Haunt are an Americanheavy metal band fromFresno, California. The band was originally created as a solo project byTrevor William Church. As such, he is technically the only original member in the lineup. Church is also the sole songwriter and lyricist in the group.[1]
Haunt was originally formed by Trevor William Church as a musical project to be worked on alongside his existing band Beastmaker; the project was to take on atraditional metal sound as opposed to Beastmaker'sdoom metal style. In 2017 Church wrote and recorded Haunt's debut release, the extended playLuminous Eyes, with Daniel Wilson playing drums for the recording. It was first released digitally, as an independent release, but it later received physical releases from the Shadow Kingdom Records label.
In 2018, Church wrote and recorded one single for Haunt,Ghosts. Later that same year, Haunt released their first full-length studio album,Burst into Flame. Daniel Wilson returned to play drums for the album, this time as an official band member. Joining Church and Wilson for the album were Matthew Wilhoit on bass and John Tucker on guitar. Both Wilson and Tucker would stay as permanent members, but Wilhoit would be replaced by Taylor Hollman on following releases.
In 2019, Haunt released their second EP, (Mosaic Vision) their second studio album, (If Icarus Could Fly) and two split albums. (A Fool's Paradise / On the Streets Again andSea of Dreams / The Crystal Temple). The following year they released their third and fourth studio albums, titledMind Freeze andFlashback respectively, as well as theBurst into Demos compilation.[2][3][1] In 2023 they released their fifth studio album (Chariot, Vol. 1). In 2024 they released new single (Steel Mountains)
