The band were praised by magazines, such as Metal Hammer and Kerrang!, with the former releasing a scaled-down version of their first nationwide-release EP, Bridges Will Burn.

They received radioplay through the likes of BBC Radio One and Total Rock, as well as having their music videos regularly rotated on Scuzz and Kerrang!

In early 2008, whilst playing the Islington Academy supporting Sylosis, the band were offered the opening slot on the smaller, third stage of the Download Festival at Donington Park at 10:45 am.

This opportunity lead to the band changing members, adding Joe Copcutt on bass and Pat Lundy on drums (both formerly of 12 Ton Method), and their name, switching from Halide, to Rise to Remain.

The ensuing Download Festival performance drew minor attention to the band, and lead to them securing a booking agent, Paul Ryan.

The band then became more active, beginning with opening slots for more local bands, including homegrown heroes Exit Ten and Viatrophy and Australian death metallers The Red Shore, and eventually completing a co-headline club tour with Holy Grail, and supporting the likes of Shadows Fall, Five Finger Death Punch, The Haunted and Trivium, as well as appearing at Sonisphere Festival and Download Festival.

Between July and November 2010, the band recorded their debut album with producer, Colin Richardson, who has worked with Carcass, Machine Head and Bullet for My Valentine, amongst others.

Upon their return to the UK, the band signed with major label EMI Records, and released a track from their debut album, entitled "The Serpent", which received several thousand downloads in its first 24 hours.

However, on 6 January 2012, bassist Joe Copcutt and drummer Pat Lundy announced their departure from the band, made public by the Rocksound and Blabbermouth websites.

Lundy is now the drummer for the Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend and Copcutt now plays bass in the British-Canadian supergroup AxeWound.

[3] The band enlisted Adam Lewin on drums and Josh Hammond on bass guitar for their second UK headline tour, in March 2012.

This was announced in early June when the band released details of the new bass player to replace him, Conor O'Keefe, via a picture on their Facebook page.

Rise to Remain then continued onwards to become part of the annual Vans Warped Tour, beginning on 13 June 2012, and culminating 5 August, and performing with acts such as Miss May I, Born of Osiris, For Today, Chelsea Grin, The Ghost Inside, Breathe Carolina, Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil and Taking Back Sunday.

[7] Austin has stated in an interview, "My personal influences are Chino Moreno of Deftones, Mike Patton of Faith No More and Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage.

[14] In an interview with guitarist Ben Tovey, he has stated his influences are: "Metallica, Pantera, Sepultura, Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Bullet for My Valentine, Iron Maiden, Linkin Park, Ill Niño, Limp Bizkit, Hatebreed, Lamb of God, and All That Remains... to name a few!