Of Mice & Men is a metalcore band formed in Costa Mesa, California, United States in 2009 by Austin Carlile and Jaxin Hall after Carlile's departure from Attack Attack!. The name of the band is derived from John Steinbeck's novel of the same title. The current line-up consists of Carlile (ex. Attack Attack!), Phil Manansala, Valentino Arteaga (ex. Lower Definition), Aaron Pauley (ex. Jamie's Elsewhere) and Alan Ashby. Shortly after forming, Carlile and Hall enlisted the help of Though She Wrote to create their first collaborative demo track "Seven Thousand Miles for What?" and later began recruiting the remaining band members. After a short time, original guitarist Jon Kintz was replaced, solidifying the line up with Valentino Arteaga on drums, Shayley Bourget (ex. Covette) on guitar and vocals, and Phil Manansala (ex. A Static Lullaby) on guitar. The band then set about creating their self-titled debut album, released in March 2010 via Rise Records. After heart surgery ahead of a gruelling tour schedule and growing tensions within the band forced Carlile to step down, former Sky Eats Airplane vocalist Jerry Roush took up his duties in 2010. This sparked a string of line-up changes that saw the departure of founding member Jaxin Hall, movement of Bourget from rhythm guitar to bass, the recruitment of an entirely new member in Alan Ashby and culminating in Carlile's return to the mic in 2011. Between touring that year the band completed work on their sophomore effort, The Flood which would later be reissued in a deluxe format featuring 4 extra tracks in 2012. Early that year Bourget left the band due to personal issues and at present Carlile has taken over all vocal duties. Third album is called Restoring Forces debut in 2014

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From Ocala, Florida, two guitarrists met in high school, then a band was about to start. Those friends, Seth Blake and Cody Quistad, recruited Briton Bond (singer), Jordan Pierce (bassist) and David Rau (drummer), and formed a band called Empires. But in 2013, now with Chris Gaylord on bass and Stephen Kluesener on drums, Wage War was born. The metalcore band combines brutal punch with a positive message, and signed with Fearless Records. In late 2015, they recorded thier first album, called Blueprints, co-produced by Jeremy McKinnon (A Day To Remember) and Andrew Wade (Neck Deep and A Ghost Inside).

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Formed in Queens, New York in 2012, metalcore quintet Sylar devastate listeners with their frantic and crushing sound. While the band is made up of singer Jayden Panesso, guitarist/vocalist Miguel Cardona, guitarist Dustin Jennings, bassist Travis Hufton, and drummer Thomas Veroutis. The band's sound has no doubt been shaped by producer Caleb Shomo (of Attack Attack!), who worked with the band to produce its self-released debut EP, Deadbeat, which arrived in 2013. The album found Sylar being quickly snatched up by Razor & Tie, who signed them and released their debut full-length, To Whom It May Concern, in 2014. The following year saw the band ink a deal with Hopeless Records and begin work on a new studio album. The resulting Help! dropped in August 2016, shortly after the release of the LP's lead single, "Assume." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.