Songs would often start with a drum part from Reynolds providing the perfect inspiration for Williams’ trademark Tom Morello-meets-Kurt Ballou riffs. The album pushes the band further into pummelling sonic territory than ever before, but it’s their attention to rhythm and catchiness that truly makes the heaviness impactful. For Internal Atomics, the band teamed with producer/engineer Will Putney (Every Time I Die, Body Count, Vein) for a fifth time, recording at New Jersey’s Graphic Nature Audio and building on the trust and collaborative spirit that informs Stray From The Path’s writing process. Anthony “Dragon Neck” Altamura (bass) joined in 2011 and Craig Reynolds (drums) in 2016, solidifying the lineup and helping the band evolve into their current incarnation: a behemoth of groove-laden, metallic hardcore riffing and hip hop-influenced vocal cadences. With each successive release and relentless touring, longtime members Tom Williams (guitar) and Drew Dijorio (vocals) have taken the band from scrappy Long Island locals to powerhouse globetrotters. Over a decade into their career, Stray From The Path have achieved a kind of longevity rarely seen in hardcore. In every way, the album is Stray From The Path unleashed it’s punishingly heavy yet loaded with memorable hooks, universal and accessible yet caustic and outspoken, socially conscious and political yet deeply personal, furious yet constructive-an audacious testament to the power of aggressive music and refusing to fall in line.
The lyrics “Thinking like everyone else is not really thinking” open the hardcore boundary-defiers’ new album, Internal Atomics, and it’s an immediate declaration of intent: the world as we know it isn’t working, and it’s time for something new. Stray From The Path are not ones to mince words. Reaching a fork in the road, the future of the band hung in the balance. In the midst of the tour cycle for Gossip, Kellin found himself at rock bottom under a haze of depression and alcoholism. However, everything came to a head during 2017. Additionally, they collaborated with MGK on “Alone” and Pierce the Veil on the gold-certified “King For A Day.” Beyond selling out shows worldwide and receiving acclaim from The New York Times, Alternative Press crowned them “Artist of the Year” at the Alternative Press Music Awards, proclaimed “Kick Me” the 2015 “Song of the Year”, and featured them as cover stars a whopping seven times. This high-wire balancing act attracted a faithful fan base known as “Strays,” generated global album sales in excess of 1.5 million, ignited over half-a-billion streams, and achieved a trio of gold-selling singles: “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn,” “If You Can’t Hang,” and “Scene Two-Roger Rabbit.” They launched two albums-Feel and Madness-into the Top 15 of the Billboard Top 200. Since emerging in 2010, Sleeping With Sirens have tested the boundaries of rock by walking a tightrope between pop, punk, metal, hardcore, electronic, acoustic, and even a little R&B. Everything finally fell into place.” The time turned out to be right for them to do so. We wrote one song, liked it, and moved on. “We needed to sit down and write something from our hearts we really love and believe in without regard for opinion. “We needed to get back into a room and not care about the outcome,” exclaims Kellin.
In essence, the band strips itself to the core and uncovers what it sought all along… The gold-certified quintet-Kellin Quinn, Jack Fowler, Nick Martin, Justin Hills, and Gabe Barham -amplify the impact of their unpredictable fretwork, velvet vocal acrobatics, and hypnotically heavy alternative transmissions without compromise.
By wiping the slate clean and turning the page to the next chapter, Sleeping With Sirens re-center, recalibrate, and realign on their fifth full-length and first album for Sumerian Records, How It Feels to Be Lost. With this record we’re standing here and stating here we are.” We’ve never really been supported by other bands taking us on big tours to help us get bigger. We’ve had to prove we tour enough, that we’re good enough, and we’ve never been given a handout. “Our whole career, we’ve always felt that we’ve had to prove ourselves. We’re all really excited about the new direction, and we’ve made a record of which we’re super proud,” states vocalist and lyricist Joel Birch. “It was time for a breath of fresh air, and more so for us than anyone else. With Misery, their sixth full-length, the Australian unit have woven electronic elements and even bolder hooks into their signature sound, and they have done so with humbling confidence. While maintaining the passion, integrity, and unflinching honesty that has characterized their career, in 2018 The Amity Affliction are striding into new territory.
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