We Are Defiance is an American metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band from Ocala, Florida

Ocala, Florida

Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...

. Founded in 2009 by singer Brian Calzini

Brian Calzini

Brian Calzini is an Italian American post-hardcore vocalist. He is a founding member of Paddock Park , Sleeping with Sirens , and We Are Defiance ....

, with the help of producer, Tom Denney, formerly of A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denny and drummer Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos...

.

The band released their debut album Trust in Few

Trust In Few

Trust in Few is the debut album of Ocala-based metalcore band We Are Defiance, released on March 29, 2011. Originally set for release on March 15, the release was delayed after a car accident the band had while touring through the US at the beginning of 2011, when lead vocalist Brian Calzini was...

on March 29, 2011 on Tragic Hero Records

Tragic Hero Records

Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing hardcore punk and harder wave of music in North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed...

. The album peaked at 28 on the Billboards

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 Heatseekers chart for one week.

Formation and beginning recordings (2009)

We Are Defiance was formed in 2009 by former Paddock Park vocalist, Brian Calzini

Brian Calzini

Brian Calzini is an Italian American post-hardcore vocalist. He is a founding member of Paddock Park , Sleeping with Sirens , and We Are Defiance ....

. We Are Defiance quickly gained a loyal fan base and inked a deal with Tragic Hero Records

Tragic Hero Records

Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing hardcore punk and harder wave of music in North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed...

 early 2010. Tom Denney (ex-A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denny and drummer Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos...

 guitarist)signed on to work with them in the studio as producer and engineer.

Signing to Tragic Hero Records and Trust in Few (2009–present)

The first single "To The Moon" was released on September 5, 2009 on iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

. Shortly after the release, the band signed to Tragic Hero Records

Tragic Hero Records

Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing hardcore punk and harder wave of music in North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed...

. The band started writing on new material for their debut album. Trust in Few

Trust In Few

Trust in Few is the debut album of Ocala-based metalcore band We Are Defiance, released on March 29, 2011. Originally set for release on March 15, the release was delayed after a car accident the band had while touring through the US at the beginning of 2011, when lead vocalist Brian Calzini was...

was produced by ex-A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denny and drummer Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos...

 guitarist Tom Denney. Calzini announced that Tyler "Telle" Smith

Tyler "Telle" Smith

Tyler Smith, known also by his alias Telle, is an American musician. He is currently the lead vocalist for The Word Alive and has played in several bands, such as Greeley Estates and In Fear and Faith...

 of The Word Alive

The Word Alive

The Word Alive is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2008, the band is currently signed to Fearless Records. Their 2009 label debut, Empire reached position 15 on the Top Heatseekers, meeting a great amount of positive acclaim upon its release in 2009...

 and Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...

 would be featured on one song each, on the album, but Worsnop was pulled off from being featured on the record by his label Sumerian Records

Sumerian Records

Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen, who is also a booking agent, and is managed by Shawn Keith. Fellsilent became the first non-US band to be signed to the label, in 2008. The label made a...

 due to the Sumerian management believing that Trust in Few and Reckless & Relentless

Reckless & Relentless

Reckless & Relentless is the second studio album by English metalcore band Asking Alexandria. It was released on April 5, 2011 through Sumerian Records. Announced on December 22, 2009, recording for the album began in June 2010 at the Foundation Recording Studios in Connersville, Indiana and ended...

had release dates too close to each other. Smith is the only featured guest on the standard copy of the album and performs on the song "Not Another Song About You". Calzini and producer Tom Denney have been stated to be friends since high school

High school

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, together they covered B.o.B.

B.O.B.

B.O.B. is a video game that was released in 1993. It is a side-scrolling game developed by Gray Matter Interactive and Foley Hi-Tech Systems, and published by Electronic Arts. It is both a 2D shooter and a platform game, and is available for both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega...

's hit single "Airplanes

Airplanes (song)

"Airplanes" is the second official and third overall single from B.o.B's debut studio album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. The track features Hayley Williams and was produced by Alex da Kid with DJ Frank E receiving a co-production credit on the song. The music and chorus were...

