August Burns Red is a christian metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The band formed in March of 2003 and quickly started playing shows around Lancaster. In 2004, the band was signed to CI Records and released an EP called Looks Fragile After All. After about another year of playing shows, the band was signed to solid state records in 2005 and released their debut full-length album, Thrill Seeker, on November 8th of that year.
"Mineral" could refer to at least four bands, an emo band from Houston, Texas, Armenian rock music veterans from Jermuk and another one from Boston. 1) Mineral formed in 1994 and like other young bands, they toured constantly, virtually living in their van. The band's first release, the 7 inch "Gloria"/"Parking Lot" 7", was released on Audio Concept by Kerry McDonald from Christie Front Drive (the record was later re-released by Caulfield Records). Through a few rabid fans, that 7" found its way into the hands of crank! and Mineral later decided to release their records on the label.
Luxtorpeda is a polish rock band, formed in 2010 by guitarist and vocalist - Robert Friedrich, who is known from bands like: Acid Drinkers, Arka Noego, Kazik na Żywo i 2TM2,3.
Their self-titled debut album was released on 9th May 2011. Latterly 2011 the band started the work on a new, second album - Robaki, which was released on 9th May 2012. Members:
- Robert "Litza" Friedrich (Acid Drinkers, Arka Noego, Kazik na Żywo, 2TM2,3, Creation Of Death, Flapjack) - vocal, guitar,
- Przemysław "Hans" Frencel (Pięć Dwa Dębiec) - vocal,
In their days at Baylor University, David Crowder, Jack Parker, Jeremy Bush, Mike Dodson and Mike Hogan recognized the disconnect between the church and the disenchanted, twenty-something generation, and sought to bridge the gap. So they helped found University Baptist Church in 1996, a community that thrives and grows today. It was as worship leader of this church that David Crowder began to write the bulk of the band's songs; songs which celebrate the goodness and nearness of God, as well as ask the corporate and intimate questions of his community.
Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Brian Pittman (bass), and Matt Hoopes (guitar, backing vocals), during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone College. The band is named after guitarist Hoopes' automobile, a Plymouth Reliant K car, with the spelling intentionally altered to avoid trademark infringement over the Reliant name.
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Petra is a Christian Rock band formed in 1972 by Bob Hartman, Bill Glover, John DeGroff, and Greg Hough. "Petra" means "rock" in NT Greek, making the band name a triple pun. Rising from the jesus music movement, and initially signed to Myrrh Records, they fought to gain acceptance and recognition in a church culture that at the time believed rock music to be off-limits.
There are several bands with the name Harvest: (1) A Minneapolis hardcore band
(2) A Barcelona alternative band
(3) A Texas christian band
(4) A UK-based band
(5) A hard rock band from New Zealand
(6) A German metal band
(7) An Oklahoma City hard rock band from the early 70s
(8) A dark ambient music project
(9) A Japanese indie band
(10) Jump up drum and bass producer
Harvest (1) Harvest (US) was a seminal hardcore band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. It released two full lengths on Trustkill Records plus numerous 7"s and splits.
Thirsty Merc is an Australian rock band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matt Smith (guitarist). Thirsty Merc have released one EP entitled First Work, and 3 studio albums; Thirsty Merc, Slideshows, and Mousetrap Heart. The band has sold over 200,000 albums, has toured extensively around Australia, and have received heavy airplay in Australia on an impressive number of songs.
Brenton Brown, born in South Africa, is a Christian songwriter and worship leader. He was part of Vineyard music (UK), and during this time Brenton has been the worship pastor at Oxford Vineyard, UK, and the coordinator of the Vineyard (UK) Worship Development Team. He has since left Vineyard, having spent some time back home in Cape Town. He lives in Malibu, California with his wife, Jude and is doing a solo career. In 2006 he released his first solo album, Everlasting God.
Through Solace is a Welsh metalcore band aiming to offer a different approach to hard music than the standard prototype, both musically and lyrically. They started out in 2006 and since then we have made a music vid (did it ourselves), released a CD (did it ourselves), played a load of shows and toured the UK alongside the Euro bands Saphena & For The Day of Redemption (did it theirselves). UK and Euro bands They have played alongside include: Skindred, Azriel, Eternal Lord, Burning Skies, Shaped By Fate...