---
title: "Racetraitor"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/racetraitor"
genre: "Metalcore"
country: "United States"
formed: 1995
disbanded: 1999
---

# Racetraitor

**Racetraitor** is a metalcore band, from United States, active 1995 to 1999.

Racetraitor is an American hardcore punk and metal band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band attracted controversy in the late 1990s, before any releases, as a result of their radical take on racial politics, which focused on ideas like systemic racism and white privilege before they were widely discussed topics in popular or underground culture. Racetraitor was also a key proto-metalcore act, one of the first few bands to incorporate extreme metal influences, such as death metal, grindcore, and doom metal, into hardcore.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetraitor

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Racetraitor |
| Genre | Metalcore |
| Parent genre | Metalcore |
| Origin | Chicago, United States |
| Formed | 1995 |
| Disbanded | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 7 |

## Genres

[Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dan Binaei](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dan-binaei) |  |  | Current |
| [Pete Wentz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/pete-wentz) |  |  | Current |
| [Andy Hurley](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-hurley) |  | 1995 to 1999 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1998 | [Burn the Idol of the White Messiah](https://themetalnet.com/album/9317b756-9d7d-3a84-b632-510c983fd2a1) | Album |
| 1999 | [Make Them Talk](https://themetalnet.com/album/60567801-e2ba-3f65-be25-7ae8b26d4d9e) | EP |
| 2017 | [Invisible Battles Against Invisible Fortresses](https://themetalnet.com/album/0c918be2-05a2-45aa-9273-ca87dd7cd8b0) | EP |
| 2018 | [2042](https://themetalnet.com/album/f0d74368-0b86-415a-b610-9eb6a344b94e) | Album |
| 2020 | [4 way split](https://themetalnet.com/album/490564f5-5ab3-4b57-ba20-d6dbc788a972) | Album |
| 2022 | [Split](https://themetalnet.com/album/31aeb8be-9b1c-457b-bc13-ebe016967af6) | EP |
| 2023 | [Creation and the Timeless Order of Things](https://themetalnet.com/album/dc50ddd4-851a-4e2f-a4c4-cd9aee62f922) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together)
- [Sonja](https://themetalnet.com/band/sonja) (listened together)
- [Yellow Eyes](https://themetalnet.com/band/yellow-eyes) (listened together)
- [Ithaca](https://themetalnet.com/band/ithaca) (listened together)
- [Terminal Nation](https://themetalnet.com/band/terminal-nation) (listened together)
- [Earth Crisis](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-crisis) (listened together)
- [Arma Angelus](https://themetalnet.com/band/arma-angelus) (shared members)
- [Vegan Reich](https://themetalnet.com/band/vegan-reich) (shared members)
- [Enabler](https://themetalnet.com/band/enabler) (shared members)
- [The Damned Things](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-damned-things) (shared members)
- [Fear The Tides](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-the-tides) (same tags)
- [Revision, Revised](https://themetalnet.com/band/revision-revised) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racetraitor/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/racetraitor.hc
- bandcamp: https://racetraitor-hc.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/154406
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/15405237
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yAXqEeb1emyvzJFgYY7Yn

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