ATTACK ATTACK!

Ohio post-hardcore unit Attack Attack emerged in 2007 with a distinctive sound that combined screamo and metalcore with electronic influences. Despite their short-lived career, the Warped tour faves were at the fore of the electronicore scene, releasing three influential albums (Someday Came Suddenly, Attack Attack!, and This Means War) before ceasing operations in 2013. The band announced their return in 2020 and released the EP Long Time, No Sea the following year

Not to be confused with the myriad Attack Attack(s) that were all the rage at the outset of the 21st century, the Ohio-based Attack Attack! was a screamo/metalcore outfit that held true to a strict set of Christian beliefs. After forming the band in 2005, members Austin Carlile (vocals), Johnny Franck (guitar, vocals), Andrew Whiting (guitar), Nick White (bass; later replaced by John Holgado), Caleb Shomo (keyboards), and Andrew Wetzel (drums) inked a deal with Rise Records and released their debut, Someday Came Suddenly, in 2008. Attack Attack! toured in support of the record, sharing stages with the likes of Black Tide, Burn Halo, and Escape the Fate along the way.

Carlile left during the 2008 tour and was replaced by former For All We Know vocalist Nick Barham, who remained with the lineup for one year before making his own exit. Rather than hire a new singer, Attack Attack! promoted keyboardist Caleb Shomo to the frontman role and began working on a new album. The self-titled Attack Attack! appeared in June 2010, marking Shomo's debut as lead vocalist. Later that year, Johnny Franck announced he was parting ways with the band, leaving Shomo to handle all of the vocal duties. The band's first album as a quartet, This Means War, appeared in 2012, and also featured Shomo not only handling all of the vocals on the album, but the production as well. The tour in support of the record would prove to be their last, as the band went on indefinite hiatus shortly after its completion.

Original members Andrew Wetzel and Andrew Whiting, as well as new members bassist Jay Miller and vocalist Chris Parketny, reconvened in 2020 and released the single "All My Life." Two more singles, "Kawaii Cowboys" and "Brachyura Bombshell," appeared the following year. All three tracks appeared on the 2021 EP Long Time, No Sea.