Code Orange (formerly known as Code Orange Kids) is an American

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band that formed in

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in 2008, while the members of the band were still in high school. The band currently consists of vocalist and studio drummer Jami Morgan, guitarist and vocalist Reba Meyers, keyboardist/programmer, guitarist, vocalist, and visual artist Eric "Shade" Balderose, bassist Joe Goldman, and guitarist Dominic Landolina. Their touring lineup also currently includes drummer Max Portnoy (of Tallah) since October 2021 and formerly included drummer Ethan Young (of Thirty Nights of Violence) between March 2020 and October 2021. The band originally signed to Deathwish Inc. for their first two studio albums: '' Love Is Love/Return to Dust,'' which was released in November 2012 under their original name, and ''

I Am King ''I Am King'' is the second studio album by American hardcore punk band Code Orange and first to be released under this moniker after previously being referred to as "Code Orange Kids". The Kurt Ballou-produced album was released on September 2 ...

'' in September 2014. Their third album, ''

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'' was released in January 2017 through

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, and their latest album, '' Underneath'', was released in March 2020, also on

. The band has also released three EPs, one live album, thirteen music videos, three live DVDs, and six other shorter releases (splits/singles). The band started as a hardcore punk band - under their original name of Code Orange Kids - and started to shift to

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on the release of their debut full-length album ''Love Is Love/Return to Dust,'' before incorporating more wide-ranging influences on their more recent albums, such as ''Forever'' and ''Underneath,'' as they began to incorporate elements of

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, and industrial. They have received one

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for Best International Breakthrough (2018), have been nominated for two

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for Best Metal Performance (2017 and 2020), have been nominated by Loudwire Music Awards for Metal Album of the Year and Metal Artist of the Year (2017), and been nominated twice by Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards for Breakthrough Artist (2017 and 2018) which they won in 2018. In 2012, four of the band's members – Reba Meyers, Jami Morgan, Joe Goldman, and Dominic Landolina – formed the rock band

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; however, this group disbanded in 2016.

History

Formation and early years (2008–2012)

The band formed under the name "Code Orange Kids" in 2008 in

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, Pennsylvania. They started out playing "really straightforward punk," but would eventually take their music in a heavier direction with the introduction of new member, Bob Rizzo, who met members of the band at a local show. By early 2012, the band described themselves as "doomy, abrasive" hardcore punk similar to Black Flag, Converge or

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. The band found some difficulty touring in their early days, due to the fact that they were not old enough to play at some of the clubs, and because many of the members were still in high school, could only tour between semesters. Despite this, Code Orange Kids opened for such bands as the Misfits,

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and

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. Early self-published releases from Code Orange Kids included 2009's ''Winter Tour Demo'', 2010's ''Demo 2010'' and 2011's ''Embrace Me/Erase Me''. Code Orange Kids released the EP ''Cycles'' through Mayfly Records in 2011. Code Orange Kids announced they signed to Deathwish Inc. in January 2012. At the time of their signing, the average age among the band members was only 18 years old. In April 2012, the band released a split EP with Full of Hell through Topshelf Records. A Max Moore-directed music video for the song "V (My Body Is A Well)" from the EP was also released. Code Orange Kids toured North America with

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and

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in April 2012, and toured Europe in July 2012.

''Love Is Love/Return to Dust'' (2012–2013)

Code Orange Kids released their debut full-length album, '' Love Is Love/Return to Dust'', in October 2012 through Deathwish. The album was recorded in June 2012 with

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of Converge at his own GodCity studio. Commenting on getting to work with Ballou, drummer Jami Morgan said, "Kurt has made tons of our favorite records and we respect him as an engineer and musician immensely, as many others do." The album's release was preceded by a music video for the song "Flowermouth (The Leech)" in October 2012. The band began touring in support of ''Love Is Love/Return to Dust'' with a short Canadian tour with

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in October 2012 followed by a North American tour with Gaza and Full of Hell from November through December 2012. On this tour, the band was robbed of over

