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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Motionless in White
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Motionless in White, often abbreviated MIW, is a metalcore band from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2005, the band consists of Chris Motionless Cerulli, Ricky Horror Olson, Devin Ghost Sola, Ryan Sitkowski, the band has stated that their band name derived from the Eighteen Visions song Motionless and White. In July 2016, the band signed to Roadrunner Records, achieving their lifelong dream of signing with the company, in October 2016, the band announced that they will be releasing their new album, Graveyard Shift, in early 2017. In January 2017, the band announced a new single Eternally Yours, along with the date for the record. On 3rd March the band released the track list and album art, followed by the release of their new single. Motionless in White was founded in 2005 by members Chris Motionless and they incepted many other titles into the group until finally settling on what would be Motionless in White. Chris Motionless and other members have noted such as, Poison the Well, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Johnny Cash, Depeche Mode. In 2005 they released their self-distributed demo. the band was discovered by Zach Neil while performing at a night club called The Staircase. Zach signed the band first to management and then later to his record label Masquerade recordings and they recorded their first EP The Whorror which was produced by Zach Neil and mixed by Dan Malsch and released it through Masquerade Recordings/Warner music group in 2007 group. After touring in-support of the The Whorror, Motionless in White had written enough songs to complete a full-length album, the album was named When Love Met Destruction. Zach added the band to his stage on the Warped tour with the new record in hand, shortly thereafter Bob Becker of Fearless Records contacted Zach Neil to make an offer to buy the bands recording contract and sign the band to Fearless. The band and Zach agreed and Tragic Hero was offered to incubate the first official release to help grow the band leading up to their Fearless debut, the band was never actually signed to tragic hero records. The band parted ways with guitarist Michael Costanza and brought in current guitarist Ryan Sitkowski as his replacement. Despite being signed to Fearless before the leading up to the release of the EP form of When Love Met Destruction. The song Ghost in the Mirror was made as the bands first ever single and had a video produced for it. Months later, Motionless in White entered the studio during May 2010 to record their debut full-length, the records first single, Abigail, was released premiered on Revolver Magazine in August 30 and was the released on iTunes the day after. Creatures was released on October 12,2010 through Fearless, and claimed the 175th slot on the Billboard Top 200 charts, on Wednesday May 4,2011, guitarist Thomas Joseph TJ Bell was fired from the band. This action forced the band to be without their rhythm guitar parts during their performances, Motionless in White stated If our live performance didn’t heavily depend on having 2 guitarists then it wouldn’t have been a huge deal to us
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Ocala, Florida
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Ocala is a city located in Northern Florida. As of the 2013 census, its population, estimated by the United States Census Bureau, was 57,468, making it the 45th most populated city in Florida. It is the seat of Marion County and the city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Archeological investigation has revealed that the area was inhabited by varying cultures of peoples from as early as 6500 B. C. The second lasted through 500 A. D, in early historic times, the Timucua inhabited the area. Ocala is located near what is thought to have been the site of Ocale or Ocali, the modern city takes its name from the historical village, the name of which is believed to mean Big Hammock in the Timucua language. The Spaniard Hernando de Sotos expedition recorded Ocale in 1539 during his exploration through what is today the southeastern United States, Ocale is not mentioned in later Spanish accounts, it appears to have been abandoned in the wake of de Sotos attack. In the late eighteenth and early centuries, Creek people and other Native Americans. After foreign colonial rule shifted between Spain and Great Britain and back again, in 1821 the United States acquired the territory of Florida, the fort was an important base during the Second Seminole War and later served in 1844 as the first courthouse for Marion County. The modern city of Ocala, which was established in 1849, greater Ocala is known as the Kingdom of the Sun. Plantations and other agricultural development dependent on labor were prevalent in the region. Ocala was an important center of production until the Great Freeze of 1894–1895. Rail service reached Ocala in June 1881, encouraging economic development with access to markets for produce. Two years later, much of the Ocala downtown area was destroyed by fire on Thanksgiving Day,1883, the city encouraged rebuilding with brick, granite and steel rather than lumber. By 1888, Ocala was known statewide as The Brick City, in December 1890, the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, a forerunner of the Populist Party, held its national convention in Ocala. At the convention, the Alliance adopted a platform that would become known as the Ocala Demands, most of the Ocala Demands were to become part of the Populist Party platform. The first thoroughbred horse farm in Florida was developed in 1943 by Carl G. Rose, when he ran into problems with asphalt, he improvised and experimented with limestone, an abundant resource in the state which he realized supported good pasture for raising strong horses. In 1943, Rose bought land along State Highway 200, at $10 per acre, the next year one of his horses, Gornil, won at Miamis Tropical Park, becoming the first Florida-raised thoroughbred to win a Florida race
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Metalcore
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Metalcore is a broad fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The word is a blend of the names of the two genres, among other genres blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of breakdowns, which are slow, intense passages that are conducive to moshing. Pantera and Sepultura have been influential to the development of metalcore in the 2000s. Black Flag and Bad Brains, among the originators of hardcore, British street punk groups such as Discharge and the Exploited also took inspiration from heavy metal. The Misfits put out the Earth A. D. album, nonetheless, punk and metal cultures and music remained fairly separate through the first half of the 1980s. Cross-pollination between metal and hardcore eventually birthed the crossover thrash scene, which gestated at a Berkeley club called Ruthies, the term metalcore was originally used to refer to these crossover groups. Hardcore punk groups Corrosion of Conformity, D. R. I. and Suicidal Tendencies played alongside thrash metal groups like Metallica and Slayer. This scene influenced the skinhead wing of New York hardcore, which began in 1984. The Cro-Mags were among the most influential of these bands, drawing equally from Bad Brains, Motörhead, Cro-Mags also embraced straight edge and Krishna consciousness. Another New York metal-influenced straight edge group of time period is the Crumbsuckers. 1985 saw the development of the breakdown, an amalgamation of Bad Brains reggae and metal backgrounds. Agnostic Fronts 1986 album Cause for Alarm, a collaboration with Peter Steele, was a watershed in the intertwining of hardcore, between 1984 and 1995, a new wave of bands emerged. Hogans Heroes are the earliest metallic hardcore group and were formed in 1984. Other bands include Integrity, Biohazard, Hoods, Earth Crisis, Converge, Shai Hulud, All Out War, Madball, Starkweather, Judge, Strife, Rorschach, Vision of Disorder Hatebreed, and Disembodied. Integrity drew influence from the hardcore band G. I. S. M. Earth Crisis, Converge and Hatebreed borrowed from hardcore punk and death metal. Earth Crisiss 1995 album Destroy the Machines was particularly influential to the development of the genre, Biohazard, Coalesce and Overcast were also important early metalcore groups. Journalist Lars Gotrich wrote, Along with key records by The Dillinger Escape Plan and Botch, at the risk of sounding too reductive — metalcore was the natural progression where extreme metal and hardcore met, but with spiraling time signatures that somehow felt more aggressive. Shai Huluds 1997 album Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion became especially influential in the part of the decade
