Every Time I Die was an American
metalcore
Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of ...
band from
Buffalo, New York
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, formed in 1998.
For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers
Keith
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(vocals) and
Jordan Buckley
Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith Buckley, Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist An ...
(guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist
Andy Williams
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with bassist Stephen Micciche being in the band for a collective 15 of the bands 24 years. After spending the first decade of their career on the
Ferret Music
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label, they signed with
Epitaph Records
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in 2008 and remained there until their split in early 2022.
Every Time I Die released nine studio albums, with their final album ''
Radical
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'' being released in October 2021.
The band garnered acclaim for their energetic and intense live shows, as well as their constantly evolving sound – with ''
Kerrang!
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'' noting that the band "shaped the cutting edge of modern metalcore."
History
Early years, ''The Burial Plot Bidding War'' and ''Last Night in Town'' (1998–2000)
The band was established by Jordan Buckley,
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hos ...
and Michael Novak. They added
Keith Buckley
Keith Buckley (born November 19, 1979) is an American singer, best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the now defunct hardcore punk band Every Time I Die and the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things. He is also a published author.
Earl ...
on vocals and bassist John McCarthy. They played their first show in Hamilton, Ontario.
In their first short tour covering the
Buffalo, New York
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and
Toronto
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, Ontario, Canada vicinity, the band met Goodfellow Records producer Chris Logan, who released the band's debut EP ''
The Burial Plot Bidding War
''The Burial Plot Bidding War'' is the first EP by American metalcore band Every Time I Die. Songs "Prom Song" and "Your Touch Versus Death" were previously on their 1999 demo tape. The EP was first released on Good Fellow Records in January 200 ...
'' in December 1999. The band also contributed an exclusive song to Redstar Records' Various Artists compilation ''The Sound and the Fury'', released in October 1999.
The following year, Aaron Ratajczak replaced McCarthy as bassist and the band entered Zing Studios in
Westfield, Massachusetts
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to begin recording their debut full length for
Ferret Records in January 2001.
The band released ''
Last Night In Town
''Last Night in Town'' is the first studio album by the American metalcore band Every Time I Die. After recording a demo, the band signed with the independent label Goodfellow Records in 2000 and released ''The Burial Plot Bidding War'' EP. The ba ...
'' on August 14, 2001, and embarked on an east coast tour with
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...
in support. That same year Stephen Micciche, of
Kid Gorgeous
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replaced Ratajczak as bassist.
''Hot Damn!'' and ''Gutter Phenomenon'' (2001–2006)
In mid-December 2002, it was announced that the band had booked time to record their next album in February 2003, with the aim of releasing it in June. Recording took place at Trax East studios in
South River, New Jersey
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Unearth is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1998, the group has released seven studio albums.
History Early career (1998–2002)
Unearth was formed by Trevor Phipps, Buz McGrath, Ken Susi, Mike Rudberg, a ...]
and
Evergreen Terrace and shot a music video for the album's lead single, "Ebolorama" with director
Darren Doane. The band released ''
Hot Damn!'' on July 1, 2003, and embarked on an American tour supporting ''
Jackass'' star
Steve-O
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. The album was well received and brought about their first mini
Warped Tour
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stint, overseas tours with
NORA
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and
Chimaira, numerous U.S tours with bands such as
Bleeding Through
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,
Norma Jean,
Dillinger Escape Plan
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and a spot on the 2004
Ozzfest
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tour.
In 2004,
Undecided Records
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reissued the band debut EP ''The Burial Plot Bidding War'' with an upgraded artwork and remastered audio.
Micciche resigned from his position in 2005 toward the end of the writing sessions for ''
Gutter Phenomenon
''Gutter Phenomenon'' is the third studio album by American metalcore band Every Time I Die.
Background
Following tours of Japan and Australia in February 2005, the band planned to finish up the writing stage for their next album. On March 16, th ...
