{{Short description|American post-punk band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Damien Done | image = Damien Done in 2018.jpg | landscape = | alt = | caption = Founding band member and principal songwriter Damien Moyal in a promotional Damien Done picture on December 26, 2018. | alias = Rubbers, Done | origin = Gainesville, Florida | genre = {{hlist|Post-punk<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":22" />|gothic rock<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":23" />}} | discography = Damien Done discography | years_active = 2002–present | label = {{hlist|Contraband Goods|Demons Run Amok|Escapist|Good Life|Hypertension|Mind Over Matter|Protagonist|Speedowax}} | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | current_members = * Damien Moyal * Laura Jane Leonard * Tyler Kane | past_members = * (see Members section) }}
'''Damien Done''' is an American post-punk/gothic rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan.<ref name=":10">{{cite web|date=July 31, 2018|title=The Underground Sounds of America: Damien Done|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-underground-sounds-of-america-damien-done/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731174455/https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-underground-sounds-of-america-damien-done/|archive-date=July 31, 2018|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=Kerrang!}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{cite web|last=Yoe|first=Adam|date=February 16, 2018|title=Damien Done "Roof Access" Exclusive Video Premiere|url=https://cvltnation.com/damien-done-roof-access-exclusive-video-premiere/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226132357/http://cvltnation.com/damien-done-roof-access-exclusive-video-premiere/|archive-date=February 26, 2021|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=CVLT Nation}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=February 19, 2020|title=Post-punk'n'rocker Damien Done is back with new classy EP "Baby, Don't Hearse Me"|url=https://idioteq.com/post-punknrocker-damien-done-is-back-with-new-classy-ep-baby-dont-hearse-me/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511172619/https://idioteq.com/post-punknrocker-damien-done-is-back-with-new-classy-ep-baby-dont-hearse-me/|archive-date=May 11, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Idioteq|language=en-US}}</ref> Formed in Gainesville, Florida in 2002 as a semi-eponymously-named solo project by frontman Damien Moyal,<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|last=Hiller|first=Joachim|date=August 2016|title=Interview mit Damien Done|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/damien-done-5649|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219215916/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/damien-done-5649|archive-date=February 19, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022|website=Ox-Fanzine|language=de}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Carlos|date=June 29, 2016|title=Interview: Damien Moyal (Culture, Shai Hulud, As Friends Rust, Morning Again, On Bodies, Damien Done)|url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/damien-moyal-culture-shai-hulud-as-friends-rust-morning-again-on-bodies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803003851/https://www.noecho.net/interviews/damien-moyal-culture-shai-hulud-as-friends-rust-morning-again-on-bodies|archive-date=August 3, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=No Echo}}</ref> the group has since been expanded to include other band members and co-songwriters.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web|last=Baker|first=Alex|date=October 29, 2021|title=Michigan-based Gloom-Pop Quartet Damien Done Debut Video for "To Night"|url=https://post-punk.com/michigan-based-gloom-pop-quartet-damien-done-debut-video-for-to-night/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029163347/https://post-punk.com/michigan-based-gloom-pop-quartet-damien-done-debut-video-for-to-night/|archive-date=October 29, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Post-Punk|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> The current lineup features Moyal (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming), Laura Jane Leonard (bass guitar) and Tyler Kane (guitar, bass guitar).<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Carlos|date=May 29, 2020|title=Damien Done: Dark Rockers Take Us 'To Night' with New EP|url=https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done-to-night-ep|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920040242/https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done-to-night-ep|archive-date=September 20, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=No Echo|language=en}}</ref>
Damien Done originally formed under the name Rubbers and recorded its debut EP, ''Love Thongs'', in 2003. Scheduled for release through Belgian record label Good Life Recordings, the EP was ultimately shelved for thirteen years until it was picked up by German record label Demons Run Amok Entertainment, and released under the title ''Stay Black'' in 2016.
