Years active 2012–present | ||
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Past members Charlie FedericiMike Buetsch Members Parker Jameson, Spencer Weidner, Tony Keathley, Shaun Andruchuk, Charlie Federici, Mike Buetsch Genres Melodic death metal, Symphonic metal Similar Dark Tranquillity, Swallow the Sun, Black Crown Initiate, Mors Principium Est, Ne Obliviscaris Profiles |
Starkill breaking the madness official video
Starkill is an American melodic death metal band from Chicago, Illinois; The members met and began writing materials in 2008, eventually signing to Century Media Records on 14 December 2012 and releasing "Fires of Life" on 16 May 2013.
Contents
- Starkill breaking the madness official video
- Starkill new infernal rebirth official video
- Foundation and Fires of Life 2012 2014
- Virus of the Mind 2014 present
- Shadow Sleep
- Current
- Past
- Studio albums
- Music Videos
- Songs
- References

The band has incorporated many different musical styles, leading critics and fans to label them as melodic death metal, power metal, thrash metal, and symphonic black metal.

Starkill new infernal rebirth official video
Foundation and Fires of Life (2012-2014)

Founding members, and brothers, Parker Jameson and Spencer Weidner had been writing material since their early teens, yet had difficulty putting together a full band due to the lack of like-minded, capable musicians in their hometown. Because of this, Parker enrolled at Indiana University, hoping the school's music program would expose him to musicians with similar aspirations. Shortly after beginning his freshman year at Indiana University, Parker met guitarist Charlie Federici. The two discovered that they shared similar musical influences and goals, and with the addition of Charlie, the core of the band was formed.

The three began writing and performing material under various names in the Indiana and Midwest regions, eventually attracting the attention of Century Media Records in early 2012 while subsequently and permanently settling on the name "Starkill". The band began recording their debut album at Electrowerks Studios that summer, and announced their signing with Century Media months later in December. Their debut album, Fires of Life was released in May 2013 and then the band toured around North America and Europe.
Virus of the Mind (2014-present)

On April 11, 2014 Starkill released a music video for "Sword, Spear, Blood, Fire" and announced plans to record a new album at Electrowerks Studio with producer Chuck Macak with an expected release date in the fall of 2014. On July 17, 2014 the album artwork, title and release dates were revealed for the album, titled "Virus of the Mind". The scheduled release dates were October 14, 2014 in the USA and Canada and October 20, 2014 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
On August 7, 2014 the first song off the album, "Breaking The Madness", was released on the Century Media Records YouTube channel, as well as the track listing and lineup of the album. A video discussing the recording of the album, dubbed "Creating The Virus - Part 1" was released on August 21, 2014, followed by a second video, "Creating The Virus - Part 2" on September 17, 2014.
The first video off the album "Before Hope Fades", was released on YouTube on October 2, 2014 and on October 13, 2014 Virus of the Mind was made available for streaming on nocleansinging.com. Virus of the Mind was released on October 14, 2014 in the USA and Canada and on October 20, 2014 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. On November 6, 2014 a lyric video of the title track "Virus of the Mind" was released.
Shadow Sleep
Starkill announced on February 2, 2016, via their Facebook page, that pre-orders for their third album were being accepted via an Indiegogo campaign with a $25,000 USD goal.
Later that year, the band announced their signing to Prosthetic Records and released the title and album of their third full-length record, Shadow Sleep. The album was slated released worldwide November 4, 2016, being tracked and engineered by both Starkill and Charles Macak of Electrowerks Studios, and mastered by Troy Glessner.
Current
Past
Studio albums
Music Videos
Songs
Before Hope FadesVirus of the Mind · 2014
Breaking the MadnessVirus of the Mind · 2014
New Infernal RebirthFires of Life · 2013