Dave Stephens (singer)

Dave Stephens (born June 30, 1988) is an American singer who is a founding member and actively the lead vocalist and frontman for the metalcore band We Came as Romans.^[1]

Dave Stephens
Stephens at the Rock im Park (2016)
Background information
Born	(1988-06-30) June 30, 1988 (age 37) Troy, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Metalcore post-hardcore
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards synthesizers
Member of	We Came as Romans

Music career

In the summer 2005, while attending high school, Stephens, along with classmates Sean Zelda, Jonny Nabors, Mark Myatt, and Joshua Moore formed a band called This Emergency. For the first few years, Stephens was the guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocals. The band performed various shows throughout the Detroit metro area. Sometime after Nabors and Zelda left the band, the band underwent a name change as they officially called themselves We Came as Romans.^[2] In 2008, Stephens met Kyle Pavone who came on as the new clean vocalist while Stephens became the unclean vocalist.

In 2008, with both Stephens and Pavone fronting the band, We Came as Romans released its first EP Dreams^[3] and released five more studio albums up to the summer of 2018 when co-frontman, Kyle Pavone, died at the age of 28 of an accidental drug overdose. After Pavone's passing, Stephens released a statement saying the band would not replace Pavone nor would they disband, but would continue their tour with Bullet for My Valentine and Bad Omens while honoring his bandmate and talking about his foundation.^[4]

In 2019, Stephens along with the rest of We Came as Romans began creating new material. Releasing two songs for the first time since Pavone's passing, "Carry the Weight" and "From the First Note". In 2022, the band announced their first record since 2017, Darkbloom, which was the first album with Stephens as the only singer and frontman for the group.^[5]

Discography

We Came as Romans

Studio albums

• To Plant a Seed (2009)
• Understanding What We've Grown to Be (2011)
• Tracing Back Roots (2013)
• We Came as Romans (2015)
• Cold Like War (2017)
• Darkbloom (2022)

Collaborations

Year	Song	Album	Artist
2010	"Captain Tyin' Knots vs. Mr. Walkway (No Way)" (featuring Dave Stephens)	With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear	Sleeping with Sirens[6]
	"The Wretched" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Deceiver	The Word Alive[7]
2012	"The Calm Before Reform" (featuring Dave Stephens)	In Fear and Faith	In Fear and Faith[8]
	"Family Ties" (featuring Dave Stephens and Kyle Pavone)	Momentum	Close to Home[9]
	"C4" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Texas in July	Texas in July[10]
2014	"Suicide;Stigma" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Hold On Pain Ends	The Color Morale[11]
2015	"Like Minds" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Ungrateful • Misguided	From Under the Willow[12]
2016	"Pit Warrior" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Friendville	Sunrise Skater Kids[13]
2017	"Devour" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Despair Code	Affairs[14]
2020	"Backbreaker" (featuring Dave Stephens)	Non-album singles	Fit for a King[15]
	"Lie to Me" (featuring Dave Stephens)		Silent Hearts[16]
2022	"Johnny's Revenge (Revisited)" (featuring Spencer Charnas, Dave Stephens, and Craig Owens)		Crown the Empire[17]