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* IconicItem: Maggard was known for wearing a bandana at many concerts and in almost all the music videos he was in.
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* GaiasVengeance: The cover art for ''The Oncoming Storm'' depicts the eponymous storm as an enormous tornado bearing down on a major urban skyline. The inside art of the liner notes likewise continues in this theme, although the songs that have environmentalist lyrics tend to vacillate between this and GaiasLament.

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The majority of their albums have these, usually featuring bonus tracks, a bonus DVD, or sometimes (such as ''The Oncoming Storm'') both.



* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The majority of their albums have these, usually featuring bonus tracks, a bonus DVD, or sometimes (such as ''The Oncoming Storm'') both.



** Before that, ''The March'' is where the solo presence shifted from "a nice once-an-album treat" to being present on almost all their songs. The band also seems to have begun using one-guitarist solos when this happened, although the hand-off style typified by "Zombie Autopilot" and "The Chosen" is still present.

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** Before that, ''The March'' is where the solo presence shifted from "a nice once-an-album treat" to being present on almost all about half their songs. The band also seems to have begun using one-guitarist solos when this happened, although the hand-off style typified by "Zombie Autopilot" and "The Chosen" is still present.
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Kerswill would leave in October 2010, with the band bringing in [[Music/KillswitchEngage Justin Foley]] to do session work for their fifth album, entitled ''Darkness in the Light'', which was released in 2011. Approximately seventeen months after this album, in late 2012, the band finally revealed a new permanent drummer, Nick Pierce.

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Kerswill would leave in October 2010, with the band bringing in [[Music/KillswitchEngage Justin Foley]] to do session work for their fifth album, entitled ''Darkness in the Light'', which was released in 2011. Approximately seventeen months after this album, Later in late 2012, the year, the band finally revealed a new permanent drummer, recruited Nick Pierce.
Pierce as a live fill-in on drums, and then brought him in permanently in January 2012.
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Kerswill would leave in August 2010, with the band bringing in [[Music/KillswitchEngage Justin Foley]] to do session work for their fifth album, entitled ''Darkness in the Light'', which was released in 2011. Approximately seventeen months after this album, in late 2012, the band finally revealed a new permanent drummer, Nick Pierce.

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Kerswill would leave in August October 2010, with the band bringing in [[Music/KillswitchEngage Justin Foley]] to do session work for their fifth album, entitled ''Darkness in the Light'', which was released in 2011. Approximately seventeen months after this album, in late 2012, the band finally revealed a new permanent drummer, Nick Pierce.
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In 2006, the began to write III: In the Eyes of Fire. In that year, Mike Justian was fired from the band for numerous reasons, and Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad was recruited. 2008 saw the release of ''The March'', a concept album based on humanity as a whole. The album also featured a re-recording of "The Chosen", which appears on AquaTeenHungerForce Movie.

Former bassist Chris Rybicki, who was one of the original members, had passed away in a car accident in 2010.

As of 2014, Maggard is no longer in the band. Additionally, ''Watchers of Rule'' was released that October; the bassist position has yet to be filled, but [[Music/FearFactory Matt DeVries]] has been touring with the band since 2013, when Maggard stopped being able to tour. As of the end of 2014, [=DeVries=] has stepped down from the position (not to mention music in general, at least for the time being) and former Savage Messiah bassist Chris O'Toole has taken the live bass slot. Whether the latter will become a full-time member or not remains to be seen.

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In 2006, the began to write III: band released ''III: In the Eyes of Fire. In that year, Fire''. Shortly afterward, Mike Justian was fired from the band for numerous reasons, and Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad was recruited.recruited on a temporary basis, before Derek Kerswill became the new permanent drummer in 2007. 2008 saw the release of ''The March'', a concept album based on humanity as a whole. The album also featured a re-recording of "The Chosen", which appears on AquaTeenHungerForce Movie.

Former bassist Chris Rybicki, who was one of the original members, had passed away in a car accident in 2010.

As of 2014, Maggard is no longer
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Kerswill would leave in August 2010, with the band bringing in [[Music/KillswitchEngage Justin Foley]] to do session work for their fifth album, entitled ''Darkness
in the band. Additionally, Light'', which was released in 2011. Approximately seventeen months after this album, in late 2012, the band finally revealed a new permanent drummer, Nick Pierce.

