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Employed to Serve | |
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 Employed to Serve at the With Full Force Summer Open Air 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Woking, England |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hardcore punk, metalcore |
| Years active | 2011–present [1] |
| Labels | |
| Website | employedtoserve |
Employed to Serve is a British heavy metal band from Woking, England. [2] [3]
Employed to Serve was formed in 2011 [1] by current members Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin. [4] In July 2020, several members of Employed to Serve and Renounced released an EP as the side project Glorious. [5] [6]
Their album Conquering was elected by Loudwire as the 41st best rock/metal album of 2021. [7] The track "Exist" was elected by the same publication as the 6th best metal song of the same year. [8]
The group's sound has been described as a mixture of death metal, hardcore punk, post-hardcore and metalcore, among other genres. [1] [9] [6] [10] The band cited Machine Head, Testament and Exodus as influences on Conquering, their latest full-length release. [2]
| Title | Album details |
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| Greyer Than You Remember |
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| The Warmth of a Dying Sun |
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| Eternal Forward Motion |
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| Conquering |
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| Year | Album | Label |
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| 2014 | Change Nothing Regret Everything | Holy Roar Records |
| 2013 | Counting Crows | Puzzle Records |
| 2012 | Long Time Dead |
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