At All Cost

From 2002 onward, the metalcore five-piece At All Cost, based in Austin, committed themselves to cutting recordings, lining up concerts, and advancing their political and social positions for every listener they could reach. Crowds throughout Texas embraced both the sound and the group's persistence, which by 2003 led the band to align with Fiddler/Imprint for the Shattered Dreams and Bourgeois Schemes EP. At All Cost then became the first act issued on the reactivated Combat imprint in 2005, the historic metal label once home to Venom and Megadeth. Their September 2005 full-length It's Time to Decide featured bassist Bobby Andrews, guitarists Mike Theobald and Trey Ramirez, drummer Grant Anderson, and vocalist/keyboardist Andrew Collins. Subsequent road work with Norma Jean and Darkest Hour preceded the ensemble's early 2007 signing to Century Media.