After a series of singles, the band followed-up with its first full-length album, ''Charm Offensive'', released by American record label Mind Over Matter Records in 2018. Damien Done underwent several line-up changes and in 2020 released two EPs: ''Baby, Don't Hearse Me'' and ''To Night'', both also on Mind Over Matter Records. The band's second full-length album, ''Total Power'', was released through Mind Over Matter Records and Protagonist Music in 2023.<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |last=Tepedelen |first=Adem |date=January 31, 2023 |title=Video Premiere: Damien Done – "Pray For Me" |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/01/31/video-premiere-damien-done-pray-for-me/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201040452/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/01/31/video-premiere-damien-done-pray-for-me/ |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=Decibel |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Background ==
=== ''Love Thongs'' and ''Stay Black'' (2002–2016) === Damien Moyal had previously fronted such hardcore punk, metallic hardcore and melodic hardcore bands as Shai Hulud, Morning Again, As Friends Rust, Culture and Bird of Ill Omen during the 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=January 27, 2019|title=Damien Moyal Discusses As Friends Rust Reunion|url=https://idioteq.com/damien-moyal-discusses-as-friends-rust-reunion/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812091906/https://idioteq.com/damien-moyal-discusses-as-friends-rust-reunion/|archive-date=August 12, 2020|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=Idioteq}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |last=Julien |first=Alexandre |author-link=Alexander Julien |date=January 8, 2008 |title=Bird of Ill Omen & Dead {{as written|M|ens' [sic]}} Theory Official Biography |url=http://www.abridgedpause.com/birdofillomenanddeadmenstheory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905215321/http://www.abridgedpause.com/birdofillomenanddeadmenstheory |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |access-date=September 5, 2020 |website=Abridged Pause Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Walker|first=Matt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wYZDQAAQBAJ|title=Gainesville Punk: A History of Bands & Music|date=2016|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-62619-767-1|language=en}}</ref> After leaving Gainesville, Florida-based As Friends Rust in February 2002,<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 10, 2002|title=News|url=http://www.asfriendsrust.net/info.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020605053745/http://www.asfriendsrust.net/info.html|archive-date=June 5, 2002|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=As Friends Rust}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 3, 2002|title=We Just Got More Bad News|url=http://www.defiancerecords.de/news_old.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020824151359fw_/http://www.defiancerecords.de/news_old.html|archive-date=August 24, 2002|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Defiance Records}}</ref> Moyal began working on solo material under the moniker Rubbers.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Heisel|first=Scott|date=November 20, 2003|title=Get some Rubbers for free|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/7657/get-some-rubbers-for-free|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203195949/https://www.punknews.org/article/7657/get-some-rubbers-for-free|archive-date=February 3, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Punk News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dumarey|first=Thomas|date=February 10, 2012|title=On Bodies|url=https://www.punkrocktheory.com/interviews/bodies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324043833/https://www.punkrocktheory.com/interviews/bodies|archive-date=March 24, 2014|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Punk Rock Theory|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|last=Ogg|first=Bart|date=March 15, 2005|title=Interview with Damien Done|url=http://www.hardcoremusic.be/2006/interviewsshow.php?id=31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928214246/http://www.hardcoremusic.be/2006/interviewsshow.php?id=31|archive-date=September 28, 2007|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=Hardcore Music}}</ref> "Dude Becomes Sea" was the first song Moyal wrote for the new project.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holio|first=Sean|date=March 8, 2018|title=Q&A Buffet with Damien Done|url=http://cooltry.com.au/qa-buffet-damien-done/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312192707/http://cooltry.com.au/qa-buffet-damien-done/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Cool Try}}</ref>
Handling vocals and acoustic guitar, Moyal recruited drummer and keyboardist Matthew Crum, formerly of As Friends Rust and The Rocking Horse Winner; electric guitarist Juan Montoya, formerly of Floor and Cavity, and later of Torche; and electric guitarist and bass guitarist James Paul Wisner to record the six-song debut EP ''Love Thongs'' in September 2003.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=White|first=Adam|date=December 13, 2003|title=Damien Done signs to Goodlife Recordings|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/7851/damien-done-signs-to-goodlife-recordings|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215224321/https://www.punknews.org/article/7851/damien-done-signs-to-goodlife-recordings|archive-date=February 15, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Punk News|language=en}}</ref> Wisner also engineered and produced the session.<ref name=":7" /> A handful of band-made copies of ''Love Thongs'' were circulated by Moyal in late 2003.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Love Thongs by Damien Moyal|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/9f302982-75ae-48bc-aff5-61d2df6bab29|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=MusicBrainz}}</ref>
[[File:Damien Done at Whisky's Unrockbar 2018 1.jpg|thumb|left|Damien Done performing at Whiskey's Unrockbar in Osnabrück, Germany on August 11, 2018. From left to right: Benjamin Moore, Damien Moyal (foreground) and Laura Jane Leonard.]]
