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Starset

Starset is an American rock band from Columbus, Ohio,[3] formed by Dustin Bates in 2013.[4] They released their debut album, Transmissions, in 2014[5][6][7] and their second album, Vessels, on January 20, 2017.[8] The band has found success in expanding the ideas of their concept albums through social media and YouTube, with the band generating over $230,000 in revenue from views from the latter as of November 2016. Their single "My Demons" had accumulated over 280 million YouTube views in the same time period.[9] Their most commercially successful song, "Monster", peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in May 2017.[10] A third studio album, Divisions, was released on September 13, 2019, with their fourth studio album, Horizons, released on October 22, 2021.

Starset
Starset performing in 2021
Background information
OriginColumbus, Ohio, U.S.
Genres
Years active2013–present
Labels
Spinoff ofDownplay
Members
  • Dustin Bates
  • Ron DeChant
  • Brock Richards
  • Adam Gilbert
Website
  • starsetonline.com
  • thestarsetsociety.org

History edit

Formation and Transmissions (2013–2015) edit

 
Starset in 2014

Starset was formed in 2013 by Downplay vocalist Dustin Bates, who is the band's lead singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.[11] Bates's interest in astronomy was first fueled when acquiring his master's in electrical engineering as he studied at Ohio University. He completed research for the US Air Force and also taught at the International Space University.[12] Bates created the fictional backstory for the band that forms the thematic basis for their music and multimedia.[13] In the backstory, Starset was formed as part of a public outreach initiative by the Starset Society, whose aims were to alert the public about the contents of "the Message" the society obtained from a mysterious signal from space.[14] Starset treats their backstory and the Starset Society as real in interviews, with few exceptions.[13]

The band released their debut album, Transmissions, on July 8, 2014.[15] The release debuted at number 49 on the US Billboard 200 charts, making it one of the highest debut albums for a rock band in 2014, and as of 2016, had sold over 79,000 copies.[16][17] Three singles were released in promotion of the album: "My Demons", "Carnivore", and "Halo". They also performed well in the charts, reaching fifth, sixteenth, and sixteenth, respectively, on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock charts.[18] The band later released an accompanying novel, The Prox Transmissions, further detailing Bates's fictional back-history of the Starset Society story.[16]

Vessels (2016–2018) edit

Rob Graves, who produced Transmissions, announced on January 26, 2016, that the making of Starset's second record has "officially commenced".[19] Along with the announcement of European tour dates supporting Breaking Benjamin, Starset announced their second album,[20] which Bates said would be more stylistically diverse than the previous, ranging in genre from metal to pop. On October 4, 2016, Starset posted to their social media an image from a graphic novel produced by Marvel Comics as a tie-in to The Prox Transmissions.[21] The 88-page graphic novel was co-written by Dustin Bates and Peter David, illustrated by Mirko Colak, and released in September 2017.[22]

The album's first single, "Monster" was released on October 28, 2016.[23] On November 4, 2016, Starset announced their upcoming album Vessels, which was released on January 20, 2017.[24] The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[25] The band spent much of 2017 touring in support of the album. The band toured with Black Satellite in the first half of 2017.[26] In July 2017, the band performed at Seether frontman Shaun Morgan's "Rise Above Fest", alongside Shinedown and Halestorm.[27] A second single from the album, "Satellite", was released in August 2017, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart.[28]

The band would continue touring through the first half of 2018, though Bates said he would likely take a break before pursuing a third album with the band.[29] Instead, he was planning on releasing music under a different project name, MNQN, which would be far more electronic-based.[29] Bates stated that he also had been working on some progressive rock–styled music that he intended to release as well, though he did not disclose when, or if, it would be released under the Starset name.[29] In April 2018, the band announced that they had signed to Fearless Records and released a music video for the Vessels track "Ricochet".[30] An alternate acoustic recording of the song was also released shortly after.[31]

