History

Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon

Roseburg, Oregon

Roseburg is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Douglas County. The population was 21,181 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and his first CD release came in 2000, from the group One Last Thing. The label gave a strong foundation to bands Ever We Fall

Ever We Fall

Ever We Fall was an American alternative rock / emo band from Portland, Oregon.-History:Ever We Fall was formed in Portland in the early 2000s, and signed to Rise Records in 2003 to release their first EP, Endura. While touring the U.S...

 who later signed with Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records is an independent record label located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. The label was started in 1993 by Louis Posen and financed by a group of private investors. Hopeless's artists are generally considered punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, or alternative rock, but some...

 and Fear Before the March of Flames who signed to Equal Vision Records

Equal Vision Records

Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....

. Later signees, including Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Drop Dead, Gorgeous is a band from Denver, Colorado. They are currently signed to Suretone Records. The band consists of frontman Danny Stillman , Kyle Browning , Jake Hansen and Danny Cooper...

, Breathe Carolina

Breathe Carolina

Breathe Carolina is an American electronic rock musical duo from Denver, Colorado, composed of David Schmitt and Kyle Even. Breathe Carolina have released three albums, one EP, and five music videos to date.-Beginnings :...

 and The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada (band)

The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Warner Music Group...

 gained considerable popularity while with Rise, and moved on to larger labels such as Suretone Records

Suretone Records

Suretone Records is an American record label established in 2006 as a joint venture by Jordan Schur, former CEO of Geffen Records, and Interscope Records, to release alternative rock music...

, Fearless Records

Fearless Records

Fearless Records is an alternative rock-oriented record label that has been signing artists since 1994. Fearless is based in Westminster, California and are best known for their early pop-punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by...

 and Ferret Records, respectively. Rise has also signed some veteran bands like The Bled

The Bled

The Bled is a hardcore band from Tucson, Arizona. The group formed in 2001, originally under the name "The Radiation Defiance Theory", but changed it because of its length...

, Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...

, This is Hell and From First To Last

From First to Last

From First to Last was an American rock band based out of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Valdosta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. The band released their first EP titled Aesthetic in 2003 with vocalist Phillip Reardon, followed by Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count in 2004 and Heroine in...

. Rise Records' releases are currently distributed nationwide by ADA

Alternative Distribution Alliance

The Alternative Distribution Alliance was created in 1993 by Warner Music Group and Sub Pop Records as a joint venture to distribute and manufacture records owned by indie labels. Headed up by Mitchell Wolk, ADA is the leading "indie" distribution company in the U.S. for both physical and digital...

. The label is currently made up of 28 bands.

Beginning in April 2010, Rise will release a three-volume set containing out-of-print releases from Piebald

Piebald

A piebald or pied animal is one that has a spotting pattern of large unpigmented, usually white, areas of hair, feathers, or scales and normally pigmented patches, generally black. The colour of the animal's skin underneath its coat is also pigmented under the dark patches and unpigmented under...

. The set will contain material recorded and released by Piebald while signed with Big Wheel Recreation

Big Wheel Recreation

Big Wheel Recreation was an independent record label based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was formed in the fall of 1994 by Rama Mayo and Richard P. Cummings. Started as a hobby, Big Wheel became a fully functioning record label in 1999...

 from 1999 to 2002. Each disc will also include various B-Sides and rarities.

Velocity Records

On February 3, 2010, Rise records announced the development of an imprint label called Velocity Records. The subsidiary is run by Dave Shapiro, a booking agent at The Agency Group, the ex-drummer of Cinematic Sunrise

Cinematic Sunrise

Cinematic Sunrise was an American rock band signed to Equal Vision Records. It consisted of Craig Owens and Bradley Bell , along with Bryan Beeler , Marcus VanKirk , Nick Martin , and Dave Shapiro .-History:...

, and the owner of clothing company Until Industries.

Current artists

• American Me
• Attack Attack!
  Attack Attack!
  Attack Attack! is an American metalcore band from Westerville, Ohio, formed in 2005. Attack Attack!'s first release, an independent EP titled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords?, was released in 2008, which lead to the signing of the band to Rise Records the same year...
  