" with 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...

 vocalist Kellin Quinn and released it for free download. Fans were allowed to download this song at the band's campaign they started via Twitter

Twitter

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 called Tweet for a Track. On November 29, 2010, We Are Defiance started their first tour through the US. The band played concerts in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 and Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. On this tour, We Are Defiance toured together with I Am Ghost

I Am Ghost

I Am Ghost was an American band from Long Beach, California, conceived of and founded by Steven Juliano in 2004. They were signed to Epitaph Records from 2005 to 2010, before splitting up in July 2010.- History :...

 and label mates This Romantic Tragedy.

At the beginning of 2011, the band toured again through the States together with Monsters, Legend and Dr. Acula

Dr. Acula (band)

Dr. Acula is an American deathcore band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 2005, the group has released four studio albums, and two independent EPs . They are currently signed to Victory Records. The band is known for the use of soundclips from movies and TV shows as an accent to their songs...

. On that tour, the band had a van accident and singer Calzini was brought into the hospital and had to undergo surgery. The reason for that crash was freezing rain

Freezing rain

Freezing rain is the name given to rain that falls when surface temperatures are below freezing. The raindrops become supercooled while passing through a sub-freezing layer of air, many hundred feet , just above the surface, and then freeze upon impact with any object they encounter. The resulting...

. Because of that crash the album's release was delayed until on March 29, 2011, instead of the planned March 15 date. The album peaked at 28 on the Billboards Heatseekers charts

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 for one week. The band then went on tour with Oh, Sleeper

Oh, Sleeper

Oh, Sleeper is an American metalcore band from Fort Worth, Texas and is signed to Solid State Records. They have recorded three full-length albums to date, the most recent being their third album Children of Fire, released on September 6, 2011....

 and Like Moths to Flames. The band also played the 2011's SXSW together with Horse the Band

HORSE the band

Horse the Band is a band from Lake Forest, California who are best known for their 8-bit Nintendo-influenced sound combined with metalcore. Frontman Nathan Winneke once described their sound as "Nintendocore".-Biography:...

, Letlive

Letlive

letlive. is an American Progressive post-hardcore band from Los Angeles, California. The band has released three albums and is currently signed to Epitaph Records. Their third album, Fake History, has been called "a post-hardcore album fit for many of 2010's best-of lists" and representing "their...

 and 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...

 as part of the Blood Company Showcase at the Emo's Annex in Austin

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. After these tours, clean vocalist, Jason Neil and the band came to agreement for him to be left out due to numerous conflicts.

In May 2011, the band went on another US tour with 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...

. In the summer of 2011, We Are Defiance went on the Metal East Tour, supporting 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 :...

, with fellow bands Casino Madrid and Wolves Among Men. In December 2011 We Are Defiance is going to headline their first US tour. Support acts are My Ticket Home and Wolves Among Men. The tour is called Bring Your Scarf and Jacket Tour. The band announced releasing a new single in early 2012.

Band members

• Brian Calzini
  Brian Calzini
  Brian Calzini is an Italian American post-hardcore vocalist. He is a founding member of Paddock Park , Sleeping with Sirens , and We Are Defiance ....
  
   — screamed vocals (since 2009)
• Andi Encinas — guitars (since 2009)
• Dean Dragonas — guitars (since 2009)
• Rik Stevely — bass guitar (since 2010)
• Josh Gowing — drums (since 2011)

Former members

• Jason Neil - clean vocals (2009-2011)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Label	Chart positions
			US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US Indie	US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
2011	Trust in Few Trust In Few Trust in Few is the debut album of Ocala-based metalcore band We Are Defiance, released on March 29, 2011. Originally set for release on March 15, the release was delayed after a car accident the band had while touring through the US at the beginning of 2011, when lead vocalist Brian Calzini was...	Tragic Hero Tragic Hero Records Tragic Hero Records is a record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in March 2005 to represent the growing hardcore punk and harder wave of music in North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed...	—	—	28
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

• 2009: "To The Moon"
• 2011: "The Weight of the Sea"
• 2011: "I'm Gonna Bury You Underground, Eli"