Name and formation The group initially formed as a fun passion-project between Mincolla and Swafford, who lived down the street from each other in Los Angeles. Mincolla did not have a musical background but had experience in visual arts and promotion. Mincolla and Swafford met at a weekly party called Lil Death, which was hosted by Mincolla, where they began discussing some ideas for a multi-media mix of visuals and music. The two soon met Andrew Means after being impressed by an online video he sent the pair which Mincolla described as looking "like a
computer virus". The band took the name 3Teeth from the concepts of Odontomancy, which Mincolla described as an ancient form of
divination where "the seer would read prophecies in the teeth like
rune stones." as well as the word trident, which comes from Latin for "three teeth". Mincolla said of the trident: "...this divine weapon of God that brings destruction. It's what
Marduk killed
Tiamat with -- this caught thunderbolt or trident." The original line-up consisted of Mincolla, Brawner, Swafford, and Means, with Andrew Means performing live drums on an electric kit. Andrew Melendez joined as a live drummer the spring and summer tours in 2017 before Justin Hanson joined the group in the fall of 2017. The band signed to Century Media Records in April 2018 with Hanson being announced as the official fifth member of the band. Nick Rossi joined the live band in Fall 2019 as a temporary replacement for Hanson, who had injured his foot on the European tour earlier that year. In June 2020, the band announced that they had mutually parted ways with Hanson and that Rossi would be joining them as the new drummer to commence recording on the band's fourth album.
Studio albums and other releases Their
self-titled debut album was released in 2014 and reached the number eight spot on
iTunes Electronic Music Chart. A remix album titled
Remixed followed in October 2014, featuring remixes by other prominent industrial artists such as KANGA and Aesthetic Perfection. Their second album,
Shutdown.exe (album)|, was released on May 19, 2017. The album was mixed by
Sean Beavan, who is best known for working with other prominent industrial artists
Nine Inch Nails and
Marilyn Manson. The album reached No. 23 on Billboard the following month. In February 2018, the band released the first of two collaboration tracks, "Light's Out", with hip-hop/punk artists
Ho99o9. A second track, "Time's Up", was released in March 2018, and both tracks were later released on a limited edition 7" vinyl following a co-headlining tour titled Lights Out North America. The band began working on their third album in early 2018, with Sean Beavan returning to mix and produce. The album was completed on December 22. The title for the third album,
Metawar, was announced on April 5, 2019, alongside the release of the debut single "American Landfill". The music video for American Landfill debuted on April 15, 2019. The video was directed by Matthew Santoro, longtime-friend of Alexis Mincolla and Hollywood director and visual effects artist whose credits include
X-Men Origins: Wolverine and
300. and a North American tour announcement with
Author & Punisher and GOST as support. The third single, "Affluenza", was released on May 31, 2019, alongside an official lyric music video. The fourth single, "President X", was released on June 14, 2019. The single was accompanied by a music video featuring Mincolla as a neo-fascist lizard-man president in "band's most outwardly political song to date." The fifth single released was the band's cover of "
Pumped Up Kicks" by
Foster the People which was released on June 28, 2019. A music video featuring a SWAT raid and firearms footage was released alongside the cover. Frontman Mincolla described the album as centering on "the idea of world vs world, and the notion that if man doesn't create his own world then he's often crushed by the world of another." It was released along with a music video which featured footage captured at their performance at 2019's
Wasteland Weekend. Their cover of "
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by
Dead or Alive was featured in the film's trailer, and at No. 28 on the iTunes Top Albums chart as well as the No. 1 album on the iTunes Metal charts. The album also debuted at No. 82 on
Billboards Top Album Sales chart for the week of July 20, 2019, and at No. 3 on
Billboards Heatseekers Albums for the same week. With the release of
Metawar, 3Teeth themselves charted at No. 25 on
Billboard's
Emerging Artists chart. On August 6, 2021, the band released a song titled "Paralyze" featuring
punk rap group
Ho99o9. The song was produced by
Mick Gordon. On May 3, 2023, the band released a song titled "Merchant of the Void" featuring Mick Gordon. They also announced that they will be releasing a new song each month until the album is out. "Scorpion", the fourth single from the upcoming album, was released on June 30, 2023. The single release accompanied the official announcement that the band's fourth album,
EndEx, would be released on September 22, 2023. "Drift", the fifth single from the upcoming album, was released on July 26, 2023. "Higher than Death", the sixth single from the album, was released on August 24, 2023. On July 15, 2025, the band released a cover of "
Civil War" by
Guns N' Roses. ==Live performances==