,'' with the band announcing they were accepting online submissions to replace Micciche. Kevin Falk of
Between The Buried and Me filled the vacant position in April 2005. The band released ''Gutter Phenomenon'' on August 23, 2005, on
Ferret Records with Falk being let go from the band almost immediately after the album's release for personal reasons. He was replaced by Chris Byrnes of
NORA
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who left the band immediately following their stint on
Warped Tour 2006
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under amicable circumstances. He was replaced by Keller Harbin of
The Chariot and embarked on tour with
Atreyu on the World Championship Tour along with
From First to Last and
Chiodos.
On October 30, 2006, the band released their first DVD entitled "Shit Happens" including various home videos, tour antics and live footage of the band.
''The Big Dirty'' and ''New Junk Aesthetic'' (2007–2011)
In February 2007, Keith Buckley stated that the band had been holed up in a basement in North Tonawanda, New York writing their fourth album. On April 24, 2007, the band announced that ''
The Big Dirty'' would be released on September 4 of that year. The band embarked on tour with
Norma Jean of June 2007. The next month the band released the first single, "Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Battery" on all streaming services. Upon release of the album,
Josh Newton
Josh Newton (born June 8, 1973) is an American musician, perhaps best known for his tenure as the bassist in Every Time I Die. He is also the singer and guitarist of The Great Fire of Sixteen Sixty Six. Newton was a member of the following rock ...
replaced Harbin on bass and the band embarked on tour with
Underoath
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,
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and
Maylene and The Sons Of Disaster
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. The band performed the song "We'rewolf" live on the
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late night talk show ''
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'' on Halloween of 2007.
From January–February 2008, Every Time I Die went on a tour with
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...
,
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan was an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by guitarist Ben Weinman, bassist Adam Doll, vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, and drummer Chris Pennie. The band's use of odd time sign ...
, and
Parkway Drive
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. They also headlined the
Take Action Tour
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, playing alongside
From First to Last,
August Burns Red
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,
The Bled
The Bled was an American post-hardcore band from Tucson, Arizona, formed in 2001. They released four albums (''Pass the Flask'', ''Found in the Flood'', ''Silent Treatment (The Bled album), Silent Treatment'' and ''Heat Fetish'') before disband ...
, and
The Human Abstract. The band played the entire
Warped Tour
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2008. In July 2008, Keith Buckley announced that the band had fulfilled their contract with
Ferret Records and were looking for a new label. In February 2009 the band announced that they have signed with
Epitaph Records
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and would be going into the studio later that year to begin production on their fifth album.
During the 2009 UK tour with
Gallows, a song titled "Buffalo 666" was played for the first time. At the end of June it was announced that drummer Mike "Ratboy" Novak had left the band due to "personal conflicts".
On August 23 of that year, Ryan "Legs" Leger was added as the new drummer.
The band released ''
New Junk Aesthetic'' on September 15, 2009. The band was part of the European
Taste of Chaos
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tour at the end of 2009, supporting headliners
Killswitch Engage
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and
In Flames
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During t ...
.
Every Time I Die headlined the 2010 Australian Boys of Summer Tour. In support of Every Time I Die were Australian bands
50 Lions
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History
In 2005, they released their self-titled 7-inch EP, which sold out within 3 months ...
,
House vs. Hurricane
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and
Mary Jane Kelly
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. The band toured across Australia playing shows in Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
Josh Newton
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announced on October 12, 2011, that he was no longer in the band. For the remainder of the tour, Stephen Micciche filled his role as bassist. On December 12, they released a video on Warped Tour's YouTube channel announcing they were playing all dates on the 2012
Warped Tour
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.
''Ex Lives'' and ''From Parts Unknown'' (2012–2015)
In January 2012, Every Time I Die released their video for "Underwater Bimbos from Outer Space", from their album ''
Ex Lives'', which was released on March 6, 2012. On February 23, the band released the second single and music video off the album for "Revival Mode". The band embarked on tour with
The Devil Wears Prada,
Oh, Sleeper
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and
Letlive
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in 2012 in support of ''Ex Lives''.
