Employed to Serve

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Employed to Serve
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Background information
Origin Woking, England
Genres Metalcore, [1] mathcore, [2] hardcore punk [1]
Years active2011–present
Labels
Website employedtoserve.com

Employed to Serve is a British metalcore band from Woking, England. [3] [4]

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History

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Employed to Serve live at Rock am Ring 2023

Employed to Serve was formed in 2011 [1] by current members Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin. [5] In July 2020, several members of Employed to Serve and Renounced released an EP as the side project Glorious. [6] [7]

Their album Conquering was elected by Loudwire as the 41st best rock/metal album of 2021. [8] The track "Exist" was elected by the same publication as the 6th best metal song of the same year. [9]

On January 22, 2025, the band released Atonement, the first single from the group's upcoming album, Fallen Star. The track featured guest vocalist Will Ramos. [10]

Musical style

The group's sound has been described as a mixture of metalcore, mathcore, hardcore punk, post-hardcore and death metal, among other genres. [1] [11] [7] [12] The band cited Machine Head, Testament and Exodus as influences on Conquering, their fourth full-length release. [3]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Greyer Than You Remember
  • Released: 25 May 2015
  • Label: Holy Roar
  • Format: CD, LP
The Warmth of a Dying Sun
  • Released: 19 May 2017
  • Label: Holy Roar
  • Format: CD, LP
Eternal Forward Motion
  • Released: 10 May 2019
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
Conquering
  • Released: 17 September 2021
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP
Fallen Star
  • Release: 25 April 2025
  • Label: Spinefarm
  • Format: CD, LP

Extended plays

YearAlbumLabel
2012Long Time DeadPuzzle Records
2013Counting Crows
2014Change Nothing Regret EverythingHoly Roar Records

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Employed to Serve at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Rescheduled Dates Announced For Gojira, Alien Weaponry & Employed To Serve's European/UK Tour". Theprp.com. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Employed To Serve are putting British metal back on top". Kerrang!. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Employed to Serve: Conquering review – thrilling, gut-churning metal". the Guardian. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Self-Determination: Employed To Serve are ready to storm the gates". Knotfest. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "NEWS: Glorious (Employed To Serve, Renounced) unveil debut EP, 'Unashamed'!". DEAD PRESS! | It's more than "just music" to us. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  7. 1 2 Heilman, Max (14 September 2021). "Album Review: EMPLOYED TO SERVE Conquered". Metal Injection. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "The 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021". Loudwire . Townsquare Media. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Al-Sharif, Rabab; DiVita, Joe; Hartmann, Graham; Richardson, Jake; Trapp, Philip; Summan, Yasmine (6 December 2021). "The 35 Best Metal Songs of 2021". Loudwire . Townsquare Media . Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Keenan, Hesher (22 January 2025). "Employed To Serve Tap Lorna Shore's Will Ramos for Their Latest Track "Atonement"". MetalSucks. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Employed To Serve – 'Eternal Forward Motion' review". NME. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Employed to Serve". HM Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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