Solid State

August Burns Red: Rescue & Restore [6/25] *

CD / Solid State / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Provision; Treatment; Spirit Breaker; Count It All As Lost; Sincerity; Creative Captivity; Fault Line; Beauty In Tragedy; Animals; Echoes; First Step, The
Artists: August Burns Red

Underoath: Anthology 1999-2013 *

1 CD / Solid State / 2012-11-06

Tracks: Sunburnt - (previously unreleased); Unsound - (previously unreleased); In Division; Catch Myself Catching Myself; Paper Lung; Desperate Times, Desperate Measures; Too Bright to See, Too Loud to Hear;...
Artists: Underoath

With a collection of songs that spans the band's entire career, Underoath give fans a CliffsNotes version of their entire career with the greatest-hits compilation Anthology 1999-2013. Covering ground...continue...

Becoming the Archetype: I Am *

1 CD / Solid State / 2012-09-18

Tracks: Ocean Walker, The; Time Bender, The; Eyes of the Storm, The; Sky Bearer, The; Machine Killer, The; War Ender, The; Weapon Breaker, The; Planet Maker, The; Sun Eater, The; I Am
Artists: Becoming the Archetype

Personnel: Seth Hecox (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Daniel Gailey (vocals, guitar); Chris McCane (vocals); Chris Heaton (drums).

Audio Mixer: Tue Madsen....continue...

Haste the Day: Best of the Best *

1 CD / Solid State / 2012-04-24

Tracks: Blue 42; American Love; Fallen; Walk On; When Everything Falls; Pressure the Hinges; Stitches; Chorus of Angels; 68; Mad Man; Autumn; Dog Like Vultures; Travesty
Artists: Haste the Day

An easier-to-swallow pill than the three-disc, three-album set Concerning the Way It Was, greatest-hits album Best of the Best distills Haste the Day's output into an intense collection of metalcore m...continue...

Becoming the Archetype: Celestial Completion

1 CD / Solid State / 2011-03-29

Tracks: Resonant Frequency of Flesh, The; Magnetic Sky, The; Internal Illumination; Path of the Beam; Music of the Spheres: (Requiem Aeternam Pt.1); Elemental Wrath: (Requiem Aeternam Pt. 2); Xenosynthesis: ...
Artists: Becoming the Archetype

Lyricist: Jason Wisdom.

Personnel: Count Seth (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Daniel Gailey (vocals, guitar); Jason Wisdom (vocals); Sean Patrick Murphy (sitar, tabla); Kim Stice (violin); Dennis ...continue...

Oh, Sleeper: Son of the Morning

1 CD / Solid State / 2009-08-25

Tracks: Son of the Morning; New Breed, The; In All Honesty; Breathing Blood; Reveries of Flight; World Without a Sun; Fire Dawn, The; Banquet for Traitors, An; Commissioned by Kings; Finisher, The
Artists: Oh, Sleeper

Lyricist: Micah Kinard.

Personnel: Shane Blay (vocals, guitar); Micah Kinard, Cody Bonnette (vocals); James Erwin (guitar); Matt Davis , Matt Davis (drums).

Audio Mixer: Andreas Lars Mag...continue...

August Burns Red: Lost Messengers: The Outtakes

1 CD / Solid State / 2009-02-24

Tracks: Chasing the Dragon; Mosky; Carol of the Bells; To Those About To Rock; Piano Man; Truth of a Liar, The; Vital Signs
Artists: August Burns Red

Personnel: Jake Luhrs (vocals); J. B. Brubaker, Brent Rambler (guitar); Matthew Wilsen Greiner (piano, drums); Dustin Davidson (bass guitar).

Audio Mixer: Carson Slovak....continue...

Norma Jean (Rock): Anti-Mother

1 CD / Solid State / 2008-08-05

Tracks: Vipers, Snakes And Actors; Self Employed Chemist; Birth Of The Anti Mother; Robots 3, Humans 0; Death Of The Anti-Mother; Surrender Your Sons; Murphy Was An Optimist; Opposite Of Left And Wrong; ...D...
Artists: Norma Jean (Rock)

Norma Jean has cut a path in Metal music, and continues to push boundaries and push limits on the "Anti-Mother" creating a symphony of discourse...continue...
Norma Jean (Rock): Cory Brandan (vocals, guitar); Chris Day , Scottie Henry (guitar); Jake Schultz (bass guitar); Chris Raines (drums).

THE ANTI MOTHER continues Norma Jean's sonic rampage in t...continue...

Destroy the Runner: I, Lucifer

1 CD / Solid State / 2008-04-15

Tracks: Crumbs for the Murder; Isabella's; Mr. and Mrs. Cuckoldom; Bag of Marbles, A; I, Lucifer; It's Always Cold in Paris; Pathetic Psalm, A; Luxuria; On Falling Leaf; Novel of War, A; Mountain So Big, a Q...
Artists: Destroy the Runner

2008 sophomore album from the Christian Metalcore band recorded with Brian McTernan at Salad Days Studios in Baltimore, MD. The band was called Die Like...continue...
Audio Mixer: Brian McTernan.

Photographer: Jerad Knudson.

Ahhh, the sweet, soothing sounds of screamo. One of the genre's more "scream-happy" bands of the early 21st century was Destroy ...continue...

MyChildren MyBride: Unbreakable

1 CD / Solid State / 2008-02-26

Tracks: Faithless; On Wings of Integrity; Machinist, The; Headshot!; Boris the Blade; Severance; Versus; Waves of Oppression; Circle the Sky; Choke
Artists: MyChildren MyBride

Hailing from the middle of absolutely nowhere Alabama comes a brutal Metal/Deathcore act that are proud to have landed a home with Solid State Records....continue...
Personnel: Matthew Hasting (vocals); Brian Hood (guitar, drums); Robert Bloomfield, Kyle Ray (guitar).

Opening with the twin-guitar melodies of the powerful "Faithless", Alabama's MyChildren My...continue...

Becoming the Archetype: The Physics of Fire

1 CD / Solid State / 2007-05-08

Tracks: Epoch of War; Immolation; Autopsy; Great Fall, The; Nocturne - (instrumental); Monolith, The; Construct and Collapse; Endure; Fire Made Flesh; Second Death; Balance of Eternity, The
Artists: Becoming the Archetype

Becoming the Archetype: Count Seth, Alex (guitar); Jason (bass guitar); Brent (drums).

Audio Mixer: Andreas Lars Magnusson.

Recording information: Istari Studio, Whitehall, PA (11/28/200...continue...

Haste the Day: Pressure the Hinges

1 CD / Solid State / 2007-03-20

Tracks: Eye of the Needle; Pressure the Hinges; Minor Prophets, The; Oracle, The; White Collar; Needles; Janet's Planet; Servant Ties; Stitches; Vertigo; Akeldema; Eremus; Chorus of Angels
Artists: Haste the Day

There's something so incendiary about a solid metal show that pulls an audience in, one by one. With a wailing lead guitar combined with throaty...continue...
Composer: Haste the Day.

Haste the Day: Michael Murphy (bass instrument); Stephen Keech, Jason Barnes, Devin Chaulk.

Personnel: Brennan Chaulk (vocals, guitar); Stephen Keech, Michael Mu...continue...

Inhale/Exhale: The Lost the Sick the Sacred

1 CD / Solid State / 2006-11-21

Tracks: Redemption; By Grace; Frail Dreams and Rude Awakenings; Dance All Night; Call to the Faithful, A; Touch of Deception; Your Walls...My Words; Tonight We Die Together; Sons of Tomorrow (To Noah James);...
Artists: Inhale/Exhale

Personnel: John LaRussa (vocals, guitar, classical guitar, piano); Ryland Raus (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Travis Wyrick.

Recording information: Lakeside Studios.

Add another Christian...continue...

Demon Hunter: The Triptych

2 CD / Solid State / 2006-10-31

Tracks: Flame That Guides Us Home, The; Not I; Undying; Relentless Intolerance; Deteriorate; Soldiers's Song, The; Fire to My Soul; One Thousand Apologies; Science of Lies, The; Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your ...
Artists: Demon Hunter

Demon Hunter's The Triptych is the bands most successful release to date scanning over 65,000 units! The metallic energy of the original chart-topping album has...continue...
On its third studio outing, the Christian band Demon Hunter further hones its highly aggressive heavy-metal sound. While the group's spiritual leanings may not be immediately apparent amidst the crush...continue...

