the rise was a five piece band from austin, texas, their sound is a combination of metalcore, hardcore techno, post-hardcore and metal. the band is currently signed to reignition recordings and their latest album, "reclamation process", was released on as a free album for subscribers of law of inertia, the rock mag product of cory killduff. on may 31, 2005. they toured constantly in 2001-2004, and from their inclusion on the hellfest 2002 compilation dvd.