Metalcore/screamo outfit
Stick to Your Guns formed in 2003 under the leadership of vocalist
Jesse Barnett in Orange County, California. Drawing comparisons to such names as
Comeback Kid and
Protest the Hero, the band was soon noticed by Sumerian Records honcho
Ash Avildsen, who put the already buzzworthy band on a live showcase. The band signed a deal with the label soon after. The band's first album,
For What It's Worth, was released in 2007, a year that
Stick to Your Guns would spend on the road, consolidating their skills and building on their early successes. The band eventually moved over to indie metal label Century Media, which released the follow-up full-length
Comes from the Heart in the spring of 2008. Lineup changes and a move to Sumerian Records preceded the band's third studio long-player, 2010's acclaimed
Hope Division, and in 2012 they released the fiery
Diamond, which featured the Occupy Wall Street movement-supporting single "Bringing You Down (A New World Overthrow)." Arriving in 2015, the
John Feldmann-produced
Disobedient would be their last outing for Sumerian, as 2016 saw the group join up with Pure Noise for the EP
Better Ash Than Dust. The next year they released their sixth LP,
True View. ~ Chris True