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title: "Backslider"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/backslider"
genre: "Grindcore"
country: "United States"
formed: 2008
---

# Backslider

**Backslider** is a grindcore band, from United States, active 2008 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Backslider |
| Genre | Grindcore |
| Parent genre | Grindcore |
| Origin | Philadelphia, United States |
| Formed | 2008 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Grindcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/grindcore-classic)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Jake Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jake-smith-883bc3ac) | Bass guitar |  | Current |
| [Patrick Forrest](https://themetalnet.com/musician/patrick-forrest) | Drums (drum set) |  | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | [Skullfracturing Fastcore](https://themetalnet.com/album/e8880d73-4f2b-45f2-aeaf-d9b199b69afd) | EP |
| 2010 | [Backslider](https://themetalnet.com/album/a4bded02-dcb8-4e2d-bb0c-81e23b396b49) | EP |
| 2010 | [Chainsaw to the Face / Backslider](https://themetalnet.com/album/dad7cd34-3eac-4ec7-b8d5-f15c04fad0ed) | EP |
| 2012 | [Maladapted](https://themetalnet.com/album/608d3aa2-0378-4f3f-97a4-862fd086d25b) | EP |
| 2013 | [Consequences](https://themetalnet.com/album/98a891cd-f48c-49c8-856d-09a5f5d28994) | EP |
| 2016 | [Motherfucker](https://themetalnet.com/album/785221f2-ffa7-4827-919e-a32e4f1155a3) | Album |
| 2018 | [Death Residue](https://themetalnet.com/album/90bd3320-4bb8-4a0d-9140-708c8a8b78d3) | EP |
| 2020 | [Bacterial Eye](https://themetalnet.com/album/9397ade2-c030-4e4a-a87d-863c38012445) | EP |
| 2022 | [Psychic Rot](https://themetalnet.com/album/ddca8d99-8c8e-4fe5-bcbb-927fc48a0586) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Jarhead Fertilizer](https://themetalnet.com/band/jarhead-fertilizer) (listened together)
- [Dead Neanderthals](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-neanderthals) (listened together)
- [Atomçk](https://themetalnet.com/band/atomck) (listened together)
- [Cyborg](https://themetalnet.com/band/cyborg) (listened together)
- [Failure Trace](https://themetalnet.com/band/failure-trace) (listened together)
- [Catheter](https://themetalnet.com/band/catheter) (listened together)
- [Eye Flys](https://themetalnet.com/band/eye-flys) (shared members)
- [Mesrine](https://themetalnet.com/band/mesrine) (same tags)
- [Heads Kicked Off](https://themetalnet.com/band/heads-kicked-off) (same tags)
- [Ghastly](https://themetalnet.com/band/ghastly-53c64535) (same tags)
- [Choof](https://themetalnet.com/band/choof) (same tags)
- [Paramnesia](https://themetalnet.com/band/paramnesia) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://backslider.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/backslider215
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backslider_cult/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/250011296
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Backslider/3540471506

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/backslider](https://themetalnet.com/band/backslider). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt