Silverstein
Silverstein are a Burlington, Ontario post-hardcore band whose durability has made them one of the central names in 2000s emo, screamo, and melodic hardcore. Formed in 2000, the group built an early following with When Broken Is Easily Fixed and reached wider recognition with Discovering the Waterfront, a record that placed screamed verses, clean choruses, and tightly wound guitar melodies into a form that became hugely influential for the era. Silverstein fit accepted scope through post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, punk rock, and metal-adjacent heaviness. Their catalog has stayed active across changing scenes, with albums such as Arrivals & Departures, A Shipwreck in the Sand, Rescue, This Is How the Wind Shifts, I Am Alive in Everything I Touch, Dead Reflection, A Beautiful Place to Drown, Misery Made Me, and later work showing a band willing to sharpen production without abandoning its emotional core. Shane Told's voice remains a signature, moving between open melody and harsh release, while the guitars balance urgency and polish. Silverstein's importance lies in consistency. They turned a scene-era sound into a long career by keeping the songs direct, the hooks strong, and the heavy moments honest.
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12 tracks
- 1 Smashed Into Pieces 3:42
- 2 Red Light Pledge 3:48
- 3 Giving Up 4:12
- 4 November 4:15
- 5 Last Days Of Summer 4:28
- 6 Bleeds No More 3:16
- 7 Hear Me Out 3:48
- 8 The Weak And The Wounded 3:15
- 9 Wish I Could Forget You 3:26
- 10 When Broken Is Easily Fixed 4:20
- 11 Friends In Fall River - Bonus Track 3:18
- 12 Forever And A Day - Bonus Track 4:27
12 tracks
- 1 Your Sword Versus My Dagger 2:58
- 2 Smile In Your Sleep 3:13
- 3 Ides Of March 3:26
- 4 Fist Wrapped In Blood 2:57
- 5 Discovering The Waterfront 4:45
- 6 Defend You 3:28
- 7 My Heroine 3:27
- 8 Always And Never 3:49
- 9 Already Dead 3:17
- 10 Three Hours Back 3:34
- 11 Call It Karma 4:14
- 12 Rodeo Clown 2:11
18 tracks
- 1 Waiting Four Years - 2000 Version 4:02
- 2 Wish I Could Forget You - 2000 Version 3:36
- 3 Friends In Fall River 3:01
- 4 Summer's Stellar Gaze 2:47
- 5 My Consolation 4:02
- 6 Forever And A Day 4:27
- 7 Red Light Pledge 3:51
- 8 Dawn Of The Fall 4:17
- 9 Wish I Could Forget You - 2002 Version 3:27
- 10 Bleeds No More 3:17
- 11 Last Days Of Summer 4:26
- 12 Waiting Four Years - 2002 Version 4:14
- 13 My Heroine - Acoustic 3:34
- 14 Call It Karma - Acoustic 4:18
- 15 Discovering The Waterfront - Live At The 9:30 Club, Washington, DC / 03-01-2006 4:45
- 16 Defend You - Live At The 9:30 Club, Washington, DC / 03-01-2006 3:34
- 17 Bleeds No More - Live At The Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ / 12-03-2005 4:16
- 18 Smile In Your Sleep - A Crude Mechanical Remix 4:35
26 tracks
- 1 Sound Of The Sun - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:18
- 1 Sound Of The Sun 3:19
- 2 Bodies And Words - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:12
- 2 Bodies And Words 3:13
- 3 If You Could See Into My Soul - 2022 Remix / Remaster 4:00
- 3 If You Could See Into My Soul 3:59
- 4 Worlds Apart - 2022 Remix / Remaster 4:01
- 4 Worlds Apart 4:06
- 5 My Disaster - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:45
- 5 My Disaster 3:48
- 6 Still Dreaming - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:51
- 6 Still Dreaming 3:55
- 7 The Sand Will Turn To Glass - 2022 Remix / Remaster 2:50
- 7 The Sand Will Turn To Glass 2:52
- 8 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:31
- 8 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 3:33