In August 2018, the band released a second version of the Vessels track "Bringing it Down" and announced a deluxe edition of the album, titled Vessels 2.0. Nine new tracks appeared on Vessels 2.0, consisting of "reimagined", acoustic, and remixed versions of songs from the original Vessels along with a cover of "Love You to Death" by Type O Negative. The album was released on September 28, 2018. The press release for Vessels 2.0 also stated that the band had plans to release their third studio album in 2019.[32][33] MNQN's self-titled debut album released on April 4, 2019, and a live date at of the Wonderbus Music and Arts Festival in Columbus, Ohio, on August 18, 2019, was announced.[34][35] Much like Starset, the MNQN project features a fictional backstory, based on the titular artificial intelligence created by the Sentience Corp.[36]

Divisions (2019–2020) edit

On May 13, 2019, Starset announced that the third album would be released on September 13, 2019, along with fall tour dates for the United States.[37] Spring 2020 tour dates for Europe and the UK were announced on July 2, 2019.[38] The album's name, Divisions, was announced in August 2019 alongside the release of its first single, "Manifest".[39] The album was released on September 13, 2019.[40] By 2020, the band had received two billion streams worldwide.[41]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, most of Starset's tours were first postponed[42] and later cancelled.[43] However, Starset released the reimagined version of the single "TRIALS" and the remix version of "WAKING UP" in August 2020 and December 2020.

Horizons (2021–present) edit

 
Starset performing in 2021

In April 2021, Starset released a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" exclusively for Amazon Music[44] and a new song, "Infected", to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the video game Arknights.[45] In May 2021, the band made their first demonstration announcement since the pandemic, saying that they would give a performance on LouderThanLife (September 2021)[46] and Rockville (November 2021).[47]

In June, Starset announced that they would hold a series of "AE01 Acoustic Event" during the next two months across America,[48] in which the band would give totally acoustic performances and interact intimately with the audience. The upcoming tour of the United States and Europe, which started in November 2021 and February 2022 respectively, were subsequently announced.[49][50] On September 10, 2021, the band announced that their fourth studio album, Horizons, was scheduled for release on October 22, 2021.[51] They also released a music video for a new song from the album, named "The Breach", and released the track listing for the album, revealing that the previously released song, "Infected", would also be on the album.[51] On September 23, 2021, they released a lyric video for "Leaving This World Behind", and on October 7 of the same year, they released a lyric video for "Earthrise".[52] On August 19, 2022, Starset released a collaboration song with Breaking Benjamin, called "Waiting on the Sky to Change", a reworking of a song from Bates's previous band, Downplay.

On May 3, 2024, Starset released the single "Brave New World" and its accompanying music video.[53]

Musical style and influences edit

Starset's musical style has been described as alternative rock,[54][55] electronic rock,[56][57] hard rock,[58] alternative metal,[58] and progressive rock.[59] Due to the large number of styles, instruments, and influences of the band's work, many outlets, including AllMusic, Billboard, and Revolver all commonly label the band as "rock" or as a "rock band".[16][60][61]

Bates informally describes the music as "cinematic rock".[61] In elaborating further, he said it's "as if a hard-rock band did the soundtrack to an epic blockbuster movie. ... We're blending symphonics with electronics with riff-driven, baritone guitar hard rock".[62] Bates explained the evolution of sound with the band's second album, Vessels: "Whereas [Transmissions] was centered in the hard rock lane before, now it goes more metal at times, and the guitar work borrows from djent stylings, and it gets more ambient at times, using electronics at a more deeply integrated level. Whereas the strings were more cinematic, there was more of a quartet before, on this record it’s more of an orchestration."[63]

Bates also stated he implemented some elements of EDM into the second album.[64] Dave Richards Erie Times-News' described the band's sound as "blending the progressive aspirations of Muse with the openhearted approach of emotional and muscular power of bands like Breaking Benjamin".[62] Bates also includes a notable amount of harsh vocals as well as both raw and pitch corrected clean vocals for many different effects.[65]

