Featured Artist: The Plot in You

The Plot in You: How an Ohio Band Broke Every Rule and Changed My Life

This band saved my life.

I know that sounds dramatic. But when you're in the darkness, music becomes more than entertainment. The Plot in You gave me something to hold onto when everything else felt like chaos. Their willingness to evolve, to be vulnerable, to refuse comfortable patterns taught me something about surviving hard times.

Let me tell you their story.

Where They Started

Landon Tewers started The Plot in You in 2010 while playing in another band called Before Their Eyes. He needed a creative outlet. The project began as "Vessels" and dropped a brutal EP called Wife Beater through InVogue Records.

The raw anger in that early material connected with people immediately. Tewers left his old band and went all in. He renamed the project The Plot in You and built a lineup: Anthony Thoma and Josh Childress on guitars, Ethan Yoder on bass, Cole Worden on drums.

Rise Records signed them by late 2010. The band was ready to make noise.

The Early Days: Pure Aggression

Their first albums hit like a freight train. First Born in 2011 and Could You Watch Your Children Burn in 2013 defined them as a metalcore force. Low tuned guitars. Guttural screams. Zero compromise.

Tewers wrote about toxic relationships, drug abuse, and personal demons. He called out specific people in his songs. The confrontational approach became their signature.

Could You Watch Your Children Burn hit number 110 on the Billboard 200. It reached number one on the Heatseekers chart. The song "Premeditated" detailed Tewers defending his girlfriend from someone who hurt her. This was personal music for personal pain.

The Transformation Began

Happiness in Self Destruction came out in 2015. Something changed. Tewers handled all the instruments himself and added melodic elements. The album felt unsettling in the best way. Critics called the emotional intensity uncomfortable. The album peaked at number 102 on Billboard 200 and hit number one on Heatseekers.

Then 2018 brought DISPOSE. This album rewrote the rulebook.

Tewers worked with producer Drew Fulk for the first time. He let his bandmates contribute creatively. The result was genre fluid chaos. Alternative rock met electronica. Post hardcore collided with pop. Metalcore conventions died.

Tewers explained the shift simply: "I don't listen to what I listened to eight to ten years ago. I've gone through things in my earlier days that made sense to scream about. These days that tone doesn't work for the most part."

Finding Their Voice

Swan Song dropped in 2021. This album meditated on endings and growth. "Letters To A Dead Friend" addressed grief directly. The production added cinematic elements. Swelling synths met dynamic vocal shifts.

Critics praised the thematic weight. Fans embraced the evolution. The band proved you don't need to stay angry forever.

The Vol. 1 through 3 EP trilogy arrived in 2024. Three releases across the year. They brought back heavier elements while keeping atmospheric depth. Songs like "Divide," "Left Behind," and "Forgotten" mixed nu metal with bass heavy riffs. Clean and unclean vocals shared space.

The band refused to pick a lane. They drove down all of them.

What They've Released

Albums:

• First Born (2011, Rise Records)

• Could You Watch Your Children Burn (2013, Rise Records)

• Happiness in Self Destruction (2015, StaySick Recordings)

• DISPOSE (2018, Fearless Records)

• Swan Song (2021, Fearless Records)

EPs:

• Wife Beater (2010, InVogue Records)

• Vol. 1 (January 2024, Fearless Records)

• Vol. 2 (May 2024, Fearless Records)

• Vol. 3 (November 2024, Fearless Records)

Songs You Need to Hear:

• "Feel Nothing" went platinum in the US, Canada, and Australia. Over 273 million Spotify streams.

• "Divide" has 37 million streams.

• "Left Behind" hit 72 million streams.

• "Forgotten" reached 46 million streams.

• "Silence" dropped September 2025 as their latest single.

Side Projects Worth Your Time

Tewers doesn't sit still. He released the Dead Kid EP in March 2014. He called the songs "weird" and used them to explore softer sounds.

