2013–2017: Self-titled debut album On December 2, 2013, Conquer Divide released a lyric video for their first single "Eyes Wide Shut" via YouTuber
BryanStars' channel. Shortly after the release, they signed to
Artery Recordings in mid-2014. The band worked with producer
Joey Sturgis (
We Came as Romans,
Asking Alexandria,
The Devil Wears Prada,
Blessthefall) on their self-titled debut album. It features guest vocals by Denis Shaforostov (known by his stage moniker
Denis Stoff) formerly of
Asking Alexandria. It also features a collaboration with Andrew Oliver of
I See Stars on the song "Lost". They later posted a video about the process of making the band and the album. On July 24, 2015, at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada, their album was officially released. The same day, the album reached #4 on the iTunes Metal Chart and ranked #8 on Billboard's Top HeatSeekers chart. On May 24, 2016, the band released a video for their song 'What's Left Inside', which held steady on Billboard's top 40 Mainstream Rock chart for over six weeks, peaking at #23 in August 2016. The band went on to support the release of their album on the Allstars Tour, which went across North America. They also played festivals such as
South By Southwest, South By So What, and Treasure Fest supporting
Crown The Empire,
Beartooth,
In This Moment,
Motionless In White,
Attila,
The Color Morale,
Chiodos, and
Enter Shikari. The band also toured across North America with
Upon A Burning Body,
Dance Gavin Dance,
Iwrestledabearonce,
Capture The Crown,
Slaves,
Outline In Color,
Alesana,
Dayshell,
A Skylit Drive,
Oceano,
Within The Ruins,
The Browning, and
The Funeral Portrait. On March 10, 2016, vocalist Janel Duarte announced that Izzy Johnson was temporarily unable to tour with the band due to wrist surgery. She was replaced by former
Hopeless Records's
SycAmour member Blake Howard for one tour. During 2015, their music video for "Nightmares" was featured daily in Journeys stores nationwide. "What's Left Inside" was also featured nationwide in Journeys stores in 2016. Guitarist Kristen Sturgis released a playthrough video of their single "Nightmares" via
Guitar World on August 4, 2015. The band has also seen success on Japanese charts after partnering with Japanese label Five One Inc. in February 2016. They released a lyric video for the unplugged version of "Eyes Wide Shut" exclusive for Japan, on May 24, 2016. "Sink Your Teeth Into This" was featured in an
NHL commercial for the
Detroit Red Wings hockey team via Windsor-Detroit's 89x
CIMX-FM radio station. On June 22, 2017, a tour with
I Set My Friends On Fire and
Arsonists Get All The Girls was announced.
2020–2021 On August 6, 2020, after a brief hiatus, the band released their first song since 2015, "Chemicals", along with an accompanying music video, featuring Canadian drummer Samantha Landa (ex-Nervosa). Chemicals went on to receive critical acclaim and was hailed as "a contender for best hard rock / metalcore crossover of the year" by Alternative Press magazine, and was later picked up by
SiriusXM Octane. On August 14, 2020, they released a cover of
Billie Eilish's "
Bad Guy" which was picked up by
SiriusXM Octane's Accelerator and landed the number 17 spot on their Octane Costume Covers Countdown Contest out of 100 active rock cover nominations. On May 11, 2021, they released a new single titled "Messy", with the music video featuring all band members. Unlike many of their previous songs, "Messy" is entirely sung by clean vocalist Kia Castillo. Messy was added into regular rotation on
Sirius XM Octane and reached number 6 on the Foundations Chart, as well as number one most added to Billboard's Hard Rock Indicator Chart. They released a version featuring
Kellin Quinn of
Sleeping With Sirens on July 16, 2021. On October 19, 2021, the band announced on social media that they would be direct support for
Attack Attack in 2022. The band also announced a 2022 fall tour supporting
Outline In Color,
Attack Attack! and
Electric Callboy 2022–present: Slow Burn On May 17, 2022, it was announced that the band signed to
Mascot Records by President Ron Burman, who also signed
Nickelback to
Roadrunner Records in 1999 when he was Senior Vice President of A&R at Roadrunner. To coincide with the announcement, the band released a new standalone single, "Atonement." On June 8, 2022, they released a single and music video called "Fuckboi" with German metalcore band
Electric Callboy via
Century Media, of which both bands are featured in the music video. The song is included on Electric Callboy's 2022 album
Tekkno. The band released a new single "Paralyzed," on October 26, 2022, alongside its official music video. They also confirmed that they have begun work on their second studio album "Slow Burn". Rocksound Magazine stated the song was "designed for arenas" and a "monster" (of a track), while Metalhammer Magazine stated "Conquer Divide are showing off their own capability for massive earworms with the ultra-addictive Paralyzed... the true MVP of Paralyzed is the absolutely enormous chorus". It was announced that the band would be playing Welcome To Rockville, supporting
Slipknot,
Rob Zombie,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Trivium,
Bullet for My Valentine, and
Black Veil Brides on Thursday, May 18, 2023. They later announced they were added to Blue Ridge Rock Festival supporting
Slipknot,
Flyleaf,
Motionless In White,
Lorna Shore,
Sleep Token and
Tech N9ne on September 8, 2023. The band announced they would support
Electric Callboy on their sold-out Tekkno tour and would follow up as direct support for
Icon for Hire across North America. On May 11, 2023, the band released "welcome2paradise", along with a music video. They also announced the name of the second album titled "Slow Burn", which was released on September 8, 2023. On July 27, 2023, the band released a 5th single and music video towards their sophomore effort "Slow Burn" titled "N E W H E A V E N". On March 12, 2024, the band announced that unclean vocalist and bassist Janel Duarte would be stepping back to focus on personal endeavors. The following day, the band announced
American Idol contestant Madison Spencer would be touring with them as direct support for
The Warning on a sold-out tour in Europe, followed by a North American Tour with Avatar. The band would headline their own tour titled Slow Burn tour for August to October 2024 dates. Spencer Maybe from A War Within toured with them, on bass and unclean vocals. The band would later tour with
New Years Day for UK tours in January 2025 and Ankor for European tours from April to March 2025. Following the tours, the band announced that Landa will be taking a maternity leave from touring but remains in the band. The band are currently writing new music and working on their third album. On October 29, 2025, the band released another standalone single "The Ocean Between Us", along with its accompanying music video. The band is confirmed to perform at
Sonic Temple Festival playing with
Bloodywood,
The Plot In You,
We Came As Romans and
Electric Callboy, which will take place in Columbus, Oh in May 2026. ==Style, influences and lyrical content==