Midnight (band)
Midnight is an American band that plays a mixture of black metal, speed metal and punk, a style referred to as black n' roll. It was formed as a solo project by Jamie Walters in 2003 in Cleveland, Ohio. Walters, under the pseudonym Athenar, is the only constant member of the band. While he performs vocals and all instruments in studio recordings, he is accompanied by different musicians during live performances. During their live performances, musicians cover their faces with scarves.
History
After the breakup of the punk band Boulder, Jamie Walters founded Midnight as a solo project in Cleveland, Ohio in 2003. Shortly afterwards, the band's first demo was released, followed by numerous self-produced singles and EPs. In 2011, Midnight's debut album Satanic Royalty was released on Hells Headbangers Records. After two more studio albums, Midnight was signed to Metal Blade Records in 2019. The band went on to release their fourth studio album Rebirth by Blasphemy in the same year. Their fifth studio album Let There Be Witchery was released in 2022, also on Metal Blade. In 2020, the music magazine Rock Hard named Midnight one of the "20 hottest bands" of the 2020s.Midnight has been noted for their live performances; Walters himself describes them as "unfiltered wildness". During his performances, he is accompanied by various live musicians who appear under constantly changing pseudonyms. Some early live musicians included Shaun Filley and Bob Zeiger.
Discography
Studio albums
- 2011: Satanic Royalty
- 2014: No Mercy for Mayhem
- 2017: Sweet Death and Ecstasy
- 2019: Rebirth by Blasphemy
- 2022: Let There Be Witchery
- 2024: Hellish Expectations
- 2025: ''Steel, Rust and Disgust''
Demos
- 2003: Midnight
- 2004: Leather Sleeve Demo
- 2012: Satanic Royalty Demos
- 2015: ''No Mercy for Mayhem Demos''
Extended plays
- 2003: Funeral Bell
- 2007: Midnight Violates You Live!
- 2013: Alive on the Streets of Cleveland!
- 2021: Rehearsal Vomits
- 2023: ''Haunting the Masonic''