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Greg Wagner - Vocals
Curran Murphy - Lead Guitar
Dusty Holt - Rhythm Guitar
Robert Falzano - Drums
Jason Chamberlain - Bass

SHATTER MESSIAH - "Stripped Of Faith" on Myspace (24.12.2007)

Shatter Messiah have made the song "Stripped Of Faith" off their current release "God Burns Like Flesh" available as streaming audio at the bands myspace page. The band has also posted 6 Studio Journals featuring guitarist Curran Murphy giving fans a behind the scenes look at the bands writing process.

Shatter Messiah also launched 2 new media players at the bands newly revamped official website www.shattermessiah.com featuring sample clips from "God Burns Like Flesh" and the bands debut album "Never to Play the Servant" in it's entirety.

SHATTER MESSIAH - tops the editor's charts! (05.11.2007)

MindView magazine from Belgium got it right when they put SHATTER MESSIAH on top of their editor's charts!

Rock Hard Germany states: "You can hear it from the first note of "God Burns Like Flesh" that SHATTER MESSIAH riff-master Curran Murphy was playing in Nevermore. This second opus of his own band is purely in the vein of hard, psychotic songs in the no man's land between Power, Thrash, Prog and Death Metal, which is taken by Seattle's finest for quite some time. Also Greg Wagner is a front man who sings, screams and suffers like Warrel Dane's little brother. Better a good copycat than a bad original? Indeed. Because highlights like "Idolator", the title track "God Burns Like Flesh" and "Dirge Of Christ" could also pass on the "Dead Heart In a Dead World" album by Nevermore." Buffo Schnädelbach

You are still not convinced? Shatter Messiah have uploaded the new full-length song "Pathway" from "God Burns Like Flesh" to their myspace page. An additional song "Buried in Black" can be heard exclusively at Shatter Messiah drummer Robert Falzano's Personal myspace page. "God Burns Like Flesh" is out NOW, so go and get it!

Album Of The Month (31.10.2007)

Having sharpened his guitar prowess by playing technically demanding songs on numerous tours as a member of NEVERMORE and ANNIHILATOR, Curran Murphy stepped out of the shadows of these acclaimed acts with his own band SHATTER MESSIAH in 2005. Same year their debut "Never To Play The Servant" hit the stores and praise from all corners of the globe has been streaming in since then. Joining Curran on his never-ending quest to blow the face off the metal world are vocalist Greg "Wags" Wagner (H.A.T.E.; ex-BREAKER; ex-ARCHETYPE), drummer Robert Falzano (ex-ANNIHILATOR), bassist Jason Chamberlain, and guitarist Dusty Holt.
SHATTER MESSIAH's sound is a viciously intense mixture combining hardcore, classic thrash, power metal, and goth, resulting in compositions of over the top aggression and melodic skill, with a flair
for dramatic song writing.

Now the band is now ready to unleash their 2nd album, "God Burns Like Flesh,"which shows once more their uncompromising ferocity and technical virtuosity that few bands can match. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Video log on Myspace (14.06.2007)

SHATTER MESSIAH are busy recording their second album "God Burns Like Flesh". The follow up to their 2006 "Never To Play The Servant" is going to be recorded in the re-buildt studio of guitar wizard Curran Murphy. SHATTER MESSIAH put up the documents of their work in their video-log on their Myspace. You can watch the first four chapters of the studio report already here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

New bass player (14.06.2007)

In other news, SHATTER MESSIAH announce their new bass player: "We would like to welcome Jason Chamberlain to the band as our new
friend and bass player. Jason took the low end job for our '06 tour
after Ron had to bow out for personal reasons. Everyone in the Shatter camp is still on good terms with Ron and we all wish him the best."

New Album (04.03.07)

SHATTER MESSIAH have announced the name of what will be their sophomore release. "God Burns Like Flesh" is tentatively scheduled for release this fall and will mark the bands second release on Dockyard1. The follow-up to "Never to Play the Servant" will fuse the scattered musical influences of the band members backgrounds in order to focus more on the original sound hinted at on their debut. SHATTER MESSIAH will continue to promote "Never to play the Servant" with a number of summer appearances including the Chicago Powerfest and will enter Guitarist Curran Murphy's newly relocated Smiley Sound Studios in the coming weeks to begin recording guitar tracks. More details coming soon!

August Release (13.05.06)

SHATTER MESSIAH named their upcoming album "Never To Play The Servant". The release date is now set for August 28th, 2006. SHATTER MESSIAH is the new band of Curran Murphy, ex-Nevermore and current sidekick of Jeff Waters in ANNIHILATOR. Joining him are Greg "Wags" Wagner (BREAKER, ex-ARCHETYPE) Robert Falzano (ANNIHILATOR) and Ron Boisvert.

Blabbermouth.net describes SHATTER MESSIAH's sound: "A viciously intense mixture combining Curran's hardcore metal roots with classic thrash and power goth, resulting in compositions of over-the-top aggression and melodic skill (containing subtle hints of the bands Curran has been affiliated with in the past)."

DOCKYARD 1 Signs Shatter Messiah (11.04.06)

Having sharpened his guitar prowess by playing technically demanding songs on numerous tours as a member of NEVERMORE and ANNIHILATOR, Curran Murphy is now stepping out of the shadows of these acclaimed acts to form his own band, SHATTER MESSIAH. SHATTER MESSIAH's sound is a viciously intense mixture combining Curran's Metal roots with classic Thrash and Power Goth, resulting in compositions of over the top aggression and melodic skill. These musical works showcase Curran's awe-inspiring guitar playing and a flair for dramatic songwriting. To be able to complete the band he had in mind, Curran required a vocalist for SHATTER MESSIAH that could literally sing anything, from demonic growls to a melodious angelic choir, piercing highs to earth shattering lows. Just as Curran began to think that this vocalist did not exist, Greg "Wags" Wagner (BREAKER; ex-ARCHETYPE) auditioned for the position, and Curran knew that he had finally found the singer that would put no limits on his musical vision. Drum viruoso Robert Falzano played together with Curran in ANNIHILATOR and came along with longtime friend Ron Boisvert (bass).

And we are equally excited to have finally signed this outstanding band! There's a lot to come, starting with the release of their debut album "Never to Play the Servant" soon!