Dennis Hayes (bassist)
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Dennis Hayes is an American bass guitarist, currently playing for Beyond Fear.
Hayes began his career with the heavy metal band Wretch. Later he was a founding member of the Progressive Heavy Metal band Castle Black with other former members of Wretch, Nick Giannakos (Lead Guitar) and Drummer, Jeff Currenton. It was during this time where he began a long association with Tim "Ripper" Owens, as Castle Black and Winter's Bane often played the same venues around Northeastern Ohio. Hayes eventually was offered, and accepted, membership in Winter's Bane. Both Hayes and Owens performed on Winter's Bane's 1993 debut album Heart of a Killer
. Dennis also played in the Heavy metal
band Seven Witches
from 2004 to 2005, but left to form Beyond Fear together with Owens, a side project to the singer's role in Iced Earth
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After James "Bo" Wallace left Iced Earth in March 2007, Hayes was called in to replace him on the band's upcoming tour. Following Owens' departure from Iced Earth later that year, Hayes also left the band.
Hayes began his career with the heavy metal band Wretch. Later he was a founding member of the Progressive Heavy Metal band Castle Black with other former members of Wretch, Nick Giannakos (Lead Guitar) and Drummer, Jeff Currenton. It was during this time where he began a long association with Tim "Ripper" Owens, as Castle Black and Winter's Bane often played the same venues around Northeastern Ohio. Hayes eventually was offered, and accepted, membership in Winter's Bane. Both Hayes and Owens performed on Winter's Bane's 1993 debut album Heart of a Killer
Heart of a Killer
Heart of a Killer is Winters Bane's debut album, released in 1993. It is a partial concept album, with the first six songs detailing the story of a judge who sentences a murderer to death, and soon afterwards has his heart replaced with the killer's in a transplant operation.Heart of a Killer was...
. Dennis also played in the Heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Seven Witches
Seven Witches
Seven Witches is an American heavy metal band from New Jersey. The band was founded in 1998 by Jack Frost and Bobby Lucas- History :Seven Witches released a Demo-CD in 1998, which gave them a record deal with Massacre Records....
from 2004 to 2005, but left to form Beyond Fear together with Owens, a side project to the singer's role in Iced Earth
Iced Earth
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. Originally formed under the name "Purgatory" in 1984, Iced Earth has released a total of ten studio albums, one live album, three EP's, two compilations and boxsets...
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After James "Bo" Wallace left Iced Earth in March 2007, Hayes was called in to replace him on the band's upcoming tour. Following Owens' departure from Iced Earth later that year, Hayes also left the band.
With Iced Earth
- 2007 - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1) (played on 2 songs)
- 2008 - The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked Part 2The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked Part 2- Additional information :* The booklet that came with the album included lyrics and illustrations for each song, except for the song "The Revealing", which was altogether not included in the booklet....
(played on 5 songs)
With Seven Witches
- 2004 - Year of the WitchYear of the WitchYear Of The Witch is a 2004 album by Seven Witches and the last to feature James Rivera on vocals. The first track, "Metal Asylum", is a tribute to all the bands that have inspired them, and last eight tracks are a concept about a man named Jacob....
- 2005 - Amped (played on "Sunnydale High")
- 2006 - Years of the Witch [DVD]