Influences of Starset include Hans Zimmer, Nine Inch Nails, Sigur Ros, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Deftones, Linkin Park and Breaking Benjamin.[62][66]

Members edit

Current members

  • Dustin Bates – lead vocals, keyboards, soundboard, guitars, production (2013–present)
  • Ron DeChant – bass, keyboards, backing vocals (2013–present)
  • Brock Richards – guitars, backing vocals (2013–present)
  • Adam Gilbert – drums, percussion (2013–present)

Touring musicians

  • Siobhán Richards – violin (2017–present)
  • Zuzana Engererova – cello (2019–present)
  • Cory Juba – guitar, synth, piano (2021–present)

Former touring musicians

  • Mariko Muranaka Friend – violin, cello (2014–2015, 2018–2019)[67]
  • Nneka Lyn – cello (2016)[68]
  • Jonathan Kampfe – cello (2017–2018)[69][70]

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[71]
US Alt.
[72]
US Dig.
[73]
US Hard
[74]
US Rock
[75]
AUS
[76]
AUT
[77]
CAN
[78]
GER
[79]
SCO
[80]
Transmissions 49 12 24 5 16
Vessels
  • Released: January 20, 2017
  • Label: Razor & Tie
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
11 2 3 2 3 52 56 60 85
Divisions
  • Released: September 13, 2019
  • Label: Fearless
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
37 6 7 4 7 [A] 78
Horizons
  • Released: October 22, 2021
  • Label: Fearless
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
22 10 38

Notes

  1. ^ Divisions did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[81]

Singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Rock
Airplay

[82]
US
Rock
Digital

[83]
US Main
[84]
US Rock
[85]
US Hard Rock Digital
[86]
US Hard Rock
[87]
"My Demons" 2013 26 5 36 Transmissions
"Carnivore" 2014 16
"Halo" 2015 41 16
"Monster" 2016 14 16 2 27 4 Vessels
"Satellite" 2017 40 12
"Ricochet" 2018 49 7
"Manifest" 2019 50 14 Divisions
"Trials" 2020 29 8 11
"Infected" 2021 16 10 21 Horizons
"Waiting on the Sky to Change"
(with Breaking Benjamin)
2022 15 11 2 32 2 3
"Brave New World" 2024 14 3 9 TBA

Promotional singles edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Hard Rock Digital
[86]
US Hard Rock
"Down with the Fallen" 2014 Transmissions
"Let It Die"
"The Future Is Now"
"Rise and Fall"
"Back to the Earth" 2017 14 Vessels
"Die for You"
"Telepathic"
"Bringing It Down" (Version 2.0) 2018 Vessels 2.0
"Love You to Death"
"Where the Skies End" 2019 Divisions
"Diving Bell"
"Stratosphere"
"Echo" 2021
"Kashmir"
"The Breach" 22 Horizons
"Leaving This World Behind"
"Earthrise"
"Devolution"
"Otherworldly" 2022
"Symbiotic"
"Icarus"

Other certified songs edit

Title Year Certifications Album
"It Has Begun" 2014 Transmissions

Music videos edit

Title Year Director
"My Demons" 2013 Denver Cavins[90]
"Carnivore" 2014 Ramon Boutviseth[91]
"Halo" 2015 Corbin Thomas[92]
"Monster" 2016 Punk City
"Back to the Earth" 2017 Mungo Creative Group
"Telepathic" Dustin Bates
"Satellite" Kyle Cogan
"Ricochet" 2018 Nick Peterson
"Bringing It Down" (Version 2.0) Brian Cox
"Manifest" 2019 Andrew Donoho
"Where the Skies End" Caleb Mallery
"Diving Bell"
"Stratosphere"
"Trials" 2020 Nick Peterson
"Echo" 2021 Dan Fusselman
"The Breach" Nick Peterson
"Symbiotic" 2022 Spencer Sease
"Icarus" Nick Peterson
"Brave New World" 2024 Anders Rostad

