Solid State Records

Solid State Records
Solid State Records
Parent company	Tooth & Nail Records
Founded	1997
Founder	Brandon Ebel
Distributor(s)	Capitol Christian Music Group (US; 1993–2013), RED (US; 2013–present), Sony Music (Worldwide)
Genre	Heavy metal, hardcore punk, metalcore
Country of origin	United States
Location	Seattle, Washington
Official website	solidstaterecords.com

Solid State Records is a metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands.^[1] Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, it signed several bands with Christian members which don't label themselves as Christian bands, including Stretch Arm Strong,^[2] Gwen Stacy,^[3] He Is Legend,^[4] the Famine,^[5] Training for Utopia,^[6] and the Agony Scene.

Notable current artists

The Ascendicate (guitarist Ryan Helm went on to Demon Hunter, and start Damien Deadson)
Dead Poetic (drummer Jesse Sprinkle currently working solo)
Everdown (Urban Achiever Records)
Figure Four (two members are currently with Comeback Kid)
Lengsel (members now in Mantric)
No Innocent Victim (members working for Facedown Records)
Society's Finest
Spitfire (Goodfellow Records; two members in Sunndrug)
The Overseer (members in Project 86 and Wolves at the Gate)
The Showdown (three members in Demon Hunter, one member in Still Remains)
To Speak of Wolves (one member in Oh Sleeper)

^ "About". Solid State Records. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
^ "Stretch Arm Strong". Punknews.org. November 13, 2003. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
^ Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) Interview: Geoff Jenkins of Gwen Stacy at the Wayback Machine (archive index). Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016.
^ "He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
^ "Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag". Buzzgrinder.com. February 16, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
^ "Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status". Noisecreep. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
^ Blabbermouth (September 24, 2018). "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Signs With SOLID STATE RECORDS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
^ "Artists". solidstaterecords.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
^ "Miss May I Enlist Bleeding Through, August Burns Red, Carnifex, Etc. Members For Newly Re-Recorded "Apologies Are For The Weak" Album". Theprp. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
^ J., Rob (September 13, 2017). "Phinehas Signs with Solid State". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
^ Wisdom, Jason (October 30, 2016). "Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy". Interviewed by Trav Turner. As The Story Grows. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2016.