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Post-hardcore
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Like post-punk, the term has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Hardcore punk typically features very fast tempos, loud volume, and heavy bass levels, additionally, many of these bands vocalists were just as likely to deliver their lyrics with a whispered croon as they were a maniacal yelp. Allmusic also claims that post-hardcore bands find creative ways to build and release tension rather than airing their dirty laundry in short, sharp, british post-punk of the late 1970s and early 1980s has been seen as influential on the musical development of post-hardcore bands. As the genre progressed some of these groups also experimented with an array of influences, including soul, dub, funk, jazz. Groups such as Saccharine Trust, Naked Raygun, and The Effigies, during the early to mid-1980s, the desire to experiment with hardcores basic template expanded to many musicians that had been associated with the genre or had strong roots in it. Many of these also took inspiration from the 1980s noise rock scene pioneered by Sonic Youth. Some bands signed to the independent label Homestead Records, including Squirrel Bait, a reviewer noted that the groups 1989s release Wrong was one of the most aggressive and powerful opuses in post-hardcore ever made. During the years 1984 and 1985 in the scene, a new movement had swept over. When The Faith put out the EP Subject to Change in 1983 it marked an evolution in the sound of D. C. hardcore. This movement has been widely known as the Revolution Summer. Other bands have been perceived as taking inspiration from such as funk. According to Eric Grubbs, a nickname was developed for the new sound, with some considering it post-harDCore, the latter, mentioned in skateboarding magazine Thrasher, would come up in discussions around the D. C. area. In the nearby state of Maryland, similar bands that are categorized now as post-hardcore would also emerge and this group has also been considered as one of the earliest emo acts. The second half of the 1980s saw the formation of bands in D. C. which included Shudder to Think, Jawbox, The Nation of Ulysses. MacKaye described this period as the busiest that the Dischord Records label had ever seen. Most of these acts, along with ones, would contribute to the 1989 compilation State of the Union. It has also noted that the groups ever-evolving sound would signal a more experimental turn in hardcore that paved the way for later Dischord releases. Similarly, the debut studio album, 1990s Repeater, has also been generally regarded as a classic
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Gothic metal
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Gothic metal is a fusion genre combining the heaviness of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the approach to different styles of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe originally as an outgrowth of death-doom, lyrics are generally dark and introspective with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences. Pioneers of gothic metal include Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema, other pioneers from the first half of the 1990s include Type O Negative from the United States, Tiamat from Sweden, and The Gathering from the Netherlands. During the mid-1990s, Moonspell, Theatres des Vampires and Cradle of Filth brought the gothic approach to black metal, by the end of the decade, a symphonic metal variant of gothic metal had been developed by Tristania and Within Temptation. Nightwish also integrated elements of metal into their well-known mix of symphonic metal. In the US, however, only a few such as Type O Negative, HIM, Lacuna Coil, Evanescence. The term gothic entered heavy metal music with the release of Paradise Losts Gothic album in 1991, since then, fans have often been at odds with one another as to which bands are, or most definitely are not, authentically Goth. Some musicians have disputed the gothic label associated with their bands, including Rozz Williams of Christian Death, in the gothic metal subgenre, members from such groups as After Forever, HIM and Nightwish have similarly downplayed or dismissed the gothic label from their music. The music of gothic metal is characterised by its dark atmospheres. The adjective dark is used to describe gothic music in general while other terms that are less frequently used include deep, romantic, passionate. Gothic metal has sometimes been viewed as a combination of the darkness. Gothic metal is a genre with bands pursuing many different directions, from slow and crushing variations to orchestral. The doom metal background of early pioneers like Anathema, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride has been taken up by groups like Artrosis, Ava Inferi, there is also a diverse range of vocal styles in gothic metal. Male singers in the range from the guttural growls and black metal shrieks of Dani Filth and Morten Veland to the clean baritone vocals of Østen Bergøy. There are more female singers in gothic metal than there are in any heavy metal subgenre. Liv Kristine of Theatre of Tragedy and Leaves Eyes notes that the tag is often misinterpreted. The genre is known to attract more female fans relative to other subgenres of heavy metal music
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Fearless Records
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Fearless Records is a record label that was founded in 1994. However, the label has experimented with different styles in recent years, Fearless Records releases are currently distributed nationwide by RED Distribution, but after Concord Music Group take-over, theyll be distributed by Universal Music Group. The label was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music in May 2015, Bob Becker started Fearless Records when he was selling his friends tacos at their shows. He would also go to stores and put their records on consignment. The record label came from Bob not knowing what he was doing at the time. Fearless Records was officially formed in 1994, in 2000, Fearless Records released Punk Goes Metal, the first compilation album from the Punk Goes. series. Punk Goes Pop 5 was released on November 6,2012, in 2005, Fearless Records released the studio album All That We Needed by Plain White Ts, a thirteen-song collection that proved to be a breakthrough for both the label and the Illinois-based band. Hey There Delilah, a single from album, reached No.1 on Billboard Hot 100. On November 8,2010, Fearless announced the release of a Christmas-themed compilation album and it would feature eight of their signed artists recording original songs. The album was available for pre-ordering on iTunes the same day, three years later, Fearless Records released Punk Goes Christmas featuring original & cover tracks from All Time Low, ISSUES, New Found Glory, and more. In 2011, Fearless Records released Breathe Carolinas album Hell Is What You Make It, blackout, a single from the album, became another success for the label. It debuted at No.32 on Billboard Hot 100 and was certified as a gold single, in October 2012, Fearless Records announced that they had launched a sister label called Old Friends Records, which would sign more indie rock artists including Hellogoodbye. In November 2013, Fearless Records announced a second imprint label called Outerloop Records, the label with a back catalog of about 150 albums was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music in May 2015 for an estimated $10,000,000. Chasing Safety Lorna Shore Megosh Youth In Revolt Carousel Hellogoodbye The Static Jacks Wild Party List of record labels Official website Punknews. org Entry on Fearless Records
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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When Love Met Destruction
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When Love Met Destruction is the second EP by American gothic metalcore band Motionless in White released under Tragic Hero Records on February 17,2009. When Love Met Destruction was recorded in the groups hometown after a year of releasing their debut EP The Whorror, the band would sell the album on the 2008 Vans Warped Tour. There are only 1,000 copies in existence of the full-length, some songs from the original album version of When Love Met Destruction were later remade into new songs. Such as how Bananamontana was remade into the song City Lights, both City Lights and Creatures featured on the bands 2010 full-length album, Creatures. All songs written by Christopher Cerulli, all songs written by Christopher Cerulli
