All That Remains is an American heavy metal band from Springfield,
Massachusetts, which formed in 1998. They
have released five studio albums, a live CD/DVD,
and have sold nearly 800,000 records worldwide. The group consists of
guitarists Oli Herbert and Mike Martin, vocalist Philip Labonte, bassist Jeanne Sagan and former Diecast drummer Jason Costa with Labonte and Herbert being
the only two original members. To date, all of their singles have had music
videos created for them except "The Waiting One".
History
Formation, debut
album and This Darkened Heart (2000-2005)
Phil Labonte, the
vocalist for All That Remains, was originally the vocalist for Shadows Fall and appeared on the cult classic
album Somber Eyes to the
Sky. After being asked to leave because of "musical
differences", Phil focused entirely on All That Remains, a side project he
had been working on prior to leaving. Phil has been known to support Boston
acts such as Widow Sunday,
Bury Your Dead, and Cannae. The band released their debut
album, Behind
Silence and Solitude on March 26, 2002 through Prosthetic Records.
The style of the album differs from their current metalcore musical style, and more
prominently contains elements of melodic death
metal. It was also the band's only release featuring the original
members Chris Bartlett and Dan Egan.
Their second
album, This Darkened Heart was released on March 23, 2004 through
Prosthetic Records. Produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, the album featured better
production compared to its predecessor. The three singles that were released from the album
are “This Darkened Heart”, “Tattered on My Sleeve” and “The Deepest Gray”.
Music videos were created for all three.
The Fall of Ideals (2006-2008)
Their third album The Fall of Ideals
was released on July 11, 2006 through Prosthetic Records. Once again, the album
was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz. The album is also considered to be the band’s
breakthrough release, as it entered the Billboard 200 charts at number 75, selling
almost 13,000 copies in its first week. “This Calling” was released as the
album’s first single. Two music videos
were created, with one incorporating footage from Saw III (as it was the lead song from the film’s
soundtrack). A music video was made for the album’s second single
"The Air That I Breathe". The band was also a part of Ozzfest 2006. The song “Six” is featured in Guitar Hero II as an unlockable song . On
June 20, 2007, it was announced that The Fall of Ideals had surpassed
100,000 sales in the United States. A music video for the album’s third single
“Not Alone” was filmed on July 4 and was released on September 10, 2007. In
2007, they played at Wacken Open Air
in Wacken, Germany
to a great success. On November 30, 2007, All That Remains released a live
CD/DVD album titled All That Remains Live.
In early 2008,
they embarked on a headlining tour with support from Chimaira and Black Tide with Divine Heresy and Light This City
splitting the tour’s opening slot. Five Finger Death
Punch, was originally supposed to play but dropped off before the
tour started due to vocal problems. Later that summer All That Remains appeared
on the Midwestern leg of Van’s Warped Tour 2008.
Overcome (2008-2010)
The band visited
Audiohammer Studios in May, 2008 to record their fourth studio album, entitled Overcome, with producer Jason Suecof. The album was released on
September 16, 2008, with critics giving it mixed reviews due to its more
mainstream sound, many claiming that the band has put focus on catchy melodies
rather than technical heavy metal riffs. The song “Chiron” was released as the first single from the album and a
video was produced for it. Two singles from the album (“Chiron” and “Two Weeks”) were also released for Rock Band
as downloadable content, along with “This Calling”. The band released a video
for "Two Weeks" in October. "Two Weeks" was also featured
as a free playable download on the popular iPhone OS game, Tap Tap Revenge 2. On June 10, All
That Remains started touring on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival, playing the Jägermeister
stage along with God Forbid
and headliners Trivium.
On April 12, 2009,
Phil Labonte posted on his Twitter that he was recording something in the
studio on that same day with (at least) Oli and Mike. This turned out to be the
acoustic version of “Forever in Your Hands”.
On June 29, 2009,
drummer Jason Costa broke his hand. The band temporarily recruited drummer Tony
Laureano (Dimmu Borgir,
Nile) to honor their commitment to the
2009 Rockstar Energy
Mayhem Festival.
On September 29,
2010, All That Remains announced “The Napalm & Noise Tour”, which will take
place from November 23 December 21. They will co-headline it with The
Devil Wears Prada, and be supported by Story of the Year and Haste the Day.
On October 7,
2009, All That Remains released the music video for their single “Forever in Your
Hands”. Also released on this day was a free download of the Japan
bonus track "Frozen" from Overcome.
In January, 2011,
All That Remains won top honors in the Hard Rock/Metal category in the 9th
Annual Independent
Music Awards for the album.
For We Are Many (2010-2011)
All That Remains
announced plans to start recording another album, which began in April 2010.
The band later confirmed it to be released later in the year with Adam Dutkiewicz as the chosen producer.
The album was released on October 12, 2010.
On June 8, 2010,
All That Remains premiered the title track "For We Are Many" during a
show in Burlington, VT under the working title of "Dem Trims". From
August 18 through September 6, a free download of the title track, "For We
Are Many", was available on the band’s website after subscribing to their
mailing list.
On October 6,
2010, All That Remains released a music video for the single "Hold
On".
“For We Are Many”
debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, selling a little over 29,000 copies
in its first week.
A music video was
released for “The Last Time” on April 1, 2011.
All That Remains
took part in the Share the Welt Fall tour with Hatebreed, Rains and Five Finger Death
Punch.
New album
(2012-present)
On January 25,
2012, Phil Labonte stated via Facebook that they are working on new material.
Sessions have been regular since.
Drummer Jason
Costa has his acting debut in an upcoming episode of Law and Order: Special
Victims Unit. Scheduled to air on May, 25, 2012, in an episode titled: Metal,
Jason has a minor role as a musician questioned in the murder of a catholic
school girl. When he is questioned by Det. Benson, his only line is "That
kid was a shady guy... I bet he knows where the bodies are buried." Jason
has said that this casting was a one time only thing, and his love is music not
acting. He donated his check from the show to support the North Quincy Break a
Leg actors troupe. Mayor Koch has scheduled a ceremony at North Quincy High
School to give Jason a key to the city on the airing of the show.
Band members
Current members
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Former members
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Music videos
- “The Deepest Gray” (video directed by: Ian McFarland)
- “This Darkened Heart” (video directed by: Dale Resteghini)
- “Tattered on My Sleeve” (video directed by: David Brodsky)
- “This Calling” (video directed by: Frankie Nasso)
- “The Air That I Breathe” (video directed by: Darren Doane)
- “Not Alone” (video directed by: Soren Kragh-Jacobsen)
- “Chiron” (video directed by: Brian Thompson)
- “Two Weeks” (video directed by: P. R. Brown)
- “Forever in Your Hands” (video directed by: David Brodsky)
- “Hold On” (video directed by: David Brodsky)
- “The Last Time” (video directed by: Nathan Cox
Officila website
www.allthatremainsonline.com
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