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10,000 worth of belongings in New Orleans, Louisiana. In February/March 2013, Code Orange Kids toured the U.S. with H₂O and Terror; with

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and Full of Hell in Europe in July/August 2013; with Terror and

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in North America in October 2013; and with

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and

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in November/December 2013. In April 2013, the band released a 4-way split 7" with

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Name change and ''I Am King'' (2014–2015)

Recording for Code Orange Kids' (who would soon change their band name) second studio album began in February 2014 with Kurt Ballou. Speaking on the overall sound of the new record, Morgan said it would mark "a very new era for our band," and that, "It's different. A lot of the heavier parts are heavier and sometimes more obvious. A lot of the odd parts are weirder and a little more anti-social. Things are a lot more blended together." On June 5, 2014, the band announced that it was changing its name from "Code Orange Kids" to "Code Orange," and would be releasing its sophomore album titled '' I Am King'' on September 2, 2014. Three months before the release of the album, the band released a music video for the title track, "I Am King," in June 2014 followed by an online stream of "My World" in July 2014 and a music video for "Dreams in Inertia" in August 2014. Code Orange's first tour in support of ''I Am King'' was a six-date stint with

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surrounding the band's participation in This is Hardcore Festival 2014 in July/August 2014, followed by a North American co-headlining tour with Twitching Tongues in September and October. They also appeared on 2015's

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, and toured the U.S. from June to August.

''Forever and The Hurt Will Go On'' (2016–2019)

In April 2016, Code Orange signed to

for their third studio album, which at the time was tentatively due out in late 2016. Leading up to the new album's release, the band toured the U.S. with

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in May 2016 and performed sporadic mid-year festival dates, including This Is Hardcore in August. In October 2016, the band released a new single, "Forever." It was revealed to be the title track to their third album, ''

'', which was then set for release in early 2017. Following the release of the initial single, the band released an animated music video for "Kill The Creator" in December 2016, as well as two further promotional singles, "Ugly" and "Bleeding in the Blur," in January 2017, prior to the album's official release date of January 13. A music video for the track "The Mud", directed by Balderose and Dmitry Zakharov, was premiered on

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block on September 30, 2017. The album was featured on various best of 2017 lists including,

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's "20 Best Metal Albums of 2017",

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's "20 Best Albums of 2017" and

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's "Top 20 Rock & Metal Albums of 2017." In support of the album, the band began touring as a five-piece. Dominic Landolina – who also played lead guitar in Adventures alongside Meyers, Morgan and Goldman – was brought in as a touring guitarist and later became a full-time member, after being secretly unveiled as a new member in the music video for "Forever". In August 2017, "Bleeding in the Blur" was announced as one of the official theme songs for

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's '' NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III'' event. At the event, held at the

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, Code Orange were the first band to ever play live at an NXT show. They opened the event with a performance of "Bleeding in the Blur," before later performing a live version of

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's entrance music, "Root of All Evil," with Incendiary vocalist Brendan Garrone; who appears on the original version of the song. The band played Black to the ring for his match with

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. In December 28 and 29, Code Orange and

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supported mathcore band

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on their final two shows. Their appearance came about after Morgan became friends with Dillinger frontman

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, who invited them to these performances. Code Orange released a new single, "Only One Way", on February 8, 2018, through the Adult Swim Singles Program. They followed it with a remix by guitarist Eric "Shade" Balderose called "only1 (the hard way)". On June 21, 2018, the band released a 3-track EP, ''The Hurt Will Go On''. Along with the remix of "Hurt Goes On," the EP also featured two brand-new tracks: "3 Knives" and "The Hunt," which features guest vocalist

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of Slipknot and

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. During

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's pay-per-view

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in August 2019, professional wrestler

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, while in his Fiend persona, premiered new entrance music performed by Code Orange. The song, "Let Me In," is a re-imagining of Mark Crozer's song "Live in Fear," which was Wyatt's old theme before leaving WWE programming in November 2018 and creating a new version of his character. "Let Me In" charted on the

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at number 79 for a solitary week beginning on August 16, 2019, becoming Code Orange's first song to chart on the Scottish Singles Chart.

