Philip Labonte (lah-bon-tee) is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as the lead singer of the metalcore band
All That Remains.
Labonte's first band was formed in the mid-nineties by the name of Perpetual
Doom. The band played death metal and its members were teenagers at the time. The original vocalist of Perpetual
Doom was Scott Estes. Labonte, however, took over the vocal position and also played the guitar. Other members included Ken Robert (vocals, guitar), Bill Brault (bass), and Steve Gonsalves (drums). Perpetual
Doom released a seven track demo in 1995 called "
Sorrow's End".
Labonte left Perpetual
Doom, however, to be the lead vocalist for
Shadows Fall. Labonte did not play guitar for this band like he did in Perpetual
Doom, and was
Shadows Fall's first vocalist, completing their first ever lineup. The band's debut record, Somber Eyes to the Sky, was released in 1997 through Lifeless Records, a label owned by
Shadows Fall guitarist Matt Bachand. Labonte left
Shadows Fall and was replaced by current vocalist Brian Fair, leaving Somber Eyes To The Sky as the only
Shadows Fall record with Labonte on vocals.
In 1998, Labonte formed
All That Remains as a side project. After leaving
Shadows Fall,
All That Remains became his main priority. Their debut record, Behind
Silence and Solitude, was released in 2002 through Prosthetic Records/
Razor & Tie. A short time later, Labonte tried out for
Killswitch Engage after the departure of their vocalist, Jesse Leach. Although he lost the audition to current vocalist Howard Jones, the band told him he was a close second. In
Killswitch Engage's DVD "(Set This) World Ablaze", Labonte states that Jones is and always will be a better singer than him.
Labonte currently takes singing lessons from
Melissa Cross and released
All That Remains' most recent record, The Fall of Ideals, in the summer of 2006.