Pillar is a Grammy-nominated Christian rock band. Pillar originally started with playing in a rapcore style, and has since moved more to a hard rock sound. Their second album Fireproof sold over 300,000 copies. Pillar then released their next album Where Do We Go from Here.
Where Do We Go from Here was released as an instant hit among Christian rock fans everywhere, capturing #1 on sales in the genre for weeks. The album featured multiple hits, including "Bring Me Down", and, "Frontline" which topped the charts for months. Not only Christian shows and stations played "Bring Me Down", however, it was requested heavily on secular stations as well.
Pillar was voted Best Hard Rock Band in CCM Magazine's 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. Guitarist Noah Henson and drummer Lester Estelle Jr. have received Dove Awards.
Pillar recorded their fourth album, The Reckoning, in early 2006. Travis Wyrick (P.O.D., We as Human, 10 Years, Disciple) produced the new album, as he produced all of their previous albums, and it was released on October 3, 2006. Pillar also released an EP called Nothing Comes for Free in June of 2006. It featured 3 new songs (including "Everything") and 4 live tracks. The other two new songs, "Our Escape" and "Dangerous", are not available on The Reckoning album. The EP was only available at live shows and at their webstore. A limited number of copies (10,000) were created.
The Reckoning received a Grammy Award nomination December 6, 2007 for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album. This was the first Grammy nomination that Pillar has ever received. The announcement of the winner was televised during the 50th Annual Grammy Awards show on February 10, 2008.
Pillar has played at both Cornerstone Festival and Creation Festival. It was revealed at Soulfest 2007 that the name of their next project would be For the Love of the Game, which was eventually released on February 26, 2008. They have stated that they will be bringing back the Pillar logo from "Where Do We Go from Here" and "Fireproof". ESPN used the new Pillar song, "For the Love of the Game," during montages highlighting the 2007 World Series on its program, Baseball Tonight. ESPN scheduled to use the song through November 1, 2007 which would have been game 7 of the 2007 World Series, but the World Series ended with game four on October 28, 2007. "For the Love of the Game" is the title-track to Pillar's Feb. 26, 2008 release, and has already claimed the "most added" and can now be heard on their myspace page. They have recently collaborrated with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth on some upcoming songs.
