Editing Solid State Records

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{about|the metal imprint of [[Tooth & Nail Records]]|the 1960s jazz label|Solid State Records (jazz label)}}
{{Merge to|Tooth & Nail Records|discuss=Talk:Tooth & Nail Records#Proposed merge of Solid State Records into Tooth & Nail Records|date=November 2024}}
{{Notability|1=Companies|date=October 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Solid State Records
| image       = SS Wiki 01.jpg
| image_size  = 300px
| parent      = [[Tooth & Nail Records]]
| founded     = {{start date|1997}}
| founder     = [[Brandon Ebel]]
| distributor = [[Capitol Christian Music Group]] (US; 1993–2013), [[RED Distribution|RED]] (US; 2013–present), [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]] (Worldwide)
| genre       = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[hardcore punk]], [[metalcore]]
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Seattle]], Washington
| website     = {{URL|solidstaterecords.com}}
}}

'''Solid State Records''' is a [[metalcore]] record label, an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of [[Tooth & Nail Records]]. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs [[hardcore punk]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solidstaterecords.com/about/ |title=About |publisher=Solid State Records |access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, it signed several bands with [[Christians|Christian]] members which don't label themselves as Christian bands, including [[Stretch Arm Strong]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/7594 |title=Stretch Arm Strong |date=November 13, 2003 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> [[Gwen Stacy (band)|Gwen Stacy]],<ref>Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://soundwavenw.com/post/862212738/gwenstacy |date=* |title=Interview: Geoff Jenkins of Gwen Stacy }}. Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016.</ref> [[He Is Legend]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=172787 |title=He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview |publisher=AbsolutePunk.net |access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> [[the Famine]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/the-famine-interview-part-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222142756/http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/the-famine-interview-part-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2011 |title=Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag |publisher=Buzzgrinder.com |date=February 16, 2011 |access-date=February 23, 2012 }}</ref> [[Training for Utopia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/03/19/demon-hunter-embrace-their-christian-band-status/ |title=Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status |publisher=Noisecreep |date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> and [[the Agony Scene]].

== Notable current artists ==
*[[Becoming the Archetype]]
* [[The Devil Wears Prada (band)|The Devil Wears Prada]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blabbermouth|date=September 24, 2018|title=THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Signs With SOLID STATE RECORDS|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-devil-wears-prada-signs-with-solid-state-records/|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref>
*[[Extol]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solidstaterecords.com/artists|access-date=July 15, 2024|website=solidstaterecords.com |title=Artists }}</ref>
* [[Fit for a King (band)|Fit for a King]]
* [[Haste the Day]]
* [[Miss May I]]<ref name="Miss May I">{{cite web|url=https://www.theprp.com/2024/07/10/news/miss-may-i-enlist-bleeding-through-august-burns-red-carnifex-etc-members-for-newly-re-recorded-apologies-are-for-the-weak-album/|title=Miss May I Enlist Bleeding Through, August Burns Red, Carnifex, Etc. Members For Newly Re-Recorded "Apologies Are For The Weak" Album|publisher=Theprp|date=July 10, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]]
* [[Oh, Sleeper]]
* [[The Ongoing Concept]]
* [[Phinehas (band)|Phinehas]]<ref name="Solid State">{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/phinehas-signs-solid-state/|title=Phinehas Signs with Solid State|publisher=Indie Vision Music|first=Rob|last=J.|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref>	
* [[Wolves at the Gate (band)|Wolves at the Gate]]

