We Came As Romans

We Came As Romans is an American Melodic Metalcore band from Troy, Michigan that formed on July 19, 2005. The band signed to Equal Vision Records in April 2009 and are managed by Outerloop Management. We Came As Romans has released two EPs, Demonstrations (2008) and Dreams (2008) and three Full-Length albums, To Plant A Seed (2009), Understanding What We've Grown To Be (2011) and Tracing Back Roots (2013). We Came As Romans - Understanding What We've Grown To Be : Understanding What We've Grown To Be is the second studio album by We Came As Romans. It was released on September 13, 2011 through Equal Vision Records. It debuted and peaked at number 21 on Billboard 200 the following week, as well as peaking at number 5, 7 and 10 on the Hard Rock, Independent and Rock Album Charts. The album's First Single, "Mis//Understanding" was available for streaming prior to the album's release and was released for digital download on July 5, 2011 along with the title track "Understanding What We've Grown To Be". On April 9, 2013 the album was reissued in a Deluxe Physical Edition, Featuring their three most recent singles "Hope", "The King Of Silence" and "Let These Words Last Forever" as well as a DVD of Tour Footage, Interviews and Live Performance Segments.












We Came As Romans was founded during 2005 in and around Detroit, Michigan with all of the members still attending High School. The band would go through one name change and many line-up adjustments to solidify today's current band. The band later acquired the attention of Albany, New York Label Equal Vision Records, and were taken in with a contract to which they were signed to in 2009. Formation and Early Years as This Emergency (2005 - 2008) : In August 2005, High School Seniors Sean N. Zelda, Dave Stephens, Jonny Nabors, Mark Myatt and Joshua Moore formed a band called "This Emergency". Current frontman Stephens played Guitar and Keyboards during this period. They performed various shows throughout the Metro Detroit area. In November 2005, the band parted ways with Bass Player, Jonny Nabors and replaced him with Sean E. Daly. In June 2006, Zelda quit the band to attend the University of Michigan. In the summer of 2006, a close friend of the band, Larry Clark, officially joined on Vocals, and Myatt changed their name to We Came As Romans. According to Dave Stephens, during this time, two songs entitled "Mouth To Mouth" and the original version of "Colours" were released with Larry Clark as the Vocalist. According to the band's publicist at Equal Vision Records, Joshua Moore assumed duties of writing the majority of the lyrics from this point on. Demonstrations and Dreams EPs (2008 - 2009) : After the name change, they spent the next few years getting their members to the band's current line-up. Their first EP, Demonstrations (Sometimes Referred to as the "Motions EP") was sold at concerts and online through their website. Between EPs, We Came As Romans embarked on the "V-Neck & Shaved Chest" Tour (June 2008) with Close To Home. Afterwards, Dreams was released on December 12, 2008. It was produced by Joey Sturgis and was met with many favorable reviews. AbsolutePunk gave Dreams as 79/100 review. Sputnikmusic gave them a 3.5/5. They called the EP "Short and Sweet, But Lasting and Fulfilling". Two days before the release of To Plant A Seed, We Came As Romans concluded support of Oh, Sleeper and The Chariot on their Co-Headlining "Here A Tour, There A Tour, Everywhere A Tour Tour" Tour (September - November 2009).