He Is Legend: Suck out the Poison

1 CD / Solid State / 2006-10-03

Tracks: Dixie Wolf (The Seduction Of...); Attack of the Dungeon Witch; Suck out the Poison; Mushroom River; Opening; China White II; Serpent Sickness; Electronic Throat; Stampede; Widow of Magnolia, The; Pot...
Artists: He Is Legend

He Is Legend explores the implications of this perilous act of love on their sophomore release "Suck Out The Poison." Produced by Steve Evetts (Story...continue...
Personnel: Schuylar Croom (vocals); Adam Tanbouz (guitar, piano); McKenzie Bell (guitar); Steven Bache (drums).

Additional personnel: Laura Sweeney (vocals); Adam Tanbouz (piano).

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Destroy the Runner: Saints

1 CD / Solid State / 2006-09-12

Tracks: Dialogue; My Darkness; Columbia; Saints; Thoughts in Reverse; Aleph, The; From the Red; Without Sight; Separate; Sound of Reason; There Can Be No Hesitation; Pallbearer; Resolution
Artists: Destroy the Runner

Destroy The Runner rise from the ashes of the San Diego hardcore scene. Combining an onslaught of hair-whipping, metal-shredding guitar riffs with bold and yet...continue...
Personnel: Duane Reed (vocals, guitar); Kyle Setter, Cove Reber (vocals); Nick Maldonado (guitar); Marc Kohlbry (drums).

Audio Mixer: Daniel Castleman.

Photographer: Peter Dawson.
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Norma Jean (Rock): Redeemer

1 CD / Solid State / 2006-09-12

Tracks: Grand Scene For a Color Film, A; Blueprints For Future Homes; Small Spark vs. A Great Forest, A; Temperamental Widower, A; End of All Things Will Be Televised, The; Songs Sound Much Sadder; Like Swim...
Artists: Norma Jean (Rock)

Produced by Ross Robinson (At The Drive-in, From First To Last, Sepultura), "Redeemer" is at once the heaviest and most personal album in this bands...continue...
Norma Jean (Rock): Daniel, Cory, Chris, Scottie, Jake.

Additional personnel: Matthew Putman (drums).

On their third release overall, 2006's Redeemer, the Atlanta metal quintet Norma Jean...continue...

Norma Jean (Rock): O God, The Aftermath [Limited]

2 CD / Solid State / 2006-03-21

Tracks: Murderotica; Vertebraille; Bayonetwork; Dilemmachine; Coffinspire; Liarsenic; Disconnecktie; Absentimental; Charactarantula; Pretendeavor; Scientification
Artists: Norma Jean (Rock)

Norma Jean are no strangers to suspense. In fact, it seems the band almost thrives on creating anticipation for their admiring fans. Whether it be...continue...
Norma Jean (Rock): Chris, Daniel, Jake, Scottie, Cory.

Three years and one lead-singer change after its debut album, Christian metal band Norma Jean returned with O GOD, THE AFTERMATH, a pile-d...continue...

The Chariot: Unsung EP [EP]

1 CD / Solid State / 2005-12-06

Tracks: Yanni Depp; Phil Cosby (Before There Was Atlanta, There Was Douglasville); Vin Affleck (Goodnight My Lady and a Forever Farewell); Kenny Gibler (Play the Piano Like a Disease); Sargeant Savage (Die I...
Artists: The Chariot

Unsung features 4 re-worked and re-recorded songs from Everything is Alive and two brand new songs. It will also feature live footage of The Chariot's...continue...
The Chariot: Larry Morris (vocals); Matt Hinton (banjo); Josh Scogin, Troy Stains, Crystal Ninja Strings.

Personnel: Josh Scogin (vocals); Keller Harbin (guitar); Troy Stains (lap steel guitar)...continue...

Becoming the Archetype: Terminate Damnation

1 CD / Solid State / 2005-08-30

Tracks: March of the Dead; Into Oblivion; One Man Parade; Elegy; Night's Sorrow; Epigone, The; Beyond Adaptation; No Fall to Far; Ex Nihilo; Denouement; Trivial Paroxysm, The
Artists: Becoming the Archetype

Formed in the summer of `99 Becoming The Archetype is an experienced band with a uniquely mature sound and uncompromising passion for their beliefs. Their...continue...
Becoming the Archetype: Jason Wisdom (vocals, bass guitar); Seth Hecox (guitar, keyboards); Jon Star, Sean Cunningham (guitar); Brent Duckett (drums)....continue...

