Photo by Austin Peters
Outrun the Sunlight is a Chicago-based progressive metal band known for cinematic compositions that balance technical precision with emotional weight. Drawing from post-metal atmospheres and modern-metal tonality, the band blends soaring melodies, intricate rhythms, and dynamic arrangements to create immersive, narrative-driven songs.
Founded by guitarist Austin Isaac Peters in 2011, their sound is both expansive and intimate, favoring mood, texture, and long-form development over flare and excess. On stage and in the studio, Outrun the Sunlight presents a focused, intentional aesthetic that positions them at the intersection of modern prog and cinematic heavy music. The band has performed all over the US and parts of Europe, including ArcTanGent, Dunk!Festival, Post Festival, attracting listeners who are dedicated to listening to music with depth.
Their influence from late 2000’s post-hardcore and metal combined with their love of post-rock music bridged a gap between genres that left a mark on their listeners. Now four albums later, the band has not stopped searching for the sounds they want to hear and has committed even deeper to letting the effort go. The line up is now compromised of Austin Isaac Peters (guitar), Phil Kalas (bass), Luke Angle (drums), Konstantine “Ken” Stebliy (guitar) and Kyle Kunkler (synths).
Outrun the Sunlight seems to have a voice that is always evolving and meets little resistance. In their eyes, the change is always welcome.
Words about A Vast Field of Silence
I now (after listening to it for about a dozen times over the last week) feel confident enough to say that ‘A Vast Field of Silence’ is Outrun the Sunlight’s best album yet.
— Heavy Blog Is Heavy
This album is a musical masterpiece. It is crystal clear from the stunning opening track, Awareness, that Outrun The Sunlight are a group of artists who eat, sleep and breathe music.
— Metal Epidemic
Clever, always stimulating, exceptional and attractive, perilous and unforgettable. A Vast Field of Silence is an album everyone should lose themselves too.
— GBHBL
Outrun The Sunlight fidget with the boundaries between atmospheric post-rock and djent, but there's more than just labels.
— Prog Magazine
