Original members Wills Weller, Justin Matthews, Matt Arensdorf, Jason Goss, and Matt Mielke met during high school and informally formed the band after their graduation. They kept the band together while attending 10 different colleges.
EPs Toothgrinder has released three EPs -
Turning of the Tides in 2011,
Vibration/Colour/Frequency in 2012, and
Schizophrenic Jubilee in 2014.
Nocturnal Masquerade On January 29, 2016, Toothgrinder released their first full-length album,
Nocturnal Masquerade. The album has been met with widespread critical acclaim. Spencer Sotelo of
Periphery provided guest vocals on the album's eighth track, "Diamonds for Gold".
Phantom Amour On November 10, 2017, the group released their second studio album,
Phantom Amour, which was subsequently met with largely positive reviews. On September 21, 2018, the band released a cover of the
Fleetwood Mac song "
The Chain".
I Am On August 23, 2019, Toothgrinder released a new song, "I AM", and announced that a new album,
I Am, would be released later that year on October 11. The album's second single, "My Favorite Hurt", was released on September 24 and the third single, "The Silence of a Sleeping WASP", was released on October 5.
I AM, the band's third studio album, was released on October 11, 2019. The album features a stylistic shift for the band, with Max Morin of
Exclaim! describing the album's sound as
nu metalcore.
I Am was produced by
Matt Squire, who has worked with bands such as
All Time Low,
Panic! At the Disco, and
Underoath. To support the album, Toothgrinder was an opening act on select dates of
Lacuna Coil's fall 2019 North American tour with
All That Remains. The album's title track was included on
Loudwire's list of "The 66 Best Metal Songs of 2019". == Members ==