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Infamous (Motionless in White album)
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Infamous is the second studio album by American gothic metal band Motionless in White. The album was produced by Jason Suecof and Tim Sköld and was released on November 13,2012, the albums track-listing was revealed on September 20,2012. The album leaked on October 8,2012, more than one month before its planned release, Infamous charted at #53 on the Billboard 200, #19 on Top Rock Albums, #9 on Top Independent Albums, and #5 on Top Hard Rock Albums. The album was also the last release from the band to feature long time drummer and co-founder of the band, the album has sold 83,000 copies as of September 2014. In the same article, Chris talks about the sound on Creatures stating that their aim was to take the genre and put twists on it and re-invent what it means to be this sort of band. He also claims that the band are through with making music in the style as he states that the Infamous album was to get them out of a genre which has become repetitive monotonous bullshit. On October 9,2012, a video for the single If Its Dead. The video is full of old black and white horror movie clips and references, on November 13,2012, a music video was released for the single Devils Night. It was shot by Cody Blue Snider, who directed the previous music video, Immaculate Misconception, from their debut album. On January 9,2013, the released a live music video for the opening track on Infamous. It is compiled of live shots from their first North American headlining tour, on April 23,2013, a lyric video was released for the single A-M-E-R-I-C-A, which had also introduced the new drummer, Brandon Richter, formally from the band The Witch Was Right. He was to replace founding member, Angelo Parente who had left the band for personal reasons in early March, combichrist also remixed Sinematic on track 17. Infamous has received reviews from contemporary music critics. Revolver said Infamous rages like Bleeding Through, and stomps like vintage Manson, and displays a compelling range for a young band, giving the album a 3.5 out of 5
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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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AllMusic
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AllMusic is an online music guide service website. It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network, AllMusic was launched in 1991 by Michael Erlewine of All Media Guide. The aim was to discographic information on every artist whos made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost and its first reference book was published the following year. When first released onto the Internet, AMG predated the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site, the AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com and AllGame. com were sold by Rovi in July 2013 to All Media Network, LLC. All Media Network, LLC. was formed by the founders of SideReel. com. The following are contributors to AllMusic, as of this date, All Media Network also produced the AllMusic guide series that includes the AllMusic Guide to Rock, the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series, in August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list. All Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReel All Music Guide to the Blues All Music Guide to Jazz Stephen Thomas Erlewine Official website
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Billboard 200
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The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists, often, a recording act will be remembered by its number ones, those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart is based mostly on sales of albums in the United States, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday with an issue post-dated to the Saturday of the following week, the charts streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. Example, Friday January 1 – sales tracking week begins Thursday January 7 – sales tracking week ends Tuesday January 12 – new chart published, New product is released to the American market on Fridays. Digital downloads of albums are included in Billboard 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for sale in the United States are not eligible to chart. As of the issue dated April 15,2017, the album on the Billboard 200 is More Life by Drake. Billboard began an album chart in 1945, initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, sometimes three to seven weeks passing before it was updated. A biweekly, 15-position Best-Selling Popular Albums chart appeared in 1955, the position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first number-one album on the new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte, the chart was renamed to Best-Selling Pop Albums later in 1956, and then to Best-Selling Pop LPs in 1957. Beginning on May 25,1959, Billboard split the ranking into two charts Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs for stereo albums and Best-Selling Monophonic LPs for mono albums and these were renamed to Stereo Action Charts and Mono Action Charts in 1960. In January 1961, they became Action Albums—Stereophonic and Action Albums—Monophonic, three months later, they became Top LPs—Stereo and Top LPs—Monaural. On August 17,1963 the stereo and mono charts were combined into a 150-position chart called Top LPs, on April 1,1967, the chart was expanded to 175 positions, then finally to 200 positions on May 13,1967. In 1960, Billboard began concurrently publishing album charts which ranked sales of older or mid-priced titles and these Essential Inventory charts were divided by stereo and mono albums, and featured titles that had already appeared on the main stereo and mono album charts. In January 1961, the Action Charts became Action Albums—Monophonic, Albums appeared on either chart for up to nine weeks, then were moved to an Essential Inventory list of approximately 200 titles, with no numerical ranking. This list continued to be published until the consolidated Top LPs chart debuted in 1963, in 1982, Billboard began publishing a Midline Albums chart which ranked older or mid-priced titles. The chart held 50 positions and was published on a bi-weekly basis, on May 25,1991, Billboard premiered the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart
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Dee Snider
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Daniel Dee Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor. Snider came to prominence in the early 1980s as lead singer of the metal band Twisted Sister. He was ranked 83 in the Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time, born in Astoria, Queens, New York, Snider grew up in nearby Baldwin, Long Island, and graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1973. His father, Bob, is a retired New York State Trooper and Nassau County court clerk and his father was Jewish and his mother was from a Catholic family of Swiss descent. Snider and his siblings were raised as Episcopalians after his mother joined the church, as a child, he sang in a church choir, several school choruses and the Baldwin High School Concert Choir. Snider was also selected for the All-State Chorus for singing, in early 1976, Snider joined Twisted Sister and became the sole songwriter of the band thereafter. The group released their first studio album, Under the Blade, in September 1982, less than a year later, Twisted Sister released their sophomore effort, You Cant Stop Rock n Roll. Their third album, Stay Hungry, hit shelves on May 10,1984 and this would become the bands most successful record with the hits Were Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock. To emphasize the twisted sister image, Snider adopted a persona of metal-inspired drag with long blond hair, an excessive amount of eye shadow and rouge. During the mid-1980s, before the premiere of Headbangers Ball, the first MTV program to consist entirely of metal videos was Heavy Metal Mania. The first episode aired in June 1985 and was hosted by Dee Snider and it featured metal news, interviews with metal artists, and in-studio co-hosts. That same year in November, Twisted Sister released Come Out, in 1985, a Senate hearing was instigated by the Parents Music Resource Center, who wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing offensive material. The system was to include identifying the type of objectionable content to be found in each album. Dee Snider, John Denver, and Frank Zappa all testified against censorship, such a system was never implemented, but the result of the hearing brought about what is now the generic Parental Advisory, Explicit Content label. The PMRC was initially formed by the wives of Washington, D. C. power brokers Senator Al Gore, tipper Gore in particular became the face of the PMRC and a public foil for Snider in the hearings. A fifth Twisted Sister album would be made in 1987s Love Is for Suckers, the record was originally planned to be a Dee Snider solo effort, but Atlantic Records encouraged a release under the Twisted Sister name. Touring lasted only into October that year and on the 12th of that month and it was during this time that Snider formed Desperado, a band featuring ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme, and bassist Marc Russel. The groups only album, Ace, has never officially released
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Las Vegas Valley
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The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area located in the southern part of the U. S. state of Nevada. The largest urban agglomeration in the state, it is the heart of the Las Vegas–Paradise-Henderson, the Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a 600 sq mi basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada, Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas, six unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada. Since the 1990s the Las Vegas Valley has seen exponential growth, in 2014, a record breaking 41 million visited the Las Vegas area, producing a gross metropolitan product of more than $100 billion. The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829. Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, including Rivera, in the 19th century, areas of the valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas, or meadows, hence the name Las Vegas. The area was settled by Mormon farmers in 1854 and later became the site of a United States Army fort in 1864. Since the 1930s, Las Vegas has generally been identified as a center as well as a resort destination. Nellis Air Force Base is located in the northeast corner of the valley, the ranges that the Nellis pilots use and various other land areas used by various federal agencies, limit growth of the valley in terms of geographic area. Businessman Howard Hughes arrived in the late 1960s and purchased many casino hotels, as well as television, legitimate corporations began to purchase casino hotels as well, and the mob was run out by the federal government over the next several years. The constant stream of tourist dollars from the hotels and casinos was augmented by a new source of money from the establishment of what is now Nellis Air Force Base. The influx of personnel and casino job-hunters helped start a land building boom which is now leveling off. The Las Vegas area remains one of the top entertainment destinations. The valley is contained in the Las Vegas Valley landform and this includes the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson, and the unincorporated towns of Paradise, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor, Enterprise, Winchester, and Whitney. The valley is located within the larger metropolitan area, as the metropolitan area covers all of Clark County -including parts that do not fall within the valley. The government of Clark County has an Urban Planning Area of Las Vegas and this definition is a roughly rectangular area, about 20 mi from east to west and 30 miles from north to south. Notable exclusions from the Urban Planning Area include Red Rock, Blue Diamond, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is the largest police department in the valley and the state and exercises jurisdiction in the entire county. The department does not exercise jurisdiction in areas with separate police forces such as North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, Nellis Air Force Base
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It Dies Today
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It Dies Today is an American metalcore band that formed in Buffalo, New York during September 2001. The band achieved success in 2004 with the release of their debut album. After frontman Nicholas Brooks departed in 2006, just after the release of the sophomore effort Sirens. However, with Brooks return in 2012, the band have re-formed and have begun recording new material again and it Dies Today was formed in August 2001 in Buffalo, New York and was originally composed of vocalist Nicholas Brooks, guitarist Chris Cappelli, and guitarist Steve Lemke. During their formation, most of the members were only 16 years old. Their initial release was a demo titled Let the Angels Whisper Your Name. The following year, It Dies Today released an EP titled Forever Scorned, in 2003, Lemke switched to bass as guitarist Mike Hatalak joined. Prior to joining It Dies Today, Hatalak played in bands called Short of Breath, Plain of Ashes, the group eventually signed with Trustkill Records, home to hardcore heavyweights such as Throwdown, Eighteen Visions, and Bleeding Through. Fall 2004 brought about the release of the bands debut full-length The Caitiff Choir, the album sold over 25,000 copies within four months and allowed the band to sell out two national headlining tours with support from Twelve Tribes, Anterrabae, Trivium and others. Alternative Press named them a Band To Know in 2005, the album has sold 90,000 copies to date. The group also supported bands such as God Forbid, Machine Head and The Haunted. The following summer, the band was scheduled to take part in the Vans Warped Tour but had to due to a vocal injury sustained by Brooks. It Dies Today spent 2006 writing and recording their album with producers Gggarth. Co-producing were vocalist Nick Brooks and guitarist Mike Hatalak, who owns DWS Studios in Niagara Falls, on October 17,2006, It Dies Today released Sirens, which was followed by a U. S. tour. A song from the album, Sacred Heart was featured in the 2009 film Jennifers Body, while another song, Sixth of June, was featured on the Resident Evil, Extinction. On January 17,2007 it was announced that Brooks had left the band and that his replacement would be Jason Wood, before joining It Dies Today, Jason, a Grand Rapids, Michigan native, was the vocalist for the metal outfits Kamilla and The Orphan. Later that year, the band played Warped Tour alongside Still Remains, Throwdown, Poison the Well, As I Lay Dying, and Parkway Drive, among others. It Dies Today spent the latter half of 2007 working on their third album, after several delays in recording, as well as push-backs by Trustkill Records, the new album Lividity was released on September 15,2009
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The Whorror
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The Whorror is the first EP by American gothic metalcore band, Motionless in White. It was released on July 3,2007, all songs written by Christopher Cerulli. Alternate track list She Never Made It to the Emergency Room, a sequel to Schitzophrenicannibalisticsexfest. com, entitled. Com Pt. II, was recorded for the album Creatures
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Rob Zombie
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Rob Zombie is an American musician, filmmaker, and screenwriter. Zombie rose to fame as a member of the heavy metal band White Zombie. Zombies first solo effort was a song titled Hands of Death with Alice Cooper, in 1997, he began working on his debut solo studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe, which was released in August 1998. A month later, Zombie officially disbanded White Zombie and his solo album went on to sell over three million copies worldwide, and spawned three singles. He released an album the following year that contained songs from Hellbilly Deluxe. Zombie directed the horror film House of 1000 Corpses in 2000 and his second studio album, The Sinister Urge, became his second platinum album in the United States. In 2003, Zombie released the compilation album Past, Present, Zombie directed The Devils Rejects, a direct sequel to his prior film House of 1000 Corpses. The project received a positive reception than its predecessor. His third studio album, Educated Horses, was a departure from his earlier recordings, the album became his third to enter the top ten of the Billboard 200, though saw a decrease in sales when compared to his previous releases. Deciding to focus on his career, Zombie directed the horror film Halloween. The film became Zombies highest-grossing film to date, though was met with a critical reception. He later directed Halloween II which failed to match the success of its predecessor and he released the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto that same year. Zombie returned to music with the release of his studio album. The album peaked at eight in the United States. In 2012, Zombie released a remix album and directed the horror film The Lords of Salem. He released his studio album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor the following year. Since the beginning of his career, Zombies music and lyrics have featured notable horror. His live shows have been praised for their shock rock theatricality
