The group currently consist of five members: lead vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, bassist Dan Kenny and drummer Alex Lopez. Many of the members were already working on separate projects at the time of formation, but these were eventually dropped as they chose to focus on Suicide Silence, realising the enormous potential of the band.
Indeed, the band has enjoyed success, gaining the praise of many musical heavy weights and receiving favourable reviews. In 2009 they were awarded the Revolver Golden God award. The have been compared to and associated with a number of great artists throughout their reign, some of which include All Shall Perish, Light This City, Animosity and The Funeral Pyre.
In 2008 they signed with Century Media and released their debut full length album ‘The Cleansing’. It sold 7250 copies in its first week alone and became the most successful selling debut album the record label had ever produced. The success of their album led to a world tour which culminated in the band gaining a large fan base worldwide. Their second album, ‘No Time to Bleed’ was even more successful than the first and sold double the amount of copies in its first week than their debut.
Some of the bands biggest hits include ‘You Only Live Once’, ‘No Pity for a Coward’, ‘Disengage’ and ‘Wake up’.
Emmure was first formed in 2003 when Frankie Palmeri met Ben and Joe Lionetti online, which prompted Palmeri to travel to the Lionetti’s in New Fairfield so that they could start rehearsing as a band. Bassist Mark Davis and guitarist Jesse Ketive also joined them and recorded two demos, “Nince Eleven Zero Four” and “Demo” in 2005. The demos successfully caught the attention of This City Is Burning Records who helped them release Emmure’s first EP entitled “The Complete Guide To Needlework.” The EP further led to more attention and resulted in Emmure signing with Victory Records. In 2007 the band released their first full-length album, “Goodbye To The Gallows.”
In 2008 they successfully completed their first tour of a majority of the United States, supporting various other bands such as Misery Signals, August Burns Red, and Burn Down Rome. That same summer, they went on a headlining tour with bands like Endwell, On Broken Wings and Recon. Despite the successful run of tours, the Lionetti brothers left the band, who were replaced by Mike Mulholland and Michael Kaabe. Following the small lineup change, the band released their third album, “Felony” which was released on 18 August 2009.
The group again set out on tour alongside Of Mice and Men, Pierce the Veil and In Fear And Faith. After the tour of the United States, they toured Europe with various other bands such as Parkway Drive and Comeback Kid. The band continued to successfully tour and release albums, and in 2014 released “Eternal Enemies” followed by month long promotion tour.
For any band, the death of the lead singer would be devastating, destabilising event, one that would, nine times out of ten, force the demise of the group. Where California deathcore outfit Suicide Silence are concerned, though, the relative brevity of their career - the fact that they were barely just starting out when frontman Mitch Lucker died in a motorcycle accident - should really have spelled the end of their short career. After taking a year away to take stock of the situation, they returned towards the end of 2013 with a new lead singer, Hernan Hermida of All Shall Perish. As a tribute to Lucker, the band released Ending Is the Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show as a live album and DVD in early 2014. They went on to return to the European festival circuit, with Hermida proving a similarly energetic presence to Lucker onstage, as the band played choice cuts from their three studio albums as well as previewing a couple of tracks from their then-forthcoming fourth record. After a standout set at Germany’s huge Rock am Ring festival truly announced their return to the live stage, the band have announced eight UK live dates for November, with new album You Can’t Stop Me having just dropped to excellent reviews.
Amazing show considering the lead singer had damaged vocal chords! Frankie's fill in was absolutely kick ass! Emmure is a talented group of musicians who bring heavy rifts and high energy. One of my favorites!
This was my first Ingested show and they blew me away. The whole tour package was amazing each band did not disappoint. The crowd had a high level of energy, the pits were brutal and I even met the singer. I got his autograph which topped off the night. For my first Ingested experience it was unbelievable. I highly recommend anyone into Slam Death Metal to see these guys live.