In Fear and Faith
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In Fear and Faith is an American rock
band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Rise Records
and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire
, being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008, peaked at #193 on the Billboard 200
. Their second full-lenghth album, Imperial
was released the following year and sold even better, charting at #4 on the Top Heatseekers
chart in the US alone.
The band was initially founded with one vocalist, Jarred DeArmas who provided both clean (singing) and unclean (screaming) styles. After DeArmas' departure in 2007, the band employed a dual vocalist set-up for several years with one performing the clean vocals and the other performing the unclean positions. By 2011, In Fear and Faith underwent many line-up modifications to where this set-up was abandoned, reverting back to only one vocalist performing both tactics. Since then, DeArmas has returned to the group, playing bass. He and the Niroomand brothers are the band's three remaining founding members. In Fear and Faith's band name is derived from the title of the song of the same name by Circa Survive
.
during the same year, containing four tracks.
A year after recording the demo, founding vocalist Jarred DeArmas was kicked out of the group in desire of the members seeking a singer with a higher vocal range
. Tyler "Telle" Smith
was, at this point, employed as the band's clean vocalist along with Cody Anderson as the band's unclean vocalist. A few months after these modifications, they replaced guitarist Davey Owens with Noah Slifka while keyboardist, Michael Guy left the band completely without a member in his replacement. With this line-up, they recorded their first EP, Voyage and released it via iTunes
on December 17, 2007. Met with positive acclaim and achieving more than 30,000 song purchases, it attracted the attention of Rise Records
, which they were signed to the following year.
as bassist
. He was replaced by Scott Barnes and the group released their debut album, Your World on Fire
on January 6, 2009 via Rise. It reached #193 on the Billboard 200
. Its overall success lead In Fear and Faith to inclusions on many tours in festivals. As well as touring for several years with groups such as Gwen Stacy
, Our Last Night
, Vanna
, Emarosa
, The Human Abstract
, Life in Your Way
, Burden of a Day
, Lower Definition, Confide
, VersaEmerge
and Here I Come Falling
, the band also toured with Emarosa, Burden of a Day
and Broadway. They toured in A Winter to Remember with In This Moment
, Agraceful and Motionless in White
.
profile stating that they were writing and recording a new album over those next 3 months. During mid-April, the band completed the record after touring Europe, its title was revealed as Imperial
. On May 12 at Midnight (PST) the band released three new songs off of the album; "The Solitary Life", "Counselor", and "Bones" as streaming media
online prior to its release. On June 15, 2010 Imperial was released worldwide.
In Fear and Faith appeared on the entire 2010 Vans Warped Tour
performing on the Skullcandy
Stage. Craig Owens, of Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, performed guest vocals with the group on two of the tour dates. In Fear and Faith also participated in the Band of Brothers Tour in the fall of 2010 with We Came as Romans
, Confide, Upon a Burning Body and Abandon All Ships
.
While In Fear and Faith were included on Attack Attack!
's This Is a Family Tour, unclean vocalist, Cody Anderson was forced to not be included on their schedule due to personal reasons and his position in the group was substituted by Bryan Zimmerman, formerly of Sky Eats Airplane
. On December 5, 2010 it was then announced that Anderson left the band completely. The reason for his leaving was never explained. With a lighter line-up, the band then took some time off from touring and recorded an EP featuring symphonic
renditions of some of their songs. The EP was titled Symphonies
, and was released on May 3, 2011. Barnes performs both the clean and unclean vocals on the release. Before its surfacing, the band once more changed its line-up. Both Tyler McElhaney and Noah Slifka were replaced by Jarred DeArmas and Sean Bell, respectively. Bell served as a touring member during the This Is A Family Tour for the group in the rhythm guitar position before his joining and DeArmas was originally the band's vocalist during its founding in high school when he was 17 in 2006.
band, but perform the genre with a tied-in influence of metal
and electronica
. The group is primarily influenced by alternative rock
, emo
, hardcore
and heavy metal. Bands such as Circa Survive
, At the Drive-In
, Sick of It All
, Sepultura
and Pantera
have been said to be their main influences. Music journalist, Andrew Leahy documented In Fear and Faith's sound as "a blend of furious instrumentation, electronic flourishes and screamo vocals" along with mentioning embracement of heavy metal while complimenting their hybrid sound of being the case why the group "were signed so quickly" and "wasted little time" doing so.
