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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Mayday Parade
| Name = In Fear and Faith
| Img = Mayday Parade 2008.jpg
| Img = In Fear and Faith 2010.jpg
| Img_capt = Mayday Parade at the [[WPBZ#Buzz Bake Sale|2008 Buzz Bake Sale]]
| Img_capt = In Fear and Faith performing in [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe, AZ]] in 2010.
| Img_size = 250
| Landscape = no
| Background = group_or_band
| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]
| Origin = [[San Diego]], [[California]], USA
| Genre = <!--These genres have already been proven with reliable sources. Do not edit this section on your own, if you would like to have your own say for InFaF's genre, consult the discussion page.--> [[Post-hardcore]], [[alternative metal]]
| Genre = [[Emo]], [[alternative rock]], [[indie rock|indie]]
| Years_active = 2005—present
| Years_active = 2006&ndash;present
| Label = [[Fearless Records|Fearless]] <small>(2006–present)</small><br>[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] <small>(2009–present)</small>
| Label = [[Rise Records|Rise]]
| URL = [http://www.maydayparade.com maydayparade.com]
| URL = [http://www.infearandfaith.net/ www.infearandfaith.net]
| Associated_acts = [[Greeley Estates]], [[Chiodos]], [[Sky Eats Airplane]], All the Kings Men
| Current_members = Derek Sanders<br>Jeremy Lenzo<br>Alex Garcia<br>Brooks Betts<br>Jake Bundrick
| Current_members = Ramin Niroomand<br/>Mehdi Niroomand<br/>Jarred DeArmas<br/>Scott Barnes<br/>Sean Bell
| Past_members = Jason Lancaster
| Past_members = Cody Anderson<br/>[[Tyler "Telle" Smith|Tyler Smith]]<br/>Davey Owens<br/>Jarred DeArmas<br/>Michael Guy<br/>Noah Slifka<br/>Tyler McElhaney
| Associated_acts = [[Go Radio]]<br>Kid Named Chicago<br>Defining Moment<br>Stages & Stereos
}}
}}


'''In Fear and Faith''' is an American [[rock music|rock]] band from [[San Diego|San Diego, California]]. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to [[Rise Records]] and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, ''[[Your World on Fire]]'', being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008, peaked at #193 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. Their second full-lenghth album, ''[[Imperial (album)|Imperial]]'' was released the following year and sold even better, charting at #4 on the [[Top Heatseekers]] chart in the US alone. Their band name is derived from the title of the song of the same name by [[Circa Survive]].
'''Mayday Parade''' is an American [[rock music|rock]] band from [[Tallahassee, Florida]]. Formed in 2005 when members of popular local Tallahassee bands Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment converged in 2006. Their debut EP ''[[Tales Told by Dead Friends]]'' was released in 2006, and sold over 20,000 copies without any label support.<ref name="fearless">{{cite web|url=http://www.fearlessrecords.com/viewband.php?band_id=31#self|title=Mayday Parade at Fearless Records|publisher=Fearless Records}}</ref> On July 10, 2007, Mayday Parade released their debut album ''[[A Lesson in Romantics]]''. After signing to [[Fearless Records]] in 2006, the band also signed onto a major label with [[Atlantic Records]] in 2009.<ref name="somethingpunk">{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingpunk.com/interviews.php?iID=120|title=Mayday Parade Interview|publisher=SomethingPunk.com}}</ref> Their second studio album, ''[[Anywhere but Here (Mayday Parade album)|Anywhere but Here]]'' was released on October 6, 2009.<ref name="2ndalbum">{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/Mayday_Parade/status/2300340859|title=Twitter / Mayday Parade: Here's the secret! |publisher=Twitter, Mayday Parade}}</ref>


