Sever Your Ties, also known as SYT, was a

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 ...

and band from

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. Their first

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, '' Safety in the Sea'', was released on July 8, 2008, through

Solid State Records Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...

and Tooth and Nail Records. Band members included Dustin Peterson, Sean Marnul, Justin Coyle, Patrick Lemley, Michael DiDia and Philippe Gutierrez. The band had been working on a comedy album and live action tour when on June 4, 2010, they announced that they were disbanding, due to the new found friendship between singer Sean Marnul and film director, Porter Min. After disbanding, singer Sean Marnul formed the comedy duo Gravy Brothers with friend Caleb Chial of The Black Keys while working with Porter Min on the set of Iron Man 2.

''Safety In The Sea''

The band's debut album, ''Safety in the Sea'', was released on

, a division of Tooth & Nail, on July 8, 2008. The album charted at No. 49 on the

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Top Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

# "Voice Like A Nova" - 3:16 # "After A Storm" - 3:01 # "Hand In Hand" - 2:54 # "This Is What You Get" - 4:06 # "Captive" - 3:48 # "Drifting" - 2:57 # "Things Are Better (Left Unsaid)" - 3:00 # "To The Pacific" - 2:38 # "Here I Am" - 2:41 # "Ashamed" - 2:38 # "

(Don't Fear) The Reaper "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album ''Agents of Fortune.'' The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitabili ...

" ( Blue Öyster Cult Cover) - 3:33

Uses In Media

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" plays during the end credits of "JC's HALLOWEEN II", a 2010 film based on the Halloween movie franchise featuring the iconic serial killer Michael Myers created by two Scottish filmmakers.

References

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