I Prevail
Countless bands have searched for that breakthrough song. Sometimes they, are able to accomplish that goal with a cover. But no one could have seen I Prevail, a Post-Hardcore band who formed in Southfield, MI, a year earlier, establishing themselves with a Taylor Swift song. “Blank Spaces,” released just prior to the band’s ’14 debut EP “Heart vs. Mind,” was certified (five years later) platinum in the U.S. for moving 1,000,000+ units.
Blank Spaces
Fortunately, the band also found success with original material.
I Prevail’s ’16 debut full-length effort “Lifelines” contained “Alone” which landed at #6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart while “Come And Get It” became the official theme song for NXT TakeOver, Orlando in ’17 and two-years later for All Elite Wrestling’s All Out.
Three years later, “Trauma” dropped. The album held “Bow Down,” “Breaking Down” and “Hurricane,” the band’s first song to top Mainstream Rock.
I Prevail’s first two albums reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200.
Third full-length effort, “True Power,” featured “Bad Things” which also landed at #1 on Mainstream Rock.
Hurricane
Bad Things
But in May of ’24, vocalist Brian Burkheiser stated that he was recovering from surgery for a rare condition known as Eagle syndrome (atypical structures in the head or neck causing facial or throat pain) and would be absent from touring until July. But the next month the band released the stand alone single, “Can U See Me In The Dark?” with Halestorm.
The song was another #1 on Mainstream Rock. The band then released a collaboration single, “Hate This Song,” with All Time Low.
Can U See Me In The Dark?
Hate This Song
Approximately a year after Burkheiser‘s Eagle syndrome announcement the band announced that they had parted ways with the vocalist.
Prior to the release of the band’s fourth album, “Violent Nature,” the title track (“aggressive, fast, and heavy”) and “Into Hell” were released. Both landed in the Top 10 of the U.S. Hard Rock Digital and U.S. Hot Hard Rock charts.
Brian Burkheiser