Haste the Day: When Everything Falls

1 CD / Solid State / 2005-06-28

Tracks: Fallen; Perfect Night, The; Walk On; When Everything Falls; If I Could See; Walls and Fear; For a Lifetime; This Time It's Real; Bleed Alone; Instrumetal; All I Have; Long Way Down
Artists: Haste the Day

On their sophomore opus for Solid State, Indiana's Haste The Day have focused primarily on their strengths and it shows. Along with producer GGGarth Richardson...continue...
Haste the Day: Brennan Chaulk (vocals, guitar); Michael Murphy (vocals, bass instrument); Jimmy Ryan (vocals); Jason Barnes (guitar); Devin Chaulk (drums).

Though each member of Haste The Day t...continue...

As Cities Burn: Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest

1 CD / Solid State / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Thus From My Lips, By Yours, My Sin Is Purged; Love Jealous One, Love; Incomplete Is a Leech; Bloodsucker Pt. II; Terrible! How Terrible For the Great City!; Widow, The; Wake Dead Man, Wake; Admissio...
Artists: As Cities Burn

As Cities Burn: Cody Bonnette (vocals, guitar); TJ Bonnette (vocals); Colin Kimble (guitar); Pascal Barone (bass guitar); Aaron Lunsford (drums).

Christian rock, like rock en español, is a...continue...

Living Sacrifice (Metal): In Memoriam

1 CD / Solid State / 2005-03-29

Tracks: In Christ; Power of God, The; Killers; Symbiotic; Send Your Regrets; Bloodwork; Local Vengance Killing; Reborn Empowered; Reject; Enthroned '98; Breathing Murder; In the Shadow; Distorted; Haven of B...
Artists: Living Sacrifice (Metal)

Living Sacrifice (Metal): Bruce Fitzhugh (vocals, guitar); Darren "D.J." Johnson (vocals, bass guitar); Jason Truby, Rocky Gray, Cory Putman (guitar); Arthur Green, Chris Truby (bass guitar); Lance Ga...continue...

Norma Jean (Rock): O God, The Aftermath

1 CD / Solid State / 2005-03-01

Tracks: Murderotica; Vertebraille; Bayonetwork; Dilemmachine; Coffinspire; Liarsenic; Disconnecktie; Absentimental; Charactarantula; Pretendeavor; Scientification
Artists: Norma Jean (Rock)

Norma Jean (Rock): Chris, Daniel, Jake, Scottie, Cory.

Three years and one lead-singer change after its debut album, Christian metal band Norma Jean returned with O GOD, THE AFTERMATH, a pile-d...continue...

The Chariot: Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing Nothing Is Dead and Nothing Is Bleeding

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-11-16

Tracks: Before There Was Atlanta, There Was Douglasville; Someday, In the Event That Mankind Actually Figures Out What It Is ...; Dialogue With a Question Mark; Die Interviewer (I Am Only Speaking in German)...
Artists: The Chariot

Josh Scogin, former frontman from Norma Jean, returns with his same charismatic stage presence in tact and a brand new band. Atlanta, GA proudly presents:...continue...
The Chariot: Josh Scogin (vocals); Keller Harbin, Jeff Carter, Tony Medina, Josh Beiser.

Personnel: Bradley Hathaway (vocals); Matt Goldman (strings); Jeff Carter (tambourine).

Additiona...continue...

He Is Legend: I Am Hollywood

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-11-02

Tracks: Seduction, The; Eating a Book; Creature Walks, The (End Scene); Greatest Actor Alive, The (Enters Stage Right); China White (End Scene); Best in Mexico; Walls Have Teeth, The; You Think I'm Pretty; D...
Artists: He Is Legend

Christian rock, like rock en español, isn't just one style but many different styles. In the 21st century, Christian rock includes everything from post-grunge, punk-pop and emo to metalcore, hard...continue...

Underoath: They're Only Chasing Safety

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-06-15

Tracks: Young & Inspiring; Boy Brushed Red...Living in Black & White, A; Impact of Reason, The; Reinventing Your Exit; Blue Note, The; It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door; Down, Set, Go; I Do...
Artists: Underoath

Underoath: Spencer Chamberlain (vocals); James Smith, Timothy McTague (guitar); Christopher Dudley (keyboards); Grant Brandell (bass guitar); Aaron Gillespie (drums, background vocals).

Any lis...continue...

