 Early in their career , the band was known for fast , hard music based in heavily distorted guitars , prominent lead guitar lines , and frequent changes in complex time signatures . This style is exemplified on their second album , The Illusion of Safety ( 2002 ) and their third album The Artist in the Ambulance ( 2003 ) . Their fourth album Vheissu ( 2005 ) made significant changes by incorporating electronic beats , keyboards , and more experimental and nuanced songwriting . Their fifth effort was a double album entitled The Alchemy Index ( 2007 / 2008 ) , released as two sets of two CDs that together make a 4 @-@ part , 24 @-@ song cycle . Each of the four 6 @-@ song EPs of the Alchemy Index features significantly different styles , based on different aspects of the band 's musical aesthetic which reflect the elemental themes of fire , water , air and earth , both lyrically and musically . The band 's sixth album , entitled Beggars , was released on August 11 , 2009 , and their seventh , Major / Minor on September 20 , 2011 . The most recent albums feature a refined combination of the band 's different experiments and explorations . On May 27 , 2016 , Thrice released their ninth studio album , To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere . Ten days earlier , they released the album 's only current single , " black honey " . 
