Woods of Ypres

**Woods of Ypres** were a Canadian blackened doom metal band from Ontario.

## Career

Woods of Ypres was formed in Windsor, Ontario in 2002 by David Gold, Aaron Palmer, and Brian McManus.

The band released their first EP, _Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat_, in October 2002. In December, the band would move to Toronto to work on their first full-length album. Through Gold's record label, Krankenhaus Records, the band released their first full-length album, _Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth_ on August 14, 2004. Their third album, _Woods III: The Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues_, was released on January 5, 2008.

After Gold returned from a work stint in South Korea, he moved the band to his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 2008. They then began working on their fourth album, _Woods IV: The Green Album_ the next year. The album was released on November 13th, 2009. On October 18, 2010, the band signed with Earache Records. _Woods IV: The Green Album_ was reissued through Earache Records in March 2011 .

On June 9, 2011, the band played their last concert in Richmond, Virginia. On December 21, 2011, frontman David Gold was involved in a car accident near Barrie, Ontario and died. The band would release their fifth and last studio album, _Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light_ on February 27, 2012 in Europe and on April 16, 2012 in North America. On April 20, 2013, the band won a Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year for _Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light_.

## Band members

- Final line-up
- David Gold — Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards (2002–2011) (†)
- Joel Violette — Lead guitar, studio bass (2010–2011)
- Brendan Hayter — Bass (2011)
- Rae Amitay — Drums (2011)

- Former
- Brian McManus — guitar, vocals (2002)
- Aaron Palmer — bass, vocals (2002–2003)
- Robin Cross — vocals (2003)
- Dustin Black — guitars (2003)
- Colin Wysman — guitars (2003)
- Chris Jones — vocals (2003-2004)
- Mark Beshai — guitars (2003-2004)
- Steve Jones — guitars (2003–2004)
- Jordan Buryj — guitars (2003–2004)
- Connor Sharpe — bass (2003–2004)
- Jessica Rose — keyboards (2004–2007)
- Dan Hulse — bass guitar, vocals (2005–2007)
- Chris "Mezz" Mezzabotta — drums (2005–2007)
- Shawn Stoneman — guitars (2007)
- Evan Madden — drums (2008–2011)
- Lee Maines — guitars (2008)
- Brian Holmes — keyboards (2008)
- Steve Furgiuele — bass (2008–2009)
- Bryan Belleau — guitar (2008–2010)
- Shane Madden — bass (2009-2011)

### Full length albums

- _Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth_ (2004)
- _Woods III: The Deepest Roots and Darkest Blues_ (2008)
- _Woods IV: The Green Album_ (2009)
- _Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light_ (2012)

### Extended plays

- _Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat_ (2002)

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Woods of Ypres
- **img**: Woods of Ypres 2009.jpg
- **img capt**: Woods of Ypres in early 2009
- **img size**: 250px
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (later Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario)
- **genre**: Black metal, doom metal, folk metal
- **years active**: 2002–2011
- **label**: Krankenhaus, Practical Art, Earache Records, Earache
- **past members**: Woods of Ypres#Band members, Former members