{"id":90618,"date":"2021-08-24T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=90618"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:16:28","slug":"news-trauma-recruit-vocalist-brian-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-trauma-recruit-vocalist-brian-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAUMA Recruit Former VICIOUS RUMORS \/ DARK SKY CHOIR Vocalist Brian Allen (August 24th, 2021) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

TRAUMA Recruit Former VICIOUS RUMORS \/ DARK SKY CHOIR Vocalist Brian Allen<\/strong><\/span>
\nAugust 24th, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSan Francisco, California-based heavy metal band Trauma have recruited former Vicious Rumors \/ Dark Sky Choir vocalist Brian Allen, confirming this development on August 24th, 2021.<\/p>\n

Allen replaces founding member Don Hillier, who passed away on September 28th, 2020.<\/p>\n

Trauma issued the following statement: \u201cWe welcome Brian Allen to the Trauma camp. We are very happy to have Brian as our new vocalist and look forward to recording and playing on stages around the globe soon. He came highly recommended by our producer Juan Urteaga after the unfortunate passing of Trauma\u2019s original vocalist Donny Hillier. We cannot wait to hit the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrauma\u2019s new album was being written during the pandemic of 2020. We decided to include songs that had faster heavier riffs, blast beats, perhaps just a more modern approach. September 2020, vocalist Donny Hillier passed away. We were shocked by this tragedy, Don, wanted the band to go on. We almost didn\u2019t. However through management and friends, we decided to move forward and even come up with heavier sounding material. Also the addition of vocalist Brian Allen has added a different dimension within the band that we are very excited about.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have many things in the works and are looking forward once again to the future, keeping the torch lit!!! We are hopeful the fans will like what will be available to them soon. Along with some live dates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drummer Kris Gustofson added: \u201cWe are delighted to have Brian Allen as our new vocalist. Our beloved brother, Donny Hillier, was not easy to replace, if not impossible. Brian is a veteran musician who has been on the scene for many years and was a member of Vicious Rumors, Dark Sky Choir and others, and will be a new driving force within the band. Besides being a killer vocalist, he is a great guy and the perfect fit. We are looking forward to giving people a listen to what the new Trauma will sound like soon, along with live dates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Brian Allen said. \u201cI am very honoured and excited for this new journey as the vocalist for the legendary Bay Area metal band Trauma! I am surrounded by a great group of guys and seasoned veterans. We can\u2019t wait to share the exciting things we have in the works with you all! Special thanks to the Trauma camp and organization for this new endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trauma\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Brian Allen (vocals, ex-Vicious Rumors \/ Dark Sky Choir)
\nJoe Fraulob (guitar, ex-Danzig \/ ex-Deconstruct)
\nSteve Robello (guitar, Dublin Death Patrol \/ ex-Heist)
\nGreg Christian (bass, ex-Testament \/ Trinity Fallen)
\nKris Gustofson (drums, St. Elmo\u2019s Fire)<\/p>\n

Third studio record As The World Dies<\/em> was released<\/a> independently in May 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRAUMA Recruit Former VICIOUS RUMORS \/ DARK SKY CHOIR Vocalist Brian Allen August 24th, 2021 Brian Allen San Francisco, California-based heavy metal band Trauma have recruited former Vicious Rumors \/ Dark Sky Choir vocalist Brian Allen, confirming this development on August 24th, 2021. Allen replaces founding member Don Hillier, who passed away on September 28th, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trauma-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90621,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90618\/revisions\/90621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}