Strengthen What Remains

{{short description|American hardcore and metal band}}

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| origin = Tampa, Florida

| genre = Christian hardcore, Christian metal, hardcore punk, metalcore

| years_active = {{start date|2010}}–2019

| label = Blood and Ink Records, On the Attack

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| current_members = Josh White
Phil Amos
Danny Mills

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Strengthen What Remains was an American hardcore and metal band. They came from Tampa, Florida. The band started making music in 2007. The band released a studio album, Humanity, in 2010, with On the Attack Records. They signed to Blood & Ink Records, where they released, Turning a Blind Eye, another studio album, in 2013. Their subsequent release, Justice Creeps Slow, an extended play was released by Blood and Ink Records, in 2015.

Background

Strengthen What Remains was a hardcore band from Tampa, Florida.{{cite journal |first=Bradley |last=Zorgdrager |title=Strengthen What Remains Turning a Blind Eye |url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/strengthen_what_remains-turning_blind_eye |journal=Exclaim! |accessdate=July 20, 2015 |date=August 9, 2013}} They counted as their members Josh White, Phil Amos, and Danny Mills.{{cite web |author=Strengthen What Remains |title=About |url=https://www.facebook.com/strengthenwhatremains/info?ref=page_internal |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}

Music history

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2010, with their first release, Humanity, a studio album, that was released on November 1, 2010, from On the Attack Records.{{cite web |first=Ian |last=Webber |title=Review : Humanity - Strengthen What Remains |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Strengthen_What_Remains/Humanity/145203/|publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=July 20, 2015 |date=October 29, 2013}}{{cite journal |page=47 |first=Rob |last=Shameless |title=Strengthen What Remains - Humanity |url=http://issuu.com/hmmagazine/docs/nov-dec-2010 |journal=HM Magazine |accessdate=July 20, 2015 |issue=Nov/Dec 2011}}{{cite web |author=Steve |title=Review : Strengthen What Remains - Humanity |url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2010/11/17/strengthen-what-remains-humanity/ |publisher=Indie Vision Music |accessdate=July 20, 2015 |date=November 17, 2010}} They were signed to Blood and Ink Records, where they released another studio album, Turning a Blind Eye, on August 13, 2013.{{cite journal |first=Wes |last=Jacques |title=Strengthen What Remains - Turning a Blind Eye |url=http://hmmagazine.com/blog/album-reviews/strengthen-what-remains-turning-a-blind-eye/ |journal=HM Magazine |date=13 August 2013 |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}{{cite web |first=Keith |last=Settles |title=Review : Strengthen What Remains - Turning a Blind Eye |url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2013/07/30/strengthen-what-remains-turning-a-blind-eye/ |publisher=Indie Vision Music |accessdate=July 20, 2015 |date=July 30, 2013}} Their subsequent release, an extended play, Justice Creeps Slow, was released on June 9, 2015, by Blood & Ink Records.{{cite journal |first=Sean |last=Huncherick |title=Strengthen What Remains – Justice Creeps Slow |url=http://hmmagazine.com/blog/album-reviews/strengthen-what-remains-justice-creeps-slow/ |journal=HM Magazine |accessdate=August 2, 2015 |date=August 1, 2015}}{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Murphy |title=Strengthen What Remains Announce 'Justice Creeps Slow' |url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2015/05/05/strengthen-what-remains-announce-justice-creeps-slow/ |publisher=Indie Vision Music |accessdate=July 20, 2015 |date=May 15, 2015}} Most recently, SWR released a 2017 Promo on January 27, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://bloodandink.bandcamp.com/album/2017-promo|title=2017 Promo, by Strengthen What Remains|website=Blood & Ink Records|access-date=2018-08-19}} The band announced that they plan to disband sometime in late 2018 or early 2019. They played their final show in January 2019 during the FYA Fest 6 Pre-Show. A month later in February 2019, the band published their final two songs via Bandcamp, the two song release titled "Crisis of Faith". Members of the band have a new band, Exit Strategy.

Members

;Current members

  • Josh White (2007-2019)
  • Phil Amos (2016-2019)
  • Danny Mills

;Former members

  • Dev Stroud (2010-2016)
  • Joe Finney (2013-2014)
  • Davy Ball (2011-2016)
  • Anthony O'Neal
  • Guy Gaffney (2011-2014)

Discography

;Studio albums

  • Humanity (November 1, 2010, On the Attack)
  • Turning a Blind Eye (August 13, 2013, Blood and Ink)

;EPs

References

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