Solid State Records
{{Short description|American record label}}
{{about|the metal imprint of Tooth & Nail Records|the 1960s jazz label|Solid State Records (jazz label)}}
{{Merge to|Tooth & Nail Records|discuss=Talk:Tooth & Nail Records#Proposed merge of Solid State Records into Tooth & Nail Records|date=November 2024}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Solid State Records
| image = SS Wiki 01.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| parent = Tooth & Nail Records
| founded = {{start date|1997}}
| 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
| website = {{URL|solidstaterecords.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.solidstaterecords.com/about/ |title=About |publisher=Solid State Records |access-date=February 23, 2012}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/7594 |title=Stretch Arm Strong |date=November 13, 2003 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=February 23, 2012}} Gwen Stacy,Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://soundwavenw.com/post/862212738/gwenstacy |date=* |title=Interview: Geoff Jenkins of Gwen Stacy }}. Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016. He Is Legend,{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=172787 |title=He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview |publisher=AbsolutePunk.net |access-date=February 23, 2012}} the Famine,{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/the-famine-interview-part-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222142756/http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/the-famine-interview-part-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2011 |title=Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag |publisher=Buzzgrinder.com |date=February 16, 2011 |access-date=February 23, 2012 }} Training for Utopia,{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/03/19/demon-hunter-embrace-their-christian-band-status/ |title=Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status |publisher=Noisecreep |date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2012}} and the Agony Scene.
Notable current artists
- Becoming the Archetype
- The Devil Wears Prada{{Cite web|last=Blabbermouth|date=September 24, 2018|title=THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Signs With SOLID STATE RECORDS|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-devil-wears-prada-signs-with-solid-state-records/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}
- Extol{{cite web|url=https://www.solidstaterecords.com/artists|access-date=July 15, 2024|website=solidstaterecords.com |title=Artists }}
- Fit for a King
- Haste the Day
- Miss May I{{cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2024/07/10/news/miss-may-i-enlist-bleeding-through-august-burns-red-carnifex-etc-members-for-newly-re-recorded-apologies-are-for-the-weak-album/|title=Miss May I Enlist Bleeding Through, August Burns Red, Carnifex, Etc. Members For Newly Re-Recorded "Apologies Are For The Weak" Album|publisher=Theprp|date=July 10, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
- Norma Jean
- Oh, Sleeper
- The Ongoing Concept
- Phinehas{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/phinehas-signs-solid-state/|title=Phinehas Signs with Solid State|publisher=Indie Vision Music|first=Rob|last=J.|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2017}}
- Wolves at the Gate
Notable former artists
= Active =
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- Advent
- The Agony Scene
- As Cities Burn
- As They Sleep
- August Burns Red
- Azusa
- Beloved
- Blindside
- Death Therapy{{cite web|url=http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy|title=Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy|publisher=As The Story Grows|first=Jason|last=Wisdom|interviewer=Trav Turner|date=October 30, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531132109/http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy|url-status=dead}}
- 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
- Silent Planet
- Showbread
- Soul Embraced
- Stretch Arm Strong
- Trenches
- Underoath
- Zao
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= Disbanded =
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- 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)
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= On hiatus or inactive =
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- 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)
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References
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External links
- [http://www.solidstaterecords.com/ Official website]
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Category:Record labels established in 1997
Category:American record labels
Category:Christian record labels
Category:Hardcore record labels