ORTHODOX, the dynamic nu metalcore band hailing from Nashville and famed for their “BIG PANTS MUSIC,” now rep JNCO, the manufacturers of the world’s biggest jeans and a brand synonymous with the 90s’ nu metal fashion scene.
The band has long drawn inspiration from the era that the jeans brand dominated. Not only has the company provided the band with an array of pants and shirts, but the nod is affirming to the band’s music: both in terms of influences and the “BIG PANTS MUSIC” moniker they proudly rep.
Adam Easterling, the charismatic vocalist of Orthodox, expressed his excitement about this collaboration: “JNCO played such a wild role in the culture of the music I dreamt of playing as a kid, so this full circle moment is pretty surreal. I never thought back when I was starting my first shitty bands and playing to nobody that down the road my team would have the recognition and support of such a notable name.”
JNCO’s stamp of approval is a testament to the enduring legacy of the nu metal era and its ongoing influence on contemporary artists. ORTHODOX’s love for the famed jeans brand is not only a nod to their musical roots but also a celebration of the revival of 90s fashion trends in today’s music scene.
The band is set to showcase their new apparel at upcoming shows, promising an electrifying fusion of their hard-hitting music and iconic 90s style.
ORTHODOX is:
Adam Easterling – Vocals Austin Evans – Guitar Ben Touchberry – Guitar Shiloh Krebs – Bass Mike White – Drums
As they barrel toward their summer tour dates, Nashville metallic hardcore rising stars ORTHODOX have released a pummeling new single “Soaking Nerves.” Staying true to their hardcore roots, but also pulling from the more driving aspects of nü-metal “Soaking Nerves”, maintains a modern edge with a bestial beatdown and dizzying guitarwork that borders on progressive. The track can be streamed HERE.
ORTHODOX frontman Adam Easterling elaborates on the track: “Soaking Nerves is a song about becoming your own person and growing into your own viewpoint. In this growth we often shed the disciplines clipped to us by our family, and sometimes resent the way they were clipped. Growth becomes distance – and sometimes that distance expands between you and what you were raised to call God.”
Orthodox will embark on their headlining “Fortune Favors The Cold Tour”, with support provided by CHAMBER, MOMENTUM, 156/SILENCE and CELL. The tour will kick off on July 6th in Greensboro, NC at Rockhouse and wrap on August 13th in their hometown of Nashville, TN at Basement East. Tickets are available HERE.
“Though we’ve been on the road consistently over the years, Orthodox hasn’t hit the road as a headliner since 2018!” states vocalist Adam Easterling. “That alone has us excited just to get out and get playing. The hardest part of it is following what we see to be a truly special, heavyweight undercard. There is not a single set in this lineup that lacks impact, and we think this summer will be memorable for a lot of people, ourselves included.”
ORTHODOX is touring in support of their most recent release, Learning To Dissolve. Learning to Dissolve was released to critical acclaim on August 19th via Century Media Records. Recently, the band shared video footage of their album release show held at The End in Nashville on August 28th, 2022. For a taste of their electrifying live performance, the video can be viewed HERE.
“Fortune Favors The Cold Tour” full dates:
July 06 – Greensboro, NC – Rockhouse* July 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Purgatory)* July 08 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern* July 09 – Hollywood, FL – American Legion 92* July 10 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar” July 11 – Pensacola, FL – Handlebar* July 12 – Houston, TX – Secret Group* July 13 – Corpus Christi, TX – Boozerz* July 14 – Austin, TX – The Ballroom* July 15 – Dallas, TX – Three Links* July 16 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Backroom July 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Underground July 19 – Las Vegas, NV – Eagle Aerie July 20 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar July 21 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction% July 22 – Santa Cruz, CA – Vets Hall% July 23 – Sacramento, CA – Old Ironsides% July 25 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater% July 28 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street Collective% July 29 – Kansas City, MO – The Rino% July 30 – Omaha, NE – Reverb% July 31 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade% August 01 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street (First Avenue)% August 02 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen% August 03 – Pittsburg, PA – Preserving Underground% August 04 – Philadelphia, PA – This Is Hardcore# August 05 – Hartford, CT – Webster Underground August 06 – Boston, MA – Middle East Upstairs August 08 – Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus% August 09 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery% August 10 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups% August 11 – Louisville, KY – Portal% August 12 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary% August 13 – Nashville, TN – Basement East%
%w/ Momentum *w/ 156/Silence #Orthodox & Momentum Only
More About ORTHODOX:
The sound of ORTHODOX is the opposite of what most associate with the laid-back energy and country-fied twang of their native Nashville, Tennessee. ORTHODOX’s distinct, nu-metal-tinged brand of metallic hardcore has carved its own lane with their Century Media debut, Learning to Dissolve. “I think Nashville is really no different here than in any other city,” says frontman Adam Easterling, whose family background is rooted in the city’s country music industry. “There’s no major city where hardcore is at the forefront of the music business. But the musicians here are of a higher caliber because it is so competitive. If anything, it sets the bar a little higher.”
