Silent Planet

Defying old images of religious music, Christian rock band Silent Planet celebrate their beliefs amid a bombast of heavy, screeching hardcore thunder. Led by front man Garrett Russell and guitarist Spencer Keene, they formed at college in Los Angeles in 2009, uniting around a love of groups like Dillinger Escape Plan, Refused, Burning Bridges and Underoath, and a shared sense of purpose driven by their faith. Naming themselves after a CS Lewis novel, their songs addressed serious issues such as PTSD, sex trafficking, the Hiroshima bomb and Native American history on debut album The Night God Slept, but still managed to thrash with explosive metal riffs. That ferocious energy landed them support slots with For Today and Enter Shikari and a place on the legendary Vans Warped Tour in 2016, while the EP Lastsleep (1944-1946) continued to build their righteous, intense, progressive-metal sound. Released through Solid State Records in 2016, their second album Everything Was Sound captured the band at their most confident and passionate and went on top both the US Christian and Hard Rock Billboard charts.