Nonpoint

Emerging amid the thriving South Florida metal environment during the mid- to late 1990s, Miami's Nonpoint blend a vigorous fusion of hard rock, rap, alternative, and nu metal influences. The band's sharp, groove-laden riffs secured commercial traction in the early 2000s through high-performing releases such as Statement (2000), Development (2002), and Recoil (2004), the last featuring a powerful take on Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" that appeared in the 2006 film Miami Vice. Sustaining consistent visibility in subsequent years through lyrics charged with emotion alongside unyielding sonic force, Nonpoint reentered the charts in 2010 with The Miracle. Marking two decades as a unit, the ensemble delivered its tenth studio album, the fittingly titled X, in 2018. The 2021 Ruthless EP produced the Billboard-charting title track, after which the group debuted its independent label in 2022 via the single "Paper Tigers."

Formed in Miami in 1997 by drummer Robb Rivera and vocalist Elias Soriano—the bilingual Soriano performs vocals and raps in Spanish while the overwhelming majority of Nonpoint's lyrics remain in English—the ensemble issued its first album, Separate Yourself, on its own. Shifting to the now-defunct Jugular Records for 1999's Struggle, the band drew interest from MCA, which signed them the next year. Their major-label bow, Statement, landed in 2000 and entered the Billboard 200 propelled by the single "What a Day." Shared bills with peers including Sevendust, Linkin Park, and Staind led into the more streamlined and melodic Development, which spawned the singles "Your Signs" and "Circles," with the latter featured in the EA Sports video game Nascar Thunder 2003. Recoil arrived in 2004, restoring the heavier approach of earlier work across 13 tracks of intense energy that contained the hit cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight."

Nonpoint aligned with producer Jason Bieler's Bieler Bros. Records for the follow-up, 2005's To the Pain, whose singles "Bullet with a Name" and "Alive and Kicking" appeared in the pro wrestling game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007. A live album, Live and Kicking, followed in 2006, succeeded by the studio release Vengeance in 2007. Issued in 2010 on the band's own 954 Records imprint, the sixth full-length Miracle debuted at number 59 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Rock Albums chart. The Johnny K-produced Nonpoint, released via Razor & Tie in 2012, incorporated a touch of post-grunge. The Return, arriving in 2014, became the group's top-charting album at that point by entering at number 38 on the Billboard 200. Early 2016 brought the single "Generation Idiot" ahead of the ninth studio album, The Poison Red, which arrived that summer and reached number two on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart along with number seven on both the Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts. Two years afterward came the intense X, timed to the band's 20th anniversary. The Ruthless EP surfaced in 2021 and featured its hard-hitting, Billboard-charting title track. Nonpoint released the single "Paper Tigers" in 2022 through the newly established independent label 361 Degrees Records, with Chris Collier (Korn, Lynch Mob) handling production that emphasized substantial weight.