.
In a nutshell, the album topically is about the extreme
conditions of the world today and how ]8