{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Short description|American rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Nine Shrines | image = | caption = | landscape = | alias = | origin = Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| *Hard rock *metalcore *post-grunge}} | years_active = 2014–Present | label = Mascot Records | website = {{url|nineshrines.com}} | current_members = * Andrew Wetzel * Andrew Baylis * Chris Parketny * Evan McKeever * Devon Voisine | past_members = * Sam Sky }}
'''Nine Shrines''' is an American rock band from Ohio formed in 2014. The band was formed by former Attack Attack! drummer Andrew Wetzel after the group's disbandment in 2013, and includes two members of the now disbanded group Life on Repeat – bassist Devon Voisine and lead guitarist Andrew Baylis – as well as vocalist Chris Parketny formerly of Strangers to Wolves, and rhythm guitarist Evan McKeever of Downplay.<ref name="loudwire.com">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/nine-shrines-misery-exclusive-ep-stream/|title=Nine Shrines, 'Misery' – Exclusive EP Stream|website=Loudwire}}</ref> They are currently signed to Mascot Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usa.mascotlabelgroup.com/tag/Nine%2520Shrines|title=Nine Shrines » Mascot Label Group – Provogue / Mascot Records / Music Theories Recordings / Cool Green Recordings|website=usa.mascotlabelgroup.com}}</ref>
== History == After the breakup of Attack Attack!, drummer Andrew Wetzel, though initially apprehensive, decided to pursue a new band after being put in contact with guitarist Andrew Baylis through a mutual friend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewellzstreetjournal.com/2014/09/05/interview-with-andrew-wetzel-of-nine-shrines-ex-attack-attacknativlife-on-repeati-am-king/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020107/http://thewellzstreetjournal.com/2014/09/05/interview-with-andrew-wetzel-of-nine-shrines-ex-attack-attacknativlife-on-repeati-am-king/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 17, 2015|title=Interview with Andrew Wetzel of Nine Shrines. - The Wellz Street Journal|date=November 17, 2015|publisher=}}</ref> In 2014, they announced the new project initially with Devon Voisine on bass and Sam Sky as lead vocalist,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crane |first1=Matt |title=ANDREW WETZEL (EX-ATTACK ATTACK!) STARTS NEW BAND, RELEASES TEASER |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/andrew_wetzel_ex_attack_attack_starts_new_band_releases_teaser/ |website=Alt Press |publisher=Alternative Press |accessdate=August 21, 2018}}</ref> though Sky was replaced in July 2015 with current vocalist Chris Parketny and guitarist Evan McKeever.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/nineshrines/timeline?ref=page_internal|title=Nine Shrines|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
After the band's lineup was solidified in 2017, they began work on their self-produced debut EP, ''Misery''. The work's main themes revolve around the bitterness of the group's past experiences and breakups within the music industry, with the album artwork depicting the band "having the soul sucked out of them."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usa.mascotlabelgroup.com/Nine-Shrines/biography/|title=Nine Shrines » Artists » Mascot Label Group – Provogue / Mascot Records / Music Theories Recordings / Cool Green Recordings|website=usa.mascotlabelgroup.com}}</ref> The EP was released on April 7, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usa.mascotlabelgroup.com/Nine-Shrines-Misery-EP-Out-Digitally-Today|title=Nine Shrines Misery EP Out Digitally Today!|website=usa.mascotlabelgroup.com}}</ref> and was preceded by the lead single "King of Mercy", which had crossed 1 million Spotify streams by February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NineShrines/status/965012673544052736|title=Nine Shrines on Twitter|publisher=}}</ref> The band toured with Hinder and Nonpoint in support of "Misery" across the United States in April and May 2017.<ref name="loudwire.com" />
In a Mascot Records' press release on May 31, 2018, it was announced that the band was in the studio with producer Dan Korneff working on their debut full-length LP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usa.mascotlabelgroup.com/Nine-Shrines-In-The-Studio-with-Dan-Korneff-New-Record-This-Fall|title=Nine Shrines In The Studio with Dan Korneff – New Record This Fall|website=www.usa.mascotlabelgroup.com}}</ref> The album, titled ''Retribution Therapy'' was released in 2019.
== Discography == ;Studio albums *''Retribution Therapy'' (2019)
;EPs *''Misery'' (2017)
;Singles *''Friends in Low Places'' (2015)
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:American alternative metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2014 Category:Musical groups from Ohio Category:American musical quintets Category:Alternative rock groups from Ohio Category:2014 establishments in Ohio Category:Metalcore musical groups from Ohio