In Fear and Faith songs are usually - on average - three minutes in time length, but their larger and more-known songs such as "Live Love Die" and "The Taste of Regret" lead into four minutes of length. The main songwriters have primarily always been Ramin and Mehdi Nirromand, Tyler McElhaney and Scott Barnes. Bassist, McElhaney has commented on the band's guitar tunings
stating that while the tunings on Your World on Fire
and Voyage would be set to the same drop throughout, Imperial
features different tunings on several different songs to add "depth" regardless of the difficulty of this for live performances.
Former members
EPs
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Rise Records
Rise Records
-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...
and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire
Your World On Fire
Your World on Fire is the debut full-length album by American post-hardcore band, In Fear and Faith. It was released January 6, 2009 through Rise Records.-Background:Your World on Fire was produced by Andrew Wade and was released on January 6, 2009...
, being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008, peaked at #193 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. Their second full-lenghth album, Imperial
Imperial (album)
-Personnel:In Fear and Faith* Ramin Niroomand - lead guitar, keyboards, piano* Mehdi Niroomand - drums* Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar* Cody "Duke" Anderson - unclean vocals* Scott Barnes - clean vocals* Noah Slifka - rhythm guitarAdditional musicians...
was released the following year and sold even better, charting at #4 on the Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart in the US alone.
The band was initially founded with one vocalist, Jarred DeArmas who provided both clean (singing) and unclean (screaming) styles. After DeArmas' departure in 2007, the band employed a dual vocalist set-up for several years with one performing the clean vocals and the other performing the unclean positions. By 2011, In Fear and Faith underwent many line-up modifications to where this set-up was abandoned, reverting back to only one vocalist performing both tactics. Since then, DeArmas has returned to the group, playing bass. He and the Niroomand brothers are the band's three remaining founding members. In Fear and Faith's band name is derived from the title of the song of the same name by Circa Survive
Circa Survive
Circa Survive is an American alternative rock band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Doylestown, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward....
.
Inception and Voyage (2006–2007)
In Fear and Faith was founded in 2006 by members Davey Owens, Mehdi Niroomand, Tyler McElhaney, Jarred DeArmas, Michael Guy and Ramin Niroomand while attending high school. The band recorded a self-titled demoDemo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
during the same year, containing four tracks.
A year after recording the demo, founding vocalist Jarred DeArmas was kicked out of the group in desire of the members seeking a singer with a higher vocal range
Vocal range
Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate. Although the study of vocal range has little practical application in terms of speech, it is a topic of study within linguistics, phonetics, and speech and language pathology, particularly in relation to the study...
. Tyler "Telle" Smith
Tyler "Telle" Smith
Tyler Smith, known also by his alias Telle, is an American musician. He is currently the lead vocalist for The Word Alive and has played in several bands, such as Greeley Estates and In Fear and Faith...
was, at this point, employed as the band's clean vocalist along with Cody Anderson as the band's unclean vocalist. A few months after these modifications, they replaced guitarist Davey Owens with Noah Slifka while keyboardist, Michael Guy left the band completely without a member in his replacement. With this line-up, they recorded their first EP, Voyage and released it via iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on December 17, 2007. Met with positive acclaim and achieving more than 30,000 song purchases, it attracted the attention of Rise Records
Rise Records
-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...
, which they were signed to the following year.
Your World on Fire (2008–2009)
Clean vocalist, Smith left the band in January 2008 to join Greeley EstatesGreeley Estates
Greeley Estates is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona. Formed in 2002, the band has released five full-length studio albums and one EP...
as bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
. He was replaced by Scott Barnes and the group released their debut album, Your World on Fire
Your World On Fire
Your World on Fire is the debut full-length album by American post-hardcore band, In Fear and Faith. It was released January 6, 2009 through Rise Records.-Background:Your World on Fire was produced by Andrew Wade and was released on January 6, 2009...
on January 6, 2009 via Rise. It reached #193 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. Its overall success lead In Fear and Faith to inclusions on many tours in festivals. As well as touring for several years with groups such as Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy (band)
Gwen Stacy was an American metalcore band that was signed with Solid State Records. Their name came from the comic book character Gwen Stacy, who appeared in the comic book The Amazing Spider-Man as the girlfriend of Peter Parker...