  
• Bleeding Through
  Bleeding Through
  Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
  
  
• Cheap Girls
• The Color Morale
  The Color Morale
  The Color Morale is an American Christian Metalcore 5 piece band from Rockford, Illinois. The group is currently signed to Rise Records. They have released two albums to date, We All Have Demons, released on September 1, 2009, and My Devil In Your Eyes, released on March 8, 2011...
  
  
• Dance Gavin Dance
  Dance Gavin Dance
  Dance Gavin Dance was an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2005. They released four full length studio albums and one EP...
  
  
• Daytrader
• Decoder
  Decoder (band)
  Decoder is an American post-hardcore band, consisting of former members of VersaEmerge, Oceana, and Of Machines. They are currently signed to Rise Records.- Inception and signing to Rise Records :...
  
  
• Dream On, Dreamer
  Dream On, Dreamer
  Dream On, Dreamer is an Australian six piece post-hardcore band from Melbourne. Formed in 2009 they released their début EP through Boomtown Records on 4 June 2010 titled Hope. The release of the EP was followed by many national tours with bands such as Pierce the Veil, Attack Attack! and Deez Nuts...
  
  
• The Early November
  The Early November
  The Early November is an American rock band from Hammonton, New Jersey. The group formed in 1999 and signed with Drive-Thru Records in 2002. , they have released two EPs , as well as two full-length albums...
  
  
• Emarosa
  Emarosa
  Emarosa is an American rock band from Lexington, Kentucky. Formed in 2006, they released one EP in 2007 titled This Is Your Way Out, and shortly after, the group underwent significant lineup and sound changes, dropping their heavy metal influence and leaning toward a soul inspiration...
  
  
• For the Fallen Dreams
  For the Fallen Dreams
  For the Fallen Dreams is a metalcore band from Saginaw, Michigan, formed in 2003. They are currently signed to Rise Records. They have released a demo, a self-titled EP, and three full-length albums, Changes, Relentless, and Back Burner. Relentless charted at number 29 on the Billboard Top...
  
  
• Hot Water Music
  Hot Water Music
  Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black, and George Rebelo. HWM first formed in 1993...
  
  
• In Fear and Faith
  In Fear and Faith
  In Fear and Faith is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire, being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008,...
  
  
• Legend
• Like Moths to Flames

• Man Overboard
  Man Overboard (band)
  Man Overboard is an American pop punk band from Mt. Laurel and Williamstown, New Jersey that began in 2008. Since then, they have released two EP's, an acoustic EP, a split with Boston pop punk band Transit, a compilation of old songs and a full length album...
  
  
• Memphis May Fire
  Memphis May Fire
  Memphis May Fire is an American post-hardcore band currently based in Texas. Since its formation, the band has released two EPs and two full-length albums. Their music has been compared to Underoath and He Is Legend...
  
  
• Miss May I
  Miss May I
  Miss May I is an American metalcore band from Troy, Ohio. On December 6, 2008, Miss May I announced that they had been signed to Rise Records. The band's debut album, Apologies Are for the Weak, reached #29 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers, and #66 on Top Independent Albums. Their song, "Forgive and...
  
  
• My Ticket Home
• Of Mice & Men
  Of Mice & Men (band)
  Of Mice & Men is an American metalcore band from Costa Mesa, California. The group was founded by Austin Carlile and Jaxin Hall during mid-2009 after Carlile's departure from Attack Attack!...
  
  
• Piebald
  Piebald (band)
  Piebald is an American alternative rock band. Piebald started as a hardcore band in Andover, Massachusetts, out of the same scene that produced legends Converge. They later moved to the Boston suburb of Somerville and became a staple of the Greater Boston indie rock scene. Two members still live in...
  
  
• The Plot In You
• Sharks
• Sleeping with Sirens
  Sleeping with Sirens
  Sleeping with Sirens is an American post-hardcore band from Orlando, Florida currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Formed in 2009 by members of For All We Know, Broadway and We Are Defiance...
  
