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Solid State Records is a sub label of Tooth & Nail Records, specializing in the "harder" genres of music, mostly hardcore and metal. The label is most known for bands like Stretch Arm Strong, Zao, Beloved, and Norma Jean.
Much controversy revolves around Solid State's bands just as it does Tooth & Nail's, with the brunt of the issues focusing on the bands' religious preferences. While many bands on the Solid State roster may contain members who are Christian, Solid State as an entity has never claimed to be a strictly "Christian" label. As religion has always been a hotly contested issue within punk rock, many of these groups have become - for lack of a better term - "martyred" by fans. Artists with releases on this label:
Stretch Arm Strong, The Agony Scene, Norma Jean, Dead Poetic, Figure Four, Beloved, Zao, Haste The Day, Underoath, Demon Hunter, He Is Legend, As Cities Burn, August Burns Red, Destroy the Runner, The Chariot, Life in Your Way, Oh, Sleeper, Cry of the Afflicted, Advent Recent ReviewsRecent NewsAugust Burns Red: "Meddler" August Burns Red have premiered their video for "Meddler," the track of which is taken from their recent Solid State release,…August Burns Red: "White Washed" August Burns Red have posted the fourth new song from their forthcoming album, Constellations. You can check out "White Washed" on their MySpace page. Constellations is due out July 14 on…August Burns Red: "Existence" August Burns Red have posted another song from their forthcoming album, Constellations. You can check out "Existence" on their MySpace page. Constellations is due out July 14 on Solid State, following on 2007's…Demon Hunter Demon Hunter have begun announcing dates for their forthcoming Huntour set to kick off in…August Burns Red: "Thirty and Seven" August Burns Red have a new song posted from Constellations which is due out July 14, 2009. Check out "Thirty and Seven" on their myspace…Underoath tackles Metallica Apparently unsatisfied with their comments on Avenged Sevenfold, Underoath is now setting their sights on Metallica. The band spoke to Metal Hammer saying: When we were on tour in 2006/7, the tour manager for Anti-Flag was talking to me, and he asked what my favourite Metallica record was. I said I didn’t have one. Not that I liked them all, but I didn’t like any. He was like ‘what?!’ I said I didn’t like them, I…The Chariot: "War and Rumors of War" The Chariot have a new video and a full stream of their upcoming album. The record is titled Wars and Rumors of War and is due out May 5, 2009. It is the follow-up to The Fianceé which was released in 2007. Check out the stream on their myspace…The Chariot: "Never I" The Chariot have posted another song from their upcoming album. The record is titled Wars and Rumors of War and is due out May 5, 2009. It is the follow-up to The Fianceé which was released in 2007. Check out "Never I" on their myspace page.…Underoath: "Too Bright To See Too Loud To Hear" Underoath have unveiled the new video from their 2008 album, Lost in the Sound of…Underoath calls Avenged Sevenfold "a gimmick" In the latest Metalhammer, Underoath shared some choice words for popular punk/glam metal act Avenged Sevenfold. Guitarist Tim McTague explained: What’s popular, to a degree, is what pushed me to find something that isn’t popular for Underoath. Chiodos or Escape The Fate who do kind of the same thing – screaming and singing and whatever – do it their way, so we’re like, ‘let’s do it completely the opposite’ because we… |