''Underneath and Under the Skin'' (2020–present)

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On January 10, 2020, the band released a music video for "Underneath", the first single from their fourth album, '' Underneath''. On February 7, 2020, they released a music video for their second single "Swallowing the Rabbit Whole". On March 9, 2020, the band released the third single "Sulfur Surrounding". An animated video directed by Eric Balderose, was released on March 9 along with the single. The full album was released on March 13, 2020. On March 14, 2020, Code Orange performed a live-streamed album release concert in an empty venue on

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due to the

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. The performance took place at the Roxian Theatre and was called "Last Ones Left: In Fear of the End". The performance was later officially released on

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. The album was the band's first album to be produced by

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. The album was also produced by Jami Morgan and co-produced by

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. Yip also helped produce the band's previous album. Producer and musician

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(formerly of Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson) helped Eric Balderose develop the electronics, the arrangement of the many layers of production, and the use of

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and other various noise elements for the album. Following the release of their fourth album, Jami stopped performing drums at live shows to focus solely on vocals, with Ethan Young being revealed as the band's touring drummer in March 2020, to which Morgan commented: "He's a great guy and I think he'll continue to earn his spot, but for now he's an empty vessel. He's our drumming muse for now. We don't want to be married to anyone yet. You don't know how people are going to be 'til they are." On June 7, 2020, the band performed at NXT TakeOver: In Your House at

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. On September 4, 2020, the band released a live album titled, ''Under the Skin''. The album featured acoustic renditions of songs from the bands discography, as well as a cover of "

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. In November 2020, the band was nominated for their second Grammy award. The band received a nomination in the Best Metal Performance category for the song "Underneath." They would ultimately lose the Grammy to

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. On January 23, 2021, an animated motion-capture video for the song "Autumn and Carbine" was premiered on

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. The video was directed by Eric Balderose and Jami Morgan (under the nowhere2run productions moniker) and utilized motion-capture to create 3D models of the band members themselves. On October 14, 2021, the band announced that Max Portnoy, of

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band Tallah, had joined the group as their new touring drummer. On November 11, 2021, the band released a new standalone single titled "Out for Blood" along with its accompanying music video. The song was recorded with

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and

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producer

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. On December 16, 2022, the band premiered new entrance music, the song, "Shatter" for the wrestler Bray Wyatt. This is the second time the band performed entrance music for Wyatt.

Musical style and influences

Code Orange has been considered

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, heavy metal,

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, industrial, and

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. Since formation, the band's

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style has gradually grown more abrasive and heavy metal-influenced, moving into metalcore territory by the release of their 2012 debut album '' Love Is Love/Return to Dust''. In a review of their 2014 second album '' I Am King'', Ryan Bray of ''

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'' placed them within the "American metalcore underground" and noted that their music stood out in exhibiting influences not just from hardcore and metal but also from

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and

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. In 2015, Brian Leak of ''

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'' celebrated Code Orange as being "at the top of their game, not to mention the hardcore scene". In reference to their 2017 third album ''

'', Lars Gotrich of ''

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'' described their style as "nightmarishly chaotic hardcore", stating that "there's always been an

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underpinning to Code Orange that toys with

and melody (and some '90s

)." According to Scott Tady of ''Kill Your Stereo,'' "Code Orange takes...hardcore/metalcore and bleeds them over with modern industrial and bleak

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s, with the occasional alternative-rock detour...creating an almost-experimental sound that's both familiar yet futuristic." The band has also used elements of

, industrial,

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, and hip hop. They cite

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, Converge,

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Earth Crisis Earth Crisis is an American hardcore punk band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Since 1993 the band's longest serving members are vocalist Karl Buechner, lead guitarist Scott Crouse, bassist Ian Edward ...

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, Black Flag and

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as influences.

Members

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Discography

Studio albums * '' Love Is Love/Return to Dust'' (2012) * '' I Am King'' (2014) * ''

'' (2017) * '' Underneath'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

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, , , , - ,

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Footnotes

References

External links

Official website
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Code Orange Kids discography
on

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