Reap the Light

Country: USA
Genre: Hard Rock & Heavy Metal
Founded: 2020

Reap The Light (RTL) is an American hard rock/metal band formed in late 2020. RTL originally consisted of the core duo Reverend Kuzz (bass/guitar) and Orion Hellraiser (guitars/drums).

Both members of RTL grew up on a steady diet of rock and heavy metal, though Reverend Kuzz was initially a published author. Wanting to write song lyrics, Kuzz decided he needed to work with an experienced musician, which led to working with Orion Hellraiser.

Having completed their debut album, Deliver Hell, they released a collaboration with Tim “Ripper” Owens (former singer of Judas Priest and present singer of KK’s Priest) on a song called Back to Bedlam in May 2022. Later that year, RTL collaborated with Laura Guldemond (lead singer for Burning Witches), called Isolate (Sloth).

After producing one album (Deliver Hell), Orion moved on to work on other projects, leading Kuzz to search for another music partner. After an exhaustive search, fate led Kuzz to Josh Williams.

Josh Williams is a musician, composer, and producer from South Africa. At the beginning of his musical journey, Josh was heavily inspired by old-school metal and metalcore. Now, Josh is driven by a love for modern progressive metal production and innovative creative exploration. Though primarily a guitarist, Josh works with a plethora of instruments to create progressive music.

The group then looked for the next missing piece to bring some thunder to their music. Missing was the percussion cornerstone of all bands. This led the group to Nicole Trinchero, who has an enormous amount of talent in various genres, but her dynamic playing of heavy metal sealed the deal.

For the first album and a few songs into the second, RTL collaborated with multiple vocalists to create an individual signature for each song. Wanting more consistency with actual members and to better establish the band’s identity, RTL began the search for a permanent vocalist that lasted several months. After receiving over (15) auditions, RTL initiated an exhaustive search that consisted of reviewing each vocal sample multiple times. When the entire process was done, RTL unanimously decided to offer the job to a phenomenal female lead named Melani Hess.

Kuzz, Nicole, Josh, and Melani now set out to write a new album called The Seven Deadly Sins (SDS). SDS is a concept album based on the influence of the Seven Deadly Sins, which includes instrumentals and narrations.

Members of the band:
Rev K — bass
Melani Hess — vox
Josh Williams — guitars (lead/rhythm)
Nicole Trinchero – percussion

Links:
Website: https://www.reapthelight.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReaptheLight
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ReaptheLight
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reapthelight/