David Napier

**Labels:** | * Rottweiler Records
 **Associated Acts:** | Timōrātus, Symphony of Heaven, Dead Human Prophecies, The Abrasive Realization, Color Crush

**David Napier**, also known by his alias **The Party** or **Timoratus**, is an American musician that began his musical career around the early 2000s. Napier began in a band called Blood Colored Rust in high school, but later became known for his creation of Timōrātus, a multi-genre metal band that began in 2006.

Napier would also join bands such as Symphony of Heaven, The Abrasive Realization, and Dead Human Prophecies.

## History

David Napier was born in 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. Napier began his musical career during high school when he joined a band called Blood Colored Rust. The band dissolved shortly after, with Napier going on to start his solo project Timōrātus, which originated as an electronic project. The project would release *Afraid of the Light* and *Signs & Places* under the electronic genre, before switching to multi-genre metal.

Napier would begin writing new material for the project with a specific genre per release, with the EPs being titled per genre, *Black*, *Death*, *Doom*, and *Grind* released over the course of 2014 and 2015. In 2017, Napier added his wife, Courtney Napier, to the band, as a vocalist. The project would then record their debut album, *Reverentia*, which would be released through Christian Metal Underground Records.

David and Courtney would then record an EP titled *7 Deadly Sins*, as well as two split EPs; *Body of Christ* alongside Symphony of Heaven and Bismoth, and *4-Way Grind Split*, alongside Abandoned Mortuary, Wise As Serpents, and Eternal After Life. Around late 2018, David joined Symphony of Heaven as a guitarist. However, after their debut show in 2019, he switched to bass, as playing guitars live was too painful due to an old injury he sustained to his hands. Timōrātus began to play live shortly thereafter, with both David and Courtney on vocals, Logan Thompson on guitars, Jethro de Beer on bass, and Mason Beard on drums.

Napier would also join Dead Human Prophecies, which would shortly after change names to The Abrasive Realization. Napier would join on vocals and begin recording for the project, alongside Thompson and Dave Coats (Within the Torn Apart). Beard would also join later on. With this lineup, the band recorded and released *The Dark Winter Approaches*. However, after the album, the band disbanded. Napier, Thompson, and Beard continued to work with each other, with SOH and Timōrātus. In 2020, David and Courtney began a side project called Color Crush, which was more shoegaze and dream pop-oriented. David would also begin a podcast at this time, *Weekend Game Rental Podcast*, alongside a close friend, where they speak about video games.

## Bands

**Current**

* Color Crush - Vocals, Guitars, Drum programming (2020-present)
* Symphony of Heaven - Bass (2018-present)
* Timōrātus - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drum programming (2006-present)

**Former**

* Blood Colored Rust - Guitars
* Dead Human Prophecies - Vocals (2019)
* The Abrasive Realization - Vocals (2019)

## Discography

**Timōrātus**

* *Afraid of the Light* (2006)
* *Signs & Places* (2009)
* *Black* (2014)
* *Death* (2014)
* *Doom* (2015)
* *Grind* (2015)
* *Compass* (2017)
* *Reverentia* (2017)
* *7 Deadly Sins* (2018)
* *For We Are Not Beasts* (2018)
* *4-Way Grind Split* (2018)
* *Body of Christ* (2019)
* *My Life in a Mediocre Metal Band* (2020)

**Color Crush**

* *Lean* (2020)
* *Movie Night* (2020)

**Dead Human Prophecies**

* *The Dark Winter Approaches* (2019)

**The Abrasive Realization**

* *The Dark Winter Approaches* (2019)

**Symphony of Heaven**

* *The Ascension of Extinction* (2020)

**Production**

* "You Shall Be As Gods" - Symphony of Heaven (2020, Art direction)

## References

1. ↑ "TIMŌRĀTUS". Vision of God Records. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
2. ↑ Jackson, John (August 4, 2014). "Timōrātus - Black". The Metal Resource. Retrieved on November 14, 2020.
3. ↑ Jackson, John (February 28, 2015). "Timōrātus - Death". The Metal Resource. Retrieved on November 14, 2020.
4. ↑ thrashboy (March 23, 2015). "'Timōrātus' Third EP Released "Doom", Available for Free Download". *The Metal Resource*. Retrieved on  November 14, 2020.
5. ↑ thrashboy (May 7, 2015). "'Timōrātus' Fourth EP Released "Grind", Available for Free Download". *The Metal Resource*. Retrieved on November 14, 2020.
6. ↑ Harp, Loyd (January 9, 2018). "Album Review : Timōrātus - Reverentia". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved on November 16, 2020.
7. ↑ 0th (August 23, 2018). "Abandoned Mortuary / Timōrātus / Wise as Serpents / Eternal After Death - 4-Way Grind Split". Encyclopedia Metallum. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
8. ↑ 0th (March 19, 2019). "Timōrātus / Symphony of Heaven / Bismoth - Body of Christ". Encyclopedia Metallum. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
9. ↑ Vapour, DJ (September 5, 2020). "Exclusive Interview: Symphony of Heaven talk "The Ascension of Extinction"". *Metal Noise*. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
10. ↑ thrashboy (July 26, 2019). "Timōrātus - Entire Audiofeed Music Festival Show Posted Online". The Metal Resource. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
11. ↑ Beard, Mason (August 20, 2019). "Drumming Away: The Abrasive Realization Adds New Members". The Metal Onslaught. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
12. ↑ "Color Crush". Bandcamp. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
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