==History==
== History ==
===''Tales Told by Dead Friends'' (2006)===
===Inception and ''Voyage'' (2006&ndash;2007)===
In Fear and Faith was founded in 2006 by members Davey Owens, Mehdi Niroomand, Tyler McElhaney, Jarred DeArmas, and Ramin Niroomand and incepted while attending high school and recorded a self-titled [[demo (music)|demo]] during the same year.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/in-fear-and-faith In Fear and Faith] Answers</ref>
With an undecided name, the band went into the studio to record their first EP ''[[Tales Told by Dead Friends]]'' with producer Lee Dyess. During the week they spent recording in the studio, they decided on the name Mayday Parade. The band went on their first U.S. tour with Brandtson and [[Mêlée (band)|Mêlée]], then on another tour with [[Plain White T's]] shortly after the release of the EP.


A year after recording the demo, founding vocalist Jarred DeArmas was kicked out of the group in desire of the members seeking a singer with a higher [[vocal range]]. [[Tyler "Telle" Smith]] was, at this point, employed as the band's clean vocalist along with Cody Anderson as the band's unclean vocalist. They replaced guitarist Davey Owens with Noah Slifka while keyboardist, Michael Guy left the band completely without a member in his replacement. With this line-up, they recorded their second EP, ''[[Voyage (EP)|Voyage]]'' and released it via [[iTunes]] on December 17, 2007.<ref>[http://www.infaf.com/2007/09/voyage.html In Fear and Faith: Voyage]</ref> Met with positive acclaim, the EP attracted the attention of [[Rise Records]], which they were signed to the following year.<ref>[http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=309516 Rise Signed In Fear And Faith] [[AbsolutePunk]]</ref>
===''A Lesson in Romantics'' and Lancaster's departure (2007-2008)===
In January 2007, the band started to record their debut studio album, ''[[A Lesson in Romantics]]''. In April, shortly after the album was completed, however, not released yet, [[Go Radio|Jason Lancaster]] left the band for personal reasons.<ref>[http://altpress.com/apr/117.htm ''Alternative Press Magazine'']</ref> He would later go on to form the band [[Go Radio]]. In a news article regarding [[Go Radio]] on [[Absolutepunk.net]], Jason replied with reasoning why he left the band, as well as his relationship with the band.


===''Your World on Fire'' (2008&ndash;2009)===
<blockquote>...You guys should know things about this band that I can't tell you, but believe like I do that they are all good at heart, just a little misguided at times...Mayday was a big part of my life but ask them next time who wrote the album, I bet my name doesn't come up. Or why I am off the bio completely, or maybe how I am denied credit in the album for writing anything. Or maybe ask Derek how he can take credit in so many publications and reply to me "I understand if this means we can't be friends anymore" when I asked him about it. Ask Jake how easy it was to write me off when I had no more chorus' for him. We had been playing together for 6 years. I'm not bitter anymore and all will heal with time, but know the bands you love, and know they aren't always what they seem.<ref>[http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?s=1bdffbaba109e10b4beb00511ab62b9f&p=7085628#post=7085628 AbsolutePunk - Go Radio Posts New Song]</ref></blockquote>
Smith left the band in January 2008 to join [[Greeley Estates]] as [[bassist]]. He was replaced by Scott Barnes and the group released their debut album, ''[[Your World on Fire]]'' on January 6, 2009 via Rise. It reached #193 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1105395/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], [[Allmusic]]</ref> Its overall success lead In Fear and Faith to inclusions on many tours in festivals. As well as touring for several years with groups such as [[Gwen Stacy (band)|Gwen Stacy]], [[Our Last Night]], [[Vanna (band)|Vanna]], [[Emarosa]], [[The Human Abstract]], [[Life in Your Way]], [[Burden of a Day]], Lower Definition, [[Confide (band)|Confide]], [[VersaEmerge]] and [[Here I Come Falling]], the band also toured with [[Emarosa]], [[I See Stars]], [[Our Last Night]], [[Burden of a Day]] and [[Broadway (band)|Broadway]]. They toured in ''A Winter to Remember'' with [[In This Moment]], Agraceful and [[Motionless in White]].<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=126277 A Winter to Remember]</ref>


