# 3Teeth
**3Teeth** (stylized 3TEETH) is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2013, known for a sound built on heavy guitar riffs, distorted vocals, and electronic textures in the tradition of 1990s industrial acts such as [Nine Inch Nails](https://www.edgepedia.org/nine-inch-nails), [Ministry](https://www.edgepedia.org/ministry-band), and [Rammstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/rammstein).[1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/) • [2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) The band comprises vocalist Alexis Mincolla, keyboardist and synth player Xavier Swafford, guitarist Chase Brawner, bassist and modular synth player Andrew Means, and drummer Justin Hanson.[1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/) They have released four studio albums: *3TEETH* (2014), ** (2017), *Metawar* (2019), and *EndEx* (2023).[3](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/358278f1-e0c5-4f8d-99de-9815bff2d15b)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, California; formed 2013 from a part-time project between Mincolla and Swafford[1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/) |
| Genre | Industrial metal, industrial rock, electro-industrial[4](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/artist/29897-3teeth/) |
| Studio albums | *3TEETH* (2014), ** (2017), *Metawar* (2019), *EndEx* (2023)[3](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/358278f1-e0c5-4f8d-99de-9815bff2d15b) |
| Labels | Artoffact Records (debut), OMF Records (*shutdown.exe*), Century Media Records (*Metawar*, *EndEx*)[5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/3teeth-mw0002621927) • [6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) • [2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) |
| Notable tours | Opened for Tool and Primus on Tool's 2016 US arena tour; supported Rammstein on the German band's only two US shows of 2017[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) |
| Producer | Sean Beavan mixed *shutdown.exe* and produced *Metawar*[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) • [7](https://www.rockinflux.com/news/2019/6/30/artist-spotlight-a-conversation-with-3teeth) |
| Known covers | "[Pumped Up Kicks](https://www.edgepedia.org/pumped-up-kicks)" (Foster the People) on *Metawar*; "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears) on *EndEx*[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) • [8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/endex-mw0004044866) |
## Formation and early years
The band began as a part-time project between vocalist Alexis Mincolla and keyboardist and producer Xavier Swafford, who met around 2013 at Lil Death, an underground tech-noir party Mincolla ran in downtown Los Angeles; the two discovered they were neighbors and started making music together.[1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/) • [9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/) Mincolla, who had a background in visual art and creative direction rather than formal music training, built the band's early following through imagery and teaser material leaked online.[9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/)
Guitar, bass, and drum duties were initially outsourced to friends until the lineup settled with Andrew Means (bass and modular synth), Chase Brawner (guitar), and Justin Hanson (drums).[9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/) • [1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/) In 2014 the members met once or twice a week to record what became their self-titled debut.[9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/) When a Toronto indie label offered a deal, Mincolla stipulated a limited vinyl edition, which the label initially resisted; the pre-order campaign that followed generated show offers before the band even had a manager.[9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/) Their first show was at the Los Angeles club Complex; their second was at a small Canadian summer festival before an audience of more than 2,000 people.[9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/)
## Studio albums
**3TEETH (2014).** The self-produced debut was released on Artoffact Records on May 6, 2014, running 49:29 across 14 tracks including "Nihil," "Consent," and "Pearls 2 Swine."[5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/3teeth-mw0002621927) • [10](https://www.classicrockhistory.com/complete-list-of-3teeth-albums-and-discography/) AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung described it as resurrecting the beat-driven discord of 1990s industrial, with influences from Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, and the Wax Trax catalog.[5](https://www.allmusic.com/album/3teeth-mw0002621927)
** (2017).** The second album was released through OMF Records on May 19, 2017.[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) Although self-produced, it was mixed by Sean Beavan, whose credits include Nine Inch Nails' *The Downward Spiral* and [Marilyn Manson](https://www.edgepedia.org/marilyn-manson)'s *Antichrist Superstar*, and mastered by Howie Weinberg.[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) Mincolla described the album as conceptually centered on "hacking your own consciousness" and shutting down consensus reality tunnels, with songs touching on neuro-linguistic programming, cybernetics, hypnosis, and biofeedback.[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) It holds a critic score of 80 on Album of The Year, the band's highest.[4](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/artist/29897-3teeth/)
**Metawar (2019).** Released July 5, 2019 through Century Media, *Metawar* was the band's first album not self-produced; the band wrote about 16 demos on their own, then spent roughly a year in the studio with Sean Beavan refining and re-recording the material.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) • [7](https://www.rockinflux.com/news/2019/6/30/artist-spotlight-a-conversation-with-3teeth) The 13-song, 46-minute album targets corporate greed ("AFFLUENZA"), corrupt politicians ("PRESIDENT X"), and consumerism ("EXXXIT"), and closes with an industrial-metal cover of [Foster the People](https://www.edgepedia.org/foster-the-people)'s "Pumped Up Kicks."