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Dave Stephens (singer)
Dave Stephens (born June 30, 1988) is an American singer who is a founding member and actively the lead vocalist and frontman for the metalcore band We Came as Romans.[1] Music careerIn the summer 2005, while attending high school, Stephens, along with classmates Sean Zelda, Jonny Nabors, Mark Myatt, and Joshua Moore formed a band called This Emergency. For the first few years, Stephens was the guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocals. The band performed various shows throughout the Detroit metro area. Sometime after Nabors and Zelda left the band, the band underwent a name change as they officially called themselves We Came as Romans.[2] In 2008, Stephens met Kyle Pavone who came on as the new clean vocalist while Stephens became the unclean vocalist. In 2008, with both Stephens and Pavone fronting the band, We Came as Romans released its first EP Dreams[3] and released five more studio albums up to the summer of 2018 when co-frontman, Kyle Pavone, died at the age of 28 of an accidental drug overdose. After Pavone's passing, Stephens released a statement saying the band would not replace Pavone nor would they disband, but would continue their tour with Bullet for My Valentine and Bad Omens while honoring his bandmate and talking about his foundation.[4] In 2019, Stephens along with the rest of We Came as Romans began creating new material. Releasing two songs for the first time since Pavone's passing, "Carry the Weight" and "From the First Note". In 2022, the band announced their first record since 2017, Darkbloom, which was the first album with Stephens as the only singer and frontman for the group.[5] DiscographyWe Came as RomansStudio albums
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