Celldweller is a Detroit, United States based band that was created by Klayton (formerly created music as the 90's project Circle of Dust), who writes all of the music and performs the majority of vocals and instruments on studio recordings. Celldweller also has a full live band comprised of Klayton (vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussion, programming), Dale Van Norman (guitar, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals), Kemikal (bass, guitar, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals), and Caise (drums & percussion). The band's general sound can be described as industrial rock that incorporates elements from hard rock, nu-metal, metalcore, techno, trance and breakbeat.