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Starset is an American rock band from Columbus Ohio 3 formed by Dustin Bates in 2013 4 They released their debut album Transmissions in 2014 5 6 7 and their second album Vessels on January 20 2017 8 The band has found success in expanding the ideas of their concept albums through social media and YouTube with the band generating over 230 000 in revenue from views from the latter as of November 2016 Their single My Demons had accumulated over 280 million YouTube views in the same time period 9 Their most commercially successful song Monster peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in May 2017 10 A third studio album Divisions was released on September 13 2019 with their fourth studio album Horizons released on October 22 2021 StarsetStarset performing in 2021Background informationOriginColumbus Ohio U S GenresAlternative rock electronic rock hard rock alternative metal progressive rockYears active2013 presentLabelsRazor amp Tie Fearless 1 Judge and Jury 2 Spinoff ofDownplayMembersDustin Bates Ron DeChant Brock Richards Adam GilbertWebsitestarsetonline wbr com thestarsetsociety wbr org Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and Transmissions 2013 2015 1 2 Vessels 2016 2018 1 3 Divisions 2019 2020 1 4 Horizons 2021 present 2 Musical style and influences 3 Members 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 4 2 Singles 4 3 Promotional singles 4 4 Other certified songs 4 5 Music videos 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editFormation and Transmissions 2013 2015 edit nbsp Starset in 2014 Starset was formed in 2013 by Downplay vocalist Dustin Bates who is the band s lead singer songwriter and keyboardist 11 Bates s interest in astronomy was first fueled when acquiring his master s in electrical engineering as he studied at Ohio University He completed research for the US Air Force and also taught at the International Space University 12 Bates created the fictional backstory for the band that forms the thematic basis for their music and multimedia 13 In the backstory Starset was formed as part of a public outreach initiative by the Starset Society whose aims were to alert the public about the contents of the Message the society obtained from a mysterious signal from space 14 Starset treats their backstory and the Starset Society as real in interviews with few exceptions 13 The band released their debut album Transmissions on July 8 2014 15 The release debuted at number 49 on the US Billboard 200 charts making it one of the highest debut albums for a rock band in 2014 and as of 2016 had sold over 79 000 copies 16 17 Three singles were released in promotion of the album My Demons Carnivore and Halo They also performed well in the charts reaching fifth sixteenth and sixteenth respectively on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock charts 18 The band later released an accompanying novel The Prox Transmissions further detailing Bates s fictional back history of the Starset Society story 16 Vessels 2016 2018 edit Rob Graves who produced Transmissions announced on January 26 2016 that the making of Starset s second record has officially commenced 19 Along with the announcement of European tour dates supporting Breaking Benjamin Starset announced their second album 20 which Bates said would be more stylistically diverse than the previous ranging in genre from metal to pop On October 4 2016 Starset posted to their social media an image from a graphic novel produced by Marvel Comics as a tie in to The Prox Transmissions 21 The 88 page graphic novel was co written by Dustin Bates and Peter David illustrated by Mirko Colak and released in September 2017 22 The album s first single Monster was released on October 28 2016 23 On November 4 2016 Starset announced their upcoming album Vessels which was released on January 20 2017 24 The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 albums chart 25 The band spent much of 2017 touring in support of the album The band toured with Black Satellite in the first half of 2017 26 In July 2017 the band performed at Seether frontman Shaun Morgan s Rise Above Fest alongside Shinedown and Halestorm 27 A second single from the album Satellite was released in August 2017 peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart 28 The band would continue touring through the first