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=== Middle years (2005–2009) === After departing from Lava Records, Nonpoint signed with independent label [[Bieler Bros. Records]]. The label's co-owner, Jason Bieler, produced the band's previous three albums. Nonpoint re-emerged with their fourth major album ''[[To the Pain]]'' on November 8, 2005.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} The album entered the Billboard charts at No. 147,<ref name="Billboard-chart" /> with approximately 9,000 copies sold during its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=44319 |title=Soundscan Report: Nonpoint, Helloween, Sepultura, Annihilator, Ufo - Blabbermouth.net |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date=November 16, 2005 |access-date=July 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606101804/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=44319 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref> The single, "[[Bullet with a Name]]", peaked at No. 22<ref name="Billboard-chart" /> on the Mainstream Rock charts and was featured on the game ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007]]'' and 2007 film ''[[The Condemned]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} The album's second single, "Alive and Kicking", peaked at No. 25.<ref name="Billboard-chart" /> The song was also featured on the game ''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007''. "[[In the Air Tonight]]", which was previously featured on the ''Recoil'' album, was the theme song for the ''[[Miami Vice (film)|Miami Vice]]'' movie.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} It made a belated appearance on the Mainstream Rock charts, peaking at No. 34.<ref name="Billboard-chart" /> Beginning in late 2005, Nonpoint toured extensively with [[Sevendust]] for three months, later concluding the tour in [[New Hampshire]]. Nonpoint toured on the third annual [[Music as a Weapon Tour]] with [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Stone Sour]] and [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]]. The band also did tours with Sevendust and [[Buckcherry]]. Nonpoint released a CD and DVD set, ''Live and Kicking'', on November 7, 2006. The live album was recorded at the band's April 29, 2006, show in [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Florida]]. The album sold 3,475 copies during its first week of release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2007 |title=IndieHQ 2.0 » {{sic|nolink=y|Indepedent}} Sales Chart 11-15-06 |url=http://indiehq.com/2006/11/15/indepedent-sales-chart-11-15-06/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013145312/http://indiehq.com/2006/11/15/indepedent-sales-chart-11-15-06/ |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> As of 2019, ''To the Pain'' has sold over 130,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blabbermouth|date=December 24, 2019|title=NONPOINT To Perform Entire 'To The Pain' Album In 'Select Cities'|url=https://archive.blabbermouth.net/news/nonpoint-to-perform-entire-to-the-pain-album-in-select-cities/|access-date=February 12, 2022|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> On November 6, 2007, Nonpoint released their fifth major album, ''[[Vengeance (Nonpoint album)|Vengeance]]'', under Bieler Bros. Records. The album sold 8,400 copies in the first week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=November 14, 2007 |title=DEMON HUNTER, NONPOINT, MONSTER MAGNET, AGNOSTIC FRONT First-Week Sales Revealed |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/demon-hunter-nonpoint-monster-magnet-agnostic-front-first-week-sales-revealed/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> Vengeance peaked at 129th on the Billboard charts.<ref name="Billboard-chart" /> The first single, "March of War", was released early on the band's Myspace page, as well as a sample of the lead track "Wake Up World". For the second year in a row one of their songs was featured in the franchise of ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008]]''. The song was a remix of "Everybody Down" from the album. They went on the first ever Great American Rampage Tour. Nonpoint headlined the What Does Not Kill You tour with [[12 Stones]] and [[Anew Revolution]]. The band announced that in February 2009 they would embark on a tour with [[Mudvayne]] and [[In This Moment]]. On January 20, 2009, drummer Robb Rivera announced that the band had parted ways with [[Bieler Bros.]] and were seeking a new label and management. Nonpoint later signed on with Split Media LLC. Nonpoint recorded demos in Phoenix in May 2009. Nonpoint released a new acoustic EP digitally through their own label, 954 Records, on December 8. Dubbed, ''Cut The Cord'', the outing features acoustic renditions of "What a Day", "Circles", "Rabia", "Victim", and "Your Signs". Nonpoint streamed a cover of [[Pantera]]'s "[[5 Minutes Alone]]" on their MySpace. The track is a bonus track for the ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine tribute to [[Dimebag Darrell|"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott]] which was made available on December 16.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tunelab.com/2009/12/09/nonpoint-stream-pantera-cover/ |title=Nonpoint Stream Pantera Cover | tunelab™ |publisher=Tunelab.com |access-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328204353/http://tunelab.com/2009/12/09/nonpoint-stream-pantera-cover/ |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Pantera cover was later featured on their sixth studio album, ''[[Miracle (Nonpoint album)|Miracle]]''.
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