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All That Remains is an American
heavy metal band from
Springfield,
Massachusetts, which formed in 1998.
[1] They have released five studio albums, a
live CD/DVD, and have sold nearly 800,000 records worldwide. The group consists of guitarists Oli Herbert and Mike Martin, vocalist
Philip Labonte, bassist
Jeanne Sagan and former
Diecast
drummer Jason Costa with Labonte and Herbert being the only two
original members. All of their singles have had music videos created for
them except "The Waiting One".
History
Formation, debut album and This Darkened Heart (2000-2005)
Phil Labonte, the vocalist for All That Remains, was originally the vocalist for
Shadows Fall and appeared on the cult classic album
Somber Eyes to the Sky.
[2]
After being asked to leave because of "musical differences", Phil
focused entirely on All That Remains, a side project he had been working
on prior to leaving.
[2] Phil has been known to support Boston acts such as
Widow Sunday,
Bury Your Dead, and
Cannae.
[2] The band released their debut album,
Behind Silence and Solitude on March 26, 2002 through
Prosthetic Records.
[3] The style of the album differs from their current
Metalcore musical style,
[4] and more prominently contains elements of
melodic death metal. It was also the band's only release featuring the original members Chris Bartlett and Dan Egan.
Their second album,
This Darkened Heart was released on March 23, 2004 through Prosthetic Records. Produced by
Killswitch Engage guitarist
Adam Dutkiewicz, the album featured better production compared to its predecessor. The three
singles
that were released from the album are “This Darkened Heart”, “Tattered
on My Sleeve” and “The Deepest Gray”. Music videos were created for all
three.
The Fall of Ideals (2006-2008)
Their third album
The Fall of Ideals
was released on July 11, 2006 through Prosthetic Records. Once again,
the album was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz. The album is also considered
to be the band’s breakthrough release, as it entered the
Billboard 200 charts at number 75, selling almost 13,000 copies in its first week.
[5] “This Calling” was released as the album’s first single. Two
music videos were created, with one incorporating footage from
Saw III (as it was the lead song from
the film’s soundtrack). A music video was made for the album’s second single "The Air That I Breathe". The band was also a part of
Ozzfest 2006. The song “Six” is featured in
Guitar Hero II as an unlockable song . On June 20, 2007, it was announced that
The Fall of Ideals had surpassed 100,000 sales in the United States.
[6] A
music video for the album’s third single “Not Alone” was filmed on July 4 and was released on September 10, 2007. In 2007, they played at
Wacken Open Air in
Wacken, Germany to a great success.
[7] On November 30, 2007, All That Remains released a live CD/DVD album titled All That Remains Live.
[8]
In early 2008, they embarked on a headlining tour with support from
Chimaira and
Black Tide with
Divine Heresy and Light This City splitting the tour’s opening slot.
Five Finger Death Punch, was originally supposed to play but dropped off before the tour started due to vocal problems.
[9] Later that summer All That Remains appeared on the Midwestern leg of Van’s
Warped Tour 2008.
Overcome (2008-2010)
The band visited Audiohammer Studios in May, 2008 to record their fourth studio album, entitled
Overcome, with producer
Jason Suecof.
[10]
The album was released on September 16, 2008, with critics giving it
mixed reviews due to its more mainstream sound, many claiming that the
band has put focus on catchy melodies rather than technical heavy metal
riffs. The song “
Chiron” was released as the first single from the album and a video was produced for it.
[11] Two singles from the album (“Chiron” and “
Two Weeks”) were also released for
Rock Band as downloadable content, along with “This Calling”. The band released a video for "Two Weeks" in October.
[12] "Two Weeks" was also featured as a free playable download on the popular
iPhone OS game,
Tap Tap Revenge 2.
[13] On June 10, All That Remains started touring on the Rockstar
Mayhem Festival, playing the Jägermeister stage along with
God Forbid and headliners
Trivium.
[14][15]
On April 12, 2009, Phil Labonte posted on his Twitter that he was
recording something in the studio on that same day with (at least) Oli
and Mike.
[16] This turned out to be the acoustic version of “Forever in Your Hands”.
[17]
On June 29, 2009, drummer Jason Costa broke his hand. The band temporarily recruited drummer Tony Laureano (
Dimmu Borgir,
Nile) to honor their commitment to the 2009
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival.
[18]
On September 29, 2010, All That Remains announced “The Napalm &
Noise Tour”, which will take place from November 23 December 21. They
will co-headline it with
The Devil Wears Prada, and be supported by
Story of the Year and
Haste the Day.
[19]
On October 7, 2009, All That Remains released the music video for their single “
Forever in Your Hands”.
[20] Also released on this day was a free download of the Japan bonus track "Frozen" from
Overcome.
In January, 2011, All That Remains won top honors in the Hard Rock/Metal category in the 9th Annual
Independent Music Awards for the album.
For We Are Many (2010-2011)
All That Remains announced plans to start recording another album, which began in April 2010.
[21] The band later confirmed it to be released later in the year with
Adam Dutkiewicz as the chosen producer.
[22] The album was released on October 12, 2010.
[23]
On June 8, 2010, All That Remains premiered the title track "For We
Are Many" during a show in Burlington, VT under the working title of
"Dem Trims".
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From August 18 through September 6, a free download of the title track,
"For We Are Many", was available on the band’s website after
subscribing to their mailing list.
On October 6, 2010, All That Remains released a music video for the single "Hold On".
[24]
“For We Are Many” debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, selling a little over 29,000 copies in its first week.
[25]
A music video was released for “The Last Time” on April 1, 2011.
All That Remains took part in the Share the Welt Fall tour with
Hatebreed,
Rains and
Five Finger Death Punch.
A War You Cannot Win (2012-present)
On January 25, 2012, vocalist Phillip Labonte stated via Facebook
that the band were working on new material. On June 21, they revealed
that their upcoming sixth studio album is titled
A War You Cannot Win.
[26] On August 13, 2012, Labonte uploaded "Down Through the Ages" to YouTube.
[27]
All That Remains released the album cover to the album August 23. On
August 27, the first single "Stand Up" was released on the radio. On
August 29, All That Remains released the Official Lyric video to "Stand
Up", which can be seen on YouTube.
[28] The band has also released a free track of "Down Through the Ages" off their website from the upcoming album
A War You Cannot Win which is set to be released on November 6, 2012.
[29]