=== ''Imperial'', ''Symphonies'' and member changes (2009&ndash;present)===
On August 6, 2007, Lancaster posted another response regarding his departure from the band on [[Go Radio]]'s [[MySpace]] blog:
On December 19, 2009, the band put an update on their [[Facebook]] profile stating that they were writing and recording a new album over those next 3 months.<ref>http://www.facebook.com/#/infaf?ref=nf</ref> During mid-April, the band completed the record after touring Europe, its title was revealed as ''[[Imperial (album)|Imperial]]''. On May 12 at Midnight (PST) the band released three new songs off of the album; "The Solitary Life", "Counselor", and "Bones" as [[streaming media]] online prior to its release. On June 15, 2010 ''Imperial'' was released worldwide.<ref>http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=4ad45287d95e9d166f2566afe165dd23&#!/infaf?ref=mf</ref>


In Fear and Faith appeared on the entire [[Warped Tour 2010|2010 Vans Warped Tour]] performing on the Skullcandy Stage. [[Craig Owens (vocalist)|Craig Owens]], formerly of [[Chiodos]], performed guest vocals with the group on two of the tour dates.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Shotwell|title=Alt Press - Craig Owens to sing with In Fear And Faith at two Warped Tour dates|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/craig_owens_to_sing_with_in_fear_and_faith_at_two_warped_tour_dates/|publisher=[[Alternative Press]]|accessdate=1 September 2010|date=2 August 2010}}</ref> In Fear and Faith also participated in the Band of Brothers Tour in the fall of 2010 with [[We Came as Romans]], [[Confide]], Upon a Burning Body and [[Abandon All Ships]].<ref>[http://www.smnnews.com/2010/08/03/we-came-as-romans-add-canadian-tour-dates-with-in-fear-and-faith-upon-a-burning-body/ WE CAME AS ROMANS: Add Canadian Tour Dates with In Fear and Faith, Upon a Burning Body] SMN News</ref>
<blockquote>A lot of people keep asking about what happened with Mayday, and I still don't quite know what to tell them, other than we parted ways. I have to say that I was really upset about everything that was happening around me leaving the band, and I know that a lot of things were said on both parts that didn't really make a whole lot of sense. But in reality, I think everything came from the fear that I was about to lose 5 of my best friends...So for that all I can really say is I'm sorry guys...I hope that one day we can all be friends again and that you know I am leaving the door open for whenever you guys can bring yourselves through it again...I'm just waiting for you to say you still want it and that everything is cool.<ref>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=196400358&blogId=296310968 - Full Quote</ref></blockquote>


While In Fear and Faith were included on [[Attack Attack!]]'s This Is a Family Tour, unclean vocalist, Cody Anderson was forced to not be included on their schedule due to personal reasons and his position in the group was substituted by Bryan Zimmerman, formerly of [[Sky Eats Airplane]].<ref>[http://grafwall.indiestar.tv/2010/12/in-fear-faith-screaming-vocalist-cody.html In Fear & Faith screaming vocalist Cody Anderson has left the band] Indiestar</ref> On December 5, 2010 it was announced that Anderson left the band completely.<ref>[http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/in_fear_and_faith_vocalist_leaves_band/ In Fear And Faith vocalist leaves band] [[Alternative Press]]</ref> He created a status explaining the situation via his Facebook profile, but did not explain the reason why.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=154834981230168&id=100000204409529&notif_t=feed_comment_reply Facebook Cody Anderson - I have left In Fear...]</ref> The band is currently in the process of preparing a rendition EP ''[[Symphonies (EP)|Symphonies]]'', which is expected to be released on May 3, 2011 with Barnes performing both clean and unclean vocals.<ref>[http://www.bringonmixedreviews.com/?p=9508 The Road To Faith Is Paved With Fear | So, Bring On Mixed Reviews]</ref> Before this release the band once more changed its line-up. Both Tyler McElhaney and Noah Slifka were replaced by Jarred DeArmas and Sean Bell, respectively. Bell served as a touring member for the group in the rhythm guitar position before his joining and DeArmas was originally the band's vocalist during its founding in high school when he was 17 in 2006.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/infaf?sk=info Information of In Fer and Faith at their official Facebook]</ref>
The album was released on July 10, 2007. Mayday Parade supported their album on the [[Warped Tour 2007|2007 Vans Warped Tour]]. The band made their first UK appearance in April 2008 performing at the [[Give it a Name]] festival in [[Sheffield]] and [[London]]. The band played the [[Warped Tour 2008|2008 Vans Warped Tour]] and toured with [[All Time Low]], [[The Maine (band)|The Maine]], and [[Every Avenue]] in Fall 2008 on the Compromising of Integrity, Morality, and Principles in Exchange for Money tour.