Rubbers was renamed Damien Done,<ref name=":4" /> and the band was immediately signed to Belgian record label Good Life Recordings, which had previously released material by As Friends Rust, Morning Again, Culture and Shai Hulud.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=Verhaeghe|first=Edward|date=December 5, 2003|title=Damien Done signed to Good Life!|url=http://www.goodliferecordings.com/spring2k2/page.php?p=news|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219211718/http://www.goodliferecordings.com/spring2k2/page.php?p=news|archive-date=December 19, 2003|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Good Life Recordings}}</ref> Good Life Recordings owner, Edward Verhaeghe, invited Moyal to Belgium in November 2003, to film a music video for the lead single "The New Cleavage" (then titled "Ass-Crack Is the New Cleavage"), directed by Integrity vocalist Dwid Hellion.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|last=Marote|first=David|date=August 31, 2018|title=Damien Done - Interview Ieper Hardcore Fest 2018|url=https://rock-metal-punk.org/damien-done-interview-ieper-hardcore-fest-2018/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414140951/https://rock-metal-punk.org/damien-done-interview-ieper-hardcore-fest-2018/|archive-date=April 14, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=RMP Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Love Thongs'' was scheduled for release through Good Life Recordings as a CD and DVD combo package in April 2004, but the release remained stuck in limbo for over a decade.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Verhaeghe|first=Edward|date=December 2003|title=Damien Done|url=http://www.goodliferecordings.com/newdirge/artist-single.php?id=77|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051031194249/http://www.goodliferecordings.com/newdirge/artist-single.php?id=77|archive-date=October 31, 2005|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Good Life Recordings}}</ref> Some of the songs from the session appeared on Good Life Recordings' Various Artists compilation ''Good Life Recordings Presents: Never Surrender - The Best New Underground Music 2004-2005'' (2004), the ''Vice'' magazine travel documentary and its soundtrack ''The Vice Guide to Travel'' (2006) and the Belgian soft porn films ''J'fais du porno et j'aime ça'' and ''Skin. Like. Sun.'' (both 2009).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":17">{{Cite web|date=July 5, 2016|title=Exclusive Track Première: Damien Done - Dude Becomes Sea|url=https://echoesanddust.com/2016/07/exclusive-track-premiere-damien-done-dude-becomes-sea/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708210110/https://echoesanddust.com/2016/07/exclusive-track-premiere-damien-done-dude-becomes-sea/|archive-date=July 8, 2016|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Echoes and Dust|language=en-US}}</ref>
While awaiting the release of ''Love Thongs'', Moyal recruited several new musicians, including former I Hate Myself drummer Jon Marburger;<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 4, 2004|title=Big News Day|url=http://damiendone.com/home2.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040607041959/http://damiendone.com/home2.htm|archive-date=June 7, 2004|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Damien Done}}</ref> former Shai Hulud, Cavity, 108, Against All Authority and Where Fear and Weapons Meet drummer (and then-member of Hazen Street and Until the End) Jason Lederman;<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=February 2, 2005|title=Damien Done|url=http://damiendone.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050202094443/http://damiendone.com/|archive-date=February 2, 2005|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Damien Done}}</ref> former Where Fear and Weapons Meet, Dashboard Confessional and Seville bass guitarist Daniel Bonebrake;<ref name=":0" /> and former Glasseater guitarist (and future Poison the Well touring guitarist) Ariel Arro.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=February 15, 2022|title=Damien Done|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f7af8836-13b2-41ac-9155-e7b52e714e9a|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215212506/https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f7af8836-13b2-41ac-9155-e7b52e714e9a|archive-date=February 15, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=MusicBrainz}}</ref> With Arro, Damien Done recorded a cover of Integrity's song "Eighteen", which was released on Escapist Records' Various Artists compilation ''Harder They Fall: Tribute to Integrity'' in February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levitt |first=Ash |date=March 17, 2007 |title=Various Artists 'Harder They Fall: Tribute to Integrity' Album Review |url=https://lambgoat.com/albums/2356/various-artists-harder-they-fall-tribute-to-integrity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215232821/https://lambgoat.com/albums/2356/various-artists-harder-they-fall-tribute-to-integrity/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2022 |website=Lambgoat |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Westerhouse|first=Andrew|date=February 21, 2007|title=V/A "Harder They Fall: Tribute to Integrity" compilation CD|url=https://www.aversionline.com/view/v-a-harder-they-fall-tribute-to-integrity-compilation-cd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619085333/http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/02/21/va-harder-they-fall-tribute-to-integrity-compilation-cd/|archive-date=June 19, 2010|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Aversion Online|language=en}}</ref> In 2006, Moyal relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan.<ref name=":2" />
[[File:Damien Done at Ieperfest 2018 1.jpg|thumb|right|Damien Done performing at Ieperfest in Ypres, Belgium on August 10, 2018. From left to right: Andrew Dempz and Damien Moyal.]]