, Our Last Night
Our Last Night
Our Last Night is a Post-Hardcore band, formed in 2004 by five members, consisting ofTrevor Wentworth , Matthew Wentworth , Alex "Woody" Woodrow , Colin Perry , Tim Molloy , who were "fed up with merely jamming and playing cover songs".-Early years :After a few lineup changes, the group was...
, Vanna
Vanna (band)
Vanna is an American post-hardcore band from Boston, MA. Their first full length album, Curses, was released on April 24, 2007.-Early years :...
, Emarosa
Emarosa
Emarosa is an American rock band from Lexington, Kentucky. Formed in 2006, they released one EP in 2007 titled This Is Your Way Out, and shortly after, the group underwent significant lineup and sound changes, dropping their heavy metal influence and leaning toward a soul inspiration...
, The Human Abstract
The Human Abstract
The Human Abstract is an American progressive metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2004, the group was originally signed to the independent label Hopeless Records, the band then released the two albums Nocturne and Midheaven before signing to E1 Music and releasing Digital Veil...
, Life in Your Way
Life in Your Way
Life in Your Way is a melodic hardcore band from Connecticut. All members of the band are adherent to the Christian faith.-History:The band was formed by three long-time friends Josh Kellam, Dave Bullock, and Todd Mackey...
, Burden of a Day
Burden of a Day
Burden of a Day was a Christian post-hardcore band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in January 2000. They were formally signed to Rise Records before their breakup. Some of their influences include the likes of Thrice, The Bled, All That Remains. They recently had their last show in Sarasota on March 6...
, Lower Definition, Confide
Confide (band)
Confide was an American metalcore band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2004. They released three EPs and two full-length albums. Since the band was on a secular label they were not marketed in the "Christian" market, but their faith plays a big role in their personal lives as well as their...
, VersaEmerge
VersaEmerge
VersaEmerge is an American rock band consisting of Sierra Kusterbeck and Blake Harnage, originating from Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA, currently signed to the label Fueled by Ramen. They have three EPs - Cities Built on Sand, Perceptions, and the self-titled release. Their debut album, Fixed at...
and Here I Come Falling
Here I Come Falling
Here I Come Falling was a Christian hardcore band from Springfield, Missouri, formed in 2005. They were signed to Rise Records. They released one album, Oh Grave, Where Is Thy Victory, on January 4, 2008. The album charted at number 46 on the Top Billboard Christian Albums...
, the band also toured with Emarosa, Burden of a Day
Burden of a Day
Burden of a Day was a Christian post-hardcore band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in January 2000. They were formally signed to Rise Records before their breakup. Some of their influences include the likes of Thrice, The Bled, All That Remains. They recently had their last show in Sarasota on March 6...
and Broadway. They toured in A Winter to Remember with In This Moment
In This Moment
In This Moment is an American metalcore band from North Hollywood , California. Formed in 2005, the group has released three albums to date, all through Century Media Records.-Founding:...
, Agraceful and Motionless in White
Motionless in White
Motionless in White is an American metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2005, the group is known for its dark horror-themed lyrics and physical appearances, that of which heavily correspond to gothic imagery. Motionless in White is currently signed to Fearless Records and have...
.
Imperial, Symphonies and member changes (2009–2011)
On December 19, 2009, the band put an update on their FacebookFacebook
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profile stating that they were writing and recording a new album over those next 3 months. During mid-April, the band completed the record after touring Europe, its title was revealed as Imperial
Imperial (album)
-Personnel:In Fear and Faith* Ramin Niroomand - lead guitar, keyboards, piano* Mehdi Niroomand - drums* Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar* Cody "Duke" Anderson - unclean vocals* Scott Barnes - clean vocals* Noah Slifka - rhythm guitarAdditional musicians...