==Musical style and structure==
===''Anywhere but Here'' (2009&ndash;present)===
In Fear and Faith are essentially a [[post-hardcore]] band, but perform the genre with a tied-in influence of [[heavy metal music|metal]] and [[electronica]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/in-fear--faith-p1105395|title=In Fear & Faith|date=|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2011-1-06}}</ref> The group is primarily influenced by [[alternative rock]], [[emo]], [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] and heavy metal bands such as [[Circa Survive]], [[At the Drive-In]], [[Sick of It All]], [[Sepultura]] and [[Pantera]].<ref name="allmusic"/> Music journalist, Andrew Leahy documented In Fear and Faith's sound as "a blend of furious instrumentation, electronic flourishes and screamo vocals" along with mentioning embracement of heavy metal while complimenting their hybrid sound of being the case why the group "were signed so quickly" and "wasted little time" doing so.<ref name="allmusic"/>
The band began writing their new record in December 2008, the first writing process as a band without lyricist Lancaster, who had written the majority of the bands songs up to this point. The band finished recording in June 2009. The new album, entitled ''[[Anywhere but Here (Mayday Parade album)|Anywhere but Here]]'', was released on October 6, 2009. The title track, "Anywhere but Here", was posted on their MySpace on July 28, along with a blog explaining that the first single of the new album will be called "The Silence", and would be released on August 11, 2009. On August 4, "The Silence" was released on Mayday Parade's MySpace and through [[iTunes]]. On September 9, Mayday Parade released another song from the album called "Kids in Love" to their MySpace page.


In Fear and Faith songs are usually - on average - three minutes in time length, but their larger and more-known songs such as "Live Love Die" and "The Taste of Regret" lead into four minutes of length. The main songwriters have primarily always been Ramin and Mehdi Nirromand, Tyler McElhaney and Scott Barnes. Bassist, McElhaney has commented on the band's [[guitar tunings]] stating that while the tunings on ''[[Your World on Fire]]'' and the [[Voyage (EP)|''Voyage'' EP]] would be set to the same drop throughout, ''[[Imperial (album)|Imperial]]'' features different tunings on several different songs to add "depth" regardless of the difficulty of this for live performances.<ref>[http://underthegunreview.net/2010/06/09/utgtv-ifaf/ UTG TV: In Fear and Faith Interview]</ref>
Mayday Parade co-headlined both the 2009 Fall Ball tour with [[The Academy Is...]], with supporting acts such as [[You Me At Six]], [[The Secret Handshake]], and [[Set Your Goals (band)|Set Your Goals]] and the 2010 Take Action Tour along with [[We the Kings]], [[A Rocket to the Moon]], and [[There For Tomorrow]].


==Members==
Mayday Parade supported [[Madina Lake]] on the UK leg of their Arlene Ball tour in March/April 2010.

Mayday Parade headlined the Ernie Ball Stage on the [[Vans Warped Tour]] 2010 and embarked on a co-headline UK tour with [[The Maine]] in October 2010.

