band Reuben. Owen Packard has played guitar and guested on the This Is Menace album on the track "No End in Sight". Reunion In May 2010, the band announced they were reforming "to play a handful of gigs to remind everyone just how good they were". A great hits compilation, Inside, Embers Glow..., was released for free download in July 2010. Their first announcement of a new gig came at the end of May when they were the first band confirmed for the 2010 edition of the Damnation Festival. Their first gig however was at Sonisphere Festival on Saturday 31 July 2010. On Sunday 30 January 2011, Earthtone9 announced that they will be embarking on a six date United Kingdom tour with The Ocean, Maybeshewill and Humanfly. Earthtone9 announced that they were searching for supporters through Pledge Music for their new EP For Cause and Consequence that features four new songs which at the time were already in production. The EP was released on 16 May 2011 featuring 4 new tracks; "Tide of Ambition", "Ghosts", "The Trail That We Carved Out" and "Reborn". The EP was available for download for fans who had contributed via the Pledge Music scheme. The download also featured videos for "Tat Twam Asi", "Evil Crawling I" and new track, "Tide of Ambition". Their fourth full-length album, titled IV was released in April 2013 to highly positive critical acclaim. The band also reformed to support Pitchshifter for a short UK tour in 2018, and joined the 2020 line-up for the experimental music festival ArcTanGent Festival. On the 26th July, 2022, it was announced on the bands Facebook page that they are going back into hibernation as of immediate effect. "We’re calling time on the idea of releasing new material, and playing the odd show just isn’t working out. We’ve all got new musical projects going on and the time feels right to draw a line under this and do new things.". Band members Current Karl Middleton – lead vocals (1998–2002, 2010–2022) Owen Packard – guitar (1998–2002, 2010–2022) Joe Roberts – guitar (1998–1999, 1999–2002, 2010–2022) Gez Walton – guitar (2012–2022) Neil Kingsbury – bass (2016–2022) Simon Hutchby – drums (1998–2001, 2010–2022) Former Dave Anderson – bass (2000–2002, 2010–2012) Alex Baker – drums (2001–2002) Richie Mills – drums (2001) Jamie Floate – bass (2000) Graeme Watts – bass (1998–2000) Simon Johnson – guitar (1999) Justin Greaves – drums