Biography

Katharsis is a metal/hard rock band from Sterling Heights Michigan. The band was formed by singer/guitar player Aaron Gilbert in December of 2018 originally as a three piece involving drummer Tyler Groves and guitar player Alex Maas. In the coming spring they found their bass player Kvn Ian (Katharsis: EP, Green Paper Heart, Ghosts Aren’t Afraid of Ghosts, and Insomniac) who would be in the band until October 2021. Dominic DeLeon joined the band on September 29th, 2019 after the original drummer was released. In the coming years Katharsis would move forward with the line up of Aaron Gilbert, Alex Maas, Kvn Ian, and Dominic DeLeon until Alex was asked to leave for scheduling conflicts of which a place holder guitar player, the amazing Robert Sadlowski would be asked to fill his position and even record some rhythm guitar on our track “Ghosts Aren’t Afraid of Ghosts” before leaving the band due to unavailability for gigging. After a brief tenure as an inactive three piece and a few jam session, Tyler Coole (Threeonethree) would join the band as the bass player and in turn, introduced the band to the amazing Beck VanAmberg. With this entire journey coming to its modern day status. Katharsis is Aaron Gilbert on lead vocals/guitar, Tyler Coole on bass, Dominic DeLeon on drums, and Beck VanAmberg on guitar/vocals.