---
title: "Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/success-will-write-apocalypse-across-the-sky"
genre: "Death Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2006
---

# Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky

**Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky** is a death metal band, from United States, active 2006 to present.

Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky (SWWAATS) is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2006. The group was founded by guitarists Aaron Haines and Ian Sturgill, shortly after the disbandment of their previous band, Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus. The band's name was inspired by a 1989 text titled "Apocalypse", written by William S. Burroughs, and also "inspired and supported by a healthy amount of paranoia," as guitarist Sturgill stated in an interview with About.com.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_Will_Write_Apocalypse_Across_the_Sky

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Tampa, United States |
| Formed | 2006 |
| Releases in catalog | 2 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [J.R. Daniels](https://themetalnet.com/musician/j-r-daniels) | Drums (drum set) |  | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | [Subhuman Empire](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d6d85ff-12db-39c1-849f-acfeb4bd825b) | EP |
| 2009 | [The Grand Partition and the Abrogation of Idolatry](https://themetalnet.com/album/0751b46e-afb7-33cb-aad2-6bf628c98896) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Success_Will_Write_Apocalypse_Across_the_Sky/97689
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swwaats

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/success-will-write-apocalypse-across-the-sky](https://themetalnet.com/band/success-will-write-apocalypse-across-the-sky). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt