Motionless In White formed in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2005 around Chris Motionless Cerulli, fusing metalcore with gothic and industrial horror aesthetics. Scoring the End of the World (2022) hit number five on the Billboard 200; Graveyard Shift (2017) is the other essential. Browse Motionless In White vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Motionless In White formed in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2005 around Chris Motionless Cerulli. The band's name is derived from a lyric from the Eighteen Visions song Motionless and White. They have moved through Tragic Hero, Fearless, and Roadrunner Records across their catalog. Their distinctive gothic metalcore approach - combining heavy metalcore arrangements with gothic rock, industrial, and horror aesthetic influences - has positioned them as a defining contemporary metalcore act. Their 2022 album Scoring the End of the World received commercial attention and reached number five on the Billboard 200.
Motionless In White's sound combines metalcore, gothic metal, industrial metal, post-hardcore, electronicore, and alternative metal with Cerulli's distinctive screamed/sung vocal delivery, extensive electronic and industrial production integration, and lyrical content drawing on horror, gothic literature, religion, and personal experience.
Fearless Records and Roadrunner Records pressings of the Motionless In White catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Motionless In White typically start with Scoring the End of the World (2022) or Graveyard Shift (2017).