On October 15, 2013, the band was announced to be a support act for
A Day to Remember
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on their European Tour 2014.
In the spring of 2014, the band announced that they were starting production on their seventh studio album ''
From Parts Unknown
''From Parts Unknown'' is the seventh studio album by American metalcore band Every Time I Die.
Recording and composition
''From Parts Unknown'' was recorded over the course of a month with Kurt Ballou of Converge at GodCity Studio in Salem, Mass ...
'' with producer
Kurt Ballou
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Early and ...
which was released July 8, 2014 along with their sixth run on the Vans Warped Tour 20th edition. The album peaked at #22 on the
''Billboard'' 200, their second top 25 in the band's existence. Following their time on Warped Tour Every Time I Die started a Canadian tour in mid September with
Expire and
Counterparts
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. Following their Canadian tour, they co-headlined a winter tour with
The Ghost Inside along with support from
Architects
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, Backtrack and
Hundredth
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as their openers.
In February 2015, the band announced Ryan Leger's departure, and he was replaced by
Daniel Davison
Daniel Travis Davison (born January 28th, 1983) is an American musician, songwriter, artist, and filmmaker. He is also a co-founder and former drummer of the band Norma Jean and a former drummer of Underoath and Every Time I Die.
Early life ...
, formerly of
Norma Jean and
Underoath
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. On March 29, the band revealed that they would be releasing an EP exclusively for
Record Store Day
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titled ''Salem''.
''Low Teens'' and ''Radical'' (2015–2021)
In December 2015 while on tour with
August Burns Red
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, Keith Buckley left due to a life-threatening emergency with his 7-month pregnant wife and unborn daughter. It was during this time and the subsequent hospital stays that Buckley wrote a vast majority of lyrics for a new album while awaiting their clean bill of health and recovery.
On September 23, 2016, the band released ''
Low Teens
''Low Teens'' is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band Every Time I Die. It is the band's only release to feature drummer Daniel Davison.
Release
On June 22, 2016, ''Low Teens'' was announced for release in September. In addition, " ...
'' to universal critical acclaim. The band spent the next 2 years touring with the likes of
Knocked Loose
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,
Harm's Way,
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Taking Back Sunday
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,
'68,
Motionless In White
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,
Turnstile
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and
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in support of the album.
In September 2017, Daniel Davison parted ways with the band, citing exhaustion from touring. He was replaced by Clayton "Goose" Holyoak of
Fear Before The March Of Flames – who had, coincidentally, also previously replaced Davison in
Norma Jean. Holyoak was subsequently replaced in Norma Jean by another former Every Time I Die drummer, Ryan Leger.
On June 21, 2018, the band embarked on the final run of the
Vans Warped Tour
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. In October 2018, the band announced that they would embark on one last tour in support of ''Low Teens'' with
Turnstile
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,
Angel Du$t
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before taking time off to begin writing their ninth record. On December 15, 2018, the band was honored by their native Buffalo, for their musical accomplishments and advocacy for the city, with an annual holiday on December 15 named after the band. The band revealed in an interview they all had to share their ETID Day plaque between them.
On September 9, 2019, the band confirmed that they had started work on their ninth album.
They later announced during the January 2020 UK/EU tour supporting
While She Sleeps
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, that the recording process of the album would start once they returned to the US. The band completed recording before the
COVID-19 pandemic
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escalated in the United States in early 2020, and waited to release the new album until they were able to tour in support of it. On December 8, 2020, the band released two new songs called "A Colossal Wreck" and "Desperate Pleasures" in the lead-up to their live stream event which took place on December 19, 2020, instead of their annual ''Tid the Season'' show. A third track, "AWOL" was released via email to those who purchased tickets to the TIDathon and released to streaming platforms on February 1, 2021.
