Sometimes strong emotions can make you lose focus. That’s not the case for Arizona based chaotic metal/noise punk band, American Standards. After losing their guitarist to suicide and shortly after the vocalists father to cancer, the band founded in 2011 released their most emotional and socially poignant album to date. Now more focused than ever, American Standards has hit the road playing shows with bands such as Knocked Loose, Stray From The Path, Comeback Kid, ‪Every Time I Die, Zao, and Norma Jean. Their mantra; “Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen.” Heralded by Metal Injection as “one of strongest bands in the realm of hardcore and metalcore” and with features on Alternative Press, Decibel, Lambgoat and Revolver, people are taking notice.