Code Orange (band)

Code Orange
Code Orange performing at Rock am Ring in 2017; From left to right: Meyers, Goldman, Morgan, Balderose and Landolina
Code Orange performing at Rock am Ring in 2017; From left to right: Meyers, Goldman, Morgan, Balderose and Landolina
Background information
Also known asCode Orange Kids (2008–2014)
OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
DiscographyCode Orange discography
Years active2008–present
Labels
SpinoffsAdventures
Members
  • Jami Morgan
  • Eric "Shade" Balderose
  • Reba Meyers
  • Joe Goldman
  • Dominic Landolina
  • Max Portnoy
Past members
  • Bob Rizzo
  • Greg Kern
Websitecodeorangetoth.com

Code Orange (formerly known as Code Orange Kids)[fn 1] is an American metalcore band that formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2008, while the members of the band were still in high school.

The band currently consists of vocalist Jami Morgan, guitarist and vocalist Reba Meyers, keyboardist/programmer, guitarist, vocalist, and visual artist Eric "Shade" Balderose, bassist Joe Goldman, guitarist Dominic Landolina, and drummer Max Portnoy. Their touring lineup also formerly included drummer Ethan Young (of Thirty Nights of Violence) between March 2020 and October 2021, with Portnoy serving as touring drummer thereafter until his induction into the band as an official member in 2023.

The band originally signed to Deathwish Inc. for their first two studio albums: Love Is Love/Return to Dust, which was released in November 2012 under their original name, and I Am King in September 2014. Their third album, Forever was released in January 2017 through Roadrunner Records, and fourth album, Underneath, was released in March 2020, also on Roadrunner Records. The band's latest album, The Above was released on September 29, 2023. The band has also released three EPs, one live album, thirteen music videos, three live DVDs, and six other shorter releases (splits/singles).

The band started as a hardcore punk band - under their original name of Code Orange Kids - and started to shift to metalcore on the release of their debut full-length album Love Is Love/Return to Dust, before incorporating more wide-ranging influences on their more recent albums, such as Forever and Underneath, as they began to incorporate elements of grunge, nu metal, electronica, and industrial.

They have received one Kerrang! Award for Best International Breakthrough (2018), have been nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance (2017 and 2020), have been nominated by Loudwire Music Awards for Metal Album of the Year and Metal Artist of the Year (2017), and been nominated twice by Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards for Breakthrough Artist (2017 and 2018) which they won in 2018.

In 2012, Meyers, Morgan, Goldman and Landolina formed the rock band Adventures; this project lasted until 2016.

  1. ^ Adams, Gregory (June 5, 2014). "Code Orange Kids Rebrand Themselves Code Orange for 'I Am King'". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on June 8, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Macomber, Shawn (October 2014). "Code Orange: Noisecore heirs apparent change up to grow up". Decibel (120). Philadelphia: Red Flag Media Inc.: 22. ISSN 1557-2137.


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