== Notable former artists ==
=== Active ===
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* [[Advent (band)|Advent]] 
* [[The Agony Scene]] 
* [[As Cities Burn]] 
* [[As They Sleep]] 
* [[August Burns Red]] 
*[[Azusa (band)|Azusa]]
* [[Beloved (band)|Beloved]] 
* [[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] 
* [[Death Therapy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy|title=Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy|publisher=As The Story Grows|first=Jason|last=Wisdom|interviewer=Trav Turner|date=October 30, 2016|access-date=October 30, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531132109/http://www.asthestorygrows.com/episodes/51593-jason-wisdom-of-death-therapy|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[Demon Hunter (band)|Demon Hunter]] 
* [[Destroy the Runner]] 
* [[Emery (band)|Emery]] 
* [[Few Left Standing]] 
* [[Forevermore (band)|Forevermore]]
* [[He Is Legend]] 
* [[Life in Your Way]] 
* [[Living Sacrifice]] 
* [[Mantric]] 
* [[MyChildren MyBride]] 
* [[My Heart to Fear]] 
* [[Once Nothing]] 
* [[Silent Planet]]
* [[Showbread (band)|Showbread]] 
* [[Soul Embraced]] 
* [[Stretch Arm Strong]] 
* [[Trenches (band)|Trenches]] 
* [[Underoath]] 
* [[Zao (US band)|Zao]]
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=== Disbanded ===
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* [[3rd Root]]
* [[Bloodshed (band)|Bloodshed]] (members went on to join [[The O.C. Supertones]] and [[Project 86]])
* [[Born Blind]] (members also in [[No Innocent Victim]])
* [[The Chariot (band)|The Chariot]] (members in [['68 (band)|'68]] and [[I Am Terrified]])
* [[Cry of the Afflicted]]
* [[The Death Campaign]] (members also in [[Officer Negative]])
* [[Embodyment]] (members went on to form [[The Famine]])
* [[Eso-Charis]] (vocalist [[Cory Brandan Putman]] now fronts [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]], bassist [[Arthur Green (musician)|Arthur Green]] and drummer [[Matthew Putman (musician)|Matthew Putman]] went on to join [[Living Sacrifice]])
* [[The Famine]] (members also in [[Embodyment]] and [[Society's Finest]])
* [[Focal Point (band)|Focal Point]] (guitarist [[Ryan Clark (musician)|Ryan Clark]] went on to join [[Training for Utopia]] and is now in [[Demon Hunter (band)|Demon Hunter]])
* [[Gwen Stacy (band)|Gwen Stacy]] (members also in [[Once Nothing]])
* [[Inhale Exhale]] (members also in [[Narcissus (band)|Narcissus]] and [[Relient K]])
* [[Luti-Kriss]] (went on to form [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]])
* [[Officer Negative]] (members also formed [[The Death Campaign]])
* [[Overcome (band)|Overcome]] (members in Some Dark Hallow and Sanhedrin)
* [[Selfmindead]] (members now in [[Benea Reach]])
* [[Sever Your Ties]]
* [[Still Breathing (band)|Still Breathing]]
* [[Strongarm (band)|Strongarm]] (members went on to form [[Further Seems Forever]])
* [[Training for Utopia]] (members went on to form [[Demon Hunter (band)|Demon Hunter]])
* [[Twelve Gauge Valentine]] (members went on to join, [[Alesana]], Swamp Basstard, and The Greenery)
* [[Warlord (hardcore band)|Warlord]] (members went on to Pilgrims and [[Roadside Monument]])
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=== On hiatus or inactive ===
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* [[The Ascendicate]] (guitarist [[Ryan Helm]] went on to [[Demon Hunter (band)|Demon Hunter]], and start [[Damien Deadson]])
* [[Dead Poetic]] (drummer [[Jesse Sprinkle]] currently working solo)
* [[Everdown]] (Urban Achiever Records)
* [[Figure Four]] (two members are currently with [[Comeback Kid (band)|Comeback Kid]])
* [[Lengsel]] (members now in [[Mantric]])
* [[No Innocent Victim]] (members working for [[Facedown Records]])
* [[Society's Finest]]
* [[Spitfire (US band)|Spitfire]] (Goodfellow Records; two members in Sunndrug)
* [[The Overseer]] (members in [[Project 86]] and [[Wolves at the Gate (band)|Wolves at the Gate]])
* [[The Showdown (band)|The Showdown]] (three members in [[Demon Hunter (band)|Demon Hunter]], one member in [[Still Remains]])
* [[To Speak of Wolves]] (one member in [[Oh Sleeper]])
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.solidstaterecords.com/ Official website]

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