Payable on Death (abbreviated as
P.O.D.) is an American
Christian metal band formed in 1992. The band's line-up consists of vocalist
Sonny Sandoval, drummer
Wuv Bernardo, guitarist
Marcos Curiel, and bassist
Traa Daniels. They have released six major label studio albums along with two independent albums and have sold over 12 million records worldwide. Over the course of their career, the band has received three
Grammy Award nominations, contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. With their third studio album,
The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, they achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified
Platinum by the
RIAA in 2000. Their following studio album,
Satellite, continued the band's success with the singles, "
Alive" and "
Youth of the Nation", pushing it to go
triple platinum.