Trapped Under Ice

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Trapped Under Ice
Origin Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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Years active2007–2013, 2015–present
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Members
Past members
  • Anton Rough
  • Ben Esparza
  • Daniel Klipa
  • Eric Mach
Website www.facebook.com/trappedunderice

Trapped Under Ice is an American hardcore punk band from Baltimore, Maryland that was formed in 2007. [1] Since then they have released an EP and three full-length albums. Taking influence from New York hardcore, the band has toured all over the world and was signed to Reaper Records. [2] On August 11, 2013, Trapped Under Ice played its last show at Philadelphia's The Electric Factory at This Is Hardcore Festival 2013. The band announced their reunion in early 2015. In 2017 they released their third LP, Heatwave, on Pop Wig Records.

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History

2007-2011: Early years

Trapped Under Ice was formed in 2007 by Justice Tripp and Sam Trapkin on guitars, with Anton Rough on vocals. By the time of recording their demo tape later that year, the band's lineup had revolved to Justice Tripp on vocalist, Sam Trapkin and Daniel Klipa on guitars, Eric Mach on bass and Ben Esparanza on drums. [3]

In July/August 2008, the band was part of the 10 for $10 tour. Each show of the tour would feature 10 bands and admission would only cost $10. The tour was headlined by Poison the Well and featured a rotating lineup on select dates with Madball, Bane, Vision of Disorder, Terror, Death Before Dishonor, War of Ages, Crime in Stereo, Trapped Under Ice, the Mongoloids, the Ghost Inside, This is Hell, and Vision. The band released their debut EP Stay Cold on August 19, 2008 via Reaper Records. Later in the year, the band released a pink split 7" with UK hardcore band Dirty Money via A389 Recordings.

On August 4, 2009, the band released their debut full-length album Secrets of the World via Reaper Records. In 2009, following the departure of Ben Esperanza, the band enlisted drummer Brendan Yates, who would later go on to form and be the vocalist of Turnstile. Yates would also later join Angel Du$t and form Diamond Youth with fellow Trapped Under Ice bandmates Justice Tripp and Sam Trapkin respectively.

In February 2010, the band embarked on the Bowl Camp tour in Japan with support from Numb. In 2010, the band embarked on a co-headlining US tour with Bane with support from Cruel Hand and Alpha & Omega. In March 2011, the band supported Madball and Born from Pain on the Rebellion Tour in Europe alongside Wisdom in Chains, All for Nothing, and Devil in Me.

2011-2013: Big Kiss Goodnight and disbandment

On April 12, 2011, the band announced they would go into the studio in June with New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert to record their new album. In April 2012, the band supported Your Demise on the Rock Sound Impericon Exposure Tour in the UK alongside Man Overboard and Basement. On October 7, 2011, the band released their second album Big Kiss Goodnight via Reaper Records. The album was received with much critical acclaim. Many people credit this album with re-popularizing beatdown hardcore at a time when melodic hardcore was popular.

In March 2012, the band embarked on an Australian headlining tour with support from Relentless. In April/May 2013, the band embarked on a headlining UK tour with support from Backtrack, Broken Teeth, and Climate. On August 11, 2013, the band played their (at the time) final show performing on day three of the 2013 edition of This Is Hardcore festival the Electric Factory.

2015-present: Reunion and Heatwave

After a two year hiatus, it was announced the band would reunite to headline Back to School Jam 2015 in Howell, NJ on September 12, 2015 alongside Code Orange, Incendiary, 100 Demons, Suburban Scum, Weekend Nachos, Naysayer, Rude Awakening, Lifeless, Freedom, Give, Blind Justice, Eternal Sleep, and Manipulate.

On May 24, 2017, the band announced their third album with the release of the albums lead single "Do It" featuring vocals from Pissed Jeans vocalist Matt Korvette. On June 10, 2017, the band headlined day two of Sound and Fury Festival at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles. On July 21, 2017, the band released their third album, Heatwave, via Pop Wig, the label that Tripp and Yates own with fellow Turnstile bandmate Daniel Fang. In August/September 2017, the band embarked on a Northeast US tour with support from Fury and Freedom. In February 2018, the band embarked on a weekend co-headlining tour with No Warning, with support from Wisdom in Chains. In April/May 2020, the band was set to do an Australian headlining tour with support from Born Free, which was cancelled due to the growing Coronavirus.

