Phil Sgrosso

Phil Sgrosso
File:Wovenwar - Phil Sgrosso – Elbriot 2014 01.jpg Phil Sgrosso at Elbriot 2014
Background information
Birth name	Phil Sgrosso
Born	(1985-09-16) September 16, 1985
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Heavy metal, metalcore, alternative metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Metal Blade
Associated acts	Wovenwar, As I Lay Dying

Phil Sgrosso (born September 16, 1987) is an American musician, best known as the former rhythm guitarist of the American metalcore band As I Lay Dying, and the current rhythm guitarist of the band Wovenwar.

Career

Joining As I Lay Dying at the age of 17, Sgrosso has honed his creative talents as one of the songwriters on 2005’s Shadows Are Security. His work with the band extends from solely instrumentation.

Throughout his tenure with As I Lay Dying, the band has been named “Artist of the Year” at the San Diego Music Awards in 2005, 2007, and 2008, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for the song “Nothing Left” in 2008. Sgrosso received the “Ultimate Metal God” award from MTV2 in 2007. Through six studio albums and one split release, As I Lay Dying has sold more than 1,000,000 albums worldwide, with their DVD, This Is Who We Are, being Certified Gold within one month of its release. As I Lay Dying’s sixth album, Awakened, was released on September 25, 2012 to high critical acclaim. Following the incarceration of As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis in 2013, Sgrosso along with the other members of the band formed Wovenwar with Oh, Sleeper guitarist Shane Blay.

Discography

As I Lay Dying

• Shadows Are Security (2005)
• A Long March: The First Recordings (2006)
• An Ocean Between Us (2007)
• The Powerless Rise (2010)
• Decas (2011)
• Awakened (2012)

Wovenwar

• Wovenwar (2014)