In October 2014, the band put out their sixth album,
''Watchers of Rule'' was released Rule''; many noticed that October; Maggard was not credited on the album, and interviews around this time confirmed that he is no longer in the band. The bassist position has yet to be filled, but [[Music/FearFactory Matt DeVries]] has been touring with the band since 2013, when Maggard stopped being able to tour. As of the end of 2014, [=DeVries=] has stepped down from the position (not to mention music in general, at least for the time being) and former Savage Messiah bassist Chris O'Toole has taken the live bass slot. Whether the latter will become a full-time member or not remains to be seen.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Watchers of Rule'', which dialed back the melodic passages and eliminated the clean vocals used at points on ''Darkness In The Light''.
** LighterAndSofter: ''Darkness'' in turn had been this compared to ''III: In The Eyes Of Fire'' and ''The March'', as it had bumped up the number of melodic passages, while the aforementioned clean vocals hadn't been heard from since ''The Oncoming Storm''.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Watchers of Rule'', which dialed back the melodic passages and eliminated the clean vocals used at points on ''Darkness In The Light''.
Light''. Lyrically, it seems to be the most cynical album of their career, with a lot of lyrics about both personal failure and societal collapse.
** LighterAndSofter: ''Darkness'' in turn had been this compared to ''III: In The Eyes Of Fire'' and ''The March'', as it had bumped up the number of melodic passages, while the aforementioned clean vocals hadn't been heard from since ''The Oncoming Storm''. The lyrics were also more optimistic than ''The March'' (which, like ''Watchers'', was on the cynical side), and possibly also more so than their first three albums.



* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: More ideal, though ''The March'' was is clearly more cynical.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: More Generally more ideal, though ''The March'' was is and ''Watchers of Rule'' are pretty clearly more cynical.

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* RevolvingDoorBand: Trevor, Ken and Buz have been nearly constant throughout the band's existence. However, they've had particular trouble keeping drummers since Mike Rudberg left in 2003,[[note]]Buz briefly dropped out around the same time, but returned before the end of the year[[/note]] with only his first permanent replacement Mike Justian lasting long enough to record two albums. Since John first started missing tour dates in 2013, they've also had a few different live bassists with no permanent replacement yet announced. (apparently, Ken and Buz recorded the studio bass on ''Watchers of Rule'')

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* RevolvingDoorBand: Trevor, Ken and Buz have been nearly constant throughout the band's existence. However, they've had particular trouble keeping drummers since Mike Rudberg left in 2003,[[note]]Buz briefly dropped out around the same time, but returned before the end of the year[[/note]] with only his first permanent replacement Mike Justian lasting long enough to record two albums. [[note]]although Derek Kerswill lasted a year longer, and so has Nick Pierce as of December 2015; Pierce also seems a good candidate to join Justian in the "two studio albums" category based on statements from Susi when ''Watchers'' came out[[/note]] Since John first started missing tour dates in 2013, they've also had a few different live bassists with no permanent replacement yet announced. (apparently, Ken and Buz recorded the studio bass on ''Watchers of Rule'')


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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: They used to play with this once an album at minimum, until ''Watchers of Rule''.
** "Aries" from ''The Oncoming Storm'' is probably the straightest example in their discography between the mostly clean guitars and the piano, but even then Trevor's the only vocalist on that one (although the vocals are way down in the mix relative to the rest of the album).
** ''III: In The Eyes Of Fire'' has a slow, mournful clean guitar section (but with distortion in the background) at 3:20-4:06 in the otherwise fast and heavy "Unstoppable". The album-closing instrumental, "Big Bear And The Hour Of Chaos", also features clean guitars and is probably a better example overall.
** ''The March'' has "Letting Go", which is basically a stab at doing this with ''only'' distorted guitars and screaming vocals, as well as heavy percussion. It's very effective, though.
** "Equinox", from ''Darkness In the Light'', brings back both the clean guitars and the pianos, as well as some spoken word sections from Ken at the beginning, but Trevor's vocals are mixed much higher compared to "Aries", basically at the same level as the rest of ''Darkness''.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: Trevor, Ken and Buz have been nearly constant throughout the band's existence. However, they've had particular trouble keeping drummers since Mike Rudberg left in 2003,[[note]]Buz briefly dropped out around the same time, but returned before the end of the year[[/note]] with only his first permanent replacement Mike Justian lasting long enough to record two albums. Since John first started missing tour dates in 2013, they've also had a few different live bassists with no permanent replacement yet announced. (apparently, Ken and Buz recorded the studio bass on ''Watchers of Rule'')
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* CoverSong: The deluxe version of ''Watchers of Rule'' features a cover of Music/{{Slayer}}'s "Spirit in Black".
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** Before that, ''The March'' is where the solo presence shifted from "a nice once-an-album treat" to being present on almost all their songs.

