Ashes Remain

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Ashes Remain is a Christian rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. The group was formed in 2001 by lead singer Josh Smith and rhythm guitarist Ryan Nalepa. The pair performed as a duo for a while before recruiting lead guitarist Rob Tahan, bassist Ben Ogden, and drummer Ben Kirk. They independently released their debut album Lose the Alibis in 2003, followed by a second full-length titled Last Day Breathing in 2007. In 2004, Ben Ogden decided to leave the group and was replaced by Jon Hively. Following the release of the Red Devotion EP in 2009, Ashes Remains signed with Fair Trade Services and made their major-label debut with 2011's What I've Become. Driven by the chart-topping single "Keep Me Breathing," as well as by the Top 10 entries "Come Alive," "End of Me," and "On My Own," What I've Become helped the band reach a wider audience and peaked at Number 25 on the US Christian charts. In the subsequent years, Ashes Remains continued to deliver powerful rock anthems with an uplifting message on releases like Christmas EP (2012) and Let the Light In (2017).

Top tracks

07	End of Me	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:50
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Brian Hitt
02	On My Own	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:52
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Seth Mosley
04	Without You	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:48
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Paul Alan
08	Right Here	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:51
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Brian Hitt
01	Rise	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:11
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Barry Weeks
09	Change My Life	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:59
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - James Rueger
01	Keep Me Breathing	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:58
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Joe Pangallo
10	Take It Away	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:40
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan
03	The Memory	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:12
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Trevor McNevan - Tom Hane - Joshua Vance Smith / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Trevor McNevan - Tom Hane - Joshua Vance Smith
03	All of Me	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:43
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Jeff Pardo
01	Lost Light	Ashes Remain	Lost Light	03:52
	Composers: Josh Smith - Rob Tahan - Ryan Nalepa - Ben Kirk - Rob Hawkins
05	Come Alive	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:41
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Robert Graves
01	Don't Let Go	Ashes Remain	Don't Let Go	04:17
	Composers: Josh Smith - Rob Tahan - Ryan Nalepa - Ben Kirk - Jack Grimes
01	Here for a Reason	Ashes Remain	Here for a Reason	03:07
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Justin Ebach
03	Everything Good	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:40
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Paul Alan
06	Unbroken	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:07
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Chuck Butler
08	Criminal	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:13
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Mikey Howard - Jack Grimes
12	I Won't Run Away	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:20
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Chuck Butler
11	Inside of Me	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:50
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan
05	Six Feet Down	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	02:51
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Brian Hitt
10	All I Need	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	05:23
	Composers: Hively Jon - Daniel Benjamin Kirk - Mark Ryan Nalepa - Vance Joshua Smith - H Rob Tahan - Rusty Varenkamp
07	Captain	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:14
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Barry Weeks
04	In Too Deep	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	03:06
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
06	Greater Things	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:22
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Mikey Howard - Cliff Williams
01	All Your Faces	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	04:43
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
02	Gift of Love	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	03:58
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Barry Weeks
04	Always Faithful	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:55
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Jeff Pardo
05	Hold on, Move on	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	03:18
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
03	Broken One	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	04:34
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
09	Follow	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:17
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Eric Varnell
03	O Holy Night	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	04:27
	Composers: Adolphe Adam - Placide Cappeau - John Sullivan Dwight
02	On Fire	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:09
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan
04	Room for a King	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	04:17
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Jasen Rauch
05	Christmas Medley	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	03:52
	Composers: Traditional - See Sub-songs

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Discography

Albums

(P) 2011 Fair Trade Services: 19-07-2011

What I've Become

01	Keep Me Breathing	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:58
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Joe Pangallo
02	On My Own	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:52
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Seth Mosley
03	Everything Good	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:40
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Paul Alan
04	Without You	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:48
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Paul Alan
05	Come Alive	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:41
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Robert Graves
06	Unbroken	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	03:07
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Chuck Butler
07	End of Me	Ashes Remain	What I've Become	02:50
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Brian Hitt

