Ceremony (punk band)

Ryan Mattos (guitar) left before the group's Matador Records signing in 2011, being replaced by Nelson.

[6][7] After touring with bands including Blacklisted, Converge,[8] and AFI,[9] they released their third full-length album, Rohnert Park, in 2010.

The band's main influences include The Ventures, Joy Division, T.S.O.L., Christian Death, and The Beach Boys.

They are known for the consistent evolution of their sound, gradually leaving behind the powerviolence and hardcore punk style exhibited on Ruined and Violence Violence with subsequent releases, exploring elements of 80s-inspired hardcore punk (Still Nothing Moves You), post-hardcore (Rohnert Park), garage rock (Zoo), post-punk (The L-Shaped Man) and new wave (In the Spirit World Now).

The band's early sound has been compared to that of Infest, Crossed Out, and No Comment, described as a "non-stop bludgeoning of sonic fury" and "fast, brutal hardcore".