Villain Of The Story

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Live in concert on Friday, October 10th, 2025 in Studio B at Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis, MN!

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Villain of the Story started out as a 5 piece metalcore band based out of Minnesota that was put together from the minds of Sam Fassler (ex We are the Blog! / Insomniac) and Andrew Bart (ex Out Came the Wolves). They hand picked Christian Grey (vocals), Logan Bartholomew (vocals/bass), and Cody Pauly (guitar) to form the band. The band went into the studio with Johnny Franck (ex Attack Attack!) in October of 2013, and recorded two singles (The Holy One & Somebody to Care). When they returned home they added Sam “Bonnie” Bonati on drums. Their first song “The Holy One” was released on January 16th, 2014. Which was later followed up with the release of “Somebody to Care”. VOTS had their debut show opening for Alesana on the MN date of “The Decade Tour”, March 29th, 2014 in the louneg stage of The Garage in Burnsville, MN. After receiving some positive feedback off the 2 singles, the band decided to go back into the studio in early April 2014 to record an EP. While recording the EP, they recorded a cover of NSYNC’s “Pop”, which debuted on Johnny Franck’s personal YouTube channel June 18th.  On May 11th, the band opened for the likes of Dance Gavin Dance and Capture the Crown as part of the MN date of “The Acceptance Speech Tour”.  After their second show, Sean Wayne was added on bass in order for Logan to move to vocals. The new VOTS landed a spot on the MN date of “The Allstars Tour 2014”. Bonnie left the band in early August due to personal and musical differences, before the band shot their first music video. The video was done by Jeremy Tremp for their next single “A Life Worth Living”. The song premiered on September 14th, 2014. Villain of the Story began working with FIVEONETHREE / Bobby Kalton in early 2015, and were booked to open for Suicide Silence on the “Stronger Than Faith Tour”, March 1st in Minnesota. Cody Pauly left the band for personal reasons prior to the band’s debut EP release, and was replaced by Michael Ivers before opening for Suicide Silence. VOTS officially released their long awaited debut EP “The Prologue” on March 3rd, 2015, while making physical copies available to those who attended the Suicide Silence show days prior. The band then opened the MN date of the “Zombie 5 Tour” with The Devil Wears Prada, Sleepwave, and Secrets on May 8th, 2015. In July, VOTS landed a spot on the Minnesota date of Van’s Warped Tour after winning the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands Competition, and were estimated to have pulled the largest attendance for the Ernie Ball stage that day. On October 7th, 2015 the band released their music video for “The Phantom”, off “The Prologue” EP. After returning to the studio and recording 3 new songs, the band released “Break the Chains” on January 4th, 2016 as it’s own release. In March 2016 the band hit the studio with Johnny Franck once again to record their first full length album. The first single from the album, “Dragon Sickness”, premiered on August 1st 2016. In September 2016 Villain of the Story signed with Stay Sick Recordings, and released the second single off their record, “Promise Me.” Following the signing led to the announcement of the band’s first ever tour dates with fellow SSR artist Vesta Collide, for December 2016. After two short runs across some of the midwest & east coast, Villain of the Story opened the last 11 shows of I Prevail’s “Lifelines Tour” in March 2017 in support of their album “Wrapped in Vines, Covered in Thorns” which was released on March 3rd, 2017. The band struggled to find touring opportunities until heading out for a second time with Glass Houses that December. At the beginning of 2018 the band mutually parted ways with Stay Sick Recordings in order to start the release of the next album. “Too Far Gone” debuted on March 9th, making it the band’s fastest growing release. Villain of the Story hit the road for their longest tour to date in March with Deadships & We Gave it Hell for three weeks, spanning from central Florida to Seattle, WA and across Canada. After the headline tour they released the second single “Decay” from their second album. Once hitting the studio in late June to finish recording the album, the title track ‘Ashes’ was released on July 17th along with the full announcement.