Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in

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in November 1993. The label later moved to

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where it is today.

History

Brandon Ebel and

Michael Knott Michael Gerard Knott (December 22, 1962 – March 12, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter and frontman for various bands, many of whom performed in the Christian rock genre. He released about 35 albums, including solo albums and a ...

conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backed out. Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for

Frontline Records Frontline Records was a Christian rock record label, founded in 1986 by James Kempner in Santa Ana, California. The label focused primarily on modern rock, rap, dance-pop and hip-hop. The label closed in the early 1990s, and then resurfaced in ...

. Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's ''Pet the Fish.'' In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records. In 2013, Brandon Ebel sold the Tooth & Nail music catalog to

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(formerly

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) and bought back the 50% stake in Tooth & Nail formerly owned by

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, making it an independent record label. It retained rights to all future releases with a new distributor,

RED Distribution RED Music, stylized RED MUSIC, formerly RED Distribution, LLC (Relativity Entertainment Distribution) was a Sony Music, Sony-owned sales and marketing division that merged under The Orchard (company), The Orchard in 2017. RED previously hand ...

Overview

Eight Tooth & Nail-affiliated albums have been

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-certified as gold for sales of 500,000 or more copies. The label had one of its greatest successes when

Underoath Underoath (styled as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. It was founded by lead vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton in 1997 in Ocala, Florida; subsequently, its additional members were from Tamp ...

's ''

Define the Great Line ''Define the Great Line'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Underoath. It was released on June 20, 2006, through Tooth & Nail Records. Five months after the release of their fourth studio album ''They're Only Chasing Safety'', the ...

'' debuted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in 2006. NPR described the label as having "altered the course of the Christian rock industry by launching and legitimizing the careers of MxPx, The O.C. Supertones and Underoath."

RIAA gold certifications

Nominations and awards

Structure

Tooth & Nail has multiple current and former imprints: * Solid State Records distributes

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and hardcore albums While it is primarily a Christian label, it has signed several bands with

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members which don't label themselves as Christian bands, including

Stretch Arm Strong Stretch Arm Strong (Also known as Stretch Armstrong) is a hardcore punk band from Columbia, South Carolina, and the flagship band for We Put Out Records. They were primarily active from 1992 to 2005. They are often mistaken as a Christian b ...

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He Is Legend He Is Legend is an American alternative metal band from Wilmington, North Carolina. It was founded in 2003 by high school friends. The band's current lineup is frontman Schuylar Croom, guitarist Adam Tanbouz, bassist Matty Williams, and drummer ...

the Famine The Famine was an American death metal band formed in Arlington, Texas, in 2006. They were signed to Solid State Records. History Formation and three-song EP The band initially formed with three of the original members of Embodyment i ...

Training for Utopia Training for Utopia, also stylized as TFU, is an American metalcore band, initially active from 1996 to 2000. History The band first signed with Tooth & Nail Records and was later moved to Solid State Records, the Tooth & Nail imprint that p ...

, and

the Agony Scene The Agony Scene is an American heavy metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Formed in 2000, the group currently consists of lead guitarist Chris Emmons, vocalist and bassist Mike Williams, and rhythm guitarist and bassist Brian Hodges. The band has ...

. * BEC (Brandon Ebel Company) Recordings, a

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that was formed in 1997 in partnership with

. * Plastiq Musiq (founded by Ronnie Martin of

Joy Electric Joy Electric is the brand label for a series of electropop/synthpop productions by Ronnie Martin. Martin began producing music under the Joy Electric name in 1994, after the demise of Dance House Children, a band Ronnie was in with his brothe ...

) primarily signed

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artists. Their collaboration with Tooth & Nail ended in 2001.

Notable artists

Tooth & Nail Records

;Current * Copeland * Emery * John Van Deusen *

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source: ;Former *

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* Anchor & Braille *

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* AP2 * Artifex Pereo *

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The Classic Crime The Classic Crime is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2004. The band's current lineup consists of Matt MacDonald (vocals, guitar), Alan Clark (bass), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums, ...

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* Dead Poetic *

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* Death Therapy * The Deluxtone Rockets * The Dingees *

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* Everdown * Falling Up *

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Far-Less Far-Less was a five-piece post-hardcore band originally from Marion, Virginia, with members from Marion and other surrounding areas, including Pulaski and Blacksburg. They were signed to Tooth & Nail Records. Far-less played their final show on ...

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* Focused *

The Fold The Fold is an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Fold formed in 2002, and promptly began work on their album '' This Too Shall Pass'' for Tooth & Nail Records. They have released four full-length studio albums ...

For Love Not Lisa For Love Not Lisa was an American hard rock band formed in the early 1990s in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They were signed to East West Records and Tooth & Nail Records. They released two albums in the 1990s before disbanding in 1996. History ...

