Let The Guilty Hang

Let The Guilty Hang is a modern heavy metal band that was formed in 2005 in the deep dark hills of West Virginia. Initially the band was supposed to be a side project, but they quickly realized their potential and jam sessions turned into a full-fledged band. Daniel Johnson (formerly of Guinness Clarke’s Wine) and Matt “Beevare” Jeffrey (formerly of Lifter) formed the band. The band quickly captured the attention of Derek Maynard who joined the band almost immediately adding his electrifying abrasive vocal tone to the bands already talented roster. The band then sought after a second guitarist in an effort to create Iron Maiden like guitar styling. Joe Baer (formerly of Born For Eternity) was the man for the job. The band was then rounded out with Adam Adkins (formerly of Born For Eternity) he brought not only bass playing to the table, but his voice also, supplying the contrasting clean vocals and backup vocals throughout what has become the bands signature sound. In September of 2007, Let The Guilt Hang released their debut album ‘The Unspeakable’. Opening for bands like Byzantine, As I Lay Dying, The Haunted, All That Remains, Trivium, and August Burns Red the band had quickly made a name for themselves around the region. The band has just recently released their latest album ‘In Tongues’ which was recorded at Domicile Studio in Cross Lanes, WV and was produced by Eric Hayne (The Corinthian, Isla Sorna, Profligation). - Fist, Metal Nexus. The band had split with rhythm guitarist Joe Baer some time after "The Unspeakable" was released and was replaced by Aaron Casey who is credited for certain work on not only "The Unspeakable," but also "In Tongues." He played with the band for an extended amount of time between the two albums playing live as well as writing music, but exited the band before most of the writing was completed for "In Tongues." Tyler Lowe then took the rhythm guitar position and is credited for most rhythm guitar sections on the new album, but shortly after In Tongues was released Tyler had also left the band after just a small stint of live shows. Cody Frye was next to step up to the position who is the band's current rhythm guitarist completing the current lineup of the band. The band has yet to release new material under the current lineup.