ISSUES

Issues is an American heavy metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia signed to Rise Records. The band currently consists of clean vocalist Tyler Carter, unclean vocalist Michael Bohn, bassist Skyler Acord, guitarist AJ Rebollo, and percussionist Josh Manuel. Following Carter's and Bohn's departure from their former band Woe, Is Me, they formed the band and recorded their debut EP, Black Diamonds, which was released on November 13, 2012 by Greg Long. After touring with bands such as Of Mice & Men, Beartooth, and Sleeping With Sirens, the band released the single "Hooligans" and began recording their self-titled debut album throughout 2013. In 2014, the band released their album Issues on February 18, 2014, and peaking at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 22,000 copies within its first week. The band has revealed via vocalist Carter's Facebook page, that a new album titled Headspace is to be released on May 20, 2016. On May 16, the album was leaked through certain websites and fully uploaded to YouTube.

Issues has often been associated with nu metal, having a blend of metalcore, pop, electronic and R&B. AllMusic said the band mixed these genres to obtain "new nu metal". The band themselves has commented that they wanted to mix metal and "Top 40" music in the same way that post-hardcore and nu metal mixed heavy metal music with hip hop music. Other than being labelled as nu metal, Issues has also been labelled as metalcore and "pop/metal". They are influenced by artists and groups such as Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth, Parkway Drive, Blink-182, Sum 41, Fatboy Slim, Impending Doom, Kesha and Miley Cyrus.