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* Halo Friendlies *

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* Hearts Like Lions *

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* Hyland *

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* I Am Empire *

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* Mae *

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* Matt & Toby *

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* Mike Knott * Morella's Forest *

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* New Empire *

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* Ninety Pound Wuss *

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* Overcome * Pedro the Lion (

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* Puller * Queens Club *

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* Rocky Loves Emily *

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* Sent by Ravens *

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* Spoken *

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* The Welcome Wagon * Unashamed *

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* Velour 100 * Waking Ashland *

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* Jordan St. Cyr *

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* Rhett Walker * Tasha Layton *

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* Adam Cappa *

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* All Things New * Among the Thirsty * An Epic No Less *

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* Jessa Anderson * Bon Voyage *

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The Cross Movement The Cross Movement was a Christian hip hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members The Cross Movement (CM) which were composed of several rappers: The Ambassador (William Branch), The Tonic (John Wells), Phanatik (Brady Goodwin), T. ...

Deepspace5 Deepspace5 is an underground hip hop supergroup formed in 1997 and currently composed of Beat Rabbi, Manwell?, Freddie Bruno, Listener, Mars ILL (a stand-alone duo consisting of Manchild and DJ Dust), Playdough, Sintax.the.Terrific, Sivion ...

* The Dingees * The Echoing Green * Everman * Falling Up * Flight 180 *

Fold Zandura Fold Zandura is an alternative rock band from California. They released four albums between 1995 and 1999, plus one white 7" vinyl. Each album was released under a different label. The two premier members also founded the industrial band Mortal ...

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The Glorious Unseen The Glorious Unseen is a Christian rock/contemporary worship band from Nashville, Tennessee. Before signing with BEC Recordings, lead vocalist Ben Crist wrote and played many of the band's songs in his home church, The Anchor Fellowship. The band ...

* iLL Harmonics *

KJ-52 Jonah Kirsten Sorrentino (born June 26, 1975), better known by his stage name KJ-52, is a Christian rapper from Tampa, Florida. The "KJ" part of his name refers to his old rap alias, "King J. Mac",

* Dustin Kensrue *

Phillip LaRue Phillip LaRue (born October 9, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, artist and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released four studio albums with his band LaRue, formed by his sister Natalie LaRue and himself, and two studio albu ...

* Jadon Lavik *

Lost Dogs Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991, comprising vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands. Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor ( Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddi ...

* LPG *

Mainstay Mainstay was a Christian rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band was formed in 2003 and is signed to BEC Recordings. While a lot of the band's music has decidedly Christian lyrics and messages, their music appeals to a large secular fan ...

Manafest Christopher Scott Greenwood (born July 19, 1979), known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario. He has won multiple awards for the GMA Canada Covenant Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and ha ...

* Andrew Marcus *

Mars Ill Mars Ill is an emcee/ DJ hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of Gregory Owens ( Manchild) and Nathan Corrona ( DJ Dust). They are also part of the hip-hop collective and supergroup Deepspace5. Coming together in 1998, Mars Ill ...

* Sarah Masen *

Matty Mullins Matty Mullins (born July 3, 1988) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the metalcore band Memphis May Fire and touring lead vocalist of alternative band Anberlin. Life and career Matty Mullins was born and raised in Spokane, Was ...

* The Museum * New Breed *

Bebo Norman Jeffery Stephen "Bebo" Norman (born May 29, 1973) is a contemporary Christian musician from Columbus, Georgia, US. His most successful album to date is ''Myself When I Am Real'', which included hit songs "Great Light of the World" and "Falling Do ...

Peace 586 Rene Vasquez (born November 5, 1968), known by the stage name Peace 586 (and formerly MC Peace), is an American Christian hip hop producer and emcee. His career began in the late 1980s, and has continued until the present. As a beatmaker, wh ...

* Peace of Mind * Pivitplex *

Propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...

Rapture Ruckus Rapture Ruckus was a Christian hip hop and rock band from Wellington, New Zealand, signed to BEC Recordings. They have released four albums: ''Rapture Ruckus'' in 2002, ''I Believe'' in 2006, '' Rapture Ruckus Live at World's End'' in 2008, an ...

* Jaymes Reunion *

.rod laver Rod Laver (stylized .rod laver) was a Christian rap rock group that originated from Los Angeles. As the personnel lineup changed, the group wavered from a rock-grounded sound to hip hop, and then back again. Their name has no spiritual meaning, ...

* Ryan Stevenson *

Seven Places Seven Places was a Christian rock band founded in 2000. Seth Gilbert was the main songwriter and vocalist for Seven Places which was signed to BEC Recordings. The group amiably disbanded in 2005 to pursue other projects. The band members were ...