  
• Ten After Two
• That's Outrageous!
• The Early November
  The Early November
  The Early November is an American rock band from Hammonton, New Jersey. The group formed in 1999 and signed with Drive-Thru Records in 2002. , they have released two EPs , as well as two full-length albums...
  
  
• This Is Hell
• Transit
  Transit (band)
  Transit is an American Indie/Pop Punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. They have been active since 2006 and have released three albums, two EPs, one single and a split EP with Man Overboard. They take influence from bands such as Deathcab For Cutie, Bayside, American Football, Fairweather, Hot...
  
  
• Your Demise
  Your Demise
  Your Demise is a five-piece band from St Albans, Brighton and Salisbury in the United Kingdom. They began in 2003 and have shared stages and tours with Biohazard, Comeback Kid, Bury Your Dead, Enter Shikari, The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Parkway Drive and A Day to Remember. On 22 September...
  
  

Velocity Records artists

• A Loss for Words
  A Loss For Words
  A Loss for Words is an American pop-punk band from Abington, Massachusetts.They recorded their album The Kids Can't Lose at Playwork Productions in Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...
  
  
• The Air I Breathe

• Secrets
• Woe, Is Me
  Woe, Is Me
  Woe, Is Me is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2009, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity Records...
  
  

Former artists

Active

• Before Their Eyes
  Before Their Eyes
  Before Their Eyes is a post-hardcore band from Findlay, Ohio. The band is currently signed to InVogue Records. Founded by vocalist Nick Moore and former guitarist James Nahorny, the name of the band is taken from the New Testament verse Romans 3:18: "There is no fear of God before their eyes." As...
  
   (Active, on inVogue Records
  InVogue Records
  InVogue Records is a record company based in Findlay, Ohio. It was founded by Nick Moore, lead singer of Before Their Eyes in 2009. In the fall of 2011 InVogue Records signed a distribution deal with Independent Label Group and and Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Current inVogue Records...
  
  )
• Breathe Carolina
  Breathe Carolina
  Breathe Carolina is an American electronic rock musical duo from Denver, Colorado, composed of David Schmitt and Kyle Even. Breathe Carolina have released three albums, one EP, and five music videos to date.-Beginnings :...
  
   (Active, on Fearless Records
  Fearless Records
  Fearless Records is an alternative rock-oriented record label that has been signing artists since 1994. Fearless is based in Westminster, California and are best known for their early pop-punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by...
  
  )
• Dead and Divine
  Dead and Divine
  Dead and Divine is a five-piece Post-Hardcore band out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Their initial success spawned from their 2005 EP What Really Happened At Lover's Lane on Verona Records .-What Really Happened At Lovers Lane :What Really Happened At Lover's Lane beat all expectations when in...
  
   (Active, on Distort Entertainment
  Distort Entertainment
  Distort Entertainment is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The label specializes in hardcore punk bands such as Alexisonfire and Cancer Bats and metal bands such as Johnny Truant, but also represents lighter music with its sister division such as Bend...
  
  )
• The Devil Wears Prada
  The Devil Wears Prada (band)
  The Devil Wears Prada is an American metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Warner Music Group...
  
   (Active, on Ferret Music
  Ferret Music
  Ferret Music is an independent record label, founded in 1996. The label is owned in part by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and in part by Philadelphian artist manager Paul Conroy, and based in West Windsor Township, New Jersey...
  
  )
• It Prevails
  It Prevails
  It Prevails is a five piece metalcore band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2004. They are composed of vocalist Ian Fike, guitarists Chris Tsanjoures and Jake Harris, bassist Nate Dorval, and drummer Aaron Marsh. The band draws influence from 90s Melodic Metalcore and classic rock...
  
   (Active, on Mediaskare Records
  Mediaskare Records
  Mediaskare Records is an American independent record label specializing in heavy metal and metalcore music. The label was founded by Baron Bodnar, with its offices located in Los Angeles, California. The labels prominent artists include As Blood Runs Black and Silent Civilian.In February 2008, it...
  