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Celldweller
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Celldweller is a Detroit, Michigan-based musical project created by multi-instrumentalist artist, producer, songwriter, performer, programmer, and remixer Klayton. Celldweller songs have featured in many films, movie trailers, television shows. The name Celldweller was derived from a nickname his mom gave him when he was a teenager, dubbed Cellar Dweller, Klayton had gained a devoted cult following in the mid 90s because of his industrial metal band Circle of Dust. He also contributed to the supergroup Argyle Park, using the pseudonyms Dred, Deathwish and this change in style was a major step toward the sound that would come to define Celldwellers output. Klayton began creating songs for the Celldweller project in 1998/1999 and released a limited edition EP of three early Celldweller demos and two solo tracks, which quickly sold out. Klayton and Criss Angel parted ways in 2000 after three albums worth of material had been completed, allowing Klayton to devote all of his time to Celldweller, Klayton worked in earnest with producer Grant Mohrman on the debut Celldweller album, which was slated for release in February 2001. Unfortunately, various delays kept pushing the date back. Eight remixes were chosen and uploaded to the original Mp3. com, most of them making it to the top of the Electronic, all the exposure led to over 500,000 song plays on Mp3. com. The Symbiont remixes became a digital EP six years later, the self-titled debut album saw release in early 2003 and debuted at No.17 on Billboards Internet Sales Chart. Celldweller included a guest appearance by Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague, later, the songs Birthright and Switchback were included in the list of Hard and Extreme Mode songs respectively for the popular iPhone OS game Tap Tap Revenge. In 2004, Klayton put together a double disc release called The Beta Cessions, the second disc contained the full debut album in instrumental form, with a few of the instrumentals being slightly edited. Klayton stated that he plans to release Beta Cessions to coincide with each of his albums to collect outtakes, demos. In the years following the release of the first Celldweller album, various remix EPs were released, Three rounds of the competition were completed, with compilations of Celldweller remixes being released at the end of each round. In December 2008, Klayton released Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol.01 and he selected and reworked demos from his extensive archives that he felt would suit for film, TV and video game licensing. Additionally, some songs were from the second main Celldweller album sessions, Celldwellers management has sought to have these songs placed in media, like those on the debut album, and several have already been heard on film and television and in video games. Writing and recording for the second Celldweller album has been underway since 2004, originally slated to come out in the summer of 2006, the album has been delayed numerous times. In March 2009, Klayton announced that the title of the album is Wish Upon a Blackstar, of 50 songs, he has narrowed it down to the 10 that will comprise the album. In a blog post on his website, he elaborated on wanting to release the album in Chapters with each Chapter consisting of two songs
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Alternative Press (magazine)
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Alternative Press is an American music magazine based in Cleveland, Ohio. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, information on upcoming releases and it was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea, who is the current president. Joe Scarpelli is the current general manager, jason Pettigrew is editor in chief. The first issue of Alternative Press was simply a punk rock fanzine, distributed at concerts in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in June 1985 by APs founder. He disliked the music that was then being broadcast on stations and believed that bands playing underground music should be given more media coverage all in the same spot. He said, It has really always been about covering music for the misfits, Shea began working on his first issue in his mothers house in Aurora, Ohio. Shea and a friend, Jimmy Kosicki, targeted the Cleveland neighborhood of Coventry, I took my high school newspaper from Aurora High that looked nice and clean and offset print. Id walk into these flower shops and Hallmark shops, and Id say Were going to put out an entertainment publication, and theyd look at my high school newspaper and say, Its really professional. Thats how we got enough money to make the first issue, financial problems plagued AP in its early years. However, by the end of 1986, publication had ceased due to its financial problems, with the growth of alternative rock in the early 1990s, circulation began to increase. APs covers included bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden, by 1994, the magazine was doing cover stories on Beastie Boys, Henry Rollins and Love and Rockets. Did we sometimes protest too much, maybe, but we were up against a lot, we were underfinanced and still underappreciated in some corners of the music business, so we had to fight scrappily and mean when it was called for. Nobody takes you seriously unless you take yourself seriously, and thats what Norman brings to his position to this day. By the early 2000s, after resisting attempts to purchase the magazine, when asked the magazines audience, Shea said, It went from heartfelt emo, to screamo, to post-hardcore, to metalcore… but, there will always be a suburban kid full of angst. At the time of its 20th anniversary in 2005, AP had grown to a size of 112 pages per issue. AP introduced its own ceremony in 2014. In 2015, the ceremony was moved to Clevelands Quicken Loans Arena. It featured hosts Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat of All Time Low and performances by Rob Zombie, New Found Glory with Hayley Williams of Paramore, Panic. at the Disco, due to the Republican National Convention, the 2016 APMAs were moved to Columbus Value City Arena
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Rock Sound
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For the district in the Bahamas, see Rock Sound, Bahamas. Rock Sound is a British magazine which covers rock music, the magazine aims at being more underground and less commercial, while also giving coverage to more well-known acts. It generally focuses on pop punk, post-hardcore, metalcore, punk, emo, hardcore, heavy metal and extreme metal genres of rock music, the tag-line For those who like their music loud, extreme and non-conformist is sometimes used. Although primarily aimed at the British market, the magazine is sold in Australia, Canada. The British edition of Rock Sound was launched in March 1999 by the French publisher Editions Freeway, the magazine was bought out by its director, Patrick Napier, in December 2004. The magazines offices are in London, separate titles with the same name have been published under the same umbrella company in France since 1993, and in Spain since 1998. The magazine is known for including a free CD in most issues and these are now normally called 100% Volume or The Volumes, but in the past compilations were also called Music With Attitude, Bugging Your Ears. Sound Check and Punk Rawk Explosion, buyer reaction has been very negative when there has been talk of turning the CD compilation into a digital compilation. The first issue was published in April 1999, issue 2 featured British band Reef on the front cover, and later issues 3 and 8 featured Terrorvision and Foo Fighters respectively. In July 2011 a host of Through The Years articles were written to celebrate the 150th issue of the magazine, the magazine had a circulation figure of 15,005 from January to December 2010 auditored by ABC. This includes 10,162 sales in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the majority of sales come from newstrade, with some coming from subscriptions. The main rival to the magazine in Britain is Kerrang, because of the similar types of music both magazines cover. However, Kerrang. is released weekly and does not usually provide as much coverage to more alternative bands, to new and upcoming bands, at the end of every year the magazine lists their favourite 75 albums released in the previous twelve months. Thus this differs from the Yearly Top Albums lists which do not take influence into account, in each article there is normally an interview with band members, a commentary on the albums release, a look at its initial success, and reaction from other musicians as well. In some of the issues this section had been renamed to Throwback. Kerrang NME Metal Hammer Alternative Press Citations Sources Official website
