He Is Legend
American rock band from Wilmington, North Carolina.
He Is Legend is a band originally described by AllMusic as a post-hardcore group known for a hybrid of metalcore and screamo before shifting into stoner metal and hard rock.[1] A 2022 review on Metalsucks.net called the band "the perfect example of a cult band"[2] The same review noted that the response to their 2019 album White Bat might have given them long-deserved credit, had it not been released just before the pandemic.[2]
Quick Facts
- Origin
- Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
- Genre
- Hard rock
- alternative metal
- sludge metal
- stoner rock
- post-hardcore
- metalcore (early)
- emo (early)
- Years active
- 2003–2009, 2010–present
- Label
- Spinefarm
- Tribunal
- LAB
- Solid State
- Future Tense!
- Century Media
- Tragic Hero
- El Shaddai
- Current members
- Schuylar Croom
- Adam Tanbouz
- Matty Williams
- Jesse Shelley
- Past members
- McKenzie Bell
- Steve Bache
- Sam Huff
- Denis Desloge
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
On August 27, 2013, it was announced that the band had begun working on their fourth studio album with producer Mitch Marlow.[3] On November 2, 2015, the band launched a crowdfunding campaign for their next record, which closed successfully on December 2, 2015.[4] On October 16, 2011, news broke that He Is Legend would perform their first concert since their 2009 hiatus; that show happened on October 31, 2011, at the Satellite Bar and Lounge in Wilmington.[5] On February 19, 2014, the band confirmed via Facebook that recording for their new album—their first since 2009's It Hates You—was complete.[6][7]
On September 23, 2022, He Is Legend put out two singles and revealed their seventh LP, Endless Hallway, which came out on November 11, 2022, via Spinefarm Records.[8]
What the cited sources add
The same review noted that the band has not lost their knack for jerking listeners around, citing the track "Honey from the Hive" as bridging southern rock and violent breakdowns with a psychedelic sheen.[2] The review also described the title track "Endless Hallway" as encapsulating the band at their most accessible, with groove metal barbarism and underlying organ licks.[2] A 2019 review from Everything Is Noise stated that with White Bat, He Is Legend are "intent on devouring your time and attention"[9] A 2011 Lambgoat article reported that a source who had previously broken the news of the band's hiatus said the band was recently in the studio recording material for a new album.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "He Is Legend" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mason, "Biography: He Is Legend", AllMusic; Heaney, "He Is Legend – Heavy Fruit", AllMusic; "5 2000s Metalcore Bands That Should've Been Bigger", Loudwire, 2025-05-28 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Review: He Is Legend furthers their resurgence with Endless Hallway", Metalsucks.net. facts only, no text reused. metalsucks.net
- Wikipedia, "He Is Legend" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "He Is Legend begins recording new album", Lambgoat.com; "He Is Legend announces U.S. tour", Lambgoat.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "He Is Legend" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "He Is Legend Launch $56,000 Crowdfunding Campaign For New Album", Theprp.com, November 3, 2015; "He Is Legend New Album", Indiegogo.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "He Is Legend" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "He Is Legend announces show; recording album?", Lambgoat.com; "He Is Legend to release new album", Lambgoat.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "He Is Legend" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "He Is Legend finishes recording new album", Lambgoat.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "He Is Legend finishes recording new album", Lambgoat.com. facts only, no text reused. lambgoat.com
- Wikipedia, "He Is Legend" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Review: He Is Legend furthers their resurgence with Endless Hallway", Metalsucks.net (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Milligan, "He Is Legend - "White Bat"", Everything Is Noise, June 26, 2019. facts only, no text reused. everythingisnoise.net
- "He Is Legend announces show; recording album?", Lambgoat.com. facts only, no text reused. lambgoat.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article He Is Legend (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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