- 9 Vanity And Greed - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:56
- 9 Vanity And Greed 3:59
- 10 Love With Caution - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:23
- 10 Love With Caution 3:27
- 11 True Romance - 2022 Remix / Remaster 5:49
- 11 True Romance 5:50
- 12 Rain Will Fall - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:23
- 12 Rain Will Fall - Bonus Track 3:26
- 13 Falling Down - 2022 Remix / Remaster 3:15
- 13 Falling Down - Bonus Track 3:14
19 tracks
- 1 A Great Fire 3:58
- 2 Vices 3:16
- 3 Broken Stars 3:41
- 4 American Dream 3:08
- 5 Their Lips Sink Ships 0:59
- 6 I Knew I Couldn't Trust You 3:28
- 7 Born Dead 2:50
- 8 A Shipwreck In The Sand 4:35
- 9 I Am The Arsonist 3:07
- 10 You're All I Have 3:32
- 11 We Are Not The World 3:20
- 12 A Hero Loses Everyday 3:07
- 13 The Tide Raises Every Ship 0:44
- 14 The End 7:24
- 15 Help - The Beatles Cover 2:13
- 16 Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac Cover 2:26
- 17 Three Miles Down - Saves The Day Cover 1:41
- 18 Total Bummer - NOFX Cover 2:13
- 19 Broken Stars - Demo Version 3:38
22 tracks
- 1 Smashed Into Pieces - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18 Mar 2010 3:53
- 2 Red Light Pledge - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18 Mar 2010 3:42
- 3 The Weak And The Wounded - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18 Mar 2010 3:03
- 4 When Broken Is Easily Fixed - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18-21 Mar 2010 4:18
- 5 Your Sword Versus My Dagger - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 19 Mar 2010 3:04
- 6 Fist Wrapped In Blood - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18-21 Mar 2010 2:59
- 7 Discovering The Waterfront - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 19 Mar 2010 4:09
- 8 Defend You - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18-21 Mar 2010 3:37
- 9 Call It Karma - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 19 Mar 2010 4:01
- 10 Bleeds No More - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 19 Mar 2010 5:21
- 11 Sound Of The Sun - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18-21 Mar 2010 3:12
- 12 If You Could See Into My Soul - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 18-21 Mar 2010 3:48
- 13 My Disaster - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 20 Mar 2010 3:40
- 14 Still Dreaming - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 20 Mar 2010 3:40
- 15 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 20 Mar 2010 3:21
- 16 Already Dead - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 20 Mar 2010 3:14
- 17 Smile In Your Sleep - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 20 Mar 2010 3:30
- 18 Vices - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 21 Mar 2010 3:19
- 19 American Dream - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 21 Mar 2010 3:05
- 20 Born Dead - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 21 Mar 2010 2:53
- 21 I Am The Arsonist - Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 21 Mar 2010 3:15
- 22 My Heroine - Acoustic / Live At The El Macambo / Toronto, ON, CA / 21 Mar 2010 4:01
19 tracks
- 1 Medication 4:29
- 2 Sacrifice 2:34
- 3 Forget Your Heart 3:42
- 4 Intervention 3:04
- 5 Good Luck With Your Lives 3:22
- 6 Texas Mickey 2:39
- 7 The Artist 3:04
- 8 Burning Hearts 3:02
- 9 Darling Harbour 2:51
- 10 Live To Kill 2:33
- 11 Replace You 3:22
- 12 In Memory Of... 4:45
- 13 Burning Hearts (Acoustic) 3:27
- 14 Texas Mickey (Demo Version) 3:03
- 15 Intervention (Demo Version) 3:11
