Solid State Records
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| Solid State Records | |
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| Parent company | Tooth & Nail Records |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Brandon Ebel |
| Distributor(s) | Capitol Christian Music Group (US; 1993–2013), RED (US; 2013–present), Sony Music (Worldwide) |
| Genre | Heavy metal, hardcore punk, metalcore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Official website | solidstaterecords |
Solid State Records is a metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands.[1] Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, it signed several bands with Christian members which don't label themselves as Christian bands, including Stretch Arm Strong,[2] Gwen Stacy,[3] He Is Legend,[4] the Famine,[5] Training for Utopia,[6] and the Agony Scene.
Notable current artists
[edit]- Becoming the Archetype
- The Devil Wears Prada[7]
- Extol[8]
- Fit for a King
- Haste the Day
- Miss May I[9]
- Norma Jean
- Oh, Sleeper
- The Ongoing Concept
- Phinehas[10]
- Silent Planet
- Wolves at the Gate
Notable former artists
[edit]Active
[edit]- Advent
- The Agony Scene
- As Cities Burn
- As They Sleep
- August Burns Red
- Azusa
- Beloved
- Blindside
- Death Therapy[11]
- Demon Hunter
- Destroy the Runner
- Emery
- Few Left Standing
- Forevermore
- He Is Legend
- Life in Your Way
- Living Sacrifice
- Mantric
- MyChildren MyBride
- My Heart to Fear
- Once Nothing
- Showbread
- Soul Embraced
- Stretch Arm Strong
- Trenches
- Underoath
- Zao
Disbanded
[edit]- 3rd Root
- Bloodshed (members went on to join The O.C. Supertones and Project 86)
- Born Blind (members also in No Innocent Victim)
- The Chariot (members in '68 and I Am Terrified)
- Cry of the Afflicted
- The Death Campaign (members also in Officer Negative)
- Embodyment (members went on to form The Famine)
- Eso-Charis (vocalist Cory Brandan Putman now fronts Norma Jean, bassist Arthur Green and drummer Matthew Putman went on to join Living Sacrifice)
- The Famine (members also in Embodyment and Society's Finest)
- Focal Point (guitarist Ryan Clark went on to join Training for Utopia and is now in Demon Hunter)
- Gwen Stacy (members also in Once Nothing)
- Inhale Exhale (members also in Narcissus and Relient K)
- Luti-Kriss (went on to form Norma Jean)
- Officer Negative (members also formed The Death Campaign)
- Overcome (members in Some Dark Hallow and Sanhedrin)
- Selfmindead (members now in Benea Reach)
- Sever Your Ties
- Still Breathing
- Strongarm (members went on to form Further Seems Forever)
- Training for Utopia (members went on to form Demon Hunter)
- Twelve Gauge Valentine (members went on to join, Alesana, Swamp Basstard, and The Greenery)
- Warlord (members went on to Pilgrims and Roadside Monument)
On hiatus or inactive
[edit]- The Ascendicate (guitarist Ryan Helm went on to Demon Hunter, and start Damien Deadson)
- Dead Poetic (drummer Jesse Sprinkle currently working solo)
- Everdown (Urban Achiever Records)
- Figure Four (two members are currently with Comeback Kid)
- Lengsel (members now in Mantric)
- No Innocent Victim (members working for Facedown Records)
- Society's Finest
- Spitfire (Goodfellow Records; two members in Sunndrug)
- The Overseer (members in Project 86 and Wolves at the Gate)
- The Showdown (three members in Demon Hunter, one member in Still Remains)
- To Speak of Wolves (one member in Oh Sleeper)
References
[edit]- ^ "About". Solid State Records. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Stretch Arm Strong". Punknews.org. November 13, 2003. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) Interview: Geoff Jenkins of Gwen Stacy at the Wayback Machine (archive index). Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016.
- ^ "He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag". Buzzgrinder.com. February 16, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status". Noisecreep. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ Blabbermouth (September 24, 2018). "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Signs With SOLID STATE RECORDS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ "Artists". solidstaterecords.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Miss May I Enlist Bleeding Through, August Burns Red, Carnifex, Etc. Members For Newly Re-Recorded "Apologies Are For The Weak" Album". Theprp. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ J., Rob (September 13, 2017). "Phinehas Signs with Solid State". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ Wisdom, Jason (October 30, 2016). "Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy". Interviewed by Trav Turner. As The Story Grows. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