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** Before that, ''The March'' is where the solo presence shifted from "a nice once-an-album treat" to being present on almost all their songs. The band also seems to have begun using one-guitarist solos when this happened, although the hand-off style typified by "Zombie Autopilot" and "The Chosen" is still present.
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** Before that, ''The March'' is where the solo presence shifted from "a nice once-an-album treat" to being present on almost all their songs.
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* SopranoAndGravelSopranoAndGravel: A handful of songs, such as "Lie To Purify", have seen Ken Susi provide clean vocals, usually interweaving with Phipps' shouting.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Watchers of Rule''

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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Watchers of Rule''Rule'', which dialed back the melodic passages and eliminated the clean vocals used at points on ''Darkness In The Light''.
** LighterAndSofter: ''Darkness'' in turn had been this compared to ''III: In The Eyes Of Fire'' and ''The March'', as it had bumped up the number of melodic passages, while the aforementioned clean vocals hadn't been heard from since ''The Oncoming Storm''.
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As of 2014, Maggard is no longer in the band. Additionally, ''Watchers of Rule'' was released that October; the bassist position has yet to be filled, but [[Music/FearFactory Matt DeVries]] has been touring with the band since 2013, when Maggard stopped being able to tour.

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As of 2014, Maggard is no longer in the band. Additionally, ''Watchers of Rule'' was released that October; the bassist position has yet to be filled, but [[Music/FearFactory Matt DeVries]] has been touring with the band since 2013, when Maggard stopped being able to tour.
tour. As of the end of 2014, [=DeVries=] has stepped down from the position (not to mention music in general, at least for the time being) and former Savage Messiah bassist Chris O'Toole has taken the live bass slot. Whether the latter will become a full-time member or not remains to be seen.



* SpecialGuest: Justin Foley of Music/KillswitchEngage was did session drums on ''Darkness''

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* SpecialGuest: Justin Foley of Music/KillswitchEngage was did played session drums on ''Darkness''



** Additionally, Matt [=DeVries=] has been their touring bassist since 2013, when John Maggard stopped being able to tour. Despite Maggard's exit, however, it is unlikely that he will become an AscendedExtra due to his commitment to Music/FearFactory.

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** Additionally, Matt [=DeVries=] has was been their touring bassist since 2013, when John Maggard stopped being able to tour. Despite Maggard's exit, however, it is unlikely that he will He has since dropped out of music at least temporarily, and Chris O'Toole has become an AscendedExtra due to his commitment to Music/FearFactory.their new live bassist.
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* LeadBassist: As of ''Darkness in the Light'', Maggard is a type B. Chris Rybicki might be a type C due to his death.

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 8 or 9. ''Watchers of Rule was a standard 10 on average.

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* NewSoundAlbum: Their newest album was faster and heavier, significantly increasing the MelodicDeathMetal influences.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Watchers of Rule''



* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 8 or 9.

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 8 or 9. ''Watchers of Rule was a standard 10 on average.
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* {{Metalcore}}: One of the bigger names in the melodic metalcore boom, as well as one of the very few acts to retain something close to their peak status.

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* {{Metalcore}}: One of the bigger names in the melodic metalcore boom, as well as one of the very few acts to retain something close to their peak status.status (compared to, say, Shadows Fall, who were far bigger in their heyday but fell ''[[DeaderThanDisco hard]]'').



** Additionally, Matt DeVries has been their touring bassist since 2013, when John Maggard stopped being able to tour. Despite Maggard's exit, however, it is unlikely that he will become an AscendedExtra due to his commitment to Music/FearFactory.

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** Additionally, Matt DeVries [=DeVries=] has been their touring bassist since 2013, when John Maggard stopped being able to tour. Despite Maggard's exit, however, it is unlikely that he will become an AscendedExtra due to his commitment to Music/FearFactory.

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They are currently working on a 2014 album.

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They are currently working on a 2014 album.
As of 2014, Maggard is no longer in the band. Additionally, ''Watchers of Rule'' was released that October; the bassist position has yet to be filled, but [[Music/FearFactory Matt DeVries]] has been touring with the band since 2013, when Maggard stopped being able to tour.



* John "Slo" Maggard – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2001–present)



* ''Watchers of Rule'' (2014)



* LongRunnerLineup: Type 1; Three members have been around for the 15 years since their birth
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** On "Grave of Opportunity" and "We Are Not Anonymous", Cory Brandan, Scottie Henry, Chris Day, and Jake Schultz, all of Norma Jean, provided additional vocals.

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** On "Grave of Opportunity" and "We Are Not Anonymous", Cory Brandan, Scottie Henry, Chris Day, and Jake Schultz, all of Norma Jean, provided additional vocals.vocals.
** Additionally, Matt DeVries has been their touring bassist since 2013, when John Maggard stopped being able to tour. Despite Maggard's exit, however, it is unlikely that he will become an AscendedExtra due to his commitment to Music/FearFactory.
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Unearth was formed by Trevor Phipps, Buz McGrath, Ken Susi, Mike Rudberg, and Chris Rybicki. Now important member Phipps was reluctant to join until showing up to a jam session for one of Susi's side bands, Unearth, and Phipps agreed to join after hearing the song "Shattered by the Sun." They released their first EP called Above the Fall of Man in May 1999 on an independent label, then signed to Eulogy Recordings to release The Stings of Conscience in 2001 and the Endless EP in 2002. During the process of Endless, Chris Rybicki left the group and was replaced by John Maggard.