  )
• Oceana
  Oceana (band)
  Oceana is an American indie rock band originating from St. Petersburg, Florida, that is currently unsigned . They released their debut album titled The Tide on March 4, 2008 and released their second album Birth.Eater on May 19, 2009...
  
   (Active, Unsigned)

• Recon (Active, Unsigned)
• Those Who Lie Beneath (Active, Unsigned)
• Tides of Man
  Tides of Man
  Tides of Man is an American progressive rock band formed in Tampa, Florida in 2008. They signed to Rise Records March 4, 2009 and have released two full length albums thus far, Empire Theory in 2009 , and Dreamhouse in 2010.- History :In December 2007 Pearson, Gill, Sene, Jaye and Gould convened on...
  
   (Active, Unsigned)
• Scarlett O'Hara
  Scarlett O' Hara (band)
  Scarlett O'Hara is a four member post-hardcore band from McAllen, Texas currently unsigned. They are currently in the process of writing their second studio album with no set release date at this time.- Formation :...
  
  
• Watchout! There's Ghosts
  Jordan Blake
  Jordan Blake is an American vocalist, notable for being the former lead vocalist of post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive. Blake is well known for his distinct high-pitched vocal style and possesses a wide vocal range and high screaming abilities....
  
  

Inactive

• The 6-Minute Heartstop
• A Different Breed of Killer
  A Different Breed of Killer
  A Different Breed of Killer was a deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. They released their debut album, I, Colossus, on April 29, 2008.-History:...
  
   (Disbanded 2010)
• A Fall Farewell
• At the Throne of Judgment
  At The Throne of Judgment
  At the Throne of Judgment was an American melodic death metal/metalcore band from Lebanon, Ohio.- Inception, The Arcanum Order, and break-up :...
  
   (Disbanded 2011)
• The Bled
  The Bled
  The Bled is a hardcore band from Tucson, Arizona. The group formed in 2001, originally under the name "The Radiation Defiance Theory", but changed it because of its length...
  
   (Disbanded 2011)
• Burden of a Day
  Burden of a Day
  Burden of a Day was a Christian post-hardcore band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in January 2000. They were formally signed to Rise Records before their breakup. Some of their influences include the likes of Thrice, The Bled, All That Remains. They recently had their last show in Sarasota on March 6...
  
   (Disbanded 2010)
• Catherine
  Catherine (band)
  Catherine is a now defunct metalcore band from Sacramento, California.-Most Recent Lineup:*Nick Bradwell - lead vocals, piano*Robert Tobin - rhythm guitar, keyboard, programming*Taylor Rearick - lead guitar...
  
   (Disbanded 2009)
• Clarity Process
• Continuance (Disbanded 2010)
• Coretta Scott
• Crosstide
• Day of Less
• Divit
• Drop Dead, Gorgeous
  Drop Dead, Gorgeous
  Drop Dead, Gorgeous is a band from Denver, Colorado. They are currently signed to Suretone Records. The band consists of frontman Danny Stillman , Kyle Browning , Jake Hansen and Danny Cooper...
  
   (On Hiatus)
• Dualesc
  Dualesc
  Dualesc was a four-piece Alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon. The band was active from 1998 to 2006.-Biography:Dualesc formed in 1998, composed of singer Matt McMillan, guitarist Bryon Deisher and bassist Adam Hubka. Their original drummer, Tim Steiner left in 1999 and was replaced by...
  
   (Disbanded 2006)
• Ever We Fall
  Ever We Fall
  Ever We Fall was an American alternative rock / emo band from Portland, Oregon.-History:Ever We Fall was formed in Portland in the early 2000s, and signed to Rise Records in 2003 to release their first EP, Endura. While touring the U.S...
  
