Polyphia’s Journey as a band
I created this blog to show where one of my favorite bands started and where their talents guide them to greater heights.
Polyphia is a primarily instrumental band based in Texas, the band formed way back in 2010. The group consists of guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage with bassist Clay Gober and drummer Brandon Bulkhalter.
Polyphia’s main focused on music was incorporating virtuosic guitar parts with other styles of music. The band’s early releases are initially rooted in a metal-focused tone, the band’s music evolved to a progressive rock sound in their later productions with the combination of electronic music and hip-hop. Polyphia has released four albums and two EPs and other singles. Their latest album, Remember That You Will Die was released last year 22nd of October, it was first to chart, debuting at number 33 on the Billboard 200.
The band achieved their first success after the guitar playthrough of their song “Impassion”, this song was from their EP Inspire after being viral on youtube. After that the band’s popularity has grown and they share stages together with other metalcore bands like Periphery, ISSUES, August Burns Red and many more.
As time goes by they develop their genre into a whole new sounding type of music, they broke out from their shell from creating metal and rock tones and started creating music that is more leaning on pop and rap music (trap, EDM, etc.).
Polyphia’s album New Levels New Devils and their EP The Most Hated are the best example of where their music has evolved. They start creating a more catchy type yet very technical kind of music, And with that they started getting more collaborations with several known artists and musicians like Ichika Nito, Yvette Young, Mateus Asato, CHON and Cuco.
In 22nd of September, Polyphia released the single “Ego Death”, the fourth song from their latest album Remember That You Will Die. The release was accompanied by a video which features the guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. The latest album includes more collaborations than their previous ones.
In the year 2016 their drummer Brandon Bulkhalter decided to part ways with his beloved band mates, due to the fact that everyone else in the band, wanted to go for a less, over the top, speedy, shred sound to a more melodic, slightly softer sound. The band’s new drummer Clay Aeschliman fill the position.
Polyphia uses gears from Ibanez which lead them to their success as the brand’s endorsers, not just Ibanez but also brands like DiMarzio, Fishman, Meinl and TAMA drums
The Band’s name comes from the word “Polyphony”, meaning “music whose texture is defined by the interweaving of several melodic lines”.      Â