Learning To Dissolve is the punctuation on a journey that began with 2017’s Sounds of Loss. From the inception, ORTHODOX were nothing short of a standout, blending together riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a SLIPKNOT record coupled with Easterling’s blunt, Jonathan Davis-esque howls. But, like their sonic brethren in KNOCKED LOOSE or VEIN.FM, while the influence of the 90’s/00’s is there, ORTHODOX doesn’t merely pay homage to their influences, it exceeds them. “From the beginning, we went in our own direction regardless of what anybody thought,” states Adam. “We didn’t grow up listening to hardcore. We grew up on bands like Linkin Park and System of a Down.” With Learning to Dissolve, those influences have refined themselves into a sound that is urgent and unforgettable from the album’s opening track, “Feel It Linger” to the personal and aural meltdown of closer, “Voice in The Choir”.
Written during the global pandemic and world shutdown of 2020, Learning to Dissolve was born of frustration. That is, until Easterling and guitarist Austin Evans began to really dig in. “I was in a weird place and felt creatively shut-down in the first few months of Covid,” says Adam “I really reflected on what I was going to do if things never came back. Austin and I started putting songs together, and Mike [White-Drums] and Shiloh {Krebs-Bass] came down and the album started to come together.” Recording in the dead heat of Summer with producer and mixer Randy Lebooeuf (THY ART IS MURDER, KUBLAI KHAN) at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey, found the band in creative overdrive, ripping their songs apart. The experience was both grueling and intensely creative – until near-disaster struck the very last day.
“We had the van packed up, ready to drive back to Nashville and beat Hurricane Ida,” Adam recounts. “We are literally walking out the door. It’s already raining pretty hard. Austin turns around and goes, ‘What the fuck!’. Randy has already left and water is pouring out of the ceiling in the control room. At that point everyone runs in and starts grabbing all of his gear. Then it was like, oh shit! Right under one of the spots where water was pouring out is our hard drive. Randy’s computer was getting soaked. Luckily, we got all of the gear out before the hard drive was ruined!”
While 2019’s Let It Take Its Course focused on the duality of love and anger, Learning to Dissolve is born of intense self-reflection. It digs deeper than most metal or hardcore records. “The whole record Is about growing up and realizing that the things you wanted or the people that you loved when you were young don’t always align with your moral compass as you get older,” says Adam. “Learning to dissolve is about finding your own way. It’s about coming into your own as a person and deciding what’s right for you. Basically, living in your own solidarity or dissolving in complacency.” Not surprisingly, that ethos has echoed throughout ORTHODOX’s existence as a band, whose members past and present come from backgrounds rooted in straight-edge hardcore.
Easterling chocks it up to growing up in a family that had its share of addiction issues. “We’ve always been a straight-edge band – but we certainly don’t sound like one,” states Adam. “It’s not ‘if you’re not straight-edge, fuck you’ but we all come from that background. For me, it was about recognizing that addiction is a genetic trait and my personality as addictive so I want to stay away from habits that can hurt me.”
