Swift (band)
Swift (band)
Swift is an alternative metal/nu metal band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Since its inception, the band has consisted of singer Gary Forsyth, guitarist Mikey Gentle, bassist Billy Deal and drummer Jamie King. In 2004 the band added second guitarist Taylor Mabe to the lineup. In 1999, the band released their debut EP “Thoughts are Thought” on Blackbird Productions. Later in 2000, Gary Forsyth briefly left the band and returned a short while later. The band’s first full-length, “(waging war)” was released independently in 2001. In 2002, the band signed a contract with Tribunal Records and remixed, remastered and rereleased “(waging war)”. The band rereleased “Thoughts are Thought” in 2003, and then released an EP titled “A Communication Manual”. Finally, in 2005 the band released their then-final album, “The Absolute Uncontrollable”. The band then went into an extended hiatus that ended in 2009 when they posted a new song, titled “Forest of Death” online and revealed they were working on new material for a studio album. The band will be releasing “The Worst of All Things Possible” in December 2017, their first studio album in 12 years.