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Attack Attack!
Attack Attack! performing in 2010. From left to right: John Holgado, Caleb Shomo, Andrew Wetzel and Sean Mackowski.
Background information
Origin	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Genres	Metalcore, post-hardcore, electronicore
Years active	2007–2013
Labels	Rise
Past members	Andrew Wetzel Andrew Whiting Phil Druyor Tyler Sapp Sean Bell Ricky Lortz Nick White Austin Carlile Johnny Franck John Holgado Nick Barham Caleb Shomo Ryan Ross

Attack Attack! was an American metalcore band from Westerville, Ohio, United States, formed in 2007 originally as Ambiance, later changing their name. Attack Attack!'s first release, an independent EP titled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?, was released in 2008, which led to the signing of the band to Rise Records the same year. They then released three full-length albums, Someday Came Suddenly, a self-titled album, and This Means War all through Rise Records. The band left Rise Records in 2012 and were unsigned until their disbandment.

History

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2007-2008: Formation, "If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?" and Someday Came Suddenly

Attack Attack! was founded in 2005 under the name Ambience by members Austin Carlile, Ricky Lortz, Andrew Whiting, Nick White, Andrew Wetzel. Several months later, Ricky Lortz announced his departure and was soon replaced by Johnny Franck as the new vocalist and rhythm guitarist and later on Andrew Wetzel confirmed that Nick White was kicked out of the group for shoplifting while the band had to play shows and John Holgado was added on bass.

In 2008, Caleb Shomo joined the band as the keyboardist, and they changed the name to Attack Attack!. In early 2008, they self-released their debut EP titled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?. Later they signed to Rise Records in June 2008 and released their debut album, Someday Came Suddenly, on the label late that year. Upon the release of Someday Came Suddenly, it peaked on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and number 193 on the Billboard 200, with sales of more than 3,600 in its first week despite its mediocre to overwhelmingly negative reviews.

2009: Carlile's departure and a year with Barham

Later, halfway through a tour supporting Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, vocalist Austin Carlile was replaced by Nick Barham, former vocalist of For All We Know. Attack Attack! then toured with Escape the Fate, William Control, Black Tide and Burn Halo early in 2009. Attack Attack! was included on Warped Tour 2009 and did signings for the non-profit organization Music Saves Lives where they met with fans who gained special access to the band by donating blood.

Attack Attack! released a music video for their criticized song "Stick Stickly". The "Stick Stickly" video has led to a number of criticisms, including lengthy pieces by Buddyhead and the British newspaper The Guardian. The band also has a "live" video for the song "Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3".

On October 19, 2009, lead vocalist Nick Barham announced his departure from Attack Attack! just two days short of their headliner tour, he stated in his blog on MySpace that "It was just time for change," and that there was no conflict between him and the other band members. The band then made the decision of Caleb Shomo to be moved as the band's primary vocalist but still remaining at his place as the keyboardist as well.

2010-2011: Self-titled album and Franck's departure

The band's self-titled album was released on June 8, 2010. They headlined the This Is a Family Tour in November 2010.

On November 10, 2011 Johnny Franck announced he had departed from the band to focus on his relationship with God. He has started a new project called The March Ahead. With this news also came a clip of a new song featuring Caleb Shomo vocalizing. The music video for "Smokahontas" was released on January 21, 2011 and was directed by Thunder Down Country films. The music video featured Johnny Franck on guitar and singing, and Caleb Shomo vocalizing.

2011-2012: This Means War and line-up change

On November 14, 2011 it was announced that the band's third full-length, This Means War would be released on January 17, 2012. The entire album was produced by Caleb Shomo at his home studio. Along with this news, they also posted dates for the "This Means War Tour" with supporting acts from The Ghost Inside, Sleeping with Sirens, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, and Dream On, Dreamer. More news and the album artwork was released in the Hot Topic website "News." On December 13, 2011, they premiered a song from the album entitled "The Motivation". 30 seconds of the whole track list were released on Amazon.com and pre-orders were also opened in many stores. On January 12, 2012. the band debuted the music video for the first single off the album, "The Wretched".

The band announced in 2012 their departure from Rise Records, simultaneous with an announcement that they have completed ten songs, produced by John Feldmann, for another album, although Wetzel said on his formspring "they're somewhere in Feldmann's hard drive" for they "would be too much work legally to get them released" The band stated that they "don’t have another record label or anything lined up and probably not planning on going to another one.", also that Wetzel "has own label now and will probably just use that" The band headlined the This World Is Ours Tour with Escape The Fate and the Word Alive.

