Sunsetters

Sunsetters
Sunsetters in a 2001 Blender interview.
Background information
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genres	Progressive rock, hard rock, progressive metal
Years active	2000–present
Label	Blind Man's Book
Associated acts	Coestts, My Amontillado, [some other side bands], Elsie Carr
Website	sunsetters.com
Members
Elsie Carr Ganymede Allen Remington Larson Paul Blackwood Fin Jensby
Past members
Ridley Coe

Sunsetters is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They have released a total of six studio albums, as well as two EPs and a live DVD/CD. The group's releases are distributed through BMB Records.

[edit] Biography

Sunsetters' origins can be found in a band called Basset Hounds, which performed around Georgia State in late 1999, and featured keyboard-vocalist Elsie Carr, bassist Paul Blackwood, and drummer Fin Jensby. Guitarists Degan Allen and Remy Larson attended a concert and immediately asked to join the band, and the name was changed to Sunsetters.^[1]

Sunsetters' first release was the album The Mytohlogy of Empathy, released through BMB Records in 2000. [how did BMB Records find Sunsetters?]

In 2002, the band released their second studio album, Summer Sucks [summer sucks era info]

[we excavate and railroad to metropolis]

In April 2005, the band released their fourth studio album, No Entry. [info]

On November 6, 2008 the song "Colors of Grace" was made available as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band on the Xbox Live marketplace and the PlayStation store.^[5] Since then, the tracks "???", "???", and on May 17, 2011, "???" have also been made available.

On ?????? 2007, the group went into the studio to record their fifth original album, The Eight Colors Trilogy. [lots of info]

[Aleph Null info]

[edit] Touring

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In early 2006, Sunsetters was on tour supporting Bleeding Through along with Every Time I Die and Haste the Day. They were also on the Ozzfest 2006 Second Stage.^[13] In late 2006, they were on the Radio Rebellion Tour headlined by Norma Jean.^[14]

In September 2007, after the release of Colors, the band went on tour with Animosity and Horse the Band. Giant (now known as BraveYoung) also supported their shows in the USA. The run concluded with their November 4 appearance at the Saints and Sinners Fest in Asbury Park, New Jersey. In December 2007, they again embarked on a headlining tour, supported by August Burns Red and Behold... The Arctopus. The band were also the main support on The Dillinger Escape Plan's 2008 U.K. tour. Sunsetters were one of the acts that took part at "Progressive Nation '08", the first in what became an annual progressive music^{[disambiguation needed]} festival, also featuring Dream Theater, Opeth, and 3.

Starting in summer 2008 and continuing in the fall, they performed as a supporting act for Children of Bodom's US headlining tour, alongside The Black Dahlia Murder. In early December 2008, they went on a short 4-show tour around the Carolinas and Georgia (US) with other Carolina-based bands, such as He Is Legend, Advent, and Nightbear. Sunsetters finished a month-long tour of Australia on January 9 with headliners Bleeding Through, As Blood Runs Black, In Trenches and The Abandonment. In September 2009, Sunsetters performed a Canadian Tour with Killswitch Engage and In Flames co-headlining, along with the support of Protest the Hero.^[15]

In early 2010, Sunsetters toured across North America with Cynic, Devin Townsend, and Scale the Summit.^[16] Afterwards, they traveled to Europe supporting Lamb of God, along with Job for a Cowboy and August Burns Red.

In February 2010, Sunsetters supported Mastodon along with Baroness on their US headlining tour. During the summer of 2010, they were on the Cool Tour with As I Lay Dying, Underoath, War of Ages, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats and Blessthefall.^[17]

In February 2011, Sunsetters were confirmed to play at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival on Saturday, April 16 in Worcester, MA. They will be main support for Hatebreed. In April and May 2011 they will headline a tour featuring Job for a Cowboy, The Ocean and on select dates Cephalic Carnage.

Sunsetters have also announced a headline European tour beginning in Paris, France on 02 Sept 2011 and continuing throughout the mainland and into the UK, ending up in Moscow, Russia on September 30. The tour will be supported by Animals as Leaders.

[edit] Musical style and influence

Sunsetters's general musical style has been stated by critics to be primarily a blend of metalcore,^[18] progressive metal^[18] and death metal,^[18][19][20] along with various musical styles: "One minute the band may be playing thrash metal and the next they're flowing into death metal growls and thick guitar riffs... the metal take on things can seemingly change in a flash as lead singer Tommy Rogers flashes out his vocals and utilizes the keyboards to create something that sounds more like it should be on a Smashing Pumpkins album".^[21] On their cover album, The Anatomy Of, the band pays tribute to many of their diverse influences, including Metallica, Queen, King Crimson, Soundgarden, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Earth Crisis, and The Smashing Pumpkins.^[22]

[edit] Band members

[edit] Discography

Studio albums

• The Mythology of Empathy (2000)
• Summer Sucks (2002)
• We Excavate (2003)
• Railroad to Metropolis (2004)^[a]
• No Entry (2005)
• Ancestor (2006)^[a]
• In King Mobgoblin's Court (2006)^[b]
• The Eight Colors Trilogy (2008)
• Aleph Null (2010)

[edit] Other projects

• Tommy Giles Rogers has an electronica side project named Giles. A music video for the song "Slumber Party" is featured on the DVD that is included on the re-release for Sunsetters's second album The Silent Circus. Rogers also released a solo album on February 1, 2011, entitled Pulse. The album is credited under the name Thomas Giles.
• Dustie Waring and Blake Richardson are members of the deathcore band Glass Casket.
• Rogers and Jacob Troth run a clothing line named Jacob Rogers.
• Dan Briggs and members of Fear Before and Abigail Williams are members of an experimental supergroup named Orbs.
• Will Goodyear is now the drumline instructor for the East Carolina University Marching Pirates.^[23]
• Shane Blay is now in the Christian metalcore band Oh, Sleeper

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Sunsetters on Facebook