Solid State Records
| Solid State Records | |
|---|---|
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| Parent company | Tooth & Nail Records |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Brandon Ebel |
| Distributor(s) | Capitol Christian Music Group (US) Fontana (US) Sony Music (Worldwide) |
| Genre | Christian metal, Christian hardcore, metalcore |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Official website | www |
Solid State Records is a Christian 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, they have signed several bands with Christian members that 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.[7] The label is best known for Norma Jean, Beloved, Zao and Stretch Arm Strong.[8]
Current Solid State artists
- Becoming the Archetype
- Demon Hunter
- Fit for a King
- Forevermore
- Haste the Day
- Living Sacrifice
- Norma Jean
- The Ongoing Concept
- Silent Planet
- Underoath
- Wolves at the Gate
Former Solid State bands
Active
- Advent (unsigned)
- The Agony Scene (unsigned)
- As They Sleep (Luxor Records)
- August Burns Red (Fearless Records)
- Blindside (unsigned)
- Destroy the Runner (unsigned)
- Emery (Bad Christian Records)
- Extol (Facedown Records)
- He Is Legend (Tragic Hero Records)
- Life in Your Way (Come&Live!)
- MyChildren MyBride (eOne/Good Fight)
- My Heart to Fear (Luxor Records)
- Oh, Sleeper (Independent)
- Once Nothing (unsigned)
- Soul Embraced (Rottweiler)
- To Speak of Wolves (Cardigan Records)
- Trenches (unsigned)
- Zao (unsigned)
Disbanded
- 3rd Root
- As Cities Burn
- Beloved (members have moved on to Dead Poetic, Classic Case, The Almost and Advent)
- 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)
- Few Left Standing
- 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)
- Innermeans
- Luti-Kriss (went on to form Norma Jean)
- Officer Negative (members also formed The Death Campaign)
- Selfmindead (members now in Benea Reach)
- Sever Your Ties
- Showbread
- Soapbox
- 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
- 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)
- Overcome
- No Innocent Victim (members working for Facedown Records)
- Society's Finest
- Spitfire (Goodfellow Records; two members in Sunndrug)
- Stretch Arm Strong
- The Overseer (members in Project 86 and Wolves at the Gate)
- The Showdown (three members in Demon Hunter, one member in Still Remains)
Affiliated bands
Active
- Bruce Fitzhugh and Jeremiah Scott (appears on Killing Floor 2 Original Soundtrack)
- For Today (Nuclear Blast Records) (appears on Midnight Clear)
- Impending Doom (eOne Music) (appears on Killing Floor 2 Original Soundtrack)
- Memphis May Fire (Rise Records) (appears on Midnight Clear)
- Project 86 (Independent) (appears on This is Solid State, Volume 3)
- zYnthetic (appears on Killing Floor 2 Original Soundtrack)
Disbanded
- Dirge (Vocalist John Gibson now president of Tripwire Interactive)
- Narcissus (Members went on to form Inhale Exhale)
- Unashamed (Members went on to The O.C. Supertones and The Dingees)
On hiatus
See also
References
- ^ "About". Solid State Records. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ "Stretch Arm Strong". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) Archived (Date missing) at soundwavenw.com (Error: unknown archive URL). Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016.
- ^ "He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ "Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag". Buzzgrinder.com. 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ "Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status". Noisecreep. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ "The Agony Scene says "The band has no religious leaning"". Last.fm. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ "Solid State". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 12, 2015.