[4] On June 14, 2021, Sail became just the 57th song to be certified diamond by the RIAA[5][6] and has sold 10,000,000 copies in the United States.

Bruno was with numerous bands before he created Awolnation, including Home Town Hero with Drew Stewart and Under the Influence of Giants with Dave Amezcua.

Bruno writes all of his songs himself, but confides in close friends and family or respected artists for guidance.

"[13] The band released their debut album Megalithic Symphony digitally on March 15, 2011 through Red Bull Records.

[14] Megalithic Symphony features a total of 14 tracks, including the singles "Sail",[15] "Not Your Fault",[16] and "Kill Your Heroes".

"Sail" was also used for a Sonya Tayeh routine in So You Think You Can Dance season 9, episode 6; at the end of the episode "Dog Soldiers" in season 1 of Longmire; and featured on the soundtrack of the thriller horror movie Playback released in March 2012, as well as featured throughout the film Disconnect (2013).

"Sail" was used during CBC Hockey Night's opening tease in Canada on February 18, 2012, prior to a game between the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs.

"Sail" was also used on wingsuit flyer Jeb Corliss's YouTube film "Grinding the Crack",[21] which as of October 2021 has had over 34 million views.

Also one of their songs "Guilty Filthy Soul" has been featured in the episode "Break On Through" of The CW television show The Vampire Diaries.

The band's song "Sail" was also featured in the season 4 episode "Hot for Teacher" of Pretty Little Liars.

[23] "Some Kind of Joke" appears as the second song on the Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall – Music Inspired by the Motion Picture soundtrack.

[29] In September 2015, Bruno said that long-time guitarist Drew Stewart had left the band to spend time with his family.

[31] In 2015, a music kit for the video game Counter Strike: Global Offensive was released called "I Am".

The music video for this shows a person in a cloak with the AWOL helmet holding a purple lantern while emerging from the sea.

In his absence, former guitarist Christopher Thorn replaced Zach on a handful of shows starting in Tampa on October 1, 2016.

"I think people are getting really burnt out on hearing robotic instrumentation..." He said guitar-driven songs should be brought back to the forefront.

"[36] By late 2016/early 2017, Awolnation had started posting cryptic messages to their various social media accounts in regards to a new album.

The main theme of these posts seem to reference inspiration for new songs, recording new material, and the future of Awolnation.

[39] On January 24, 2017, Red Bull Records confirmed on their Facebook page that Awolnation was indeed back in the studio.

[40] On February 7, 2017, bass player Marc Walloch posted a photo on Instagram of him in Aarons' personal home studio with producer Eric Stenman, confirming his involvement in the work of a future album.

[42] Singer Aaron Bruno also took to e-mail to offer an update to fans on the state of the new album and the future.

[45] On November 6, 2017, Aaron announced the new album's name, Here Come the Runts, alongside the release of a new song "Seven Sticks of Dynamite".

[46] The band followed the album release with the Here Come the Runts Tour, kicking off on February 11, which included concerts across North America and Europe.

[47][49] On October 16, 2018, alongside indie artist Max Frost, Awolnation began touring with the alternative band Twenty One Pilots.

[50] The band also released an alternate version of their song "Table For One" featuring singer Elohim on October 18, 2018.

This event, as well as a shooting in nearby Thousand Oaks that claimed the life of 12 people, inspired Aaron to write the songs that would become the album Angel Miners & the Lightning Riders.

[53] On November 5, 2019, now signed to Better Noise Music, the band released the single "The Best" from their upcoming fourth studio album.

[63] Aaron Bruno and The Score appear in the official music video for this song which released just a few days later on October 2, 2020.

[79] On Instagram, Aaron Bruno mentioned that The Phantom Five would sound like a more mature version of "Run", the band's 2015 studio album.