   (Disbanded 2008)
• Every Bridge Burned (Disbanded 2008)
• Everyday Victory
• Farewell My Enemy
• Fear Before
  Fear Before
  Fear Before is an experimental rock band that resides in Aurora, Colorado. As stated on their Alternative Press podcast, their name originates from a Denver Post newspaper headline of local forest fires titled "The Fear Before The March of Flames." They released their debut album Odd How People...
  
   (On Hiatus)
• Five Minute Ride
• From First to Last
  From First to Last
  From First to Last was an American rock band based out of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Valdosta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. The band released their first EP titled Aesthetic in 2003 with vocalist Phillip Reardon, followed by Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count in 2004 and Heroine in...
  
   (On Hiatus)
• Ghost Runner on Third (EP reissue only)
• The Great Anti-Listen
• Here I Come Falling
  Here I Come Falling
  Here I Come Falling was a Christian hardcore band from Springfield, Missouri, formed in 2005. They were signed to Rise Records. They released one album, Oh Grave, Where Is Thy Victory, on January 4, 2008. The album charted at number 46 on the Top Billboard Christian Albums...
  
   (Disbanded 2008)
• Highwire Days
• In:Aviate (On Hiatus)

• Isles & Glaciers
  Isles & Glaciers
  Isles & Glaciers was an American rock supergroup formed in 2008. The band consisted of members from Chiodos, Emarosa, Pierce the Veil, Cinematic Sunrise, The Receiving End of Sirens, Underminded, and former members of The Sound of Animals Fighting and Boys Night Out...
  
   (Vinyl release only)
• Jonny Craig
  Jonny Craig
  Jonathan Monroe Craig is a Canadian-American singer. He is currently the lead vocalist for the band Dance Gavin Dance, and former vocalist of the bands Emarosa and Ghost Runner on Third. He has an eponymous solo project, with which he has released one studio album and a live album to date...
  
   (On Hiatus)
• K Through Six
• Life Before This
• Lonely Kings
• Longshot
• MSWHITE (Disbanded 2011)
• Of Machines
  Of Machines
  Of Machines was an American post-hardcore band from Atlanta. Formed in 2006, the band was originally known as We Are Kings and changed their name the following year of their formation...
  
   (Disbanded 2010)
• One Last Thing
• Orange Island
  Orange Island
  Orange Island was a rock band based out of the town Clinton, Massachusetts. Orange Island formed in 1996 when cousins Charles Young and Brendan Dickhaut started writing music together and David Chouinard playing bass guitar. After writing songs together they asked their friend David Gorman to sing...
  
   (Disbanded 2005)
• Paint By Numbers
• PMtoday
  PMtoday
  PMtoday was a progressive post-hardcore band from Jacksonville, Arkansas, formerly signed to Rise Records. They released a self-titled EP as well as two full-length albums: ...And Then the Hurricane and In Medias Res...
  
   (Disbanded 2011)
• The Red Shore
  The Red Shore
  The Red Shore were an Australian death metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band claims their style is a combination of death metal and technical death metal, though they are often referred to as a deathcore band....
  
   (Disbanded 2011)
• The Secludes
• Slydog
• Small Towns Burn a Little Slower
  Small Towns Burn A Little Slower
  Small Towns Burn a Little Slower was a band from St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota.The band was established in the summer of 2002. Early on with Jeff McIlvenna on vocals and Luke Allison on bass, they recorded and released the Holding On to What's Killing You EP in 2003 on Dead Letter Records...
  
   (Disbanded 2008)
• The Solo Project (Disbanded 2003)
• Still Life Projector
• Take The Crown
  Take the Crown
  Take the Crown is a Post-hardcore band from Huntington Beach, California. The original lineup included vocalist Beau Bokan, guitarist Nick Coffey, guitarist Tony Gonzalez, bassist James Campbell, and keyboardist Ryan Wilson. The band began recording demos in 2004 with friend Chris Sorenson of...
  
   (Disbanded 2008)
• Ten Falls Forth
• Tenpin
• Thirty-Two Frames
• Up to Here
• Watch It Burn
• The Years Gone By (On Hiatus)