Destroy the Runner was an American metalcore band from San Diego, California, United States. Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying managed them for their album Saints, and did so again with Jason Rudolph for their second album I, Lucifer.
The band was called Die Like Me until they signed to Solid State Records, on which their debut album Saints was released on September 12, 2006 to mixed reviews. Their new name is in reference to the 1976 film Logan's Run. The band followed the release of the album with a tour supporting Haste the Day and Scary Kids Scaring Kids. In October 2007, the band began recording their second LP with Brian McTernan at Salad Days Studios in Baltimore, MD.
On April 15, 2008, Destroy the Runner released I, Lucifer. The album has a more progressive sound, with less screaming than their previous album. It charted in the U.S. on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart at #27 and on the Top Heatseekers chart at #25.
On August 11, 2009 the band announced on their Myspace blog that they are in the studio writing and recording and will have new material out soon.
Chad i/ˈtʃæd/ (French: Tchad, Arabic: تشاد Tšād), officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate, the country is sometimes referred to as the "Dead Heart of Africa".
Chad is divided into multiple regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanese savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second largest in Africa. Chad's highest peak is the Emi Koussi in the Sahara, and N'Djamena, (formerly Fort-Lamy), the capital, is the largest city. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. Arabic and French are the official languages. Islam and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium BC, a series of states and empires rose and fell in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa.
Chad Ackerman (born November 30, 1983 in San Diego, California) is a rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, producer (San Diego, CA) illustrator, vegan, and artist. Currently Chad is the vocalist for the bands Chapter 14 and Count Your Curses. Ackerman is also the voice parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger for the band Austrian Death Machine. Chad was previously the vocalist for the band Destroy The Runner, guitarist for As I Lay Dying, and guitarist for Die Trying.