--- title: "HORSE the band" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/horse-the-band" genre: "Metalcore" country: "United States" formed: 1998 --- # HORSE the band **HORSE the band** is a metalcore band, from United States, active 1998 to present. Horse the Band is an American metalcore band from Lake Forest, California, who are best known for their 8-bit video game-influenced sound combined with metalcore. Frontman Nathan Winneke once jokingly described their sound as "Nintendocore", although the band have gone to lengths to distance themselves from the label, reiterating that this merely describes the sound, not the substance. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_the_Band ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | HORSE the band | | Genre | Metalcore | | Parent genre | Metalcore | | Origin | Lake Forest, United States | | Formed | 1998 | | Releases in catalog | 7 | ## Genres [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic) ยท [Electronicore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/electronicore) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Daniel Pouliot](https://themetalnet.com/musician/daniel-pouliot) | Drums (drum set), Electric bass guitar | 2004 to present | Current | | [Ed Edge](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ed-edge) | Triangle | 2011 to present | Current | | [David Isen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/david-isen) | Electric guitar | 1998 to present | Current | | [Erik Engstrom](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erik-engstrom) | Keyboard, Electric guitar | 1998 to present | Current | | [Jeremiah Bignell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jeremiah-bignell) | Electric bass guitar | 2009 to present | Current | | [Nathan Winneke](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nathan-winneke) | Electric bass guitar, Lead vocals, Drums (drum set) | 2000 to present | Current | | [Jon Karel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jon-karel) | Drums (drum set) | 2008 to 2008 | Former | | [Adam Crook](https://themetalnet.com/musician/adam-crook) | Lead vocals | 1998 to 2002 | Former | | [Alex Duddy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/alex-duddy) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to 2004 | Former | | [Andy Stokes](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-stokes) | Electric bass guitar | 2002 to 2004 | Former | | [Brian Grover](https://themetalnet.com/musician/brian-grover) | Lead vocals, Electric bass guitar | 2009 to 2012 | Former | | [Chris Prophet](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chris-prophet) | Drums (drum set) | 2006 to 2008 | Former | | [Dashiell Han Arkenstone](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dashiell-han-arkenstone) | Electric bass guitar | 2004 to 2008 | Former | | [Eli Green](https://themetalnet.com/musician/eli-green) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to 2006 | Former | | [Guy Morgenshtern](https://themetalnet.com/musician/guy-morgenshtern) | Electric bass guitar | 1999 to 2001 | Former | | [Jason Karuza](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jason-karuza) | Drums (drum set) | 2001 to 2004 | Former | | [Jason Robert Redmer](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jason-robert-redmer) | Electric bass guitar | 1998 to 1999 | Former | | [Jeremy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jeremy-18a10cf9) | Drums (drum set) | | Former | | [Jeremy Elder](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jeremy-elder) | French horn | 1998 to present | Former | | [Mike Benitez](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-benitez) | Electric bass guitar | 2002 to 2002 | Former | | [Nicole](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nicole) | Lead vocals | 1998 to present | Former | | [Risto Metso](https://themetalnet.com/musician/risto-metso) | Lead vocals | 1998 to 1999 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 2003 | [R. Borlax](https://themetalnet.com/album/612d4679-b989-349f-88b1-ee253c8e1e59) | Album | | 2005 | [The Mechanical Hand](https://themetalnet.com/album/8acad8ec-a8b1-39c2-8bbc-bb5a82df831e) | Album | | 2006 | [Pizza](https://themetalnet.com/album/c27105d9-6135-376b-8005-9efdf2897729) | EP | | 2007 | [A Natural Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/783bec6a-886a-36e6-b934-ad5800f562dc) | Album | | 2008 | [Ghost](https://themetalnet.com/album/0b328939-9de5-403b-b0b6-5edc21ef1949) | EP | | 2009 | [Desperate Living](https://themetalnet.com/album/4dfeb568-e28e-4880-9ed0-1bbded484e8d) | Album | | 2020 | [Your Fault](https://themetalnet.com/album/00b3cb22-7623-4724-9d9f-70a99f110d46) | EP | ## Related bands - [The Dillinger Escape Plan](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-dillinger-escape-plan) (listened together) - [The Fall of Troy](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fall-of-troy) (listened together) - [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together) - [Every Time I Die](https://themetalnet.com/band/every-time-i-die) (listened together) - [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together) - [Enter Shikari](https://themetalnet.com/band/enter-shikari) (listened together) - [Muse](https://themetalnet.com/band/muse) (listened together) - [Between the Buried and Me](https://themetalnet.com/band/between-the-buried-and-me) (listened together) - [In Flames](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-flames) (listened together) - [Deftones](https://themetalnet.com/band/deftones) (listened together) - [Fear Before](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-before) (listened together) - [Norma Jean](https://themetalnet.com/band/norma-jean) (listened together) ## Official and external links - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/horsetheband1000000 - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horsetheband - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unofficialhorsetheband/ - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5515 - apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/80802127 - bandcamp: https://horsetheband.bandcamp.com/ - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YUQk45IjdzzQ49G1Txzkk - x: https://twitter.com/horsetheband --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/horse-the-band](https://themetalnet.com/band/horse-the-band). 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