Sev Statik Joseph T. Evans (born December 11, 1971), known professionally as Sev Statik and Stu Dent, is a hip hop musician and promoter from Albany, New York. Active as a rapper since the early 1990s, he has performed and recorded both as a solo artist and a ...

(active, currently with Rockfest Records) * ShineBright * Shuree * Smalltown Poets * Ryan Stevenson *

Jon Micah Sumrall Jon Micah Sumrall (born October 13, 1980) is an American musician and the lead vocalist of the Christian rock band Kutless. He occasionally plays acoustic guitar and piano for the band as well. Sumrall has been a member of Kutless since he starte ...

* Sup the Chemist * Chris Taylor * Telecast * Tunnel Rats *

Ultrabeat Ultrabeat are a British electronic dance music group from Liverpool, England, formed in 2002. Originally consisting of vocalist and producer Mike "Re-Con" Di Scala and producers Ian Redman and Chris Henry, Ultrabeat emerged with their cover o ...

* Adam Watts *

Josh White Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. White grew up in the Sou ...

* Sherri Youngward

Solid State Records

;Current *

Becoming the Archetype Becoming the Archetype is an American extreme metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. They have released six albums on Solid State Records. ''Dichotomy'', which was released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United State ...

* The Devil Wears Prada *

Extol Extol is an extreme metal band from Bekkestua, Norway, that was formed in 1993. The band is known for playing a variety of different styles of heavy metal music, metal which include progressive metal, Christian death metal, black metal and thra ...

Fit for a King ''Fit for a King'' is a 1937 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Plot Newspaper reporter "Scoop (term), Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Jul ...

Haste the Day Haste the Day is an American metalcore band formed in Carmel, Indiana in 2001 and signed to Solid State Records. Their name is derived from a lyric in the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Spafford. The band released an EP titled '' T ...

Miss May I Miss May I is an American metalcore band from Troy, Ohio. Formed in 2007, they signed to Rise Records in 2008 and released their debut album, '' Apologies Are for the Weak'' through the label while the members were still attending high school. T ...

* Norma Jean *

Oh, Sleeper Oh, Sleeper is an American metalcore band from Fort Worth, Texas that formed in 2006 with former members of Terminal (American band), Terminal. In over a decade's span, Oh, Sleeper has released four full-length albums, two EPs, and toured world ...

* The Ongoing Concept *

Phinehas According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas (also spelled Phineas, ; , ''Phinees'', ) was a priest during the Exodus. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim with his zeal again ...

* Wolves at the Gate ;Former

Active former artists

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The Agony Scene The Agony Scene is an American heavy metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Formed in 2000, the group currently consists of lead guitarist Chris Emmons, vocalist and bassist Mike Williams, and rhythm guitarist and bassist Brian Hodges. The band has ...

* As They Sleep *

August Burns Red August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's lineup of guitarists John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker and Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist Jake Luhrs and bassist Dustin David ...

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* Beloved *

* Death Therapy *

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Destroy the Runner Destroy the Runner is an American melodic metalcore band from San Diego, California. The band released two full-length albums via Solid State Records prior to going on hiatus in 2010. In 2016 the band's original members reunited and independently ...

* Emery * Few Left Standing * Forevermore *

* Life in Your Way *

Living Sacrifice Living Sacrifice is an American Christian metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1989. The band has released eight studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren John ...

* MyChildren MyBride * My Heart to Fear *

Once Nothing Once Nothing is an American metalcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was signed to Solid State Records. The band claims to be Christian, but not a "ministry band". History Once Nothing was formed in early 2000 by Todd Lowry on vocal ...

Silent Planet Silent Planet is an American metalcore band formed in Azusa, California, in 2009. Their name is derived from C. S. Lewis' science fiction novel '' Out of the Silent Planet''. The group consists of vocalist Garrett Russell, guitarist/clean vocal ...

Soul Embraced Soul Embraced is an American Christian melodic death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas. It was originally a side project for Rocky Gray and David Sroczynski. History Originally a side project of drummer David Sroczynski and William "Ro ...

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* Zao

Disbanded

3rd Root 3rd Root was an American metal band from San Diego, California, United States. History 3rd Root formed in 1996. Over the years, the band had some lineup changes, but ultimately settled on, Vocalist Chili Fields, Bassist Chris Baumgardener, Gu ...

* Bloodshed (members went on to join

and

) * Born Blind (members also in

No Innocent Victim No Innocent Victim, or N.I.V., is an American Christian hardcore punk band on Facedown Records. It was formed in 1992 in San Diego, California.DaRonco, MikeNo Innocent Victim Biography, AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2015 They released two album ...

) * The Chariot (members in '68 and I Am Terrified) * Cry of the Afflicted * The Death Campaign (members also in Officer Negative) *

Embodyment Embodyment was a Christian rock band from Arlington, Texas. The group formed in 1992 and were first known by the name Supplication where they originally played death metal. The band changed its style for its debut album '' Embrace the Eternal' ...