Later that year, Mayday Parade performed on the very first Fearless Friends Tour, which also featured [[Fearless Records]] label-mates [[Breathe Carolina]], [[Every Avenue]], [[Artist Vs Poet]] and former Mayday Parade singer/guitarist Jason Lancaster's new band, [[Go Radio]]. Lancaster performed "Miserable at Best" on stage with Mayday Parade throughout the tour.

It has been confirmed that Mayday Parade will be playing on all dates on the Australian 2011 [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave Festival]].<ref>http://www.soundwavefestival.com/Lineup</ref>

The band covered the song "[[We Are the Champions]]" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] for the compilation album [[Punk Goes Classic Rock]], released on April 27, 2010. They also recorded a cover of "[[In My Head (Jason Derülo song)|In My Head]]" by [[Jason Derülo]] for the next release in the franchise, [[Punk Goes Pop 3]], which was released on November 2, 2010.

Written by the band in a beach house in Panacea, Florida, their third, currently untitled full-length album is due to be released in June/July 2011.<ref>http://www.formspring.me/jeremylenzo/q/2090865348</ref> The album is being produced by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, who also produced A Lesson in Romantics.<ref>http://www.maydayparade.com/blog/writing-blog-update-1/</ref>

On January 24, 2011, the band released a promotional music video for their song "Get Up." The video is composed of live performances and behind-the-scenes footage from the Fearless Friends Tour.<ref>http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/mayday_parade_get_up_behind_the_scenes_live_video/</ref>

On March 8, 2011, Mayday Parade's acoustic EP [[Valdosta (Mayday Parade album)|Valdosta]] was released through Atlantic and Fearless Records.

On March 10th, Songkick recognized Mayday Parade as the hardest working band of 2010, with 194 bookings and 74,000 miles logged in the entire year, with Willie Nelson and Lady Gaga ranking #7 and #8 in comparison.<ref>http://www.songkick.com/blog/2011/03/10/the-hardest-working-bands-of-2010/</ref>

On April 17th, Jake Bundrick, the drummer of Mayday Parade, tweeted to confirm that their third full-length album had been completed. The album is still untitled and is expected to be released in the fall of 2011.

==Band members==
;Current members
;Current members
*Brooks Betts – [[rhythm guitar]] <small>(2005&ndash;present)</small>
*Jarred DeArmas - [[bass guitar]] <small>(since 2011)</small>, lead vocals <small>(2006)</small>
*Jake Bundrick – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[backing vocals|vocals]] <small>(2005&ndash;present)</small>
*Mehdi Niroomand - [[Drum kit|drums]] <small>(since 2006)</small>
*Alex Garcia – [[lead guitar]] <small>(2005&ndash;present)</small>
*Ramin Niroomand - [[lead guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[piano]] <small>(since 2006)</small>
*Jeremy Lenzo – [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals|vocals]] <small>(2005&ndash;present)</small>
*Scott Barnes - [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]] <small>(since 2008)</small>
*Derek Sanders – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[acoustic guitar]] <small>(2005&ndash;present)</small>
*Sean Bell - [[rhythm guitar]] <small>(since 2011)</small>


;Former members
;Former members
*Jason Lancaster – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriting <small>(2005&ndash;2007)</small>
*Cody Anderson - [[Screaming (music)|unclean vocals]] <small>(2007-2010)</small>
*Michael Guy - keyboards <small>(2006-2007)</small>

*Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar <small>(2006-2011)</small>
===Album appearances===
*Davey Owens - rhythm guitar <small>(2006-2007)</small>
{| class="wikitable"
*Noah Slifka - rhythm guitar <small>(2007-2011)</small>
|-
*[[Tyler "Telle" Smith]] - [[Singing|clean vocals]] <small>(2007-2008)</small>
! rowspan="2"|Member
! colspan="4"|Album
! width="110" rowspan="2"|Instrument
|-
! width="110"|<small>''Tales Told by Dead Friends EP''
! width="110"|<small>''A Lesson in Romantics''
! width="110"|<small>''Anywhere But Here''
! width="110"|<small>''Valdosta''
|-
| align="center"| Derek Sanders
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| Lead vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar
|-
| align="center"|Jake Bundrick
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| Drums, vocals*
|-
| align="center"|Jeremy Lenzo
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| Bass guitar, vocals*
|-
| align="center"| Alex Garcia
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| Lead guitar
|-
| align="center"|Brooks Betts
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| Rhythm guitar
|-
| align="center"|Jason Lancaster
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| Co-lead vocals, third guitar
|-
| align="center"| Daniel Lancaster
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| Additional vocals on "Jamie All Over"
|-
| align="center"| Natalie VanLandingham
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{Y}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| align="center"|'''{{N}}'''
| Additional vocals on "Jersey"
|-
|}

<small>* - Played main instrument on all albums; vocals only after departure of Lancaster</small>


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
;Studio albums
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!width="18" rowspan="2"|Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
!width="245" rowspan="2"|Album
! rowspan="2"| Title
! rowspan="2"| [[record label|Label]]
!colspan="3"|Chart positions
! colspan="4"| Chart Positions<ref>http://www.billboard.com/artist/in-fear-faith/1052287</ref>
!width="150" rowspan="2"|Sales
|-
|-
! width="50"|<small>[[Billboard 200|200]]</small>
! width="86"| <small>[[Billboard 200|Top 200]]</small>
! width="50"|<small>[[Top Heatseekers|HEAT]]</small>
! width="86"| <small>[[Top Independent Albums|US Indie]]</small>
! width="50"|<small>[[Independent Albums|IND]]</small>
! width="86"| <small>[[Top Heatseekers|US Heat]]</small>
! width="86"| <small>[[Hard Rock Albums|Hard Rock]]</small>
|-
| 2007
| ''[[A Lesson in Romantics]]''
*Released July 10, 2007
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| 8
|align="center"| 31
|align="center"| 140,000
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
| ''[[Your World on Fire]]''
| ''[[Anywhere but Here (Mayday Parade album)|Anywhere but Here]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[Rise Records|Rise]]
*Released October 6, 2009
|align="center"| 31
| align="center"| 193
|align="center"| -
| align="center"| 23
|align="center"| -
| align="center"| 8
|align="center"| -
| align="center"| -
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Imperial (album)|Imperial]]''
| align="center"| -
| align="center"| 32
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 18
|-
|-
|}
|}


===EPs===
;EPs
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!width="18" rowspan="2"|Year
! Year
! Title
!width="245" rowspan="2"|Album
! Label
!colspan="3"|Chart positions
!width="150" rowspan="2"|Sales
|-
! width="50"|<small>[[Billboard 200|200]]</small>
! width="50"|<small>[[Top Heatseekers|HEAT]]</small>
! width="50"|<small>[[Independent Albums|IND]]</small>
|-
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| 2006
| align="center" | ''[[Voyage (EP)|Voyage]]''
| ''[[Tales Told by Dead Friends]]''
| Self-released
*Released November 7, 2006
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| 20,000<ref name="fearless"/>
|-
|-
| 2011
| 2011
| ''[[Valdosta (Mayday Parade album)|Valdosta]]''
| ''[[Symphonies (EP)|Symphonies]]''
| Rise
*Released on March 8, 2011
|align="center"| 127
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| –
|align="center"| N/A<ref name="fearless"/>
|}
|}