The hardcore-borne energy translates to ORTHODOX onstage. Ask anyone who’s seen ORTHODOX over the years giving from basements and DIY venues to giving the likes of THE ACACIA STRAIN, KUBLAI KHAN and SPITE a run for their collective money. No member stays in place as instruments flail, drumsticks shatter and Easterling channels personal demons leaving the audience nothing short of transfixed. “Live it all comes together.” says Adam. “There’s no do-overs or corrections. It’s as real and honest as it gets.”
Learning to Dissolve channels that sense of personal ennui in the most ferocious way. “Head On a Spike”, the first single and video from Learning to Dissolve is nothing short of a personal call-to-arm and statement of intent. “It’s a fuck you to everyone who said we’d never become anything as a band. You’re not enough to pull me away from this or make me give up.”
Line-Up: Adam Easterling – Vocals Austin Evans – Guitar Shiloh Krebs – Bass Mike White – Drums
Nashville metallic hardcore rising stars ORTHODOX will be hitting the road this summer! Their headlining “Fortune Favors The Cold Tour” will kick off on July 6th in Greensboro, NC at Rockhouse and wrap on August 13th in their hometown of Nashville, TN at Basement East. The tour will feature support from special guests CHAMBER, MOMENTUM, 156/SILENCE and CELL. Tickets are on sale now and are available HERE.
“Though we’ve been on the road consistently over the years, Orthodox hasn’t hit the road as a headliner since 2018!” states vocalist Adam Easterling. “That alone has us excited just to get out and get playing. The hardest part of it is following what we see to be a truly special, heavyweight undercard. There is not a single set in this lineup that lacks impact, and we think this summer will be memorable for a lot of people, ourselves included.”
ORTHODOX is touring in support of their most recent release, Learning To Dissolve. Learning to Dissolve was released to critical acclaim on August 19th via Century Media Records. Recently, the band shared video footage of their album release show held at The End in Nashville on August 28th, 2022. For a taste of their electrifying live performance, the video can be viewed HERE.
“Fortune Favors The Cold Tour” full dates:
July 06 – Greensboro, NC – Rockhouse* July 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Purgatory)* July 08 – Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern* July 09 – Hollywood, FL – American Legion 92* July 10 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar” July 11 – Pensacola, FL – Handlebar* July 12 – Houston, TX – Secret Group* July 13 – Corpus Christi, TX – Boozerz* July 14 – Austin, TX – The Ballroom* July 15 – Dallas, TX – Three Links* July 16 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Backroom July 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Underground July 19 – Las Vegas, NV – Eagle Aerie July 20 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar July 21 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction% July 22 – Santa Cruz, CA – Vets Hall% July 23 – Sacramento, CA – Old Ironsides% July 25 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater% July 28 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street Collective% July 29 – Kansas City, MO – The Rino% July 30 – Omaha, NE – Reverb% July 31 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade% August 01 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street (First Avenue)% August 02 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen% August 03 – Pittsburg, PA – Preserving Underground% August 04 – Philadelphia, PA – This Is Hardcore# August 05 – Hartford, CT – Webster Underground August 06 – Boston, MA – Middle East Upstairs August 08 – Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus% August 09 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery% August 10 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups% August 11 – Louisville, KY – Portal% August 12 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary% August 13 – Nashville, TN – Basement East%
%w/ Momentum *w/ 156/Silence # Orthodox & Momentum Only
More About ORTHODOX:
The sound of ORTHODOX is the opposite of what most associate with the laid-back energy and country-fied twang of their native Nashville, Tennessee. ORTHODOX’s distinct, nu-metal-tinged brand of metallic hardcore has carved its own lane with their Century Media debut, Learning to Dissolve. “I think Nashville is really no different here than in any other city,” says frontman Adam Easterling, whose family background is rooted in the city’s country music industry. “There’s no major city where hardcore is at the forefront of the music business. But the musicians here are of a higher caliber because it is so competitive. If anything, it sets the bar a little higher.”