(members went on to form

The Famine The Famine was an American death metal band formed in Arlington, Texas, in 2006. They were signed to Solid State Records. History Formation and three-song EP The band initially formed with three of the original members of Embodyment i ...

) *

Eso-Charis Eso-Charis, originally called Elliot, was a Christian metalcore/mathcore band that formed in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Founding members, brothers Cory Brandan Putman and Matthew Putman, and Arthur Green, eventually went on to join the band Liv ...

(vocalist

Cory Brandan Putman Cory Brandan Putman (born April 11, 1976) is an American singer who has been the lead vocalist for the metalcore band Norma Jean since 2004. Career Brandan is a former member of bands Eso-Charis, Living Sacrifice, The Handshake Murders, ...

now fronts Norma Jean, bassist

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and drummer Matthew Putman went on to join

) *

(members also in

and

Society's Finest Society's Finest is an American metalcore band from Dallas, Texas. Their first full-length album, ''The Journey...So Far'', was released on Solid State Records in May 2000. Due to member changes and personal matters the band took a break from ...

) *

(guitarist Ryan Clark went on to join

and is now in

) *

(members also in

) *

Inhale Exhale Inhale Exhale was an American metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 2005 by guitarist John LaRussa and bassist Brian Pittman, the band released four studio albums, three with Solid State Records and one with Red Cord Records. They dis ...

(members also in Narcissus and

Relient K Relient K () is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, and Brian Pittman during their third year in high school and time at Malone University in Canton. The band is named after guitarist ...

) * 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 Selfmindead was a hardcore punk band from Sweden. History Selfmindead formed in the winter of 1994–1995 in Eskilstuna, Sweden as a four-piece. Marko Hautakoski on drums, Timo Sillankorva on guitar, vocalist Ilkka Viitasalo and bassist Tap ...

(members now in

Benea Reach Benea Reach was a Norwegian progressive metal band based in Oslo. The band was nominated for a Spellemannsprisen Award in the metal category, and at one time included noted guitarist Christer Espevoll of progressive metal band Extol. History ...

) * Sever Your Ties * Still Breathing *

(members went on to form

) *

(members went on to form

) * Twelve Gauge Valentine (members went on to join,

Alesana Alesana ( ) is an American post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The group was founded by Shawn Milke, Dennis Lee, Patrick Thompson, Steven Tomany and Daniel Magnuson during the fall of 2004, and is currently signed to Revival Record ...

, Swamp Basstard, and The Greenery) *

Warlord Warlords are individuals who exercise military, Economy, economic, and Politics, political control over a region, often one State collapse, without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over Militia, local ...

(members went on to Pilgrims and

)

On hiatus or inactive

The Ascendicate The Ascendicate, originally known as The 7 Method is a Christian metal band from High Point, North Carolina. The band formed in 1999, but went on hiatus in 2012. The band put out tracks of one of their albums, which fell into the hands of Jimmy ...

(guitarist

Ryan Helm Ryan Helm (born July 24, 1982) is an American heavy metal musician from Nevada, Missouri. He is best known as the former rhythm guitarist of the band Demon Hunter. He currently resides in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city ...

went on to

, and start Damien Deadson) * Dead Poetic (drummer

Jesse Sprinkle Poor Old Lu was a pioneering Christian alternative rock band based in the American Northwest. The band experimented with a variety of sounds and genres, particularly grunge, funk and psychedelic rock. The band consisted of Scott Hunter (vocals), ...

currently working solo) * Everdown (Urban Achiever Records) * Figure Four (two members are currently with Comeback Kid) *

Lengsel Lengsel was a progressive metal, progressive black metal band that formed in 1994 in Norway. They released one album, called ''Solace (Lengsel album), Solace'', on Endtime Productions in 2000, which was subsequently licensed to Solid State Recor ...

(members now in

) *

(members working for

Facedown Records Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California, that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands (Christian and secular) with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No ...

) *

Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the ...

(Goodfellow Records; two members in Sunndrug) *

The Overseer The Overseer is a Christian metal band from Bentonville, Arkansas started in 2007. They released an independent EP in 2010 entitled ''The Overseer'', and two successive studio albums with their label Solid State Records entitled '' We Search, We ...

(members in

and Wolves at the Gate) * The Showdown (three members in

, one member in

Still Remains Still Remains is an American metalcore band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They formed out of previous local bands Shades of Amber and Unition. They released three studio albums, '' Of Love and Lunacy'', '' The Serpent'' and ''Ceasing to Breathe' ...

) * To Speak of Wolves (one member in Oh Sleeper)

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Tooth & Nail Records

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