{{Short description|Canadian hardcore band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Get the Shot | image = Get the Shot Metal Frenzy 2018 25.jpg | caption = Get the Shot performing at Metal Frenzy 2018 | landscape = yes | origin = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | genre = {{flatlist| * Hardcore punk * metalcore * thrash metal }} | years_active = 2009–present | label = Arising Empire | website = | current_members = * Mathieu Dhani * Tom Chiasson * Olivier Roy * Guy-Pierre Genest * Dan Fischer Roberge * Patrick Woods | past_members = * Jean-Philippe Lagacé * Samy Water * Max Cat * David St. Pierre * Sébastien Lalonde-Ricordi }}
'''Get the Shot''' is a Canadian hardcore/metalcore band from Quebec City, Quebec, formed in 2009.
== History == In 2009, the Quebec-based Get the Shot was born. In December of the same year, the quintet released a self-produced EP titled "In Fear We Stand". In 2012, the band released their debut album "Perdition" and have been bouncing around on record labels. In 2013, Get the Shot completed a European tour. In 2017, the band played two separate tours in Europe, in February as part of the You are Part of This tour with Comeback Kid and Deez Nuts, and in November with Nasty and Lionheart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.awayfromlife.com/get-the-shot-interview-2017/|title=GET THE SHOT – Das Hardcore-Schwergewicht im Interview|work=Away From Life|language=de|author=Simon Hereth|date=November 13, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Get the Shot performed at the Hellfest festival in France as part of a European tour and later in the year at Heavy Montréal in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/2018-heavy-montreal-set-times-revealed/|title=2018 Heavy Montreal Set Times Revealed|work=loudwire|author=Chad Childers|date=July 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lagrosseradio.com/webzine-metal/p76170-get-the-shot-au-hellfest-2018/|language=fr|title=Get The Shot au Hellfest 2018|work=la grosse radio|date=June 23, 2018}}</ref> That same year, they performed at the Metal Frenzy Open Air festival in Gardelegen, Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time-for-metal.eu/metal-frenzy-open-air-2018-vom-28-juni-30-juni-in-gardelegen-wieder-mit-autogrammsessions/|title=Metal Frenzy Open Air 2018 vom 28. Juni – 30. Juni in Gardelegen wieder mit Autogrammsessions|language=de|work=Time for Metal|date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
In 2024, Get the Shot signed with German record label Arising Empire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/42723/get-the-shot-sign-to-arising-empire-deliver-new-single-dominant-predation-ft-paleface-swiss/|title=Get The Shot sign to Arising Empire, deliver new single "Dominant Predation" ft Paleface Swiss|work=lambgoat|date=May 14, 2024}}</ref> Under the new label, Get the Shot released a music video for the song "Domination Predation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/get-the-shot-release-new-music-video-for-domination-predation/|title=Get The Shot release new music video for 'Domination Predation'|work=Distorted Sound|author=James Weaver|date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
== Musical style == In a review of the 2017 album Infinite Punishment, Austrian online magazine ''Stormbringer'' put Get the Shot in the hardcore section, but also saw elements of deathcore and beatdown and draws comparisons to Malevolence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stormbringer.at/reviews/14144/get-the-shot-infinitive-punishment.html|language=de|title=GET THE SHOT – Infinite Punishment|work=Stormbringer|date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> ''Mighty Sounds'' saw the music of the bands as a form of anger which is pointed toward the cruel places many people live in.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mightysounds.cz/en/kapela/get-the-shot/|language=cs|title=GET THE SHOT (CA)|work=Metal Sounds}}</ref>
== Band Members == '''Current''' * Mathieu Dhani - vocals * Olivier Roy – guitar * Tom Chiasson – guitar * Guy-Pierre Genest – guitar * Dan Fischer Roberge – bass * Patrick Woods – drums '''Former''' * Jean-Philippe Lagacé – vocals * Samy Water – guitar * Max Cat – drums * David St. Pierre – drums * Sébastien Lalonde-Ricordi – drums
== Discography == '''EPs''' * 2009: ''In Fear We Stand''
'''Albums''' * 2012: ''Perdition'' * 2014: ''No Peace in Hell'' * 2017: ''Infinite Punishment'' * 2022: ''Merciless Destruction''
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Canadian hardcore punk groups Category:Musical groups established in 2009 Category:Arising Empire artists Category:Beatdown hardcore musical groups