Terror (band)

Terror is an American hardcore band from Los Angeles, formed in 2002. The band has undergone several line-up changes, all overseen by founding members Scott Vogel (lead vocals) and Nick Jett (drums). Its current lineup also features guitarists Martin Stewart and Jordan Posner, as well as bassist Chris Linkovich. The band has released eight studio albums – the most recent of which, Pain Into Power, was released in May 2022. The band are noted as one of the most influential modern bands within beatdown hardcore and hardcore punk, with Stereogum describing Terror as "an institution within their genre".^[3]

Terror
Terror performing at Reload Festival 2017
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hardcore, beatdown hardcore^[1]^[2]
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Bridge 9, Trustkill, Century Media, Victory, Pure Noise, Nuclear Blast, Velocity
Members	Scott Vogel Nick Jett Martin Stewart Jordan Posner Chris Linkovich
Past members	See members section
Website	totalretaliation.com

History

Their debut album One with the Underdogs sold over 40,000 copies. They have toured throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and South America.^[4] Their sophomore album, Always the Hard Way reached No. 10 on Billboard Heatseekers and No. 19 on the Top Independent Records chart.^[5]

Before Terror, vocalist Scott Vogel sang for Slugfest, Despair, and for Buffalo, New York-based metalcore act Buried Alive in the mid-1990s.^[6] Drummer Nick Jett and ex-guitarist Todd Jones were members of the well-known hardcore band Carry On (who had releases on Bridge Nine and Teamwork Records). Richmond, Virginia's David Wood is well known as the vocalist of his hometown hardcore band Down to Nothing. Carl Schwartz, formerly of Sworn Vengeance, recorded much of Always the Hard Way after quitting the band to front First Blood full-time.

Vogel is widely known in the scene not just for his efforts to keep hardcore "pure" and "fun", but for his love of stagedives, and for his tendency for on-stage banter, known colloquially as "Vogelisms". Examples include "We need to elevate the maximum stagedive potential", "Take this shit to the next level", and "Maximum output! Activate the pit!". Terror also participated in the first two years of the Sounds of the Underground tour.

Live by the Code, originally due out in 2012, was pushed back to April 2013, released by Victory Records on CD and by Reaper Records on vinyl. It was the band's first time charting on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 121, selling 3,177 copies in its first week.^{[citation needed]} It was also No. 1 on the Heatseekers chart and No. 28 on Independent Albums.^{[citation needed]} A total of six music videos for tracks off of Live by the Code have been released: "Live by the Code", "The Most High", "I'm Only Stronger", "Hard Lessons", "Shot of Reality", and "Cold Truth".^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

On January 3, 2015, Terror were in the studio recording their sixth full-length album, The 25th Hour, set to be released on Victory Records.^[13][14] Pre-orders for The 25th Hour were announced on June 30, 2015, along with the albums August 7 release date and a stream for the single "The Solution" which premiered exclusively on Noisey.^[15][16]

Terror's seventh album, Total Retaliation, was released on September 28, 2018.^[17] This was followed in March 2021 by Trapped in a World, which saw the band re-record several songs from across their career live in-studio as part of what were billed the "Trapped in a World Sessions".^[18] These sessions saw the band reunite with founding guitarist Todd Jones, who oversaw production and contributed guitar parts. Jones retained this role for the band's eighth album Pain Into Power, which was released on May 6, 2022.^[3]

Members

Current Scott Vogel – vocals (2002–present) Nick Jett – drums (2002–present) Martin Stewart – guitar (2006–present) Jordan Posner – guitar (2009–present) Chris Linkovich – bass (2017–present)

