Formed in 2011,
the Dead Rabbitts are the metalcore side project of
Escape the Fate singer
Craig Mabbitt. With the help of guitarist Alex Torres, formerly of
Eyes Set to Kill, fellow
Escape the Fate member
TJ Bell on bass, and a revolving door of drummers,
Mabbitt went back to the sound of his earlier work with groups like
Blessthefall and
the Word Alive, incorporating elements of EDM to smooth out the band's jagged metalcore edge. A crowd-funded EP, Edge of Reality, appeared in 2012. The following year, the band signed on with Tragic Hero Records, and in 2014 made their full-length debut on the label with
Shapeshifter. ~ Gregory Heaney