''Love Thongs'' was eventually renamed ''Stay Black'', and the EP was put up for free download through the band's Bandcamp page in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kraus|first=Brian|date=December 12, 2011|title=As Friends Rust vocalist releases solo EP|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/as_friends_rust_vocalist_releases_solo_ep/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215235711/https://www.altpress.com/news/as_friends_rust_vocalist_releases_solo_ep/|archive-date=February 15, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Alternative Press|language=en}}</ref> ''Stay Black'' was finally released on 12-inch vinyl by German record label Demons Run Amok Entertainment in July 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 8, 2016|title=Demons Run Amok Announce Damien Done 7-inch & LP|url=http://restassuredzine.com/news/4564-demons-run-amok-announce-damien-done-7-lp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329195616/http://restassuredzine.com/news/4564-demons-run-amok-announce-damien-done-7-lp|archive-date=March 29, 2016|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Rest Assured Zine}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=August 16, 2016|title="I Don't Feel Here" An Interview With Damien Done|url=https://idioteq.com/i-dont-feel-here-an-interview-with-damien-done/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818051407/https://idioteq.com/i-dont-feel-here-an-interview-with-damien-done/|archive-date=August 18, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=Idioteq}}</ref> Like Good Life Recordings, Demons Run Amok Entertainment had released material by Moyal's other bands, including Culture, As Friends Rust, Morning Again and On Bodies.<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bushell|first=Glen|date=June 23, 2015|title=Interview: As Friends Rust [Groezrock 2015]|url=http://www.punktastic.com/interviews/interview-as-friends-rust-groezrock-2015/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216043759/http://www.punktastic.com/interviews/interview-as-friends-rust-groezrock-2015/|archive-date=February 16, 2022|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Punktastic}}</ref> Demons Run Amok Entertainment simultaneously released a 7-inch vinyl of two newly recorded Damien Done songs: "He Really Tried" and "And Now the Rain"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hiller|first=Joachim|date=October 2016|title=He Really Tried Review|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/damien-done-he-really-tried-and-now-the-ruin-101041|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219220416/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/damien-done-he-really-tried-and-now-the-ruin-101041|archive-date=February 19, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022|website=Ox-Fanzine|language=de}}</ref><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Shrum|first=Tony|date=June 14, 2016|title=Exclusive Stream: Damien Done - "He Really Tried"|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-damien-done-really-tried/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216001035/https://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-damien-done-really-tried/|archive-date=February 16, 2022|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=New Noise Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> The new songs featured drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick, formerly of Moments in Grace and then playing in As Friends Rust; bass guitarist Michael Hasty, formerly of Walls of Jericho; and electric guitarist Juan Montoya.<ref name=":12" /> Hasty also engineered and produced the session.<ref name=":12" />
=== ''Charm Offensive'' and ''Total Power'' (2016–2023) === In December 2016, Moyal rebuilt the band with former Child Bite drummer Benjamin Moore, former Earthmover guitarist Andrew Dempz, and bass guitarist Laura Jane Leonard; Damien Done played its first show with the new line-up on December 21, 2016, at Detroit's UFO Factory.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baetens|first=Melody|date=December 14, 2016|title=UFO Factory|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2016/12/14/entertainment-calendar-music-stage-art-week-metro-detroit/95438420/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215142232/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2016/12/14/entertainment-calendar-music-stage-art-week-metro-detroit/95438420/|archive-date=December 15, 2016|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=The Detroit News|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, the band was signed to California-based record label Mind Over Matter Records,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Carlos|date=August 25, 2017|title=Damien Done (As Friends Rust, Culture, Morning Again, Shai Hulud) Drops New Video {{!}} Features|url=https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901135422/https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done|archive-date=September 1, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2021|website=No Echo}}</ref> releasing in September of that same year a 7-inch vinyl single of two new songs: "Curious Thing" and a cover of Killing Joke's "Primitive".