Learning To Dissolve is the punctuation on a journey that began with 2017’s Sounds of Loss. From the inception, ORTHODOX were nothing short of a standout, blending together riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a SLIPKNOT record coupled with Easterling’s blunt, Jonathan Davis-esque howls. But, like their sonic brethren in KNOCKED LOOSE or VEIN.FM, while the influence of the 90’s/00’s is there, ORTHODOX doesn’t merely pay homage to their influences, it exceeds them. “From the beginning, we went in our own direction regardless of what anybody thought,” states Adam. “We didn’t grow up listening to hardcore. We grew up on bands like Linkin Park and System of a Down.” With Learning to Dissolve, those influences have refined themselves into a sound that is urgent and unforgettable from the album’s opening track, “Feel It Linger” to the personal and aural meltdown of closer, “Voice in The Choir”.
Written during the global pandemic and world shutdown of 2020, Learning to Dissolve was born of frustration. That is, until Easterling and guitarist Austin Evans began to really dig in. “I was in a weird place and felt creatively shut-down in the first few months of Covid,” says Adam “I really reflected on what I was going to do if things never came back. Austin and I started putting songs together, and Mike [White-Drums] and Shiloh {Krebs-Bass] came down and the album started to come together.” Recording in the dead heat of Summer with producer and mixer Randy Lebooeuf (THY ART IS MURDER, KUBLAI KHAN) at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey, found the band in creative overdrive, ripping their songs apart. The experience was both grueling and intensely creative – until near-disaster struck the very last day.
“We had the van packed up, ready to drive back to Nashville and beat Hurricane Ida,” Adam recounts. “We are literally walking out the door. It’s already raining pretty hard. Austin turns around and goes, ‘What the fuck!’. Randy has already left and water is pouring out of the ceiling in the control room. At that point everyone runs in and starts grabbing all of his gear. Then it was like, oh shit! Right under one of the spots where water was pouring out is our hard drive. Randy’s computer was getting soaked. Luckily, we got all of the gear out before the hard drive was ruined!”
While 2019’s Let It Take Its Course focused on the duality of love and anger, Learning to Dissolve is born of intense self-reflection. It digs deeper than most metal or hardcore records. “The whole record Is about growing up and realizing that the things you wanted or the people that you loved when you were young don’t always align with your moral compass as you get older,” says Adam. “Learning to dissolve is about finding your own way. It’s about coming into your own as a person and deciding what’s right for you. Basically, living in your own solidarity or dissolving in complacency.” Not surprisingly, that ethos has echoed throughout ORTHODOX’s existence as a band, whose members past and present come from backgrounds rooted in straight-edge hardcore.
Easterling chocks it up to growing up in a family that had its share of addiction issues. “We’ve always been a straight-edge band – but we certainly don’t sound like one,” states Adam. “It’s not ‘if you’re not straight-edge, fuck you’ but we all come from that background. For me, it was about recognizing that addiction is a genetic trait and my personality as addictive so I want to stay away from habits that can hurt me.”
The hardcore-borne energy translates to ORTHODOX onstage. Ask anyone who’s seen ORTHODOX over the years giving from basements and DIY venues to giving the likes of THE ACACIA STRAIN, KUBLAI KHAN and SPITE a run for their collective money. No member stays in place as instruments flail, drumsticks shatter and Easterling channels personal demons leaving the audience nothing short of transfixed. “Live it all comes together.” says Adam. “There’s no do-overs or corrections. It’s as real and honest as it gets.”
Learning to Dissolve channels that sense of personal ennui in the most ferocious way. “Head On a Spike”, the first single and video from Learning to Dissolve is nothing short of a personal call-to-arm and statement of intent. “It’s a fuck you to everyone who said we’d never become anything as a band. You’re not enough to pull me away from this or make me give up.”
ORTHODOX “Learning To Dissolve” Tracklist:
Feel It Linger
Head on a Spike
Cave In
Become Divine
Digging Through Glass
Nothing To See
11762
Dissolve
Fast Asleep
All That I Am
Voice In The Choir
Line-Up:
Adam Easterling – Vocals Austin Evans – Guitar Shiloh Krebs – Bass Mike White – Drums
Nashville metal band ORTHODOX have just relased their new full-length album, Learning To Dissolve.