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Reincarnate (album)
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Reincarnate is the third studio album by American metal band Motionless in White, it was released on September 15,2014 in the UK and a day later worldwide. Reincarnate is the last Motionless in White album to be released on Fearless Records. On January 23,2014 the band announced a headlining tour in March with The Plot in You, Like Moths to Flames, For the Fallen Dreams. Following the tour the band entered the studio to work on their follow-up to their 2012 album, the band stated that they would remain a quintet and work with touring and session drummers. Puppets 3 was released on iTunes on Tuesday August 5 and he stated that the albums sound will contain the aggressiveness Creatures had which Infamous lacked in and will also have a more consistent style. Despite the departure of drummer Brandon Richter, the stated that they remain as a quintet and will be working with touring. The album artwork was revealed in the video released on June 11. It was created by Chad Michael Ward and features model Harper Leigh, after the albums announcement in July and pre-orders where made available, it was also reported that a deluxe edition of the album will also include a bible-styled case for the physical copy. The album was listed as one of the most anticipated releases of 2014 by Altpress. com, the first single released off the album was the song of the same name and was released on July 8 after a weeks delay and was issued with a lyric video. After the albums official announcement pre-orders were made available of which included many bundles including, bracelets, denim vests, necklaces and signed posters. The song Puppets 3, featuring Dani Filth of the metal band Cradle of Filth was released on August 5 to promote the album and was also distributed with a lyric video. Once all had been found the album was put up online for streaming. The music video was filmed in the location that the album cover was shot at. The song Unstoppable, was used as the theme song for WWE NXT TakeOver. Andy Biddulph of Rocksound stated that the appear to be firming up the sound from their previous album Infamous. He complained that they are taking too much influence from Marilyn Manson and Cradle of Filth, however, Biddulph went on to say that it was a good effort and hopes that their next album will be an improvement. The album sold 31,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at #9 Billboard top 200, #1 Rock album charts, and became the #1 Metal Album on iTunes
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Motionless in White discography
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Motionless in White is an American metalcore band. The discography of the consists of three full-length albums, two EPs and one demo album. The group is known to combine the musical style with industrial. During the EP recording of When Love Met Destruction, the band signed to Fearless Records where they released their major label debut, the band released their second studio album, Infamous, on November 13,2012. The band released their studio album Reincarnate on September 16,2014
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And Their Name Was Treason
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And Their Name Was Treason is the debut studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, released on May 10,2005 through Indianola Records. It followed their second self-released EP, which was produced the same year, the album was the bands only release under Indianola, its success led the group sign to Victory Records. Several songs on the album were written during the band members teenage years, recorded in the producers bedroom, the album contains audio excerpts from several films. The band toured in the United States to help promote the album, the album has since sold over 10,000 copies. A re-recorded version of the album, titled Old Record, was released in October 2008 by Victory, the band members later admitted that they were forced to do the re-recording at the request of label owner Tony Brummel. The reissue charted at number 16 on the Heatseekers Album Chart in the U. S, a Day to Remember formed when guitarist Tom Denney asked Jeremy McKinnon if he would like to join the band as a vocalist. The pair hung out with drummer Bobby Scruggs, who joined the band. During this period, both Denney and Scruggs were already in a band, Denney was in 2 Days 2 Late, the trio wrote a song which McKinnon said was better than everything our other bands had come up with. Shortly afterwards the trio decided to form a band which was called End of An Era in its first week of existence, the name was inspired by a movie listing in a TV guide found in Denneys home. One day at rehearsal, a friend of Scruggs showed up with his girlfriend, Scruggs friend stayed in the band for a short period. He was fired after several instances of walking off stage mid-performance, according to Denney, the groups original bassist and rhythm guitarist didnt work out. They were subsequently replaced by guitarist Neil Westfall and bassist Joshua Woodard, at the time, Westfall was also in 2 Days 2 Late, while Woodard was a fan of the band. A Day to Remember practiced in McKinnons garage, who was living with his parents at the time, the band released an independent EP which helped them secure a recording contract. According to McKinnon, And Their Name Was Treason was recorded probably within 3 days, the members later said they had no idea what were they doing when they were recording the album. Speaking about the themes on the record, guitarist Tom Denney said that they were all experiences that Jeremy has had. 1958 was written about a drummer, who threatened to go McKinnons parents house with a baseball bat. Denney added that the talks about family and us sticking together no matter what. Record label Indianola were introduced to the band by their PureVolume account, on February 9,2005, the band got signed to Indianola, which McKinnon later said that the band thought was the biggest shit in the world
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Homesick (A Day to Remember album)
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Homesick is the third studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, produced by Chad Gilbert and the band, and released in February 2009. It was the second album for Victory. The album features material written while the band had been touring, recording took place between October and November 2008 at The Wade Studio, located in Ocala. Featured on the album are guest vocalists Mike Hranica, Vincent Bennett, recorded during the album sessions but remaining unreleased is an instrumental called Money Maker. Several of the songs appeared on the bands MySpace profile before the release of the album. Planned for a mid-February 2009 release by Victory before being moved forward two weeks, the album sold 22,000 copies in the first week and charted at number 21 on the U. S. Billboard 200 and it also charted at number 165 in the UK. It was the final album featuring Tom Denney on guitar. Three singles were released from the album, NJ Legion Iced Tea in January 2009, The Downfall of Us All in March 2009, only the third of these charted, at number 40 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. A re-release with additional tracks was released in October 2009, several of the album tracks are available for Rock Band. In 2014, two songs from the album, The Downfall of Us All and If It Means a Lot to You, were certified gold by the RIAA. The album was certified Silver in the UK by the BPI in 2015, a Day to Remember were pressed for a new album by their record label, Victory, in early 2008, bassist Joshua Woodard said the band werent ready to record a new album at the time. This resulted in a re-release of their previous album, For Those Who Have Heart, the songs featured on Homesick were written while the band were on Warped Tour 2008 and on the Easycore Tour with producer Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory. The songs were finished on the latter tour, Gilbert helped to structure the bands songs and also assisted the band with composing a few really catchy parts. The albums lyrics are similar to their previous efforts, with the band aiming to keep it as personal and open at the same time, as vocalist Jeremy McKinnon commented. Speaking of the sound, McKinnon said that the band wanted to make sure it was heavier and poppier while at the same time trying to take it to the next level. In the early hours of one morning, McKinnon was driving to Ocala, Florida when the guitar riff to The Downfall of Us All came to him. Upon arriving at his moms house, he got a guitar and worked the song out. The songs lyrics are about pressure when it comes to songwriting and it was the last song written for the album
