From Autumn to Ashes

The Profile

From Autumn to Ashes are an American post-hardcore band from Long Island, New York, known for blending screamed and clean vocals with emo/metalcore dynamics. Active 2000–2008 and 2014–2016.

Formed in Long Island, New York (USA). Debut album: Too Bad You’re Beautiful (2001), followed by The Fiction We Live (2003), Abandon Your Friends (2005), and Holding a Wolf by the Ears (2007). The band’s hallmark is the dual-vocal approach—screamer Benjamin Perri and drummer/singer Francis Mark—with guest vocals by Melanie (One True Thing) on “Short Stories With Tragic Endings.”

Two reviews dig into Too Bad You’re Beautiful, praising its fusion of hardcore/metal intensity with emo melody and cathartic dual vocals. Standouts include Chloroform Perfume and Short Stories With Tragic Endings. Themes of anger and sadness recur, with notable touches like violin and a female guest voice. Overall reception is enthusiastic to strongly favorable.