Biography

Burning The Day is a thrash/metal/heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band formed in 2004 by three friends whose bands had just ended, leaving Matt Metcalfe (drums), Braden Hoey (guitars), and Chris Gillespie (vocals) wanting to create a metal band, which became Burning The Day. Soon after the writing began, Dan Rodbard joined on bass from the small town of Alliston, Ontario. A year later Dan was to be replaced by Mike Cohen, a bass player and friend from the T.O metal scene. Over the next 5 years, the band released 3 albums; In Fall She Sleeps (2006), Dawn Of Thorns (2008), and Blacklisted (2009). Next to join the BTD family was Steve Mitchell on drums to replace Matt who is now BTD’s 2nd Guitarist. In 2010 three of BTD’s members decided to call it quits leaving Matt (guitar), and Steve (drums) wondering what to do. They decided to find new players to help BTD stay alive. In late 2011, after a few auditions the band was back with new members Maxim Shelkov from a Richmond Hill based metal band called BRANE, Dimitri Skribans from a T.O based metal band called 7th Cell and Cesar Silva from a Brampton based metal band called Your Last Sunrise. The band has opened up for major acts including: Soilwork, Bring Me The Horizon, The Black Dhalia Murder, Throwdown, Ion Dissonance, Beneath The Massacre, Bury Your Dead, 3 Inches of Blood, Goatwhore, Threat Signal, Nights Like These and Ringworm.