[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) Mincolla described a new writing method for the record: the band, now a touring unit, wrote in a room together rather than passing files around, using a process they called "Frankensteining" in which parts from one song were moved to another, with each song existing in five different versions.[1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/)
**EndEx (2023).** The fourth album was released September 22, 2023 on Century Media, running 46:46.[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/endex-mw0004044866) It features collaborations with video game composer Mick Gordon ("Slum Planet," "Merchant of the Void," "What's Left") and the rap duo Ho99o9 ("Paralyze"), and closes with a cover of [Tears for Fears](https://www.edgepedia.org/tears-for-fears)' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/endex-mw0004044866) AllMusic called it the band's most accessible set to date, while the German magazine Metal Hammer gave it 4 out of 7, noting the songs had gained in heaviness compared with *Metawar* but that the band still fell short of major highlights.[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/endex-mw0004044866) • [11](https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/3teeth-endex/) A Sputnikmusic staff review judged it an excellent entry that recalibrated the band's formula and avoided most of *Metawar*'s mistakes.[12](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/87621/3TEETH-EndEx/)
## Tours and collaborations
The band's breakthrough came when [Tool](https://www.edgepedia.org/tool-band) guitarist [Adam Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-jones-musician), who had met Mincolla in a wedding party, hand-picked 3TEETH to open Tool's 2016 US tour with [Primus](https://www.edgepedia.org/primus-band); Jones described the band as a mix between Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, and Rammstein.[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) • [13](https://www.centurymedia.com/artist/3teeth) Rammstein subsequently selected them to support the German band's only two US shows of 2017, and 3TEETH have also opened for Danzig and HIM.[6](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html) • [1](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/)
Recorded collaborations include several singles with Ho99o9 ("Lights Out," "Time's Up," "Paralyze") and the 2023 tracks with Mick Gordon that fed into *EndEx*.[3](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/358278f1-e0c5-4f8d-99de-9815bff2d15b) A remix compilation of tracks from the debut, *REMIXED*, featuring versions by artists such as Aesthetic Perfection, Caustic, and Dismantled, appears in the band's discography; ClassicRockHistory dates it to 2019, while [MusicBrainz](https://www.edgepedia.org/musicbrainz) lists a 2014 release.[10](https://www.classicrockhistory.com/complete-list-of-3teeth-albums-and-discography/) • [3](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/358278f1-e0c5-4f8d-99de-9815bff2d15b)
## Style and themes
The band's music combines metalized guitar riffs with distorted synths and heavily processed vocals, and reviewers consistently place it in the lineage of 1990s industrial acts.[14](https://www.virtualnightangel.com/3teeth/3teeth.html) • [2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) Lyrically, Mincolla's writing addresses socio-political subjects: *Metawar* alone covers corporate greed, corrupt politicians, consumerism, social media, facial recognition technology, and identity politics.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068) Mincolla has said the band's early identity was deliberately built through visual art and memetic imagery as much as through music, and that the group self-produced its music and videos as biting social commentary.[9](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/) • [13](https://www.centurymedia.com/artist/3teeth) Their live shows have emphasized a heavy, sensory-intense presentation; at the UK's Resistanz Festival in 2015 the band delivered a half-hour set of thundering kick drums, chugging guitars, and distorted vocals that Vice covered through 360-degree video.[15](https://www.vice.com/en/article/goth-industrial-is-even-more-metal-in-360-degrees/)
## References
1. [3TEETH On New Album 'Metawar' & Musical Evolution, New Noise Magazine](https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/3teeth-on-new-album-metawar-musical-evolution-3/)
2. [METAWAR, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/metawar/1456412068)
3. [3TEETH, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/358278f1-e0c5-4f8d-99de-9815bff2d15b)
4. [3TEETH Albums, Songs, Discography, Album of The Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/artist/29897-3teeth/)
5. [3Teeth Review, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/3teeth-mw0002621927)
6. [3TEETH - : Exclusive Album Stream, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/3teeth-exclusive-album-stream-a7740186.html)
7. [Artist Spotlight: A Conversation with 3TEETH, Rock In:flux](https://www.rockinflux.com/news/2019/6/30/artist-spotlight-a-conversation-with-3teeth)
8. [EndEx Review, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/endex-mw0004044866)
9. [3TEETH Prepare for Metawar, Revenant Media](https://revenantmedia.com/2019/06/26/3teeth-prepare-for-metawar-album-release-july-5th-2019/)
10. [Complete List Of 3Teeth Albums And Discography, ClassicRockHistory.com](https://www.classicrockhistory.com/complete-list-of-3teeth-albums-and-discography/)
11. [Kritik zu 3Teeth ENDEX, Metal Hammer](https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/3teeth-endex/)
12. [Review: 3TEETH - EndEx, Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/87621/3TEETH-EndEx/)
13. [3TEETH Biography, Century Media Records](https://www.centurymedia.com/artist/3teeth)
14. [3teeth Live at The Viper Room, Virtual Night Angel](https://www.virtualnightangel.com/3teeth/3teeth.html)
15. [Goth Industrial: Even More Metal in 360 Degrees, Vice](https://www.vice.com/en/article/goth-industrial-is-even-more-metal-in-360-degrees/)
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