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hiller|first=Joachim|date=December 2016|title=Curious Thing Review|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/damien-done-curious-thing-109833|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219220129/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/damien-done-curious-thing-109833|archive-date=February 19, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022|website=Ox-Fanzine|language=de}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=August 28, 2017|title=Damien Done premiere new video "Curious Thing"!|url=https://idioteq.com/damien-done-ex-friends-rust-premiere-new-video-new-song-curious-thing/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905091448/https://idioteq.com/damien-done-ex-friends-rust-premiere-new-video-new-song-curious-thing/|archive-date=September 5, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Idioteq|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooper|first=Aaron|date=October 12, 2017|title=Sevens & Splits: Your Monthly Guide To The Underground|url=https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2017/10/12/sevens-splits-september-2017/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030192134/https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2017/10/12/sevens-splits-september-2017/|archive-date=October 30, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Bearded Gentlemen Music|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lantinen|first=Christopher|date=August 25, 2017|title=Damien Done releasing new 7|url=http://modern-vinyl.com/2017/08/25/damien-done-releasing-new-7/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216021426/http://modern-vinyl.com/2017/08/25/damien-done-releasing-new-7/|archive-date=February 16, 2022|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Modern Vinyl|language=en-US}}</ref>
Damien Done followed-up with ''Charm Offensive'', the band's first full-length album, released on 12-inch vinyl by Mind Over Matter Records in March 2018.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Senior|first=Nicholas|date=March 1, 2018|title=Premiere: Damien Done - 'Charm Offensive'|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/premiere-damien-done-charm-offensive/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305070844/https://newnoisemagazine.com/premiere-damien-done-charm-offensive/|archive-date=March 5, 2018|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=New Noise Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> In addition to the previously released single "Curious Thing", the album also included the singles "Roof Access" and "The Lord Fox".<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=March 12, 2018|title="Charm Offensive" - a moody trip into the art of Damien Done|url=https://idioteq.com/charm-offensive-a-moody-trip-into-the-art-of-damien-done/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316155316/https://idioteq.com/charm-offensive-a-moody-trip-into-the-art-of-damien-done/|archive-date=March 16, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Idioteq|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Carlos|date=January 30, 2018|title=3 Unlikely Musical Artists Who've Influenced Me, by Damien Moyal, aka Damien Done|url=https://www.noecho.net/lists/damien-moyal-damien-done|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212143225/https://www.noecho.net/lists/damien-moyal-damien-done|archive-date=February 12, 2018|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=No Echo|language=en}}</ref> The album was released on 12-inch vinyl in Europe by Belgian record label Hypertension Records, and promoted through a nine-date European tour in August 2018.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":9" /> The band kicked-off their European tour by playing at Ieperfest in Ypres, Belgium, followed by shows in Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria and England.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=January 23, 2018|title=Ieperfest 2018 details: Shelter, Converge, Doom, Conflict, Comeback Kid & more!|url=https://idioteq.com/ieperfest-2018-details-converge-doom-conflict-comeback-kids-announced/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926083526/https://idioteq.com/ieperfest-2018-details-converge-doom-conflict-comeback-kids-announced/|archive-date=September 26, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Idioteq|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 18, 2018|title=Damien Done|url=https://www.bostonmusicroom.co.uk/all-events/2018/8/18/damien-done|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216022841/https://www.bostonmusicroom.co.uk/all-events/2018/8/18/damien-done|archive-date=February 16, 2022|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Boston Music Room|language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Damien Done in 2019.jpg|thumb|left|Damien Done posing for a full band promotional picture on June 13, 2019. From left to right: Laura Jane Leonard, Tyler Kane, Benjamin Moore and Damien Moyal.]]