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Unearth was formed by Trevor Phipps, Buz McGrath, [=McGrath=], Ken Susi, Mike Rudberg, and Chris Rybicki. Now important member Phipps was reluctant to join until showing up to a jam session for one of Susi's side bands, Unearth, and Phipps agreed to join after hearing the song "Shattered by the Sun." They released their first EP called Above the Fall of Man in May 1999 on an independent label, then signed to Eulogy Recordings to release The Stings of Conscience in 2001 and the Endless EP in 2002. During the process of Endless, Chris Rybicki left the group and was replaced by John Maggard.
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* LongRunnerLineup: Type 4; Three members have been around for the 15 years since their birth

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Unearth was formed by Trevor Phipps, Buz McGrath, Ken Susi, Mike Rudberg, and Chris Rybicki. Now important member Phipps was reluctant to join until showing up to a jam session for one of Susi's side bands, Unearth, and Phipps agreed to join after hearing the song "Shattered by the Sun." They released their first EP called Above the Fall of Man in May 1999 on an independent label, then signed to Eulogy Recordings to release The Stings of Conscience in 2001 and the Endless EP in 2002. During the process of Endless, Chris Rybicki left the group and was replaced by John Maggard.

Mike Rudberg departed from the group days after their performance at The SXSW in 2003, having performed the show in the nude. The rest of Unearth would then use Tim Mycek of Sworn Enemy as temporary replacement drummer and Kia Eshghi of Rumi on guitar. Before Buz returned, Mike Martin from All That Remains also filled in for him. After Buz's return, Adam D from Killswitch Engage also filled in on drums for the last 2 months of the year.

The second album, ''The Oncoming Storm'', was relased in 2004 under Metal Blade records. In the summer of 2004, they toured alongside Music/LambOfGod, Music/ShadowsFall, and Music/KillswitchEngage.

In 2006, the began to write III: In the Eyes of Fire. In that year, Mike Justian was fired from the band for numerous reasons, and Gene Hoglan of Strapping Young Lad was recruited. 2008 saw the release of ''The March'', a concept album based on humanity as a whole. The album also featured a re-recording of "The Chosen", which appears on AquaTeenHungerForce Movie.

Former bassist Chris Rybicki, who was one of the original members, had passed away in a car accident in 2010.

They are currently working on a 2014 album.



* CarefulWithThatAxe: Trevor has done this a lot.



* LeadBassist: As of ''Darkness in the Light'', Maggard is a type B.

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* DrugsAreBad: Chris Rybicki, former bassist, was killed in a car accident by a drunk woman,.
* LeadBassist: As of ''Darkness in the Light'', Maggard is a type B. Chris Rybicki might be a type C due to his death.


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* MeaningfulName: Meta example; Mike Rudberg coined the term as he wanted the band to "Unearth" a new sound.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: More ideal, though ''The March'' was is clearly more cynical.

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* Buz McGrath – guitars (1998–present)

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Unearth are an American {{Metalcore}} band forming in 1998. The band formed in Massachusetts.

!!!Members:
* Trevor Phipps – lead vocals (1998–present)
* Buz McGrath – guitars (1998–present)
* Ken Susi – guitars, backing/clean vocals (1998–present)
* John "Slo" Maggard – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2001–present)
* Nick Pierce – drums, percussion (2012–present)

!!!Discography:
* ''Above the Fall of Man'' (EP) (1999)
* ''The Stings of Conscience'' (2001)
* ''Endless'' (EP) (2002)
* ''The Oncoming Storm'' (2004)
* ''III: In the Eyes of Fire'' (2006)
* ''The March'' (2008)
* ''Darkness in the Light'' (2011)
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!!Unearth Displays examples of These tropes:
* AnAxeToGrind: The artwork for ''III: In the Eyes of Fire'' has two axes behind a shield.
* ConceptAlbum: ''The March'' is based one on the good and bad sides of humanity.
* LongRunnerLineup: Type 4; Three members have been around for the 15 years since their birth
* {{Metalcore}}
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 8 or 9.
* SopranoAndGravel
* SpecialGuest: Justin Foley of Music/KillswitchEngage was did session drums on ''Darkness''
** On "Grave of Opportunity" and "We Are Not Anonymous", Cory Brandan, Scottie Henry, Chris Day, and Jake Schultz, all of Norma Jean, provided additional vocals.

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