Wake: CD

Emerging in an era where pop culture is dominated by vacuous personalities
with little of substance to convey, when ‘scene’ bands often concern
themselves more with clever marketing strategies than the urgent issues of
our times, Iowa’s For Today stand decidedly apart. The band’s emotionally
explicit messages are torn from turbulent life experience, with an eye toward
constructive change designed to impact their fans, the world at large and
the band members themselves, in ways big and small. Plenty of bands offer
up heavy breakdowns mixed with melodic choruses but few display the
authentic passion, the forceful optimism and the unifying anthem making
power of For Today.Lead guitarist and melodic vocalist Ryan Leitru, his bass playing brother
Brandon, drummer David Puckett, and vocalist / frontman Mattie
Montgomery crafted For Today’s most diverse offering, their fifth album,
2014’s ‘Fight The Silence’. It built on the strengths of fan favourite albums
like ‘Breaker’ and ‘Immortal’ infused with the skills honed on countless tours
with contemporaries like We Came As Romans, Asking Alexandria, Devil
Wears Prada and Throwdown.The band’s potent blend of pummelling, powerful and evocative heavy music
and outspokenly devoted lyrical force has earned them a dedicated following
around the world. That passionate audience’s fervent support was evidenced
by ‘Fight The Silence’s #32 debut on the Billboard charts.Since forming in 2005, For Today have logged over 1,000 shows on five
continents and have cumulatively sold over 200,000 albums in North America
to date. The next chapter commences loudly with ‘Wake’. Recorded at
Nature Audio, New Jersey and produced by Will Putney (Suicide Silence,
Bury Tomorrow) ‘Wake’ sees the band ramping up their metalcore attack
with unprecedented precision and passion.“This is definitely the start of a new season for us,” concludes singer Mattie
Montgomery. “‘Wake’ shows how far we’ve come. At the same time, it’s a
good introduction to the band. You don’t have to be a Christian to enjoy a
For Today show or buy an album. This is open to everyone. We’re all part of
something very big together.”Tracklisting
1. No Truth, No Sacrifice
2. Broken Lens
3. Forced Into Fire
4. Deserter
5. Bitter Roots
6. Wasteland
7. Hopeless Ambition
8. Determination
9. Flooded Earth
10. Time And Tide