The band spent the last few months of 2018 playing shows around Michigan in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ypsilanti and Hamtramck, opening for Helen Money and Street Sects and performing at the No Rest Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2018 |title=Nightspots: Blind Pig |url=https://annarborobserver.com/calendar/nightspots/1811/Blind_Pig.html#.YgwdW-rMKM8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215213852/https://annarborobserver.com/calendar/nightspots/1811/Blind_Pig.html |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Ann Arbor Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Michigan Happenings|url=http://www.michiganhappenings.org/public/past.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030093919/http://www.michiganhappenings.org/public/past.php|archive-date=October 30, 2019|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Michigan Happenings|language=en}}</ref> In March 2019, Damien Done released a split 7-inch vinyl with British post-punk band DeadCuts through Speedowax Records.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gentile|first=John|date=March 8, 2019|title=Check out the new tune by Damien Done!|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/69327/check-out-the-new-tune-by-damien-done|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122215936/https://www.punknews.org/article/69327/check-out-the-new-tune-by-damien-done|archive-date=January 22, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Punk News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodge|first=Neil|date=March 5, 2019|title=Video Exclusive - Deadcuts - Single|url=https://louderthanwar.com/video-exclusive-deadcuts-single/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001015625/https://louderthanwar.com/video-exclusive-deadcuts-single/|archive-date=October 1, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Louder Than War|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2019, guitarist Andrew Dempz was replaced by Tyler Kane.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kamiński|first=Karol|date=December 12, 2019|title=End Of The Year 2019, by Damien Moyal (Damien Done, As Friends Rust, etc.)|url=https://idioteq.com/end-of-the-year-2019-by-damien-moyal-damien-done-as-friends-rust-etc/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815081747/https://idioteq.com/end-of-the-year-2019-by-damien-moyal-damien-done-as-friends-rust-etc|archive-date=August 15, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Idioteq|language=en-US}}</ref>
On Valentine's Day 2020, Damien Done released the digital EP ''Baby, Don't Hearse Me''; an 11-inch screen-printed vinyl version was released by Mind Over Matter Records a month later.<ref name=":19" /> The band quickly followed up with the ''To Night'' EP,<ref name=":18" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Magerman|first=Ken|date=June 25, 2020|title=It's Wed my dudes. Which means I'm red wine drunk talking about new music.|url=https://soundsandshadows.com/2020/06/25/its-wed-my-dudes-which-means-im-red-wine-drunk-talking-about-new-music/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919085703/https://soundsandshadows.com/2020/06/25/its-wed-my-dudes-which-means-im-red-wine-drunk-talking-about-new-music/|archive-date=September 19, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Sounds and Shadows|language=en-US}}</ref> released digitally in May 2020; a tape edition was released by Contraband Goods in October 2020, while Mind Over Matter Records and Speedowax Records co-released a double 7-inch vinyl version a year later in October 2021.<ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2021|title=To Night|url=https://www.mindovermatterrecords.com/MOM065|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216030632/https://www.mindovermatterrecords.com/MOM065|archive-date=February 16, 2022|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Mind Over Matter Records}}</ref>
In November 2020, Damien Done released the three-song EP ''Demos from the Year 2020'', which includes working versions of the band's sophomore full-length album, ''Total Power''.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|last=Fromli|first=Mike|date=February 2, 2021|title=Damien Done - Demos From The Year 2020|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/17436/damien-done-demos-from-the-year-2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122959/https://www.punknews.org/review/17436/damien-done-demos-from-the-year-2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Punk News|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite web|last=Magerman|first=Ken|date=December 4, 2020|title=Final Bandcamp Friday of the Year!|url=https://soundsandshadows.com/2020/12/04/final-bandcamp-friday-of-the-year/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204054030/https://soundsandshadows.com/2020/12/04/final-bandcamp-friday-of-the-year/|archive-date=December 4, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Sounds and Shadows|language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2021, Damien Done released the non-album single "Nightclubbing", a cover of the 1977 Iggy Pop and David Bowie song.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramirez|first=Carlos|date=February 5, 2021|title=Damien Done Goes "Nightclubbing" on Iggy Pop Cover (Premiere)|url=https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done-nightclubbing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205180310/https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done-nightclubbing|archive-date=February 5, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=No Echo|language=en}}</ref>
