Hail The Sun
A punishing, progressive post-hardcore unit, Hail the Sun employs a lethal blend of blastbeats, breakdowns, and technical riffage. Emerging in 2010, the band found commercial success with the release of their third long-player and Equal Vision Records debut Culture Scars, which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart. The group continued to refine their unrelenting blend of screamo, math rock, and experimental post-hardcore on subsequent efforts like Mental Knife (2018), New Age Filth (2021), and Divine Inner Tension (2023).
Based out of Chico, California, Hail the Sun was founded in 2009 around the talents of Donovan Melero (drums, lead vocals), Shane Gann (lead guitar), Aric Garcia (rhythm guitar), and John Stirrat (bass), the band issued an independent studio album, POW! Right in the Kisser!, and EP Elephantitis in 2010 and 2012, respectively, before inking a deal with Sacramento-based Blue Swan Records.
Wake, the group's sophomore studio long-player and first outing for the label, was released in 2014 and elicited a bevy of critical accolades. In 2015, after a bout of Olympic touring, the band announced that it would be parting ways with Blue Swan and moving to Equal Vision Records. The hard-hitting full-length Culture Scars followed in July 2016, and quickly found its way onto the Billboard Rock charts. Capitalizing on the album's success, they returned with the 2017 Secret Wars EP, featuring the searing single "1109." 2018 saw the release of the punitive full-length Mental Knife, which was produced by Saosin's Beau Burchell. The reliably uncompromising New Age Filth followed in 2021, with the like-minded Divine Inner Tension appearing in 2023. Both efforts saw Hail the Sun at the top of their game, pairing technical prowess with unrelenting brutality.
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Divine Inner Tension
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Aug. 11, 2023
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Secondary Worship
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Mar. 1, 2024
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Elephantitis - EP
Progressive Rock - Released by Hail the Sun on Jul. 3, 2012
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New Age Filth
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Apr. 16, 2021
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Mental Knife
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Sep. 28, 2018
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Culture Scars
Alternative & Indie - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jul. 1, 2016
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Secret Wars
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Nov. 10, 2017
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Chunker
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on May 19, 2023
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Mind Rider
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jan. 5, 2023
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Maladapted
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jul. 14, 2023
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Reimagined (Reimagined)
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jan. 15, 2021
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Devastate and Recalibrate
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Sep. 5, 2019
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New Age Filth: Instrumental (Instrumental)
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Nov. 26, 2021
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Under the Floor
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jun. 16, 2023
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Made Your Mark
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Mar. 19, 2021
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Domino
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jan. 13, 2021
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Parasitic Cleanse
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Feb. 19, 2021
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Glass: Half Empty
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Sep. 21, 2018
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The Stranger in Our Pictures (Re-Imagined)
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jul. 2, 2020
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Suffocating Syndrome
Progressive Rock - Released by Equal Vision Records on Jun. 20, 2018
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