Editing Hopesfall (section)

===''The Frailty of Words'' and ''No Wings to Speak Of EP'' (1998–2001)===
Hopesfall (stylized as ''.hopesfall.'') began as a [[Christian hardcore]] band in 1998.<ref name="Christian hardcore">{{cite web|url= http://lambgoat.com/albums/2412/Hopesfall-Magnetic-North|title=Hopesfall - ''Magnetic North''|publisher=Lambgoat|author=Cory|date=June 8, 2007|access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> They recorded their first album, ''[[The Frailty of Words]]'', that same year,<ref name="ryan_parrish">{{cite web|url=http://darksatellite.tumblr.com/post/19236153853/we-wrote-the-songs-that-would-become-the-frailty|title=Dark Satellite|first=Ryan|last=Parrish|date=March 13, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> and it was released in November 1999 on Christian hardcore/punk label DTS Records.  Following the release of ''The Frailty of Words'', founding bassist Christopher Kincaid left the band, to be replaced by Pat Aldrich.  In 2001, the band released the EP, ''[[No Wings to Speak Of]]'' on Takehold Records. Ryan Parrish was at the helm of songwriting during time, creating what would become known as the signature ''.hopesfall.'' sound in the [[melodic hardcore]] genre.