Benedictum

Benedictum
Also known as	Bound
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Frontiers, Locomotive Music
Website	www.benedictum.net
Members	Veronica Freeman Pete Wells Rikard Stjernquist Aric Avina
Past members	Blackie Sanchez Jesse Wright Chris Morgan Paul Courtois Chris Shrum Tony Diaz Mikey Pannone

Benedictum is an American heavy metal band formed in 2005 in San Diego, California that now resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Their current line-up consists of vocalist Veronica Freeman, guitarist Pete Wells, bassist Aric Avina, and drummer Rikard Stjernquist. Since their formation the band released three studio albums, debuting with Uncreation in 2006, followed by Seasons of Tragedy in 2008, both through Madrid, Spain-based label Locomotive Music, before signing with Italian label Frontiers Records for their third album, Dominion, issued in 2011.

Their fourth album Obey was released on Frontiers Records in Europe on November 29, 2013 and in the U.S. on December 3, 2013.

Benedictum was formed originally as Bound by vocalist Veronica Freeman and guitarist Pete Wells in San Diego, California in 2005. The two founding members had been in the band known as Malady for over ten years. Freeman and Wells recruited drummer Blackie Sanchez and keyboardist Chris Morgan, whom Freeman had played with in the Dio tribute band Evilution. Freeman's acquaintance with Dio's guitarist Craig Goldy, brought the band to meet the former Dio and Dokken bass player Jeff Pilson, who produced their first three-track demo and contributed playing bass guitar. In late 2005, they signed a record deal with the Spanish label Locomotive Records.

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