WEAPON STATUS RED is a California aggressive metalcore band that blends melodic choruses with blistering riffs and drum tempos. Weapon Status Red blends the best of metalcore, hardcore, and metal into a powerful force of melody and aggression. Weapon Status Red is a metalcore band that started in 2009, from the Bay Area, CA. The name, from a military friend of the band, means to take the safety off, the battle is imminent. Scott Bowerman, and Derek Thompson began the band through exchanging ideas back and forth over the Internet. The group later added Skyler McKnight on guitar, Darran on bass, Cohen DeYoung on drums, and began recording an EP. Weapon Status Red has a video for the single, Sink or Swim, which debuted on InsaniTV in late March 2013. Weapon Status Red mixed and mastered their full-length album Sink or Swim with Eric Hill of Blue Room Recording Studios, which was released on May 10th, 2013. There is also a guest vocal on Eyes Like Daggers by Jon Howard of Threat Signal. Weapon Status Red is currently getting their new drummer up to speed, and will be hitting the road for some dates in October 2013 in the Pacific Northwest, and in December 2013 in the Southwest. They are currently in talks to do a tour to South By Southwest, including dates there, in March 2014. --------------------------------------------------------- Online/Mobile Press Kit: https://presskit.to/weaponstatusred --------------------------------------------------------- Press: "As expected, Weapon Status Red finishes the album in true metalcore style. Returning from ‘Pieces’ to the rupture of liveliness they started with, the band pushes a raw and fast paced energy with their hard-hitting wave of sound." - Tammy Cuff, Vents Magazine "I’ll be honest when I say I had them down as another reasonably generic metal band proclaiming to be much more than they actually are – oh how wrong I was. Combining the approaches of metalcore, hardcore and straight up metal into a package that you’re going to come back to time and time again, Weapon Status Red are a band who don’t just deliver, they hit home with every breath, every note, and every second of the entire album. This isn’t just an album you should listen to, it’s an album you can’t afford to miss." Dave, Loud-Stuff.com -------------------------------------------------------- Links: http://www.facebook.com/weaponstatusred http://www.twitter.com/weaponstatusred http://www.youtube.com/user/weaponstatusred http://www.instagram.com/weaponstatusred http://weaponstatusred.bandcamp.com http://www.reverbnation.com/weaponstatusred https://soundcloud.com/weaponstatusred Weapon Status Red