Earthside

Earthside, the progressive metal quartet hailing from New Haven, Connecticut, constructs expansive sonic universes through a blend of technical precision and emotional depth. The lineup consists of multi-instrumentalist Jamie Van Dyck, drummer Ben Shanbrom, multi-instrumentalist Frank Sacramone, and bassist Ryan Griffin. Their first full-length release, A Dream in Static, came out in 2015 and included guest appearances by Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust, Björn Strid of Soilwork, Daniel Tompkins of TesseracT, and Eric Zirlinger of Face the King, eventually earning cult status among prog-metal listeners. Over the ensuing years the band focused intensely on its second album, reflecting on the flow of time amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their initial output from those sessions, the towering instrumental “All We Knew and Ever Loved,” surfaced in 2021, followed in 2022 by the anthemic “We Who Lament” featuring Keturah. The epic Let the Truth Speak arrived the next year, incorporating contributions from Daniel Tompkins, Baard Kolstad, AJ Channer, Larry Braggs, and Pritam Adhikary.