“’Learning To Dissolve’ is the strongest this band has ever been portrayed. The new level we’ve stepped to is prominently represented in every song, and the bar is only getting higher from here,” states ORTHODOX frontman Adam Easterling.
To celebrate the release of their new LP, Learning To Dissolve, ORTHODOX have just released the visualizer video for “Feel It Linger” today. “Feel It Linger” follows the band’s previously released music videos for “Dissolve”, “Cave In” and “Head On A Spike”. Check out the new track HERE.
The sound of ORTHODOX is the opposite of what most associate with the laid-back energy and country-fied twang of their native Nashville, Tennessee. ORTHODOX’s distinct, nu-metal-tinged brand of metallic hardcore has carved its own lane with their Century Media debut, Learning to Dissolve. Learning To Dissolve is the punctuation on a journey that began with 2017’s Sounds of Loss. From the inception, ORTHODOX were nothing short of a standout, blending together riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a Slipknot record coupled with Easterling’s blunt, Jonathan Davis-esque howls. But, like their sonic brethren in Knocked Loose or Vein.FM, while the influence of the 90’s/00’s is there, ORTHODOX doesn’t merely pay homage to their influences, it exceeds them.
Written during the global pandemic and world shutdown of 2020, Learning to Dissolve was born of frustration. That is, until Easterling and guitarist Austin Evans began to really dig in. Recording in the dead heat of Summer with producer and mixer Randy Lebooeuf (Thy Art Is Murder, Kublai Khan) at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey, found the band in creative overdrive, ripping their songs apart.
While 2019’s Let It Take Its Course, which Revolver called, “A straight-up bone-chilling metal album that sounds like the music [ORTHODOX vocalist] Adam Easterling has always wanted to make, but is presented with the authenticity that his music has always had”, focused on the duality of love and anger Learning to Dissolve is born of intense self-reflection. It digs deeper than most metal or hardcore records. Not surprisingly, that ethos has echoed throughout ORTHODOX’s existence as a band, whose members past and present come from backgrounds rooted in straight-edge hardcore.
Nashville metal band ORTHODOX have just released their new track and music video for “Dissolve”. Watch the video, HERE.
“Time kills everything,” states ORTHODOX frontman Adam Easterling.
The sound of ORTHODOX is the opposite of what most associate with the laid-back energy and country-fied twang of their native Nashville, Tennessee. ORTHODOX’s distinct, nu-metal-tinged brand of metallic hardcore has carved its own lane with their Century Media debut, Learning to Dissolve. Learning To Dissolve is the punctuation on a journey that began with 2017’s Sounds of Loss. From the inception, ORTHODOX were nothing short of a standout, blending together riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a Slipknot record coupled with Easterling’s blunt, Jonathan Davis-esque howls. But, like their sonic brethren in Knocked Loose or Vein.FM, while the influence of the 90’s/00’s is there, ORTHODOX doesn’t merely pay homage to their influences, it exceeds them.
Written during the global pandemic and world shutdown of 2020, Learning to Dissolve was born of frustration. That is, until the singer Adam Easterling and guitarist Austin Evans began to really dig in. Recording in the dead heat of Summer with producer and mixer Randy Lebooeuf (Thy Art Is Murder, Kublai Khan) at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey, found the band in creative overdrive, ripping their songs apart.
ORTHODOX have previously released music videos for “ Cave In” and “Head On A Spike”, which are off the band’s forthcoming full-length album Learning To Dissolve, out on August 19th via Century Media Records. Pre-orders are available, here.
Nashville metal band ORTHODOX have just announced their new full-length album Learning To Dissolve, which is set for release on August 19th. To celebrate the album announcement, the band have released their new track and music video for “Head On A Spike ”.
Watch the video, which was directed by Nick Chance, HERE.
Band comments:
“This is essentially the first song I have ever written to gloat about my backbone,” states ORTHODOX frontman Adam Easterling about “Head On A Spike”. “Orthodox as a band has been called ‘corny’ and been continually overlooked year in, year out. But we haven’t given up. This is a song to anyone who thinks we should’ve thrown in the towel, because we don’t feel like we’ve even peaked.”
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