Today Is the Day is an American noise rock and experimental metal band that originally formed in Nashville, Tennessee.
The band's diverse sound combines influences from areas such as noise music, avant-garde metal, grindcore, post-hardcore, and alternative rock among other genres.
The band was founded by guitarist Steve Austin and drummer Brad Elrod, who previously played together in Alien in the Land of Our Birth.
[1] The duo would move to Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1990s and would form Today Is the Day in March 1992 after meeting bassist Mike Herrell, who previously lived in Alabama.
Today Is the Day also contributed to the tenth volume of AmRep's Dope Guns and Fucking in the Streets 7-inch series with Brainiac and Steel Pole Bath Tub.
In 1997, Today Is the Day left AmRep and signed with Philadelphia-based metal label Relapse Records and released Temple of the Morning Star in September 1997.
[2] For Today Is the Day's July 1999 release, entitled In the Eyes of God, Austin brought on board bassist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor, formerly of Rochester, New York's Lethargy and current members of Atlanta, Georgia's Mastodon.
Live Till You Die was released in August 2000 and included live tracks recorded during the tours in support of Temple of the Morning Star and In the Eyes of God, covers of songs by The Beatles, Bad Company, and Chris Isaak, and various songs compiled from studio sessions held at Austin Enterprise during the late 1990s.
[3] The split was originally to be shared with Converge,[3] and later with Supermachiner,[4] but after falling through, Today Is the Day's song appeared on the Undecided Records various artists compilation The Old, the New, the Unreleased in 2005.
[2] Today Is the Day returned in June 2004 with a new album entitled Kiss the Pig, which featured the debut of new drummer Mike Rosswog (previously of Circle of Dead Children).
[2] In December 2006, it was announced that former Hate Eternal drummer Derek Roddy had joined the band and would appear on their next studio album, Axis of Eden.
In April 2010, it was confirmed Today Is the Day would join former labelmates Melvins, Boss Hog, and others at Amphetamine Reptile's 25th Anniversary celebration in Minneapolis on August 28, 2010.
[12] By late 2015, Steve Austin, along with Chris Spencer from Unsane, formed a new project called UXO, which also featured bassist Aarne Victorine and drummer Patrick Kennedy.
[15] The group also announced via their Facebook page that they planned to reissue almost their entire discography (including their debut self-issued How to Win Friends and Influence People demo) to coincide the 20th anniversary of Temple of the Morning Star.
Some of the movies sampled throughout their discography are Memento, The Illustrated Man, The Holy Mountain, Chopper, Rosemary's Baby, Dune, Goodfellas, Carrie, and Waco: The Rules of Engagement among others.
[34] The 2002 double album Sadness Will Prevail introduced string instruments and piano and also featured extensive electronics, field recordings, sound manipulation, acoustic guitars, sampling, and unusual production techniques.
Last Rites editor Andrew Edmunds mentioned in his review of Supernova how it "would lay the groundwork for a seemingly never-ending wave of spastic metal bands".
[42] Groups that have named Today Is the Day as an influence include Training for Utopia,[43] Hatebreed,[44] The Dillinger Escape Plan,[44] Kittie,[45] Deadguy,[46] and Tantrum of the Muse.