== Videography ==
===Compilation appearances===
*"Live Love Die" (''[[Voyage (EP)|Voyage]]'', 2008)
*''[[Punk Goes Pop 3]]'' with "[[In My Head (Jason Derülo song)]]", originally by [[Jason Derülo]]
*"Your World on Fire" (''[[Your World on Fire]]'', 2009)
*''[[Punk Goes Classic Rock]]'' with "[[We Are the Champions]]", originally by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions" (''Your World on Fire'', 2009)
*''[[Punk Goes Pop 2]]'' with "[[When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]", originally by [[Pussycat Dolls]]
*"Bones" (''[[Imperial (album)|Imperial]]'', 2010)
*''[[Punk Goes Acoustic 2]]'' with "Three Cheers for Five Years" (Acoustic)
*''[[Warped Tour 2007 Tour Compilation]]'' with "Black Cat"
*''[[Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation]]'' with "Jamie All Over"
*''[[Warped Tour 2010 Tour Compilation]]'' with "If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?"
*''LBM Music Compilation Vol. 3 (Fall Edition)'' with "Jamie All Over"<ref>[http://www.lbmmusiczine.com/compvol3.html LBM Music Zine]</ref>
*''[[Take Action! Vol. 7]]'' with "When I Get Home, You're So Dead"


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
http://www.maydayparade.com/
*[http://www.infaf.com/ Official website]
*{{MySpace|maydayparade}}
*{{PureVolume|maydayparade}}


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In Fear and Faith is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire, being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008, peaked at #193 on the Billboard 200. Their second full-lenghth album, Imperial was released the following year and sold even better, charting at #4 on the Top Heatseekers chart in the US alone. Their band name is derived from the title of the song of the same name by Circa Survive.

History

Inception and Voyage (2006–2007)

In Fear and Faith was founded in 2006 by members Davey Owens, Mehdi Niroomand, Tyler McElhaney, Jarred DeArmas, and Ramin Niroomand and incepted while attending high school and recorded a self-titled demo during the same year.[1]

A year after recording the demo, founding vocalist Jarred DeArmas was kicked out of the group in desire of the members seeking a singer with a higher vocal range. Tyler "Telle" Smith was, at this point, employed as the band's clean vocalist along with Cody Anderson as the band's unclean vocalist. They replaced guitarist Davey Owens with Noah Slifka while keyboardist, Michael Guy left the band completely without a member in his replacement. With this line-up, they recorded their second EP, Voyage and released it via iTunes on December 17, 2007.[2] Met with positive acclaim, the EP attracted the attention of Rise Records, which they were signed to the following year.[3]

Your World on Fire (2008–2009)

Smith left the band in January 2008 to join Greeley Estates as bassist. He was replaced by Scott Barnes and the group released their debut album, Your World on Fire on January 6, 2009 via Rise. It reached #193 on the Billboard 200.[4] Its overall success lead In Fear and Faith to inclusions on many tours in festivals. As well as touring for several years with groups such as Gwen Stacy, Our Last Night, Vanna, Emarosa, The Human Abstract, Life in Your Way, Burden of a Day, Lower Definition, Confide, VersaEmerge and Here I Come Falling, the band also toured with Emarosa, I See Stars, Our Last Night, Burden of a Day and Broadway. They toured in A Winter to Remember with In This Moment, Agraceful and Motionless in White.[5]

Imperial, Symphonies and member changes (2009–present)

On December 19, 2009, the band put an update on their Facebook profile stating that they were writing and recording a new album over those next 3 months.[6] During mid-April, the band completed the record after touring Europe, its title was revealed as Imperial. On May 12 at Midnight (PST) the band released three new songs off of the album; "The Solitary Life", "Counselor", and "Bones" as streaming media online prior to its release. On June 15, 2010 Imperial was released worldwide.[7]

In Fear and Faith appeared on the entire 2010 Vans Warped Tour performing on the Skullcandy Stage. Craig Owens, formerly of Chiodos, performed guest vocals with the group on two of the tour dates.[8] In Fear and Faith also participated in the Band of Brothers Tour in the fall of 2010 with We Came as Romans, Confide, Upon a Burning Body and Abandon All Ships.[9]

