Dark Harvest

**Dark Harvest** is a American-based Welsh screamo band currently based in Duluth, Minnesota. Forming in Cardiff, Wales in 2003. The band previously went under the name *Wumbo* and was initially a SpongeBob cover band for the bassist's cousin's seventh birthday. They've seen success in recent years

## Members

### Current members

Jakob Oakley, Gabrielle Cox, Nate Glyn, Paul Rhys, Daniel Avalon

## History

Dark Harvest began as Wumbo in May 2003 and was a SpongeBob cover band for Gabrielle's cousin's seventh birthday by Jakob Oakley (unclean/rapping vocals and rhythm guitar), Gabrielle (bass and clean vocals), classmate Nate Glyn (lead guitar), Paul Rhys (turntablist) and Daniel Avalon (drums). The members loved each other so much that they ditched being a cover band by the end of the birthday and decided to switch from being surf rock to screamo and rapcore. Despite not being signed to a record label, they played various local festivals in the Cardiff, Wales-area and DIY venues across Cardiff. In 2005, the band got signed to Decaydance Records by Patrick Stump. Following their Taste of Chaos inclusion wrapping up in April 2005, the band released their debut studio album *Blood for Breakfast* which sold 500,000 copies in the U.S. and was certified gold by the RIAA. The band opened for Panic! At The Disco for their tour in 2006. In 2007, the band released their second studio album *Paper Wings* which debuted a melodic metalcore influence and went double platinum by the RIAA in late 2007. The band played Vans Warped Tour 2008 on the Ernie Ball stage for select dates. In 2010, the band released their third studio album *October Rain* which went to number 27 on the Billboard 200 chart, number five on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative songs chart and number one on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. The band went on 2011's Rockstar Uproar Tour on the Best Buy Music Gear Stage for the dates Fozzy isn't present and went on their first headlining tour with Kamikaze Torque as the opening act. In 2012, the band recorded their fourth album. 2013's *Hollow Life* featured a nu metal influence.

This was the final album with Decaydance after the band completed their four album requirement. Dark Harvest went Vans Warped Tour on the Kia Soul Stage for select dates in 2014. In 2016, the band released their fifth studio album *Detox* which was the first album with Beer City Records after the band signed with the label in late 2015 and the following year, the band went on second headlining tour with Avion Roe as the opening act. In 2019, the band went on The Octane Accelerator Tour. This, in term, exposed the band to a wider audience. In 2020, the band released their sixth studio album *A Place You'll Never Find* which debuted some electronic influences to their sound while also keeping their melodic metalcore, screamo and rapcore sound. The band spent majority of 2022 and 2023 on tour. In 2022, they toured with Fleshwater as the opening act and in 2023, they served as the opening act for Metallica's M72 World Tour. On February 17, 2024, the band will release their seventh studio album *I've Failed You...* and will go on the *Failed* summer amphitheater tour with Staind, Egypt Central and Kim Dracula as the supporting acts.

## Members

Jakob Oakley-unclean and rapping vocals (2003-present) \*has 8 different Shure microphones\*, rhythm guitar (2003-present) \*plays a Fender Jakob Oakley Signature Plum Metallic Telecaster with DOD Big Pig Fat Distortion pedal\*

Gabrielle Cox-bass (2003-present) \*plays a Rickenbacker 4003 Natural bass\*, clean vocals (2003-present) \*has 8 different Rode microphones\*

Nate Glyn-lead guitar (2003-present) \*plays a Gibson Anaconda Metallic SG guitar with DOD Supra Distortion Extreme pedal\*

Paul Rhys-turntables (2003-present) \*plays two Pioneer DJ PLX-1000 Professional turntables\*, synthesizers (2019-present; session) \*plays a Oberheim OB-X8 Analog Synthesizer keyboard\*

Daniel Avalon-drums (2003-present) \*plays a double bass 11 piece drum set by TAMA and MEINL\*

### Touring

Avery Cora-synthesizers (2021-present) \*plays a Sequential Prophet Rev2-08 8-Voice Analog Synthesizer\*

## Discography

*Blood for Breakfast (2005)*

*Paper Wings (2007)*

*October Rain (2010)*

*Hollow Life (2013)*

*Detox (2016)*

*A Place You'll Never Find (2020)*

*Reunited With Your Guardian Angel At Last... (2024)*