---
title: "Smile Empty Soul"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/smile-empty-soul"
genre: "Alternative Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1998
---

# Smile Empty Soul

**Smile Empty Soul** is a alternative metal band, from United States, active 1998 to present.

Smile Empty Soul is an American rock band, originally from Santa Clarita, California. It was started in 1998 by Sean Danielsen, Ryan Martin (bass), and Derek Gledhill (drums). After the departure of Gledhill and Martin from the band in 2005 and 2017, respectively, Danielsen remains the only founding member active as the band's primary songwriter, frontman, and its leader.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Smile Empty Soul |
| Genre | Alternative Metal |
| Parent genre | Alternative Metal |
| Origin | United States |
| Formed | 1998 |
| Releases in catalog | 22 |

## Genres

[Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | [Hecklers Veto EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/d6ec4a2c-80e0-4256-8d33-f465fb2ddbe4) | EP |
| 2003 | [Smile Empty Soul](https://themetalnet.com/album/41303aa3-1ed7-4530-ad4f-1a6e51b32fb1) | Album |
| 2005 | [Anxiety](https://themetalnet.com/album/ddce2fdf-781e-3c1c-aa1b-dbd06b134df2) | Album |
| 2006 | [Vultures](https://themetalnet.com/album/2641aaaa-cfc1-3b5e-ad52-2c8d8a68b03b) | Album |
| 2007 | [B-Sides](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c10bd46-eb8a-4e36-9210-4951706e5bbc) | EP |
| 2009 | [Consciousness](https://themetalnet.com/album/df8b1e46-3e1d-43e6-9546-c0d550de5f5e) | Album |
| 2009 | [More Anxiety](https://themetalnet.com/album/9a01a10d-6e6b-466c-97b1-2bcd1dba3e25) | Album |
| 2012 | [3's](https://themetalnet.com/album/c6f96de1-9cc8-49e8-aa80-c30e59fd6459) | Album |
| 2013 | [Chemicals](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc61ac5e-99b0-46b7-ae2c-e5670ee31abd) | Album |
| 2016 | [Shapeshifter](https://themetalnet.com/album/d6503ace-5882-4302-a373-16ff0e1c235a) | EP |
| 2017 | [Rarities](https://themetalnet.com/album/8b103d98-3ddb-4800-ace8-00ef004f3dd2) | Album |
| 2018 | [Oblivion](https://themetalnet.com/album/a354e227-064e-4c70-bbba-17291141e7f8) | Album |
| 2019 | [Cover's](https://themetalnet.com/album/759de418-b7fe-41c6-b2e5-b81a6239bb92) | EP |
| 2019 | [Sheep](https://themetalnet.com/album/4bbf4260-a08b-4854-83b8-f65e25094833) | EP |
| 2019 | [The Acoustic Sessions, Vol. 1](https://themetalnet.com/album/01f1fca5-8d72-463b-a36f-27738f2617c9) | EP |
| 2020 | [2020](https://themetalnet.com/album/09c3917c-412f-4e7a-a488-3be155526f99) | EP |
| 2020 | [The Acoustic Sessions, Vol. 2](https://themetalnet.com/album/92d7ded9-4ccf-4061-8992-4940f7a18b39) | EP |
| 2021 | [Black Pilled](https://themetalnet.com/album/20113eef-9a21-436e-97be-27a7fa6a33d2) | Album |
| 2021 | [Soft Songs For The Quarantined Mind](https://themetalnet.com/album/7d0245aa-f528-4e86-91c0-75cb60b4163a) | EP |
| 2022 | [The Loss of Everything](https://themetalnet.com/album/c9b98faa-9f01-4e70-a381-008189c4dba0) | EP |
| 2022 | [The Loss Of Everything](https://themetalnet.com/album/7f471cfb-eabd-4b40-8844-0d7d4fd33dcb) | Album |
| 2024 | [Swan Song](https://themetalnet.com/album/89528948-45ce-46db-9ca4-fafb65a5ef37) | EP |

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- [Seether](https://themetalnet.com/band/seether) (listened together)
- [Breaking Benjamin](https://themetalnet.com/band/breaking-benjamin) (listened together)
- [Three Days Grace](https://themetalnet.com/band/three-days-grace) (listened together)
- [Chevelle](https://themetalnet.com/band/chevelle) (listened together)
- [Trapt](https://themetalnet.com/band/trapt) (listened together)
- [Linkin Park](https://themetalnet.com/band/linkin-park) (listened together)
- [Papa Roach](https://themetalnet.com/band/papa-roach) (listened together)
- [Shinedown](https://themetalnet.com/band/shinedown) (listened together)
- [Saliva](https://themetalnet.com/band/saliva) (listened together)
- [10 Years](https://themetalnet.com/band/10-years) (listened together)
- [Cold](https://themetalnet.com/band/cold) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smileemptysoulmusic
- x: https://twitter.com/_smileemptysoul
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KEUVZo7CMTSJoM8doulOT
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/3051
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1883765

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