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.

Current artists

• Becoming the Archetype
• The Devil Wears Prada^[7]
• Earth Groans^[8]
• Extol^[9]
• Fit for a King
• Miss May I^[10]
• Norma Jean
• Oh, Sleeper
• The Ongoing Concept
• Phinehas^[11]
• Silent Planet
• Wolves at the Gate

Former artists

Active

• Advent (Bridge 9 Records)
• The Agony Scene (Outerloop Records)
• As Cities Burn (Equal Vision Records)
• As They Sleep (Luxor Records)
• August Burns Red (SharpTone Records)
• Azusa^[12]
• Beloved (unsigned)
• Blindside (unsigned)
• Death Therapy^[13] (unsigned)
• Demon Hunter (Weapons MFG)
• Destroy the Runner (unsigned)
• The Drowned God^[14]
• Emery (Tooth & Nail Records)
• Empty
• Few Left Standing (unsigned)
• Forevermore (unsigned)
• Haste the Day (unsigned)
• He Is Legend (Spinefarm Records)
• Life in Your Way (Come&Live!)
• Lifelong
• Living Sacrifice (unsigned)
• Mantric (Tooth & Nail Records)
• MyChildren MyBride (eOne/Good Fight)
• My Heart to Fear (Luxor Records)
• Once Nothing (unsigned)
• Opponent
• Showbread (unsigned)
• Soul Embraced (Rottweiler)
• Spirit Breaker
• Stretch Arm Strong (independent)
• Trenches (Noise Order)
• Underoath (MNRK Music Group)
• The Undertaking!^[15]
• Zao (Observed/Observer)

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)
• Innermeans
• 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
• 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)
• 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)

See also

• Tooth & Nail Records
• BEC Recordings
• List of record labels
• Tooth & Nail Records discography

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: Earth Groans Join the Solid State Roster. Indie Vision Music. Mason. Beard. May 4, 2017. May 5, 2017.
9. Web site: Artists . July 15, 2024. solidstaterecords.com .
10. 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.
11. Web site: Phinehas Signs with Solid State. Indie Vision Music. Rob. J.. September 13, 2017. September 13, 2017.
12. Web site: Solid State Records Signs New Band. The Metal Onslaught. Mason. Beard. August 16, 2018. August 17, 2018.
13. Web site: Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy. As The Story Grows. Jason. Wisdom. Trav Turner. October 30, 2016. October 30, 2016.
14. Web site: The Drowned God sign with Solid State, debut new single Comments Lambgoat. February 26, 2021. lambgoat.com.
15. Web site: February 26, 2021. The Undertaking! Sign With Solid State Records, Debut "Oh, Negative". February 26, 2021. Theprp.com. en-US.