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Empire (EP)
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Empire is the first label release by American metalcore band The Word Alive. It was released on July 21,2009 on Fearless Records, the album was produced by Andrew Wade and charted at number 15 on Billboards Top Heatseekers. After this EP, founding drummer Tony Aguilera would be kicked from the band, it is however, the song Casanova Rodeo was originally a part of the unreleased The Word Alive EP. After the release of Empire, the track Battle Royale became one of The Word Alives most known and notable songs and was re-recorded for the bands debut full-length album, Deceiver
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We Will All Evolve
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We Will All Evolve is the second album by New Hampshire-based band, Our Last Night. It was released on Epitaph Records and it was released on May 4,2010. On March 23, the changed their MySpace layout to reveal the album cover. On April 7, a song, titled Across the Ocean, was released on AbsolutePunk. On April 13, the new album We Will All Evolve was leaked on to the Internet, All tracks written by Matt Wentworth
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Broken Frames
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Broken Frames is the third studio album by American rock band Eyes Set to Kill. The album was released on June 8,2010 by Break Silence Records, the album consists of 12 songs and DVD of their interviews and music videos from Reach to Deadly Weapons. This is the first album to not feature screaming vocalist Brandon Anderson, the album was announced after the release of the lead single, All You Ever Knew released on April 1,2010. Title-track Broken Frames was released as the second single accompanied with a music video. Let Me In was released as Lexias first single under her solo album, the album is Eyes Set to Kills highest debut to date in the Independent Albums, and the first to enter Top Hard Rock Albums. The album was ranked fifth of Locals Only, The Best Albums, All tracks written by Eyes Set to Kill. All You Ever Knew was released April 1,2010 as the single prior of the album. Broken Frames, the track, was released July 2010 as the second single with a music video premiered on July 29,2010. Sputnikmusic states Once again, Eyes Set To Kill recycle and refine themselves into something every label lusts for, emphasizing confidence and consistency over innovation. The 411, Eyes Set To Kill’s latest record is by far their best written and produced, chris Colgan of PopMatters said Broken Frames isn’t mind-blowing, but it’s a solid album. Josh Velliquette of The NewReview states Broken Frames is an album tugged between two styles – competent, yet harmless post-hardcore and superb, ear-catching rock. Jake Oliver of Decoy Music states Broken Frames is torn between two worlds, and it is seeking some sort of resolution, making it feel frustratingly incomplete. On July 26,2010, the album debuted at #8 in Top Heatseekers, at #35 in Independent Albums, and at #21 in Top Hard Rock Albums
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Deceiver (The Word Alive album)
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Deceiver is the debut full-length album by metalcore band The Word Alive. It was released on August 31,2010 through Fearless Records, the title derives from a passage of lyrics within the chorus of the song The Wretched. With anticipation of the following up to their critically acclaimed EP Empire. It was produced by Andrew Wade and is the first and only release by the band with drummer Justin Salinas, yet final with bassist Nicholas Urlacher and keyboardist, Dusty Riach. With anticipation of their debut album after releasing the EP, Empire during the previous year. It was recorded during April 2010 in Ocala, Florida with producer Andrew Wade, guitarist, Zack Hansen explained that The tracking was a lot of fun and everyone had a good time. Tyler Telle Smith noted that he received an amount of inspiration. Crediting Nick Johns aka Nicky Scene for the content in a majority of the album We wanted to step it up in every aspect of our songs compared to Empire, when we do things big, they are huge. When we slow it down, its something beautiful, epiphany was released as the albums first single where it was premiered online. The second single, The Hounds of Anubis premiered on the Revolver website, the album features a re-recording of the song Battle Royale, originally featured as the opening track for Empire. The final track for Empire is referenced in a line of lyrics found within the song Consider It Mutual, early copies of Deceiver have a typo on the backside of the included booklet which reads Produced, engineered and by Andrew Wade. For the convenience of fans that were already in-possession of the release of Deceiver. All extras included on the edition are available individually. Deceiver received generally positive reviews by many, allmusic explained that the album covers a lot of familiar territory. Alternative Press stated the relentless drive of so many of the songs found on Deceiver have an urgency, nathan Lay of SMN News expressed that this is one of those albums that actually becomes increasingly better as it plays through. It seems that most albums lose steam by the time they’re half way through, Lay also garnered a comparison of the album to their Empire EP by stating Hell, the EP is still a worthy metal contender with today’s releases. So how the full length compare, well fans can stop holding their breath, Deceiver is beast. It’s heavier, more intricate, more powerful, and even more aggressive, negative reviews or comments of the album were made in dislike to the albums clean vocals
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What Separates Me from You
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What Separates Me from You is the fourth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember, and their third for Victory. Originally planned for release in late-October 2010, the album was delayed by a few weeks until mid-November, the album, which was recorded mainly at The Wade Studios in Ocala, Florida, from May to July 2010, was the first to feature guitarist Kevin Skaff. The album was produced mostly by Chad Gilbert, with help from Andrew Wade, All I Want was released as the first single. It reached number 12 on the U. S, Alternative Songs chart and number 25 on the Rock Songs chart. What Separates Me from You was met generally favorable reviews. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in March 2016, the album was certified Silver in the UK by the BPI. While the band was touring Homesick, a change occurred when guitarist Tom Denney wanted to settle down. Four Letter Lie guitarist Kevin Skaff was added in his place, Denney, guitarist Neil Westfall said in a 2010 interview with Alter the Press. Weve written a few jams, were always writing, like I think we wrote some parts the other day. Westfall also said once the band return home from touring, they were going to drop everything, at this point, the band had ten songs and were trying to condense them into five, then planning to write five more. Westfall said the band completed the final few songs when we were home with Tom. On the pace of writing, McKinnon said, It seems like a really fast thing that has happened, on the songs themselves, he said, the pop-punk stuff has a darker edge to it. I wrote it like that, its still pop-punk but with a darker edge, the album was influenced by Finchs What It Is to Burn. The album came together song by song as McKinnon mentioned, with the coming up with 15–16 song ideas. McKinnon stated in an interview with Rocksound that theres songs that didnt make this record that were saving, there is a track on the album that was previously written for Homesick. He called What Separates Me from You the slowest for stuff like that, Westfall said that the albums title and the songs subjects were about Separating your self from your peers and really coming into your own. Asked whether the album reached new heights, he said it was definitely the next step for the band, Skaff said that McKinnon originally had a different name for the album that he really wanted, but found it was actually the name of a Terror album. It was important to the band that Sticks & Bricks opened the album, McKinnon said in an interview with USAToday that the opening lyric was 100% directed at everyone who ever doubted our band