On January 31, 2023, "Pray for Me", the first single from the band's second full-length album, ''Total Power'', was released.<ref name=":24" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=February 2, 2023 |title=Damien Done explores new nooks of gloomy post-punk with new single "Pray For Me" |url=https://idioteq.com/damien-done-explores-new-nooks-of-gloomy-post-punk-with-new-single-pray-for-me/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204091848/https://idioteq.com/damien-done-explores-new-nooks-of-gloomy-post-punk-with-new-single-pray-for-me/ |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref> The second single from ''Total Power'', "Inexorcisable", was released on March 24, 2023,<ref name="InexorcisableNoEchoe">{{Cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Carlos |date=March 24, 2023 |title=Damien Done: Goth Rock & New Wave Hooks Meet in "Inexorcisable" Music Video |url=https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done-total-power |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325000430/https://www.noecho.net/features/damien-done-total-power |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |website=No Echo |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ScenePointBlankInexorcisable">{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Loren |date=March 27, 2023 |title=Damien Done is "Inexorcisable" |url=https://www.scenepointblank.com/news/records/2023/03/27/damien-done-inexorcisable/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329032410/https://www.scenepointblank.com/news/records/2023/03/27/damien-done-inexorcisable/ |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=March 29, 2023 |website=Scene Point Blank}}</ref> while the third single, "Bounty and Blight" (which features guest vocalist La Femme Pendu) was released on April 21, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderl |first=Tim |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Video Premiere: Damien Done - 'Bounty and Blight" (featuring La Femme Pendu) |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/premieres/video-premiere-damien-done-bounty-and-blight-featuring-la-femme-pendu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421131501/https://newnoisemagazine.com/premieres/video-premiere-damien-done-bounty-and-blight-featuring-la-femme-pendu/ |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=New Noise Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> A fourth song from ''Total Power'', "Young Drugs", was released in advance of the album's release once pre-orders were accepted on May 5, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=May 5, 2023 |title="Young Drugs" - Damien Done steps into a dark dance of addiction and obsession with final single from new album |url=https://idioteq.com/young-drugs-damien-done-steps-into-a-dark-dance-of-addiction-and-obsession-with-final-single-from-new-album/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509190840/https://idioteq.com/young-drugs-damien-done-steps-into-a-dark-dance-of-addiction-and-obsession-with-final-single-from-new-album/ |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref> The album was scheduled for release through Mind Over Matter Records and Protagonist Music on May 19, 2023, but was delayed by several weeks due to pressing plant issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kihn |first=Austin |date=January 2023 |title=Damien Done - Total Power |url=https://www.mindovermatterrecords.com/MOM074 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201041147/https://www.mindovermatterrecords.com/MOM074 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=Mind Over Matter Records}}</ref><ref name="InexorcisableNoEchoe" />
== Members ==
'''Current lineup''' * Damien Moyal – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers, drum programming <small>(2002–present)</small> * Laura Jane Leonard – bass guitar <small>(2016–present)</small> * Tyler Kane – electric guitar, bass guitar <small>(2019–present)</small>
'''Former members'''
{{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Matthew Crum – drums, percussion, synthesizers <small>(2003)</small> * Jon Marburger – drums <small>(2004)</small> * Jason Lederman – drums <small>(2004–2005)</small> * Daniel Bonebrake – bass guitar <small>(2004–2005)</small> * Andrew Dempz – electric guitar <small>(2016–2019)</small> * Benjamin Moore – drums <small>(2016–2021)</small> {{div col end}}
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== Discography == {{main|Damien Done discography}}
;Studio albums * ''Charm Offensive'' (2018) * ''Total Power'' (2023)
;EPs * ''Love Thongs'' (2003) * ''Stay Black'' (2016) * ''Baby, Don't Hearse Me'' (2020) * ''To Night'' (2020)
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