The Ai640 project is his heaviest work. Three EPs between 2015 and 2020 tell the story of a sentient robot who escapes captivity and decides to destroy humanity. The concept lets Tewers unleash his most aggressive vocals and production.

Josh Childress releases atmospheric alternative rock under his own name. His 2016 EP Always Blue and 2019's A Little Lost Without You showcase progressive, introspective sounds.

Where to See Them Live

The Plot in You are touring relentlessly right now.

They wrapped their Fall 2025 North American headliner on November 24. The tour featured Currents, Zero 9:36, and Wind Walkers.

Their Winter 2025 North American run goes from February 14 to March 16. Twenty three dates with Holding Absence, Boundaries, and Acres. Stops include Royal Oak, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Philadelphia.

The UK and European headline tour runs October 31 to November 19, 2025. Seventeen shows with Currents, Saosin, and Cane Hill. They're hitting Glasgow, London, Birmingham, Paris, Berlin, and Warsaw. Their 2024 run sold out and required two venue upgrades. They came back bigger.

Australia gets them January 21 through 30, 2026. Fit For A King, Boundaries, and Banks Arcade join them in Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Melbourne sold out so fast they upgraded the venue.

They also supported Bring Me The Horizon's arena tour in September and October 2025. Motionless In White and Amira Elfeky joined them. They played Madison Square Garden, State Farm Arena, and the Intuit Dome.

Things You Didn't Know

Tewers worked at Dairy Queen before music. That was his only pre music job.

He got a butterfly tattoo live during a 2023 interview. The butterfly symbolizes the band's transformation theme.

Their hometown had no music scene until Nick Moore started organizing local shows. Tewers recruited Childress and Yoder at those shows.

Tewers wrote, recorded, and produced all instruments except drums for most of their career. He only changed this approach with DISPOSE.

Former touring drummer Mathis Arnell directed their music videos for "Feel Nothing" and "Time Changes Everything."

"Feel Nothing" became a TikTok phenomenon years after its 2017 release. The viral moment generated hundreds of millions of streams and revitalized their career.

The band has appeared on over 30 collaborative tracks with artists like Like Moths to Flames, For the Fallen Dreams, and Dropout Kings.

Latest Developments

"Silence" arrived in September 2025. Tewers built the song with a non repetitive structure to symbolize moving forward. The music video features a dancer whose movements grow more erratic as the song intensifies.

"Feel Nothing" achieved platinum certification in the United States in August 2025. Gold certifications in Canada and Australia followed. This is rare in modern metalcore.

The Vol. 1 through 3 trilogy has over 150 million Spotify streams collectively.

Their international shows keep selling out months early. The 2026 Australian tour forced Melbourne's venue upgrade. Their 2024 UK and European tour sold out and required two venue upgrades.

Why They Matter

The Plot in You proved genre boundaries are optional. They mixed R&B, electronic music, pop structures, and alternative rock with crushing breakdowns. Other bands watched and learned.

Tewers writes with raw honesty about mental health, toxic relationships, grief, and personal growth. He doesn't hide behind vague lyrics. The vulnerability creates connection. Fans embrace their evolution instead of demanding they stay the same.

The band has 2.9 million monthly Spotify listeners. They have platinum certified singles. Their tours sell out internationally. Their catalog spans brutal deathcore to atmospheric alternative rock.

They proved authenticity wins over genre conformity.

What This Band Means to Me

I found The Plot in You during one of the lowest points in my life. The anger in their early albums gave me a place to put my own rage. The evolution in their later work showed me that growth is possible.

When Tewers sang about moving past darkness, I believed him. He had been there. His journey from screaming about demons to finding peace gave me a roadmap.

Music saves lives. This band saved mine. Their refusal to stay stuck taught me I didn't have to stay stuck either.

If you're going through your own darkness right now, give them a listen. Start with "Feel Nothing" if you need catharsis. Try "Silence" if you need hope. Listen to DISPOSE if you need permission to change.

They'll meet you where you are. They met me. And they'll show you the way forward.