Issues announce break up

ISSUES have announced they breaking up!

After a celebrated career over 13 years that saw the American metalcore band rise up the ranks, now, after a four year silence, the band have announced they are disbanding.

Speaking about disbanding and the farewell shows, the band states, “ISSUES has been a central figure in our lives since 2012. We’ve played countless shows, toured almost every continent, met thousands of people, and made so many friends in our peers and travel companions. The importance of this band to our lives cannot be overstated. So many of you were right there with us.

2020 hit us as hard as it could possibly hit a band. Tours canceled after we paid the deposits, new album cycle cut short, and the last any of you guys heard from us was when we fired our singer. All of these were incredibly traumatic experiences, not only for us, but also the fans to whom our music means the most. Life changed for the three of us after 2020 in significant ways that made making ISSUES our full time job impossible, but it doesn’t feel right to end our story in tragedy. We feel very strongly that the legacy we want to leave be a positive one.

These shows are the final chapter in a long history of pushing the limits of composition, musicianship, and culture in every way we could. We want them to contextualize our body of work over the controversy and member changes and gossip and bullshit and to stand as a monument to the three real muffuckas still standing, the music we’re so proud of, and the fans still with us. If this band has ever meant anything to you we want you to be proud of being a part of this too. Proud of the gigs you’ve seen, the tattoos you got, the friends you made. So we’re putting this shit to bed in true ISSUES fashion. Very, very loudly.”

To say farewell to their fans, the band have confirmed a string of three final USA shows in January next year. The run will include shows in Anaheim, Chicago, and the band’s hometown Atlanta, and will mark their first shows since 2019. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

Tour dates are as follows: 

Jan 19: Anaheim, CA, House Of Blues
Jan 20: Chicago, IL, House Of Blues
Jan 27: Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade

For more information on ISSUES like their official page on Facebook.