On August 17, 2021, the band released the song "Post-Boredom" as a single for their album ''
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'', which they also announced that day. The album was released on October 22, 2021, via Epitaph Records. ''Radical'' was ultimately the band's final album. The band also did a pop-up show in Buffalo on August 26, as well as a show for
The Ghost Inside's east coast return show on August 28, where they debuted "Post-Boredom". On December 4, 2021, Keith Buckley announced that he would be taking a hiatus from the band for his mental health. The rest of the members initially released a statement that they would finish the last three concerts of a late 2021 tour without him,
but the shows were canceled due to complications arising from COVID-19. The band ultimately reconvened to perform at TID The Season in December 2021.
Breakup and aftermath (2022–present)
In January 2022, days after canceling a UK tour, a joint statement from Jordan Buckley, Andy Williams, Stephen Micciche, and Clayton Holyoak confirmed the end of the band. Several articles surrounding the break up, including conflicting statements from the band have been reported.
The departing four members have insinuated that they would continue playing together in some capacity. Buckley, meanwhile, completed a six-date spoken word tour of the UK in February 2022 – titled ''An Evening With Keith Buckley''. The tour was hosted by radio DJ Matt Stocks.
Musical style
Every Time I Die's style has been described as
metalcore
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,
hardcore punk
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and
post-hardcore
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. They initially formed as a hardcore band but their music soon manifested strong influences from
heavy metal and
rock
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. They have been called "metalcore icons" and their 2003 album ''
Hot Damn!'' a "total gamechanger" for the genre.
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described their metalcore sound as mixing
alternative metal
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,
Southern metal
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and
screamo
Screamo (also referred to as skramz) is an aggressive subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s and emphasizes "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics".Jason Heller, "Feast of Reason". ''Denver Westword'', June 20, 2002Access date: ...
.
They have also experimented with
mathcore
Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock that developed during the 1990s. Bands in the genre emphasize complex and fluctuant rhythms through the use of irregular time signatur ...
and
sludge metal
Sludge metal (also known as sludge or sludge doom) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated through combining elements of doom metal and hardcore punk. It is typically harsh and abrasive, often featuring shouted vocals, heavi ...
at various points in their discography.
They are strongly influenced by
Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues and is focused generally on electric guitars and vocals. Author Scott B. Bomar speculat ...
; frontman
Keith Buckley
Keith Buckley (born November 19, 1979) is an American singer, best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the now defunct hardcore punk band Every Time I Die and the heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things. He is also a published author.
Earl ...
stated that "the grit of ... Southern rock bands is the one commonality that the band has. It's something we all appreciate and grew up on, in a sense; mainly because it was the type of music that made a coarse poetry out of nature."
Just as the band's sound is chaotic, sharp and manifold, their lyrics are crafted to be strange,
sarcastic
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, and
sardonic
To be sardonic is to be disdainfully or cynically humorous, or scornfully mocking.
A form of wit or humour, being sardonic often involves expressing an uncomfortable truth in a clever and not necessarily malicious way, often with a degree of sk ...
.
Legacy
Upon their 2022 breakup, many of the band's peers and contemporaries – including
Underoath
Underoath (stylized as Underøath or UnderOath) is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida. It was founded by lead vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton on November 30, 1997, in Ocala, Florida; subsequently, its additional member ...
,
Stray from the Path
Stray from the Path is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Long Island, New York. They have released ten full-length albums. Their first three records were independently released – ''People Over Profit'' in 2002, ''Audio Prozac'' ...
,
Knocked Loose
Knocked Loose is an American metalcore band from Oldham County, Kentucky, formed in 2013 and currently signed to Pure Noise Records. The band released its first studio album, ''Laugh Tracks'', in September 2016 through Pure Noise Records.
His ...
,
Against Me
Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida, by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida, which is considered the band's hometown. Since 2001, the band's lineu ...
and
We Came As Romans
We Came as Romans (sometimes abbreviated as WCAR) is an American metalcore band from Troy, Michigan. Formed in 2005, the band has gone through one name change and multiple line-up changes, and signed to SharpTone Records in 2016 after having b ...
– eulogized the band with reverence for their music, their close relationship with their fans and the support they offered to up-and-coming bands.
Members
With Full Force
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Lineups ...
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