half of 2018 though Bates said he would likely take a break before pursuing a third album with the band 29 Instead he was planning on releasing music under a different project name MNQN which would be far more electronic based 29 Bates stated that he also had been working on some progressive rock styled music that he intended to release as well though he did not disclose when or if it would be released under the Starset name 29 In April 2018 the band announced that they had signed to Fearless Records and released a music video for the Vessels track Ricochet 30 An alternate acoustic recording of the song was also released shortly after 31 In August 2018 the band released a second version of the Vessels track Bringing it Down and announced a deluxe edition of the album titled Vessels 2 0 Nine new tracks appeared on Vessels 2 0 consisting of reimagined acoustic and remixed versions of songs from the original Vessels along with a cover of Love You to Death by Type O Negative The album was released on September 28 2018 The press release for Vessels 2 0 also stated that the band had plans to release their third studio album in 2019 32 33 MNQN s self titled debut album released on April 4 2019 and a live date at of the Wonderbus Music and Arts Festival in Columbus Ohio on August 18 2019 was announced 34 35 Much like Starset the MNQN project features a fictional backstory based on the titular artificial intelligence created by the Sentience Corp 36 Divisions 2019 2020 edit On May 13 2019 Starset announced that the third album would be released on September 13 2019 along with fall tour dates for the United States 37 Spring 2020 tour dates for Europe and the UK were announced on July 2 2019 38 The album s name Divisions was announced in August 2019 alongside the release of its first single Manifest 39 The album was released on September 13 2019 40 By 2020 the band had received two billion streams worldwide 41 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 most of Starset s tours were first postponed 42 and later cancelled 43 However Starset released the reimagined version of the single TRIALS and the remix version of WAKING UP in August 2020 and December 2020 Horizons 2021 present edit nbsp Starset performing in 2021 In April 2021 Starset released a cover of Led Zeppelin s Kashmir exclusively for Amazon Music 44 and a new song Infected to celebrate the two year anniversary of the video game Arknights 45 In May 2021 the band made their first demonstration announcement since the pandemic saying that they would give a performance on LouderThanLife September 2021 46 and Rockville November 2021 47 In June Starset announced that they would hold a series of AE01 Acoustic Event during the next two months across America 48 in which the band would give totally acoustic performances and interact intimately with the audience The upcoming tour of the United States and Europe which started in November 2021 and February 2022 respectively were subsequently announced 49 50 On September 10 2021 the band announced that their fourth studio album Horizons was scheduled for release on October 22 2021 51 They also released a music video for a new song from the album named The Breach and released the track listing for the album revealing that the previously released song Infected would also be on the album 51 On September 23 2021 they released a lyric video for Leaving This World Behind and on October 7 of the same year they released a lyric video for Earthrise 52 On August 19 2022 Starset released a collaboration song with Breaking Benjamin called Waiting on the Sky to Change a reworking of a song from Bates s previous band Downplay On May 3 2024 Starset released the single Brave New World and its accompanying music video 53 Musical style and influences editStarset s musical style has been described as alternative rock 54 55 electronic rock 56 57 hard rock 58 alternative metal 58 and progressive rock 59 Due to the large number of styles instruments and influences of the band s work many outlets including AllMusic Billboard and Revolver all commonly label the band as rock or as a rock band 16 60 61 Bates informally describes the music as cinematic rock 61 In elaborating further he said it s as if a hard rock band did the soundtrack to an epic blockbuster movie We re blending symphonics with electronics with riff driven baritone guitar hard rock 62 