Out Now: Time Is Wasting Away by Rise Up Revival, Tanner Orton’s Four-Minute Hard Rock Single
Out Now: Time Is Wasting Away by Rise Up Revival, Tanner Orton's Four-Minute Hard Rock Single
Tanner Orton Leads a Hard Rock Band Through Heavy Guitars and Driving Melodic Hooks
Rise Up Revival released Time Is Wasting Away on 16 January 2026. The song now leads the Utah hard rock band’s top tracks on Spotify. The single runs four minutes and twelve seconds of heavy guitars and driving melodic hooks, with Tanner Orton on vocals.
Rise Up Revival and Time Is Wasting Away are in the playlist below. The band’s story runs on from here, and its wider coverage sits on the Rise Up Revival artist profile. The single reached this desk through PopHits.Co Music Charts, which verifies independent artists and places their releases across its network of music news sites. Hit play, then keep reading.
Before Time Is Wasting Away, Rise Up Revival Built a Catalogue of Hard Rock Singles and an EP
Rise Up Revival formed in 2025, and the catalogue grew quickly. Since then, the band has put out the All The Wrong Reasons EP and a run of singles. They include Light It Up, Break The Silence, War That Never Ends and Second Chance. Break The Silence also exists in a second version featuring Carolyn Brooks.
Mountain Town Music, the Park City organisation that profiles local artists, describes the band as a modern rock act. In its words, the sound fuses hard rock with the edge of punk. It also draws on the emotion of alternative rock and the grit of modern metal. That is a wide brief, and Time Is Wasting Away narrows it to two essentials: heavy guitars and a melodic hook. The same profile also credits the band with high-energy live shows. In addition, it points to emotionally charged songwriting, aimed at a new generation of rock fans.
Tanner Orton Fronts a Four-Piece That Sits Close to Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin
The band sums up its own attitude on Instagram in three words: loud, honest and alive. The line-up, meanwhile, is a classic four-piece. Tanner Orton fronts the band on vocals. Brandon Lester plays guitar, Stevie Ragsdale plays bass and Cris Stiles plays drums. Orton also handles the band’s press contact. That keeps the project’s message close to the people who write and play the songs.
That mix puts Rise Up Revival close to Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin. Shinedown built The Sound of Madness in 2008 on heavy riffs under choruses made for arenas. Breaking Benjamin’s The Diary of Jane in 2006 set a melodic vocal against a hard, downtuned guitar line. Time Is Wasting Away works the same contrast, with the weight in the guitars and the hook in the vocal.
The catalogue also shows how fast the band works. Spotify already lists ten songs among its most-played, from Coincide and This I Sing to Brighter Days. For a group that only formed in 2025, that is a full set list’s worth of recorded material. Even so, Time Is Wasting Away is the one listeners reach for first.
Time Is Wasting Away by Rise Up Revival Moves From Live Stages to a Metal and Hard Rock Playlist
The single carries a 2026 copyright line for RURRecords. On Spotify, it now sits at the top of the band’s most-played tracks. Next come All The Wrong Reasons and Where Do We Go From Here. That makes it the clearest entry point to the band today.
Rise Up Revival is a live act first. The band’s verified Instagram pins footage from recent shows. Its highlights also include sections for shows, live clips and the latest release. That stage-first approach fits a song built on heavy guitars and a big chorus. Songs like that work in a room first, and on a playlist second.
Rise Up Revival Takes a Utah Stage Sound to a Wider Hard Rock Audience
The next stop is this desk’s playlist. Time Is Wasting Away now sits in MusicDrops.News’s Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock playlist, alongside heavier modern acts. It is a natural home for a song built on guitar weight and a big chorus. It also gives the band a route to listeners well beyond its home scene.
After that, the path is straightforward. The band keeps adding singles, keeps playing live, and keeps building on the template this track sets. For new listeners, Time Is Wasting Away is the right first step into a catalogue that is still growing.
For fans of Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin, Time Is Wasting Away is an easy first listen. Start with the single, then go back to All The Wrong Reasons to hear where the band started.
MusicDrops.News’s curator team:
“Time Is Wasting Away earns its slot on momentum. It keeps the guitars heavy for all four minutes and still lands a chorus you can follow on the first listen.”
Stream Time Is Wasting Away on Spotify or Apple Music. Follow Rise Up Revival on Spotify, SoundCloud, Instagram and Threads.
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