After two years of inactivity, it was announced the band would return to headline Disturbin' the Peace festival in Baltimore on January 28, 2023 with support from End It, No Warning, Scowl, Never Ending Game, Zulu, Buggin,' Mutually Assured Destruction, Jivebomb, and Hold My Own. This was followed by the announcement of a headline show in Brooklyn the day after with support from Bulldoze, Pain of Truth, Crown of Thornz, Division of Mind, Illusion, Volcano, and Carried by Six. Both of these shows sold out within an hour of being announced. It was later announced the band would appear at the 2023 edition of Outbreak Fest and would co-headline Tied Down in Detroit with Gorilla Biscuits.

Musical style and legacy

Trapped Under Ice's music has been categorized by critics as hardcore punk, [4] tough guy hardcore [5] and beatdown hardcore. [6] The band have cited influences including Biohazard (particularly their 1994 album State of the World Address ), Crown of Thornz, Integrity, Merauder, [7] Fury of Five, [8] Gauze, [4] Hatebreed, Madball, Odd Man Out, Gag [9] and Bulldoze. [10] Vocalist Justice Tripp has cited his main influences as James Ismean of Fury of Five and Iggy Pop of the Stooges. [8]

The band were one of the most prominent bands in hardcore in the early 2010s. According to New Noise magazine, the band's second album Big Kiss Goodnight (2011) changing the sonic landscape of hardcore at the time, [11] with Stereogum writer Tom Breiham stating in a 2023 article that "it's been years since we've gotten a new Trapped Under Ice song, but that band's influence looms large over the entire hardcore landscape today." [12] They have been cited as an influence by musicians including Speed [13] and Ghostemane. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Trapped Under Ice". Punknews.org. July 8, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Trapped Under Ice". Reaper Records. August 13, 2013. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sam Trapkin, Colin Young, Beau Leuders (September 26, 2024). HardLore: Sam Trapkin (Trapped Under Ice) (Podcast). Knotfest. Event occurs at 32m. Retrieved September 29, 2024. Sam Trapkin: [Justice Tripp] wasn't even supposed to sing in the band originally, it was supposed to be Anton [Rough] and it wasn't until like, I don't know long until we recorded, but it was last minute that Justice did it instead. We'd never even heard Justice sing before. So like, him recording the demo was like 'Well, I hope Justice sounds cool cause this could be a disaster'.
    Colin Young: Was he gonna play second guitar?
    Sam Trapkin: Yeah, just gonna play guitar.
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  6. ↑ Corcoran, Nina. "Hardcore Expanded Its Boundaries in 2023—and the Scene Embraced It". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ Sam Trapkin, Colin Young, Beau Leuders (September 26, 2024). HardLore: Sam Trapkin (Trapped Under Ice) (Podcast). Knotfest. Event occurs at 31m40s; 33m20s. Retrieved September 29, 2024. I think we had that vision though for the band, cause like again we were coming straight out of a full summer of [listening to] State of the World Address, which is like a pretty rappy record. Early vision of the band was like heavy, Justice definitely had the Crown of Thornz type of influence... Integrity was pretty popular then, I remember hearing Integrity doing [this style of bar chord], so I think those were possible influences. I discovered Merauder super early and that was huge.
  8. 1 2 Brannon, Norman. "In Conversation: Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t". Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024. I love Fury of Five—that's what I think a lot of people would define as "ignorant hardcore." We love Hatebreed, we love Madball, we love Biohazard. So we were asking for it. We were playing into the role and trying to make that idea cool to people that it wasn't cool to initially... everything I do artistically is a combination of influences, and how do you mash them all together to make something new. I've always said that mine has been Stikman from Fury of Five: Raging psychopath. A fierce, unstoppable force. And then Iggy Pop: Sexuality is always in question.
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