Ashes Remain
| Ashes Remain | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock , post-grunge , Christian rock |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | www.ashesremain.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Josh Smith | |
| Rob Tahan | |
Electric guitar |
Ryan Nalepa |
| Jonathan Hively | |
| Ben Kirk | |
Ashes Remain is a post-grunge Christian band from Baltimore , Maryland formed in 2001 .
history
The group was founded in 2001 and consists of singer Josh Smith, the two guitarists Rob Tahan and Ryan Nalepa, as well as bassist Jonathan Hively and drummer Ben Kirk.
Two years after its founding, the band released their debut album, Lose the Alibis , which they wrote themselves. The album Last Day Breathing , released in 2007, was also financed out of pocket. A year later the EP Red Devotion was released . After that, the group was signed by Fair Trade Services , where groups like MercyMe , Skillet and Audio Adrenaline released some of their albums. Her third album What I've Become was released on the label in 2011 , which was able to position itself for the first time in the Top Christian Albums Charts and the Top Heatseeker Charts , both determined by Billboard . This was followed by a tour of the United States with Fireflight .
In 2013 the group announced that they would like to release a new album. A single called Here for a Reason was released in 2014. After three years of waiting, another single was released with All of Me . In mid-September 2017, the band announced the signing to hand at BEC Recordings , a sub-label of Tooth & Nail Records , and announced the release of the second album Let the Light In for the fall of the same year. It is the first album in six years and the fourth album by the band after What I've Become in 2011.
Music genre
Ashes Remain play a mix of alternative metal , post-grunge and hard rock . The music is comparable to Red or Skillet . In the lyrics, which have a Christian touch, singer Josh Smith writes about hopeless situations and the search for hope and Jesus Christ . The singer dedicated the ballad Without You to his late brother.
Discography
EPs
- 2008: Red Devotion
Albums
- 2003: Lose the Alibis
- 2007: Last Day Breathing
- 2011: What I've Become ( Fair Trade Services , Sony Music )
- 2017: Let the Light In
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Cummings: Cross Rhythms : Ashes Remain: The band from Baltimore with a message of hope for troubled times
- ^ Billboard : Chart History
- ^ The Greenville Advocate : Christian tour comes to Greenville
- ↑ Kaj Roth: Melodic.net : Ashes Remain To Release New Album Let The Light In This Fall
- ↑ Kent Matthews: Houston Chronicle : Music: Ashes Remain journeys from loss to hope