Formed in 2013, the group now consists of Deena Jakoub (vocals), Brandon Brown (guitar), and Kyle Levy (drums).
Veridia formed when Deena Jakoub (vocals) and Brandon Brown (guitar) moved from Dallas to Nashville after the end of their previous band Don't Wake Aislin, in late 2012.
[1] Seeking a new start with a fresh sound, they quickly recruited Trevor Hinesley (guitar) and Kyle Levy (drums) to round out the quartet (unnamed at the time) in December 2012.
[2] On February 4, 2014, the band released an album trailer video on YouTube and launched an iTunes pre-order with "We Are the Brave" as an instant free track.
A music video for "Disconnected" was filmed in Austin, Texas with director Traci Goudie the week of May 5, 2014, and later released on July 21, 2014.
[9] They performed at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana on Halloween (October 31, 2014), which was produced by Live Nation and headlined by Foo Fighters, Outkast, Arctic Monkeys, and Skrillex.
[10] They served as the opening act on Winter Jam West 2014 boasting attendance of 112,000 over nine shows across arenas in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
In mid-2015, the group released a set of five videos of acoustic songs not on the "Inseparable" EP, titled Summer Sessions.
In April 2016, they released these songs as a free download called Summer Sessions, Vol.
[18] Being previously recorded on the Summer Sessions EP, it was rerecorded as full band electric song for the release.
On October 22, 2016, the band announced that Trevor Hinesley was leaving to focus on health and to spend more time with his family.
On October 31, 2016, they released a music video for "Still Breathing", filmed in a haunted house in Nashville, Tennessee.
[23][non-primary source needed] The band recorded ten songs for the full-length album and held frequent live streams to update fans in the studio.
[31][better source needed][32] In 2019, the group toured the US and Europe with Evanescence[33][34][35] and the US with Icon for Hire[36] On April 3, 2020, the band released "Blood Diamond"[37] followed by "Light It Up" on September 25[38] and "Crushed Velvet" on November 20.