

It’s a track that pushes the limits of adrenaline on one track and just how fast they can get the listener’s blood rushing in three and a half minutes. This beginning track could have been very easily written off as just another band in the scene’s attempt at being edge-y, but the thing that sets A Skylit Drive apart is their fusion of screaming with vocally acrobatic melodies over top of constant riffs that are above of what most other bands are doing as far as intricacy and creativity are concerned. Now with their latest release (and their first with new label Fearless Records) Adelphia, they are setting themselves to become the band that helps put screamo back on the map and influence legions of bands to bring it back once more.Īdelphia begins with the ominous tones of “Prelude To A Dream”, that lead into a throttle-ing guitar riff and hard-hitting screams. A Skylit Drive’s sophomore release, Wires…and the Concept Of Breathing helped put them above the ranks of all other screamo contemporaries with their intricate melodies and intense singing/screaming trade-off.
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Screamo is in a state where it needs saving, and their are few bands that can do it.

Alexisonfire) or are turning it into a mash of electronic blips and novelty lyrics (ex. Bands are either abandoning it in favor more more harmonized vocals (ex. American post-hardcore musical groups.Lately it is becoming more and more apparent that screamo is a dying genre. Top Facts You Did Not Know About A Skylit Drive The band announced an indefinite hiatus in 2017 after a dispute between Nick Miller and Michael Jagmin. Part-hardcore, screamo band with albums titled Wires.and the Concept of Breathing (2008), Adelphia (2009), Identity on Fire (2011), Rise (2013) and ASD (2015). Jordan Blake, Joey Wilson, Brian White, Cory La Quay, Brandon Richter, Nick Miller, Kyle Simmons, Michael Jagmin, Michael Labelle In 2017, the band broke up after a dispute between Nick Miller and Michael Jagmin. The band has toured internationally both as headliner and supporting act.

The band has released one DVD, one EP and five studio albums: Wires.and the Concept of Breathing, Adelphia, Identity on Fire, Rise and, most recently, ASD. A Skylit Drive was an American post-hardcore band from Lodi, California.
