Today Is The Day

Real Name:
Steve Austin
Profile:
Experimental-terror-metal noise heroes TODAY IS THE DAY are a full-on horror show. Harder, heavier and just plain truer, TITD is the real, zero-compromise deal. TODAY IS THE DAY formed in 1992, immediately gaining attention and recognition throughout the worldwide underground. The band's founder, lead guitarist/vocalist and producer, Steve Austin doesn't live on Earth... his riffs are created when atoms collide and explode in a nuclear fusion of total madness. Austin and company have figured out how to lull the listener into a sickening trance only to pummel them with the next dose of pure hate and chaos.

The band has released seven albums (six studio and one live) and each one is more electrifyingly frightening than the last. TODAY IS THE DAY couldn't get any scarier. A psychedelic bloodbath onstage, TODAY IS THE DAY is a frothing, sinewy manifestation of metal energy - a nuclear id collapsing sex, power, and religion upon themselves. A self-actualized concept of good and evil; the absence of tolerance, pity, and devotion to God; insatiable hedonism: Toss these traits in the blender, amplify with detuned, molten speed metal, add visceral sound bites from film noir, and the resulting deformity will resemble TODAY IS THE DAY.

Current members:
Steve Austin – guitar, vocals
Ryan Jones – bass
Curran Reynolds – drums

Some former members:
Brad Elrod – drums (1992–96) (1998–99)
Mike Herrell – bass (1992–96)
Chris Reeser – bass (1996–98)
Mike Hyde – drums (1997–98)
Bill Kelliher – bass (1999)
Brann Dailor – drums (1999)
Chris Debari – bass (2000–08)
Marshall Kilpatric – drums (2000–02)
Mike Rosswog – drums (2004, 2008)
Derek Roddy – drums (2007–08)
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Albums

Supernova

(6 versions)
Amphetamine Reptile Records 1993

Willpower

(6 versions)
Amphetamine Reptile Records 1994

Today Is The Day

(8 versions)
Amphetamine Reptile Records 1996

Temple Of The Morning Star

(3 versions)
Relapse Records 1997

In The Eyes Of God

(4 versions)
Relapse Records 1999

Sadness Will Prevail

(2 versions)
Relapse Records 2002

Blue Blood

(CD, Album)
Rage Of Achilles 2002

Kiss The Pig

(5 versions)
Relapse Records 2004

Axis Of Eden

(CD, Album)
SuperNova Records (3) 2007

Pain Is A Warning

(3 versions)
Black Market Activities 2011

Singles & EPs

How To Win Friends And Influence People

(Cass, EP)
Not On Label 1992

I Bent Scared / Come On Down And Get Saved

(7", Single, Gre)
Amphetamine Reptile Records 1993

Today Is The Day - Guzzard - Chokebore - Clusterfuck '94 (3 versions)

Amphetamine Reptile Records 1994

Wrench / Today Is The Day - 弱持強 : Aligned Weaknesses Make Force / Kill Yourself (7")

ZK Records 1996

Today Is The Day / Automatic Few, The - Kill Yourself / Name Your Dysfunction (7")

Change Zine 1996

The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself

(7", Ltd)
Hydra Head Records 1997

Today Is The Day / Coalesce - In These Black Days Volume Three (7")

Hydra Head Records 1997

16 / Today Is The Day - Zodiac Dreaming (CD, Maxi)

Trash Art Records 2001

Today Is The Day / Metatron (5) - The Descent (CD, EP)

This Dark Reign Recordings 2001

Compilations

Live Till You Die

(CD, Comp)
Relapse Records 2000

Videos

Today Is The Day - Live

(DVD)
SuperNova Records (3) 2007

Willpower - Live

(DVD)
SuperNova Records (3) 2007
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by Alastis Apr 17, 2006 (edited over 6 years ago)
One of the weirdest bands in existence today. They got it all - ambience, noise, rock, long druggy trips in audio form and satanic references. The only constant member is Steve Austin (not the relative of another, more famous guy, I guess). Unlike many of their peers, however, they are able to write good songs and usually don't create weirdness for the sake of weirdness and heaviness for the sake of heaviness (save for some of pieces on overtly long albums, like epic "Sadness Will Prevail"). Overall, veridct on my part would be the same as it was in the case of Swans - some will be shocked, some will be devastated, some will like, some will hate it (with passion, quite possibly), but no one will feel indifferent to their work.

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