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Theocracy is a Christian progressive power metal band founded in 2002 by Matt Smith of Athens, Georgia. The group originally started out as a one-man project and all the instruments and vocals done on the debut album ''Theocracy'' were performed by Smith. The current lineup includes Smith along with Patrick Nickell, Jonathan Hinds, Jared Oldham, and Val Allen Wood. Musically, the band mixes the power metal style of Edguy, Iced Earth, and Helloween with progressive influences from bands such as Dream Theater, Symphony X, Kansas and Rush. The group performed at the ProgPower USA VII festival Pre-Party in Atlanta, Georgia. Live performances from the show of the songs "The Serpent's Kiss" and "Mountain" were included on the ProgPower VII DVD. Their second album, ''Mirror of Souls'', was released on Sweden's Ulterium Records and features cover artwork by Robert G. Wilson, Jr. A song, "On Eagles Wings", which is on that album, can be heard on the band's official MySpace page. ''Mirror of Souls'' was released on November 26, 2008 in Japan by Soundholic Records. The Japanese version contains the bonus track "Wages of Sin". The North American edition was released December 9, 2008. A picture disc LP was released through the record labels web store containing "Mirror of Souls", "Laying the Demon to Rest", "Absolution Day" and "The Wages of Sin". This LP was limited to 250 copies worldwide. The band's latest album, ''As the World Bleeds'', was released on November 21, 2011 in North America and on November 25, 2011 in Europe. After releasing their new album Theocracy released their first official music video from the new album, entitled "Hide in the Fairytale" on September 5, 2012. The band embarked on a European tour to promote the remastered re-release of the self-titled album in November 2013. The tour consisted of smaller venue shows as well as larger festivals including Brainstorm Festival in The Netherlands, ''Blast of Eternity'' and Rock Without Limits in Germany, and ''Maata Näkyvissä Festival'' in Finland. Joshua Street filled in for drummer Shawn Benson for this tour. ==Band members== ; Current members *Matt Smith – lead vocals, keyboards (2002–2008), guitar, bass (2002–2009) *Jonathan Hinds – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (2006–present) *Val Allen Wood – lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–present) *Jared Oldham – bass, backing vocals (2009–present) *Shawn Benson – drums (2005–2014, 2015–present) ; Former members *Seth Filkins – bass, backing vocals *Josh Sloan – bass, backing vocals *Patrick Parris – bass, backing vocals *Patrick Nickell – drums (2014–2015) ; Timeline 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theocracy (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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