Bates explained the evolution of sound with the band s second album Vessels Whereas Transmissions was centered in the hard rock lane before now it goes more metal at times and the guitar work borrows from djent stylings and it gets more ambient at times using electronics at a more deeply integrated level Whereas the strings were more cinematic there was more of a quartet before on this record it s more of an orchestration 63 Bates also stated he implemented some elements of EDM into the second album 64 Dave Richards Erie Times News described the band s sound as blending the progressive aspirations of Muse with the openhearted approach of emotional and muscular power of bands like Breaking Benjamin 62 Bates also includes a notable amount of harsh vocals as well as both raw and pitch corrected clean vocals for many different effects 65 Influences of Starset include Hans Zimmer Nine Inch Nails Sigur Ros Thirty Seconds to Mars Deftones Linkin Park and Breaking Benjamin 62 66 Members editCurrent members Dustin Bates lead vocals keyboards soundboard guitars production 2013 present Ron DeChant bass keyboards backing vocals 2013 present Brock Richards guitars backing vocals 2013 present Adam Gilbert drums percussion 2013 present Touring musicians Siobhan Richards violin 2017 present Zuzana Engererova cello 2019 present Cory Juba guitar synth piano 2021 present Former touring musicians Mariko Muranaka Friend violin cello 2014 2015 2018 2019 67 Nneka Lyn cello 2016 68 Jonathan Kampfe cello 2017 2018 69 70 Discography editStudio albums edit List of studio albums with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US 71 US Alt 72 US Dig 73 US Hard 74 US Rock 75 AUS 76 AUT 77 CAN 78 GER 79 SCO 80 Transmissions Released July 8 2014 Label Razor amp Tie Formats CD LP digital download 49 12 24 5 16 Vessels Released January 20 2017 Label Razor amp Tie Formats CD LP digital download 11 2 3 2 3 52 56 60 85 Divisions Released September 13 2019 Label Fearless Formats CD LP digital download 37 6 7 4 7 A 78 Horizons Released October 22 2021 Label Fearless Formats CD LP digital download 22 10 38 Notes Divisions did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart but peaked at number 22 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart 81 Singles edit Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Rock Airplay 82 US Rock Digital 83 US Main 84 US Rock 85 US Hard Rock Digital 86 US Hard Rock 87 My Demons 2013 26 5 36 RIAA Platinum 88 MC Gold 89 Transmissions Carnivore 2014 16 Halo 2015 41 16 Monster 2016 14 16 2 27 4 Vessels Satellite 2017 40 12 Ricochet 2018 49 7 Manifest 2019 50 14 Divisions Trials 2020 29 8 11 Infected 2021 16 10 21 Horizons Waiting on the Sky to Change with Breaking Benjamin 2022 15 11 2 32 2 3 Brave New World 2024 14 3 9 TBA Promotional singles edit Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Hard Rock Digital 86 US Hard Rock Down with the Fallen 2014 Transmissions Let It Die The Future Is Now Rise and Fall Back to the Earth 2017 14 Vessels Die for You Telepathic Bringing It Down Version 2 0 2018 Vessels 2 0 Love You to Death Where the Skies End 2019 Divisions Diving Bell Stratosphere Echo 2021 Kashmir The Breach 22 Horizons Leaving This World Behind Earthrise Devolution Otherworldly 2022 Symbiotic Icarus Other certified songs edit Title Year Certifications Album It Has Begun 2014 RIAA Gold 88 Transmissions Music videos edit Title Year Director My Demons 2013 Denver Cavins 90 Carnivore 2014 Ramon Boutviseth 91 Halo 2015 Corbin Thomas 92 Monster 2016 Punk City Back to the Earth 2017 Mungo Creative Group Telepathic Dustin Bates Satellite Kyle Cogan Ricochet 2018 Nick Peterson Bringing It Down Version 2 0 Brian Cox Manifest 2019 Andrew Donoho Where the Skies End Caleb Mallery Diving Bell Stratosphere Trials 2020 Nick Peterson Echo 2021 Dan Fusselman The Breach Nick Peterson Symbiotic 2022 Spencer Sease Icarus Nick Peterson Brave New World 2024 Anders RostadSee also editMusic of OhioReferences edit Starset Fearless Records Artists Starset sign to Razor amp Tie Alternative Press April 30 2014 Retrieved October 16 2014 Starset Premiere Video Trailer for New Album Transmissions Revolvermag com Retrieved October 16 2014 Starset Billboard Retrieved December 12 2014 Starset Transmissions review The Front Row Report June 23 2014 Retrieved October 16 2014 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