- 16 In Memory Of...(Demo Version) 4:39
- 17 Dancing On My Grave - B-Side 3:16
- 18 Replace You (Acoustic) - B-Side 3:42
- 19 Forget Your Heart (Piano Version) [B-Side] 3:34
5 tracks
- 1 Sacrifice 2:36
- 2 Darling Harbour 2:54
- 3 Dancing on my Grave 3:17
- 4 Replace You (Acoustic) 3:43
- 5 Wish (Nine Inch Nails Cover) 3:31
22 tracks
- 1 Sick As Your Secrets 1:08
- 2 Sin & Redemption 1:09
- 3 SOS 1:36
- 4 Brookfield 1:30
- 5 La Marseillaise 0:48
- 6 World On Fire 1:24
- 7 Sleep Around 1:19
- 8 My Miserable Life 0:28
- 9 Truth & Temptation 0:44
- 10 One Last Dance 1:26
- 11 See Ya Bill 0:06
- 12 Short Songs (Originally by Dead Kennedys) 0:24
- 13 236 E. Broadway (Originally by Gob) 1:20
- 14 Good Intentions (Originally by Gorilla Biscuits) 0:26
- 15 Destination: Blood! (Originally by Orchid) 1:08
- 16 Coffee Mug (Originally by Descendents) 0:32
- 17 xOn Our Kneesx (Originally by The Swarm) 0:24
- 18 Scenes From Parisian Life (Originally by The Promise Ring) 1:21
- 19 It's My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite (Originally by NOFX) 1:24
- 20 Quit Your Job (Originally by Chixdiggit) 0:23
- 21 The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink (Originally by Green Day) 0:32
- 22 You Gotta Stay Positive (Originally by Good Clean Fun) 0:05
1 track
- 1 Stand Amid The Roar 3:04
1 track
- 1 Forget Your Heart (Piano Version) 3:34
21 tracks
- 1 Stand Amid The Roar 3:04
- 2 On Brave Mountains We Conquer 2:36
- 3 Massachusetts 2:57
- 4 This is How 1:23
- 5 A Better Place 3:08
- 6 Hide Your Secrets 3:57
- 7 Arrivals 1:16
- 8 In a Place of Solace 3:11
- 9 In Silent Seas We Drown 3:30
- 10 California 3:46
- 11 The Wind Shifts 1:20
- 12 To Live and To Lose 3:58
- 13 With Second Chances 3:43
- 14 Departures 2:26
- 15 I Will Illuminate 3:45
- 16 Kill The Lights 3:51
- 17 Massachusetts (Acoustic) 3:35
- 18 One Last Dance (Acoustic) 1:36
- 19 Departures (Acoustic) 2:21
- 20 Arrivals (voice note) 1:11
- 21 This Is How The Wind Shifts 1:21
1 track
- 1 I Will Illuminate 3:45
1 track
- 1 Massachusetts 2:57
12 tracks
- 1 Toronto (Abridged) 0:46
- 2 A Midwestern State Of Emergency 3:35
- 3 Face of the Earth 3:03
- 4 Heaven, Hell and Purgatory 2:57
- 5 Buried at Sea 3:06
- 6 Late on 6th 5:05
- 7 Milestone 3:28
- 8 The Continual Condition 3:30
- 9 Desert Nights 3:02
- 10 In the Dark 3:27
- 11 Je me Souviens 3:27
- 12 Toronto (Unabridged) 5:01
1 track
- 1 A Midwestern State Of Emergency 3:35
1 track
- 1 Ghost 3:31
12 tracks
- 1 Last Looks 2:53
- 2 Retrograde 3:11
- 3 Lost Positives 3:42
- 4 Ghost 3:31
- 5 Aquamarine 3:44
- 6 Mirror Box 3:48
- 7 Demons 3:02
- 8 The Afterglow 3:08
- 9 Cut and Run 2:52
- 10 Secret’s Safe 3:43
- 11 Whiplash 2:58
- 12 Wake Up 4:48
1 track
- 1 Lost Positives 3:42
1 track
- 1 Retrograde 3:11
4 tracks
- 1 The Afterglow (Acoustic) 3:20
- 2 Aquamarine (Acoustic) 3:52
- 3 The Afterglow 3:08
- 4 Aquamarine 3:44
10 tracks
- 1 Smashed into Pieces (Live in Anaheim, Ca) 4:34
- 2 Red Light Pledge (Live in Atlanta, Ga) 3:51
- 3 Giving up (Live in Los Angeles, Ca) 4:47
- 4 November (Live in London, On) 4:24
- 5 Last Days of Summer (Live in Atlanta, Ga) 4:25
- 6 Bleeds No More (Live in Orlando, Fl) 3:55
- 7 Hear Me out (Live in Dallas, Tx) 3:51
- 8 The Weak and the Wounded (Live in Phoenix, Az) 3:54
- 9 Wish I Could Forget You (Live in Montreal, Qc) 3:37
- 10 When Broken Is Easily Fixed (Live in New Orleans, La) 4:50
12 tracks
- 1 Smashed into Pieces 3:39
- 2 Smile in Your Sleep 3:16
- 3 American Dream 3:10
- 4 Bleeds No More 3:15
- 5 My Heroine 3:29
- 6 Vices 3:15
- 7 Your Sword Versus My Dagger 3:00
