Suicide Silence

Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence at Rock am Ring 2014
Background information
Origin	Riverside, California, United States
Genres	Deathcore
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast,Century Media
Website	www.suicidesilence.net
Members	Chris Garza Mark Heylmun Alex Lopez Dan Kenny Hernan Hermida
Past members	Tanner Womack Rick Ash Josh Goddard Mike Bodkins Mitch Lucker Josh Tufano Justin Tufano Chris Grucelski

Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California. Formed in 2002, the band has released four full-length studio albums, one EP and eleven music videos. They have received a fair amount of praise, being awarded the Revolver Golden God award for "Best New Talent" in 2009. The group currently consists of vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida, rhythm guitarist Chris Garza, lead guitarist Mark Heylmun, bassist Dan Kenny and drummer Alex Lopez.

Suicide Silence was founded in 2002 in Riverside, California. At the time, it was a side project made up of musicians from other bands. Their first live show was performed locally in Riverside, with a line-up consisting of Chris Garza (guitar), Rick Ash (guitar), Mike Bodkins (bass), Josh Goddard (drums) and vocalists Mitch Lucker and Tanner Womack. Despite being fired soon after, Womack's vocals appeared on the band's 2003 Death Awaits demo. After Death Awaits was completed, the band began recording a second demo, which was released in 2004 an contained the song "Stand Strong" with Lucker's vocals instead of Womack's. It was by this time the band members began committing more time to Suicide Silence. Soon after, they recorded and released their first studio effort; a a self-titled EP that was released in 2005. It was initially released by Third Degree Records, and later re-released in the UK through In at the Deep End Records. 2006 marked the departure of drummer Josh Goddard, who was replaced by Alex Lopez (ex-guitarist for Blacheart Eulogy and The Funeral Pyre).

Following these events, the band signed to Century Media in 2006 and began work on a third demo, which contained three pre-production songs of what they had intended to be included on their then upcoming full-length album entitled The Cleansing. The album was written, recorded and completed in 2007 and was mixed by Tue Madsen, produced by John Travis and features artwork by Dave McKean. The album was released on September 18, 2007 and debuted at number 94 on the Billboard 200, selling 7,250 copies in its first week of release. The sales of that week ending combined with its later sales made The Cleansing one of the best-selling debut albums in Century Media history. With the success of their debut album, Suicide Silence were included to take part in Mayhem Festival that took place during the summer of 2008. Afterward, they toured Europe with Parkway Drive and Bury Your Dead, following a successful US tour with the same bands. Suicide Silence then followed along with a tour in Australia with Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember and The Acacia Strain in mid-2008 during the time when they were included to perform at Sweat Fest. At this point Suicide Silence were beginning to gain a wide range of fans throughout the world. While returning home from the continuous tours, the band covered the song "Engine No. 9" by Deftones and released the cover on their limited edition Green Monster single as well as iTunes all during the same year.