This or the Apocalypse

Since their beginnings in early 2006, Lancaster, PA’s This or the Apocalypse have set themselves aside from prevailing metalcore tendencies, because of an uncommonly advanced instrumental technique and a determination to test out other metallic subgenres (thrash, death, groove, mathematics steel, etc.), thus breathing just a little lifestyle into an usually increasingly moribund picture. Made up of vocalist Ricky Armellino, guitarists Rodney Areas and Jack port Esbanshade, bassist Sean Hennessey, and drummer Offer McFarland, the group debuted with an separately released first record, Sentinels, and, after putting your signature on with Germany’s LifeForce Information, turned a lot more heads using their achieved sophomore outing, Monuments, in 2008.