Singer Phil Labonte forged All That Remains in the wake of his contentious departure from Shadows Fall in 1998. The New England outfit immediately established itself by adding melodic layers to their intense core death metal sound, and earned a dedicated following through steady touring and a track on a 2008 edition of the “Rock Band” video franchise. Within two years time, All That Remains had cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard 200, which marked them as a major entity in both the metal and rock realms.