- 8 If You Could See into My Soul 4:00
- 9 Giving Up 4:08
- 10 Still Dreaming (Acoustic) 4:16
- 11 Red Light Pledge 3:51
- 12 Call It Karma 4:13
1 track
- 1 Disarm 3:19
1 track
- 1 Burn It Down 3:10
12 tracks
- 1 My Disaster (2.0) 3:18
- 2 You’re All I Have 3:21
- 3 The Ides of March 3:28
- 4 November 4:13
- 5 Worlds Apart 4:02
- 6 World on Fire (Extended) 2:19
- 7 On Major Mountains We Conquer 2:39
- 8 Hear Me Out 3:17
- 9 Already Dead 3:14
- 10 California (Acoustic) 4:18
- 11 Waiting Four Years 4:15
- 12 Arrivals / Departures 3:42
12 tracks
- 1 Bad Habits 2:53
- 2 Burn It Down 3:10
- 3 Where Are You 2:54
- 4 Infinite 2:43
- 5 Shape Shift 3:29
- 6 All On Me 3:08
- 7 Madness 3:38
- 8 Say Yes! 2:38
- 9 Stop 3:25
- 10 September 14th 3:14
- 11 Coming Down 2:52
- 12 Take What You Give 2:59
1 track
- 1 California (Acoustic) 4:18
1 track
- 1 November 4:13
1 track
- 1 My Disaster (2.0) 3:18
1 track
- 1 Infinite - Alternate Version 3:07
1 track
- 1 Where Are You - Alternate Version 3:04
4 tracks
- 1 Madness 3:38
- 2 Bad Habits 2:53
- 3 Infinite 2:43
- 4 Burn It Down 3:10
3 tracks
- 1 Bad Habits 2:53
- 2 Infinite 2:43
- 3 Burn It Down 3:10
2 tracks
- 1 Infinite 2:43
- 2 Burn It Down 3:10
2 tracks
- 1 It's Over 3:23
- 2 Bankrupt 3:21
1 track
- 1 Bankrupt 3:21
1 track
- 1 Enemy (with Shane Told of Silverstein) 4:19
11 tracks
- 1 Our Song 3:11
- 2 Die Alone 2:47
- 3 Ultraviolet 2:53
- 4 Cold Blood 2:52
- 5 It's Over 3:23
- 6 The Altar/Mary 3:58
- 7 Slow Motion 3:08
- 8 Don't Wait Up 3:27
- 9 Bankrupt 3:21
- 10 Live Like This 3:56
- 11 Misery 4:08
18 tracks
- 1 Our Song 3:11
- 2 Die Alone 2:47
- 3 Ultraviolet 2:53
- 4 Cold Blood 2:52
- 5 It's Over 3:23
- 6 The Altar/Mary 3:58
- 7 Slow Motion 3:08
- 8 Don't Wait Up 3:27
- 9 Bankrupt 3:21
- 10 Live Like This 3:56
- 11 Misery 4:08
- 12 Poison Pill 3:17
- 13 Stitches 2:40
- 14 Mary - Orchestral 1:26
- 15 Don't Wait Up - Acoustic 2:55
- 16 Poison Pill - Acoustic 3:10
- 17 Bankrupt - Live in Toronto 3:32
- 18 It's Over - Live in Toronto 3:44
4 tracks
- 1 THIRST4VIOLENCE (feat. Freddie Dredd & Silverstein) 2:19
- 2 CYAN1DE (feat. PETE WENTZ) 3:51
- 3 M1SERY_SYNDROME (feat. BUDDY NIELSEN) 3:04
- 4 MEMORY_FRACTURE 4:18
2 tracks
- 1 Confession 3:23
- 2 Skin & Bones 3:09
1 track
- 1 Skin & Bones 3:09
1 track
- 1 Take It Back 3:31
8 tracks
- 1 I Love You But I Have to Let You Go 1:45
- 2 Negative Space 3:18
- 3 Drain The Blood 2:50
- 4 The Fatalist 2:50
- 5 Widowmaker 2:50
- 6 Autopilot 3:12
- 7 Death Hold 3:16
- 8 Dying Game 3:28
8 tracks
- 1 Mercy Mercy 3:16
- 2 Don't Let Me Get Too Low 2:38
- 3 Confession 3:23
- 4 A Little Fight 1:31
- 5 Skin & Bones 3:09
- 6 I Will Destroy This 2:45
- 7 Stress 2:58
- 8 Cherry Coke 3:08
2 tracks
- 1 Drain The Blood 2:50
- 2 Negative Space 3:18
1 track
- 1 Negative Space 3:18
3 tracks
- 1 Don't Let Me Get Too Low 2:38
- 2 Confession 3:23
- 3 Skin & Bones 3:09
16 tracks
- 1 Mercy Mercy 3:16
- 2 Don't Let Me Get Too Low 2:38
- 3 Confession 3:23
- 4 A Little Fight 1:31
- 5 Skin & Bones 3:09
- 6 I Will Destroy This 2:45
- 7 Stress 2:58
- 8 Cherry Coke 3:08
- 9 I Love You But I Have to Let You Go 1:45
- 10 Negative Space 3:18
- 11 Drain The Blood 2:50
- 12 The Fatalist 2:50
- 13 Widowmaker 2:50
- 14 Autopilot 3:12
- 15 Death Hold 3:16
- 16 Dying Game 3:28
11 tracks
- 1 Smile In Your Sleep 3:13
- 2 Smashed Into Pieces 3:42
- 3 My Heroine 3:27
- 4 Bleeds No More 3:16
- 5 Ides Of March 3:26
- 6 Red Light Pledge 3:48
- 7 Your Sword Versus My Dagger 2:58
- 8 Giving Up 4:12
- 9 Discovering The Waterfront 4:45
- 10 November 4:15
- 11 Call It Karma 4:14
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