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For Today is a metalcore band from Sioux City, Iowa, United States currently signed to Razor & Tie. Known for their non-stop touring, high energy live performance, and unrelenting message, For Today will stop at nothing until the name of Christ is proclaimed to the entire world. "Unrelenting" is a word to describe the music: hardcore-influenced metal that combines melodic sweeps with massive breakdowns. They have become widely known as one of modern metalcore's most technically proficient bands and have earned their spot by playing over 1,100 shows in 4 continents and 19 countries since their formation in 2005. For...

Today was formed in 1988 as Motown's attempt at promoting a new Four Tops. The group comprised Frederick Lee "Big Bub" Drakeford, Larry Singletary, Wesley Adams, and Larry McCain, childhood friends from Englewood, New Jersey. The group started in 1984 as The Gents and comprised Drakeford, McCain, William McNeir, Ronald Scruggs, and Bernard Belle. During an anti-drug benefit, the group received a meeting with the producer Teddy Riley who renamed the group Today and melded them into the current lineup. Riley helped them receive a deal with MCA Records. As the head of MCA records urban department, Jheryl Busby, moved...

Started in their high school years and went by the name of Early Times. As Before Today they released their first album in 2004 for Equal Vision Records and toured until finally the band fell to pieces when Joe Tancil (guitar) and Mitch Ballatore (bass) quit the band leaving Vic and Mike Fuentes to continue on their own, forming a new project in 2006 known as Pierce the Veil. .

Embrace Today are an American straight edge metalcore–hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. They have toured with such bands as Bleeding Through, Champion, Bury Your Dead, Ion Dissonance, Premonitions of War, Since The Flood, and Haste the Day. Based on their 2002 release "FxYxIxE," ExT is perhaps best known for a militant straight edge approach during their live shows and for creating a "Fuck You I'm Edge" mentality within the hardcore scene. They are often considered the heir apparent to Syracuse, Straight Edge juggernauts Earth Crisis. Embrace Today was considered one of the hardest working bands of their time having...

TODAY WE RISE was brought into being by five musicians from Wuerzburg in 2006 to express their understanding of hardcore. TODAY WE RISE is more than just the name of a band: it comprises the unambiguous message of having an unforgettable evening together with the audience, of celebrating in a body and of simply having a good time. Musically, TODAY WE RISE ranges between modern melodic HC, sing-alongs and mosh parts. It can be described as a mixture out of old school and new school you shouldn’t miss. In their short past the band had the honor to share stages...