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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released six albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'', ''Consciousness'', ''3's'' and ''Chemicals''). It's current line-up consists of Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer.

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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released six albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'', ''Consciousness'', ''3's'' and ''Chemicals''). It's current line-up consists of California by Sean Danielsen, Danielsen (vocals and guitars), Ryan Martin (bass), and Jake Kilmer.Derek Gledhill (drums). As one can guess from the name, they are well-known for writing about very heavy subject matter.



!!Discography:
* ''Smile Empty Soul'' (2003)
* ''Anxiety'' (2005)
* ''Vultures'' (2006)
* ''Consciousness'' (2009)
* ''3's'' (2012)
* ''Chemicals'' (2013)
* ''Oblivion'' (2018)

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* IAmTheBand: Gledhill left in 2005 and Martin followed in 2017, leaving Danielsen as the sole remaining founding member.



* RockTrio: The band has employed this setup since its inception. The only exception is ''Vultures'', which was recorded with a second guitarist.



* WarIsHell: "This is war" and "God's army" are both good examples.

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* WarIsHell: "This is war" War" and "God's army" Army" are both good examples.
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* NuMetal: Had elements of this on their self-titled debut.

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* AlternativeMetal: Their heaviest songs.
* CueTheSun: Morning Light.

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* AlternativeMetal: Their heaviest songs.
heavier songs dip into this style.
* CueTheSun: Morning "Morning Light."



* PostGrunge: One of the most respected bands in the genre's history.

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* PostGrunge: One of the most more respected bands if this genre, with some mentioning them in the genre's history.same breath as the "big five" (Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/PearlJam, Music/AliceInChains, Music/StoneTemplePilots and Music/{{Soundgarden}}).



* SelfTitledAlbum: Their very first album is named after the band itself.

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* SelfTitledAlbum: Their very first album is named after the band itself.album.


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* TaughtByTelevision: The bridge of "Nowhere Kids" alludes to this as a form of ParentalNeglect.
-->"And what did you expect\\
A perfect child\\
Raised by TV sets\\
Abandoned every mile."
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* AlternativeMetal: Their heaviest songs.


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* PostGrunge: One of the most respected bands in the genre's history.
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* IndecipherableLyrics: In "Bottom of a bottle" is the lyric "I do it just to feel like I'm ahhh ahh ahhhhahhh!" (Its supposed to be "Feel like I'm alive!")

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* IndecipherableLyrics: In Frequently. Notable mentions are "Bottom of a bottle" is Bottle", in which the lyric "I do it just to feel like I'm ahhh ahh ahhhhahhh!" (Its supposed alive" sounds like "I do it just to be "Feel feel like I'm alive!")ahhh ahh ahhhhahhh!", and "Therapy", in which the entire chorus is just...well, you try to figure out what he's saying.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Their songs cover a variety of touchy subjects and they most certainly are not afraid to be blunt with the points they are trying to make.
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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released six albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'', ''Consciousness'', ''3's'' and ''Chemicals'') with a fifth on the way. Its current line-up consists of Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer.

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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released six albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'', ''Consciousness'', ''3's'' and ''Chemicals'') with a fifth on the way. Its ''Chemicals''). It's current line-up consists of Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer.
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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released four albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'' and ''Consciousness'') with a fifth on the way. Its current line-up consists of Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer.

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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released four six albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'' ''Vultures'', ''Consciousness'', ''3's'' and ''Consciousness'') ''Chemicals'') with a fifth on the way. Its current line-up consists of Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer.
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* AbusivelySexy: Implied in "Don't Ever Leave" between the singer and the person he's singing about.


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* RomanticizedAbuse: Implied in "Don't Ever Leave" between the singer and the person he's singing about.
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Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge band formed in 1998 in Santa Clarita, California. They have so far released four albums (''Smile Empty Soul'', ''Anxiety'', ''Vultures'' and ''Consciousness'') with a fifth on the way. Its current line-up consists of Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin and Jake Kilmer.
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This band provides examples of:
* AbusivelySexy: Implied in "Don't Ever Leave" between the singer and the person he's singing about.
* EmptyShell: Empty soul, actually.
* IndecipherableLyrics: In "Bottom of a bottle" is the lyric "I do it just to feel like I'm ahhh ahh ahhhhahhh!" (Its supposed to be "Feel like I'm alive!")
* SelfTitledAlbum: Their very first album is named after the band itself.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Go ahead and try to find one positive thought in any of their songs. We'll wait.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Their songs cover a variety of touchy subjects and they most certainly are not afraid to be blunt with the points they are trying to make.
* StepfordSmiler: Invoked with their actual name, no less.
* WarIsHell: "This is war" and "God's army" are both good examples.
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