Demon Hunter: Summer of Darkness

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-05-04

Tracks: Not Ready to Die; Awakening, The; Beheaded; My Heartstrings Come Undone; Our Faces Fall Apart; Less Than Nothing; Summer of Darkness; Beauty Through the Eyes of a Predator; Annihilate the Corrupt; I ...
Artists: Demon Hunter

Shocking critics by becoming the fastest selling new band in Solid State Records' history, Demon Hunter are heading back to the studio to raise the...continue...
Additional personnel: Howard Jones (keyboards).

Audio Mixer: J.R. McNeely.

Recording information: Compound Studios, Seattle, WA (11/2003-12/2003).

Photographer: Jeff Gros.

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Training for Utopia: Technical Difficulties *

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-04-20

Tracks: Modus Operandi; Dead Signal; Good Feeling, A; Tennessee Midget; Two Hands; Gift to a Dying Friend, A; Falling Cycle, The; Everything, Including the Stars, Is Falling (Baby); New York City Is Overrate...
Artists: Training for Utopia

Training For Utopia: Ryan Clark (vocals, guitar); Don Clark (guitar); Steve Saxby (bass); Morley Boyer (drums).

Producers: Bryan Carlstrom, Eric Stenman.

Compilation producers: Ryan Clar...continue...

Dead Poetic: New Medicines

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-04-06

Tracks: Taste the Red Hands; Dream Club Murders, The; New Medicines; Vanus Empty; Bury the Difference; Molotov; Glass in the Trees; Dimmer Light; Hostages; Modern Morbid Prophecies; Hoax to Live For, A
Artists: Dead Poetic

Recorded at Spectre Studios, Renton, Washington between September and November 2003.

Personnel: Phil Peterson (cello); Zach Hodges (piano); Aaron Sprinkle (keyboards).

Audio Mixer: J.R. ...continue...

Haste the Day: Burning Bridges

1 CD / Solid State / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Blue 42; Closest Thing to Closure, The; American Love; Concerning the Way It Was; Song of Faith; Ros King; One Life to Live; Last Goodbye, The; Honest Confession, An; Substance; Breaking My Own Heart...
Artists: Haste the Day

Haste The Day: Brennan, Mike, Devin, Jimmy, Jason.

Additional personnel: Lance Garvin, Arthur Green (background vocals).

Recorded in October 2003.

Personnel: Lance Garvin, Arthur ...continue...

Demon Hunter: Demon Hunter

1 CD / Solid State / 2002-10-22

Tracks: Screams of the Undead; I Have Seen Where It Grows; Infected; My Throat Is an Open Grave; Through the Black; Turn Your Back and Run; And the Sky Went Red; As We Wept; Broken Upper Hand, A; Gauntlet, T...
Artists: Demon Hunter

Producers: Aaron "Wild Boar" Sprinkle, Demon Hunter.

Personnel: Phil Peterson (strings).

Audio Mixer: J.R. McNeely.

Recording information: The Black Dungeon (06/2002-08/2002).
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Norma Jean (Rock): Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child

1 CD / Solid State / 2002-08-13

Tracks: Entire World Is Counting on Me, and They Don't Even Know It, The; Face: Face; Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste; Creating Something out of Nothing, Only to Destroy It; Pretty Soon, I Don't Know What, but...
Artists: Norma Jean (Rock)

Norma Jean: Joshua Scogin (vocals); Scottie Henry, Christopher Day (guitar); Joshua Doolittle (bass); Daniel Davison (drums).

Additional personnel: Aaron Johnathan Weiss (vocals, piano, tambour...continue...

Underoath: The Changing of Times

1 CD / Solid State / 2002-02-26

Tracks: When the Sun Sleeps; Letting Go of Tonight; Message for Adrienne, A; Never Meant to Break Your Heart; Changing of Times, The; Angel Below; Best of Me, The; Short of Daybreak; Alone in December; 814 S...
Artists: Underoath

Underoath: Dallas Taliaferro Taylor (vocals); Octavio Lafayette Fernandez, Timothy Francis McTague (guitar); Christopher Allen Dudley (keyboards); William Edwin Nottke (bass); Aaron Roderick Gillespie...continue...

No Innocent Victim: Tipping the Scales

1 CD / Solid State / 2001-05-22

Tracks: Degeneration; Tipping the Scales; Illusion; Forward; Cast Down; Deadweight; Mr. Philosophy; Calm Before the Storm; Raping the Mind; Will to Live; Reunion
Artists: No Innocent Victim