While In Fear and Faith were included on Attack Attack!'s This Is a Family Tour, unclean vocalist, Cody Anderson was forced to not be included on their schedule due to personal reasons and his position in the group was substituted by Bryan Zimmerman, formerly of Sky Eats Airplane.[10] On December 5, 2010 it was announced that Anderson left the band completely.[11] He created a status explaining the situation via his Facebook profile, but did not explain the reason why.[12] The band is currently in the process of preparing a rendition EP Symphonies, which is expected to be released on May 3, 2011 with Barnes performing both clean and unclean vocals.[13] Before this release the band once more changed its line-up. Both Tyler McElhaney and Noah Slifka were replaced by Jarred DeArmas and Sean Bell, respectively. Bell served as a touring member for the group in the rhythm guitar position before his joining and DeArmas was originally the band's vocalist during its founding in high school when he was 17 in 2006.[14]

Musical style and structure

In Fear and Faith are essentially a post-hardcore band, but perform the genre with a tied-in influence of metal and electronica.[15] The group is primarily influenced by alternative rock, emo, hardcore and heavy metal bands such as Circa Survive, At the Drive-In, Sick of It All, Sepultura and Pantera.[15] Music journalist, Andrew Leahy documented In Fear and Faith's sound as "a blend of furious instrumentation, electronic flourishes and screamo vocals" along with mentioning embracement of heavy metal while complimenting their hybrid sound of being the case why the group "were signed so quickly" and "wasted little time" doing so.[15]

In Fear and Faith songs are usually - on average - three minutes in time length, but their larger and more-known songs such as "Live Love Die" and "The Taste of Regret" lead into four minutes of length. The main songwriters have primarily always been Ramin and Mehdi Nirromand, Tyler McElhaney and Scott Barnes. Bassist, McElhaney has commented on the band's guitar tunings stating that while the tunings on Your World on Fire and the Voyage EP would be set to the same drop throughout, Imperial features different tunings on several different songs to add "depth" regardless of the difficulty of this for live performances.[16]

Members

Current members
Former members
  • Cody Anderson - unclean vocals (2007-2010)
  • Michael Guy - keyboards (2006-2007)
  • Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar (2006-2011)
  • Davey Owens - rhythm guitar (2006-2007)
  • Noah Slifka - rhythm guitar (2007-2011)
  • Tyler "Telle" Smith - clean vocals (2007-2008)

Discography

Studio albums
Year Title Label Chart Positions[17]
Top 200 US Indie US Heat Hard Rock
2009 Your World on Fire Rise 193 23 8 -
2010 Imperial - 32 4 18
EPs
Year Title Label
2007 Voyage Self-released
2011 Symphonies Rise

Videography

  • "Live Love Die" (Voyage, 2008)
  • "Your World on Fire" (Your World on Fire, 2009)
  • "The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions" (Your World on Fire, 2009)
  • "Bones" (Imperial, 2010)

References

  1. ^ In Fear and Faith Answers
  2. ^ In Fear and Faith: Voyage
  3. ^ Rise Signed In Fear And Faith AbsolutePunk
  4. ^ Billboard, Allmusic
  5. ^ A Winter to Remember
  6. ^ http://www.facebook.com/#/infaf?ref=nf
  7. ^ http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=4ad45287d95e9d166f2566afe165dd23&#!/infaf?ref=mf
  8. ^ James, Shotwell (August 2, 2010). "Alt Press - Craig Owens to sing with In Fear And Faith at two Warped Tour dates". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  9. ^ WE CAME AS ROMANS: Add Canadian Tour Dates with In Fear and Faith, Upon a Burning Body SMN News
  10. ^ In Fear & Faith screaming vocalist Cody Anderson has left the band Indiestar
  11. ^ In Fear And Faith vocalist leaves band Alternative Press
  12. ^ Facebook Cody Anderson - I have left In Fear...
  13. ^ The Road To Faith Is Paved With Fear | So, Bring On Mixed Reviews
  14. ^ Information of In Fer and Faith at their official Facebook
  15. ^ a b c "In Fear & Faith". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-1-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ UTG TV: In Fear and Faith Interview
  17. ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/in-fear-faith/1052287

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