On December 18, 2012, Caleb Shomo officially announced his departure from Attack Attack!, along with confirming the new vocalist of the band to be Phil Druyor of I Am Abomination.

On December 19, 2012, the band released a new song titled "No Defeat" through Alternative Press which song features the brand new line-up and was the first song to feature Phil Druyor on vocals and Tyler Sapp on bass. Jason Pettigrew of Alternative Press describes the song as "an intriguing mix of ’80s FM-rock swagger and the electronic flourishes they built their career on". Andrew Wetzel also stated that the band will record more songs after "No Defeat". Attack Attack! released two video updates about their 4th studio album, which was never released.

2013: Departure from Rise and final tours

In early 2013, Attack Attack! starting touring in Europe again with the new members. On April 22, 2013, Attack Attack! said that the Back in Action tour is going to be their last tour and the band would be " to rest" .

Drummer Andrew Wetzel confirmed on his Formspring that In Fear and Faith guitarist Sean Bell has left In Fear and Faith to become an official final member of Attack Attack! as well as a member of the new band that is being formed.

Musical Style

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Attack Attack! have been described as metalcore, screamo and post-hardcore combined with electronica influences. The band have also been jokingly referred to as part of the fake genre "crabcore." Songs usually have (but are not limited to) synth breakdowns, keyboard solos, and minor key tonality.

Legacy

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A few members of Attack Attack! are still active to this day, with Carlile being in Of Mice and Men, Shomo in Beartooth, Franck in The March Ahead. The final lineup of Attack Attack! had formed a new band, Nativ. Andrew Wetzel confirmed that the last lineup of Attack Attack! will stay together and stated, "the album that was going to be Attack Attack!'s final untitled album will be released through his and Whitings' new band." Nativ's band-members consisted of Phil Druyor, Andrew Wetzel, Andrew Whiting, Tyler Sapp, and William Honto.

On November 13, 2013, Nativ was delayed due to a physical altercation between Andrew Wetzel and Andrew Whiting leading to a legal battle. Later that day, member Phil Dryour explained on Facebook that Wetzel and Whiting have made efforts to stop Nativ being active at all, but that Phil and William Honto try to continue the band along with Honto's brother Mike, because apparently bassist Sapp quit as well. Legal action against the musical progress of Nativ that Wetzel and Whiting initiated unfortunately seemed to have been successful due to Nativ taking down all recent posts, and photos on Facebook with absolutely no word from Phil Druyor or other members on the status of the activeness of the band. In 2014, drummer Andrew Wetzel stated on his Instagram that Nativ is no more.

In February 2014, former unclean vocalist Nick Barham announced his new post-hardcore band Brightwell. The band consists of Nick screaming, former Belle Manoir clean vocalist Tanner Allen, who also plays bass, former For the Fallen Dreams drummer Arvin Sarathy, and guitarist Vaughn Isaac. The band signed to Outerloop Records on January 12, 2015 and released their debut EP Alpha on February 10.

On July 11, 2014, Phil Druyor announced his new band The Bad Chapter and releasing the band's first single, "Deal With the Devil" for free download. The band is composed of Phil Druyor singing, Rob Legree screaming, guitarist Staig Flynn, bassist Rob Sebastian and drummer Trevor Norgren. The band signed to InVogue Records on August 21 and played their first show with SycAmour and Landon Tewers on September 5 at Crofoot in Pontiac, Michigan. Their first album, Cheers To The Down and Outs will be released on March 17.

In August 2014, drummer Andrew Wetzel acknowledged the band for the first time in a year. The original Facebook page was restored and the Nativ page has been erased. Wetzel said the page will become a memorial page for the legacy the band left behind. All past content and posts were restored respectively. The band also stated that since Nativ disbanded, the album will never be released. Later that month Wetzel announced his new band, Nine Shrines consisting of former I Am King vocalist, Sam Sky, guitarist Andrew Baylis and bassist Devon Voisine bother formerly of Life On Repeat.

Band members

Timeline

Discography

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Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Music videos

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External links

• Official website

• American metalcore musical groups
• Musical groups established in 2007
• Musical groups disestablished in 2013
• Electronicore musical groups