Dallas Toler-Wade
Dallas Toler-Wade (born June 6, 1974) is an American musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work in the American ancient Egyptian-themed technical death metal band Nile. He is currently the guitarist, lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the metal band Narcotic Wasteland. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.
Dallas Toler-Wade | |
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 Dallas Toler-Wade performing live | |
| Background information | |
| Born | June 6, 1974 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Genres | Death metal and Thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitars, bass, drums |
| Years active | 1985 to present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, Megaforce Records (MRI) |
| Associated acts | Nile, Narcotic Wasteland, Lecherous Nocturne, Teratosis |
He started playing the drums at seven-years old. At the age of fourteen, he started learning to play the guitar. His career started as a drummer for the Greenville, South Carolina-based technical death metal band Lecherous Nocturne. During his tenure there, he was recommended to Karl Sanders of Nile, and subsequently joined the band in September 1997, as a guitarist and vocalist.[1] He left the band Nile in October 2016. The band Nile announced the departure in February 2017.[2]
Dallas started Narcotic Wasteland as a side project in 2014, but it became his full-time project once he left the band Nile in 2016. Narcotic Wasteland has released two albums. The first album is self-titled, Narcotic Wasteland and Sophomore album is titled Delirium Tremens both albums are released through Megaforce Records. Narcotic Wasteland is signed with the talent agency, Ashley Talent International, LLC.
Instrumentation
- Dean V
- Dean ML
- Dean Razorback
- B.C. Rich Ironbird
- Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 amplifiers
- Marshall 1960 columns
- Seymour Duncan SH-8 Invader
- SIT STRINGS custom gauge (13, 17, 26w, 36w, 46w, 70w)
Discography
- Nile
- Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000, Relapse Records)
- In Their Darkened Shrines (2002, Relapse Records)
- Annihilation of the Wicked (2005, Relapse Records)
- Ithyphallic (2007, Nuclear Blast)
- Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009, Nuclear Blast)
- At the Gate of Sethu (2012, Nuclear Blast)
- What Should Not Be Unearthed (2015, Nuclear Blast)
- Narcotic Wasteland
- Narcotic Wasteland (2014; Reissued 2017, Megaforce Records)
- Delirium Tremens (2017, Megaforce Records)
- Others
- Karl Sanders – Saurian Meditation (2004, Relapse Records, featuring)
- Lecherous Nocturne – Adoration of the Blade (2006, Deepsend Records)
- George Kollias – Invictus (2015, Season of Mist, featuring)
References
- Dean Guitars (September 10, 2015). "Dallas Toler-Wade's Profile at Dean Guitars". Dean Guitars.
- "NILE Parts Ways With DALLAS TOLER-WADE, Announces Replacement". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved February 13, 2017.