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EPs

(P) 2012 Fair Trade Services: 19-11-2012

Christmas EP

01	Joy to the World	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	02:56
	Composers: Isaac Watts - Lowell Mason - Georg Friedrich Händel
02	Gift of Love	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	03:58
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Barry Weeks
03	O Holy Night	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	04:27
	Composers: Adolphe Adam - Placide Cappeau - John Sullivan Dwight
04	Room for a King	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	04:17
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Jasen Rauch
05	Christmas Medley	Ashes Remain	Christmas EP	03:52
	Composers: Traditional - See Sub-songs

Singles

(P) 2014 Fair Trade Services: 08-07-2014

Here for a Reason

01	Here for a Reason	Ashes Remain	Here for a Reason			03:07
	Composers: Joshua Smith - Ryan Nalepa - Benjamin Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Robert Tahan - Justin Ebach

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2025 Judge and Jury Records: 28-02-2025

The Darkness Before The Dawn

01	FEAR	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:17
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Trevor McNevan / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Trevor McNevan
02	Darkness Before The Dawn	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:39
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Jonathan Youngblut Fried - Lacey Sturm / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Jonathan Youngblut Fried - Lacey Sturm
03	The Memory	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:12
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Trevor McNevan - Tom Hane - Joshua Vance Smith / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Trevor McNevan - Tom Hane - Joshua Vance Smith
04	Between The Truth And The Lie	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:23
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Gary William Bareis - Jonathan Youngblut Fried / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Gary William Bareis - Jonathan Youngblut Fried
05	UNPARALYZED	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:12
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Cody Quistad - Dustin Bates - Trevor McNevan / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Cody Quistad - Dustin Bates - Trevor McNevan
06	Never Back Down	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	03:08
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Jonathan Youngblut Fried - Joe Rickard - Christopher Greenwood / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Jonathan Youngblut Fried - Joe Rickard - Christopher Greenwood
07	Idolize	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	02:40
	Writer: Caleb Hyles - Jonathan Youngblut Fried / Composers: Caleb Hyles - Jonathan Youngblut Fried

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(P) 2017 BEC Recordings: 27-10-2017

Let the Light In

01	Rise	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:11
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Barry Weeks
02	On Fire	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:09
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan
03	All of Me	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:43
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Jeff Pardo
04	Always Faithful	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:55
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Jeff Pardo
05	Six Feet Down	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	02:51
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Brian Hitt
06	Greater Things	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:22
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Mikey Howard - Cliff Williams
07	Captain	Ashes Remain	Let the Light In	03:14
	Composers: Josh Smith - Ben Kirk - Jonathan Hively - Ryan Nalepa - Rob Tahan - Barry Weeks

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(P) 2024 BEC Recordings: 22-11-2024

Lost Light

01	Lost Light	Ashes Remain	Lost Light	03:52
	Composers: Josh Smith - Rob Tahan - Ryan Nalepa - Ben Kirk - Rob Hawkins
02	Don't Let Go	Ashes Remain	Lost Light	04:17
	Composers: Josh Smith - Rob Tahan - Ryan Nalepa - Ben Kirk - Jack Grimes

2009 Ashes Remain Music: 01-01-2009

Red Devotion

01	All Your Faces	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	04:43
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
02	Save Me	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	02:39
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
03	Broken One	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	04:34
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
04	In Too Deep	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	03:06
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa
05	Hold on, Move on	Ashes Remain	Red Devotion	03:18
	Composers: Jonathan Hively, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Kirk, Robert Tahan, Ryan Nalepa

(P) 2024 BEC Recordings: 13-09-2024

Don't Let Go

01	Don't Let Go	Ashes Remain	Don't Let Go			04:17
	Composers: Josh Smith - Rob Tahan - Ryan Nalepa - Ben Kirk - Jack Grimes