Biography
Pittsburgh's Code Orange channeled the raw aggression of punk-metal forerunners including Converge, Black Flag, and Nine Inch Nails when they surfaced in the early 2010s with a volatile strain of metalcore steeped in hardcore. The title track of their 2017 major-label debut Forever earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. Underneath followed in 2020, folding industrial, screamo, post-grunge, nu-metal, and classic rock textures into the band's already elastic sonic assault. A deeper examination of that material arrived in 2023 with What Is Really Underneath?, an album of remixes. Later the same year the quintet delivered its fifth studio album, The Above.
Originally assembled in 2008 as Code Orange Kids while its members were still attending high school, the group began as a conventional punk band before shifting toward heavier sounds. By 2012 the lineup of Eric Balderose on guitars and vocals, Reba Meyers on guitars and vocals, Joe Goldman on bass, and Jami Morgan on drums and vocals signed with Deathwish, the label operated by Converge frontman Jacob Bannon. Code Orange Kids issued their debut full-length Love Is Love/Return to Dust that year. The Kurt Ballou-produced follow-up I Am King surfaced in 2014, debuted at number 96 on the Billboard 200, and reached number ten on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, marking the first release under the shortened name Code Orange. October 2016 brought the single "Forever," which preceded the Roadrunner Records album of the same name early the next year and coincided with guitarist Dominic Landolina joining to expand the band to five members. The song received a Best Metal Performance nomination at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
The digital EP The Hurt Will Go On appeared in 2018 and contained the single "The Hunt" featuring Corey Taylor. Two years later Code Orange released its ambitious fourth album Underneath, which adopted a broader modern-rock stance drawing from multiple stylistic sources. During the subsequent tour Jami Morgan moved from drums to lead vocals while Max Portnoy joined as touring drummer. December 2022 saw the release of "Shatter," composed as entrance music for WWE wrestler Bray Wyatt. What Is Really Underneath? arrived in February 2023 as a remix set that foregrounded the electronic elements of Underneath. The Above, the band's fifth full-length, emerged later that year and incorporated grunge, trip-hop, and hip-hop ingredients, including the singles "Grooming My Replacement" and "Take Shape" featuring Billy Corgan.
Originally assembled in 2008 as Code Orange Kids while its members were still attending high school, the group began as a conventional punk band before shifting toward heavier sounds. By 2012 the lineup of Eric Balderose on guitars and vocals, Reba Meyers on guitars and vocals, Joe Goldman on bass, and Jami Morgan on drums and vocals signed with Deathwish, the label operated by Converge frontman Jacob Bannon. Code Orange Kids issued their debut full-length Love Is Love/Return to Dust that year. The Kurt Ballou-produced follow-up I Am King surfaced in 2014, debuted at number 96 on the Billboard 200, and reached number ten on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, marking the first release under the shortened name Code Orange. October 2016 brought the single "Forever," which preceded the Roadrunner Records album of the same name early the next year and coincided with guitarist Dominic Landolina joining to expand the band to five members. The song received a Best Metal Performance nomination at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
The digital EP The Hurt Will Go On appeared in 2018 and contained the single "The Hunt" featuring Corey Taylor. Two years later Code Orange released its ambitious fourth album Underneath, which adopted a broader modern-rock stance drawing from multiple stylistic sources. During the subsequent tour Jami Morgan moved from drums to lead vocals while Max Portnoy joined as touring drummer. December 2022 saw the release of "Shatter," composed as entrance music for WWE wrestler Bray Wyatt. What Is Really Underneath? arrived in February 2023 as a remix set that foregrounded the electronic elements of Underneath. The Above, the band's fifth full-length, emerged later that year and incorporated grunge, trip-hop, and hip-hop ingredients, including the singles "Grooming My Replacement" and "Take Shape" featuring Billy Corgan.
Albums
The Above
2023
Grooming My Replacement / The Game
2023
What is Really Underneath?
2023
Under the Skin
2020
Underneath
2020
Forever
2017
Singles