Former Matt Smith – bass (2002) Eric Pressman – guitar (2002) Todd Jones – guitar (2002–2004) Doug Weber – guitar (2002–2009) Richard Thurston – bass (2002–2003) Carl Schwartz – bass (2003–2005) Frank Novinec – guitar (2004–2006) Jonathan Buske – bass (2005–2008) David Wood – bass (2009–2017)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Label
2004	One with the Underdogs	Trustkill
2006	Always the Hard Way	Trustkill
2008	The Damned, the Shamed	Century Media
2010	Keepers of the Faith	Century Media
2013	Live by the Code	Victory
2015	The 25th Hour	Victory
2018	Total Retaliation^[17]	Pure Noise
2022	Pain into Power	Pure Noise

Live albums

Year	Album	Label
2003	Life & Death	Bridge 9
2006	The Living Proof	Trustkill
2008	CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live June 10, 2004 The Bowery Collection	STREE KING
2010	No Regrets, No Shame	Bridge 9
2014	Live in Seattle	Reaper

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Label
2008	Forever Crossing the Line	Trustkill
2021	Trapped in a World	Good Fight

Demos

Year	Album	Label
2002	4 Song Demo	D.I.Y.
2002	Don't Need Your Help	Take Over / Old Guard

Extended plays

Year	Album	Label
2003	Lowest of the Low	Bridge 9
2007	Rhythm Amongst the Chaos	Reaper
2010	"Keepers of the Faith" (7" single)	Reaper
2012	Hard Lessons/Only the Devil Knows	Reaper
2017	The Walls Will Fall	Pure Noise
2020	Sink to the Hell	War Records

Split EPs

Year	Album	Label
2003	Three Way Split (with The Promise and Plan of Attack)	Organized Crime
2004	Dead Man's Hand Vol. 2 (with Ringworm)	Deathwish Inc.

Music videos

• "Push It Away" (2003)
• "Keep Your Mouth Shut" (2004)
• "Overcome" (2005)
• "Always the Hard Way" (2006)
• "Lost" (2006)
• "Betrayer" (2008)
• "Never Alone" (2008)
• "Rise of the Poisoned Youth" (2009)
• "Stick Tight" (2010)
• "Keepers of the Faith" (2011)
• "Return to Strength" (2011)
• "You're Caught" (2011)
• "The New Blood" (2012)
• "Live by the Code" (2013)
• "I'm Only Stronger" (2013)
• "The Most High" (2013)
• "Hard Lessons" (2014)
• "Shot of Reality" (2014)
• "Cold Truth" (2014)
• "Mind at War" (2015)
• "Bad Signs" (2015)
• "Sick and Tired" (2015)
• "Kill 'Em Off" (2017)

References

1. Ramirez, Carlos (June 28, 2016). "Best Bestdown Hardcore Bands". No Echo. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
2. "Terror Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
3. Breihan, Tom (May 6, 2022). "Stream Terror's Brutally Satisfying New Album Pain Into Power". Stereogum. Stereogum Media. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
4. Band bio December 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Trustkill website
5. Billboard Chart Info Billboard
6. Julien, Alexandre (September 8, 2011). "Structure Records Interview". Abridged Pause Blog. from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
7. "Terror Live By The Code Music Video". Victoryrecords.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
8. "Terror, 'The Most High' – Exclusive Video Premiere". Loudwire.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
9. "TERROR I'm Only Stronger video". Metalinjection.net. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
10. "Terror Premiere "Hard Lessons"". Victoryrecords.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
11. Crane, Matt (July 8, 2014). "Terror - "Shot Of Reality" video premiere". Altpress.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
12. "Terror Premiere New Music Video - "Cold Truth"". Revolvermag.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
13. "Terror are in the studio recording their new album, 'The 25th Hour'". Altpress.com. January 6, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
14. "Terror Enter Studio To Record New Album 'The 25th Hour'". Archived from the original on February 10, 2015.
15. "Terror Launches Pre-orders". Victoryrecords.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
16. "Terror has "The Solution" to tired, played out hardcore". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
17. "Terror Announce Tour With UK Dates". Metalreport.co.uk. September 2, 2018.
18. Bellino, Vince (March 2, 2021). "Full Album Stream: Terror – "Trapped in a World"". Decibel. Red Flag Media. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

External links

 

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