Solid State Records Explained

Solid State Records
Parent:	Tooth & Nail Records
Founder:	Brandon Ebel
Distributor:	Capitol Christian Music Group (US; 1993–2013), RED (US; 2013–present), Sony Music (Worldwide)
Genre:	Heavy metal, hardcore punk, metalcore
Country:	United States
Location:	Seattle, Washington

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

• 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

Active

• • • • • • 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

• 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

• 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)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About . Solid State Records . February 23, 2012.
2. Web site: Stretch Arm Strong . November 13, 2003 . Punknews.org . February 23, 2012.
3. Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) . Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016.
4. Web site: He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview . AbsolutePunk.net . February 23, 2012.
5. Web site: Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag . https://web.archive.org/web/20110222142756/http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/the-famine-interview-part-2/ . dead . February 22, 2011 . Buzzgrinder.com . February 16, 2011 . February 23, 2012 .
6. Web site: Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status . Noisecreep . March 19, 2010 . February 23, 2012.
7. Web site: Blabbermouth. September 24, 2018. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Signs With SOLID STATE RECORDS. February 26, 2021. BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
8. Web site: Artists . July 15, 2024. solidstaterecords.com .
9. Web site: 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. July 10, 2024.
10. Web site: Phinehas Signs with Solid State. Indie Vision Music. Rob. J.. September 13, 2017. September 13, 2017.
11. Web site: Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy. As The Story Grows. Jason. Wisdom. Trav Turner. October 30, 2016. October 30, 2016. May 31, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170531132109/http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy. dead.