Islander (band)
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Islander live performance visible from left to right: Andrew Murphy, Mikey Carvajal, Eric Frazier and Chris Doot
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Greenville, South Carolina |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Victory |
| Website | Islander on Facebook |
| Members | Mikey Carvajal J.R. Bareis Ezekiel Vasquez Arin Ilejay David Sharpe |
| Past members | Andrew Murphy Chris Doot Eric Frazier |
Islander is an American nu metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, founded in 2011. The group signed with Victory Records and have released two EPs, Side Effects of Youth (2012) and Pains. (2013), and a studio album, Violence & Destruction (2014). The album Power Under Control was released in 2016 with the band's new line-up.
The members of Islander hail from Greenville, South Carolina, and have been playing together since 2006; they broke up for a few years, and got together under the name Islander in 2011.
Islander vocalist Mikey Carvajal is a participant in the non-profit outreach organization known as The Whosoevers. Some members of the organization include Brian "Head" Welch and Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu of Korn, Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D., Lacey Sturm formerly of Flyleaf, and motivational speaker Ryan Ries.
On June 17, 2016, the band released a new song, titled "Darkness", with the lineup of J.R. Bareis (Love & Death) on Guitar, Ezekiel Vasquez (ex-ForeverAtLast) on Bass, and Arin Ilejay (ex-Confide, ex-Avenged Sevenfold) on Drums. The new song, and album Power Under Control, indicated a mixture on Nu-metal, emo, punk rock and alternative metal. On June 20, 2016, the band released "Bad Guy" from the upcoming Power Under Control, which will be released through the band's label Victory Records on August 5th, 2016. On August 4, 2016, Alternative Press put out a stream for Islander's Power Under Control, the album to be released through Victory and produced by Cameron Webb, who also produced Violence & Destruction, at NRG Studios.
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