. On May 12 at Midnight (PST) the band released three new songs off of the album; "The Solitary Life", "Counselor", and "Bones" as streaming media
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
online prior to its release. On June 15, 2010 Imperial was released worldwide.
In Fear and Faith appeared on the entire 2010 Vans Warped Tour
Warped Tour 2010
Warped Tour 2010 is the 16th installment of the annual Summer Warped Tour festival. Vans Shoes was again the tour's primary sponsor. The first bands were announced on December 18. The 43-date tour kicks off on June 25, 2010 in Carson, California and ends August 15, 2010 in Hillsboro, Oregon.On...
performing on the Skullcandy
Skullcandy
Skullcandy is a Park City, Utah-based company that markets headphones, earphones, hands free devices, audio backpacks, MP3 players and other products. The company was founded in 2003....
Stage. Craig Owens, of Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, performed guest vocals with the group on two of the tour dates. In Fear and Faith also participated in the Band of Brothers Tour in the fall of 2010 with We Came as Romans
We Came as Romans
We Came as Romans is an American rock band from Troy, Michigan. Formed in 2005, the band signed to Equal Vision Records in April 2009 and have released two EPs, Demonstrations and Dreams , and two full-length albums, To Plant a Seed and Understanding What We've Grown to Be...
, Confide, Upon a Burning Body and Abandon All Ships
Abandon All Ships
Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...
.
While In Fear and Faith were included on Attack Attack!
Attack Attack!
Attack Attack! is an American metalcore band from Westerville, Ohio, formed in 2005. Attack Attack!'s first release, an independent EP titled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?, was released in 2008, which lead to the signing of the band to Rise Records the same year...
's This Is a Family Tour, unclean vocalist, Cody Anderson was forced to not be included on their schedule due to personal reasons and his position in the group was substituted by Bryan Zimmerman, formerly of Sky Eats Airplane
Sky Eats Airplane
Sky Eats Airplane was an American electronic post-hardcore band, formed in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2005. The band was signed to indie label Equal Vision Records and most recently released their self-titled full-length album through the label in July 2008....
. On December 5, 2010 it was then announced that Anderson left the band completely. The reason for his leaving was never explained. With a lighter line-up, the band then took some time off from touring and recorded an EP featuring symphonic
Symphonic rock
Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....
renditions of some of their songs. The EP was titled Symphonies
Symphonies (EP)
Symphonies is the second EP by American rock band In Fear and Faith. It consists of symphonic orchestral renditions of some of the group's best known songs with a guest vocalist included on nearly every track. It was released on May 3, 2011 through Rise Records.-Background:The planning and idea for...
, and was released on May 3, 2011. Barnes performs both the clean and unclean vocals on the release. Before its surfacing, the band once more changed its line-up. Both Tyler McElhaney and Noah Slifka were replaced by Jarred DeArmas and Sean Bell, respectively. Bell served as a touring member during the This Is A Family Tour for the group in the rhythm guitar position before his joining and DeArmas was originally the band's vocalist during its founding in high school when he was 17 in 2006.
New album (2011–present)
A new record has been confirmed to be in the works with a release expected in 2012. It will be the first release with DeArmas in the band since the 2006 demo. The album's lead single surfaced on November 8, 2011 for a song titled, "It All Comes Out (On the Way Down)".Musical style and structure
In Fear and Faith are essentially a post-hardcorePost-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band, but perform the genre with a tied-in influence of metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
. The group is primarily influenced by alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
, emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
, hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
and heavy metal. Bands such as Circa Survive
Circa Survive
Circa Survive is an American alternative rock band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Doylestown, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward....
, At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In was an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, considered part of the post-hardcore genre and active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene...
, Sick of It All
Sick of It All
Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max...
, Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
and Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...
have been said to be their main influences. Music journalist, Andrew Leahy documented In Fear and Faith's sound as "a blend of furious instrumentation, electronic flourishes and screamo vocals" along with mentioning embracement of heavy metal while complimenting their hybrid sound of being the case why the group "were signed so quickly" and "wasted little time" doing so.
In Fear and Faith songs are usually - on average - three minutes in time length, but their larger and more-known songs such as "Live Love Die" and "The Taste of Regret" lead into four minutes of length. The main songwriters have primarily always been Ramin and Mehdi Nirromand, Tyler McElhaney and Scott Barnes. Bassist, McElhaney has commented on the band's guitar tunings
Guitar tunings
Guitar tunings almost always refers to the pitch of the open string, though some tunings may only realistically be attained by the use of a capo on an unmodified instrument....
stating that while the tunings on Your World on Fire
Your World On Fire
Your World on Fire is the debut full-length album by American post-hardcore band, In Fear and Faith. It was released January 6, 2009 through Rise Records.-Background:Your World on Fire was produced by Andrew Wade and was released on January 6, 2009...
and Voyage would be set to the same drop throughout, Imperial
Imperial (album)
-Personnel:In Fear and Faith* Ramin Niroomand - lead guitar, keyboards, piano* Mehdi Niroomand - drums* Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar* Cody "Duke" Anderson - unclean vocals* Scott Barnes - clean vocals* Noah Slifka - rhythm guitarAdditional musicians...
features different tunings on several different songs to add "depth" regardless of the difficulty of this for live performances.
Band members
Current members- Jarred DeArmas – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
(2011–present), lead vocalsLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
(2006–2007) - Mehdi Niroomand – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion (2006–present) - Ramin Niroomand – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(2006–present) - Scott Barnes – lead vocals (2008–present)
- Sean Bell – rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
(2011–present)
Former members
- Michael Guy – keyboards, backing vocals (2006–2007)
- Tyler McElhaney – bass guitar, backing vocals (2006–2011)
- Davey Owens – rhythm guitar (2006–2007)
- Cody Anderson – unclean vocalsScreaming (music)Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...
(2007–2010) - Noah Slifka – rhythm guitar (2007–2011)
- Tyler "Telle" SmithTyler "Telle" SmithTyler Smith, known also by his alias Telle, is an American musician. He is currently the lead vocalist for The Word Alive and has played in several bands, such as Greeley Estates and In Fear and Faith...
– clean vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(2007–2008)
Discography
Studio albums| Year | Title | Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... |
Chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Indie | US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
Hard Rock | |||
| 2009 | Your World on Fire Your World On Fire Your World on Fire is the debut full-length album by American post-hardcore band, In Fear and Faith. It was released January 6, 2009 through Rise Records.-Background:Your World on Fire was produced by Andrew Wade and was released on January 6, 2009... |
Rise Rise Records -History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and... |
193 | 23 | 8 | - |
| 2010 | Imperial Imperial (album) -Personnel:In Fear and Faith* Ramin Niroomand - lead guitar, keyboards, piano* Mehdi Niroomand - drums* Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar* Cody "Duke" Anderson - unclean vocals* Scott Barnes - clean vocals* Noah Slifka - rhythm guitarAdditional musicians... |
- | 32 | 4 | 18 | |
EPs
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Voyage | Self-released |
| 2011 | Symphonies Symphonies (EP) Symphonies is the second EP by American rock band In Fear and Faith. It consists of symphonic orchestral renditions of some of the group's best known songs with a guest vocalist included on nearly every track. It was released on May 3, 2011 through Rise Records.-Background:The planning and idea for... |
Rise |
Videography
- "Live Love Die" (Voyage, 2008)
- "Your World on Fire" (Your World on FireYour World On FireYour World on Fire is the debut full-length album by American post-hardcore band, In Fear and Faith. It was released January 6, 2009 through Rise Records.-Background:Your World on Fire was produced by Andrew Wade and was released on January 6, 2009...
, 2009) - "The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions" (Your World on Fire, 2009)
- "Bones" (ImperialImperial (album)-Personnel:In Fear and Faith* Ramin Niroomand - lead guitar, keyboards, piano* Mehdi Niroomand - drums* Tyler McElhaney - bass guitar* Cody "Duke" Anderson - unclean vocals* Scott Barnes - clean vocals* Noah Slifka - rhythm guitarAdditional musicians...
, 2010) - "Counselor" (Imperial, 2011)