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White Lotus (album)
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White Lotus is the fourth full-length album by Tempe, Arizona post-hardcore band Eyes Set to Kill. The album was released on August 9,2011 and this is the first album to feature the screamer, Cisko Miranda. It is also the first full length not to feature ex-guitarist, furthermore, its their first and only album to be released under their own record label, Foresee Records. Pre-orders for the album went up at 12 P. M, polly was given as a free download with the pre-orders and Harsh was streamed on sound cloud on July 8th. Track 6, Erasing Everything is a remake of their song Pure White Lace, which was released on their 2006 EP When Silence is Broken. The Secrets Between is the first single that was released from the album and it was streamed on revolvermag. com and released on the Warped Tour Compilation on June 7 and it was given as a free track on June 10. Harsh was released as the single from White Lotus. White Lotus album personnel as listed on Allmusic
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Momentum (Close to Home album)
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Momentum is the fourth full-length studio album by post-hardcore band Close to Home, released on July 31,2012, through Artery Recordings/Razor & Tie. It is the bands first album with vocalist Andrew DeNeef, after the departure of Nick Stiens in November 2011, the album was produced, engineered and mixed by Andrew Wade at his Wade Studios in Ocala, Florida. The song Family Ties features guest appearances by David Stephens and Kyle Pavone, all songs written by Close to Home and Andrew Wade
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Masks (album)
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Masks is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Eyes Set to Kill. The album was released on September 17,2013 and it is their first album to be released under Century Media Records. It is also their last album to feature screamer and guitarist Cisko Miranda, Phil Freeman of Alternative Press told that Eyes Set to Kill go an overtly metal, even nü-metal direction. In addition, Freeman wrote that Their riffs are fierce and heavy, laid over powerful grooves, at Alternative Press, Phil Freeman noted This is strong work from a band unwilling to be dismissed as a sister-act gimmick. All tracks written by Eyes Set to Kill and Alexandro Lopez, Cisko Miranda - unclean vocals, rhythm guitar Alexia Rodriguez - clean vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards Anissa Rodriguez - bass Caleb Clifton - drums, percussion, samples
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Common Courtesy (album)
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Common Courtesy is the fifth studio album by American rock band A Day to Remember. Songs for the album were written mid-2011, with recording starting from early-2012 and going into March 2013, in between that time period, an unmixed version of Violence was streamed from the bands website in December 2012. The band then embarked on the Right Back at It Again Tour in March 2013, from mid-August to late-September, the band released webisodes to tie-in with the album. The band performed another song that would appear on the album, Dead & Buried, at each stop of the following House Party Tour, beginning in September 2013 and ending a month later. A few months before the recording of the album started, in December 2011, the band was involved in a lawsuit with their label Victory, which had parts resolved a few days before the albums release. This lawsuit led to the initial digital self-release of the album on October 8, with a physical release following on November 25. Common Courtesy charted at number 34 in the UK and number 37 in the U. S. and was met generally favorable reviews. Shortly after the end of Warped Tour in July 2011, the decided to take a break to compose new material. In an interview with Alternative Press in November, vocalist Jeremy McKinnon said that after the bands done touring Europe the group will be recording their next album. McKinnon also said that he has been writing constantly for the course of the two years while the band has been touring, and he is happy with the material accumulated up to this point. On December 15, it was announced that A Day to Remember had plans of pressing charges against their label, Victory, claiming withheld royalties of over $75,000, the group had reportedly started legal action against Victory on May 31 of that year. Victory has said, on their behalf, that the lawsuit is actually about the refusal to fulfill their 5 album contractual commitment to Victory. A Day to Remember gave Altpress. com a statement, A Day To Remember would like to make it clear that they did not announce nor seek any attention regarding their ongoing suit with Victory Records. This information has been public record since May of 2011 and they have no intention of speaking publicly or disparagingly regarding their disagreement with Victory, a Day To Remember will continue to release music for their fans. On April 4, McKinnon hinted via Twitter that the band might be recording, on May 10, the band said live on stage that the bands new album would be titled Common Courtesy. Shortly after this, the band started recording for the new album, on August 25, Skaff had confirmed the albums title. In September, the said that they were working with Chad Gilbert. While in the middle of recording Common Courtesy, the played a home town gig on November 21
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A Day to Remember
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A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida, founded in Spring 2003 by guitarist Tom Denney and drummer Bobby Scruggs. They are known for their amalgamation of metalcore and pop punk. The band currently consists of vocalist Jeremy McKinnon, rhythm guitarist Neil Westfall, bassist Joshua Woodard, percussion and drummer Alex Shelnutt, signing with Indianola Records for their first album, And Their Name Was Treason, Scruggs was replaced by Shelnutt in 2006. Later that year the band recorded For Those Who Have Heart for Victory Records and they embarked on several tours of the UK and U. S. and played at several festivals, before recording and releasing Homesick. While promoting Homesick on tour, Denney was replaced by Skaff, soon after releasing their next album, What Separates Me from You, the band went on a worldwide tour to promote it. Beginning in 2011, the band has been involved in a lawsuit with Victory Records over their recording contract, in October 2013 the band was given the right to self-release a new album until a final verdict is reached. They released their album, Common Courtesy, the same month. Soon after, the band embarked onto playing well over 200 shows in their first year of touring, making a name for themselves, the band self-released an independent EP titled, Halos for Heroes, Dirt for the Dead in 2004, which was sold at their live shows. Their epononymous and second EP was released in January of 2005 and they were signed to Indianola in February 2005, for which they released their debut album, And Their Name Was Treason in May that year, going on to sell over 8,000 copies. Woodard said A friend of mine said he had the AIM screenname of someone at Victory Records, I didnt believe him, but I still started communicating with the guy. We IMed back and forth for about six months, and it happened that we were playing in a town outside of Chicago. It was our first time we played in Illinois, yet the 50–60 kids there were singing along to our tunes like they’d been fans all their lives. Soon after signing with Victory, the band with their new drummer Alex Shelnutt went into Zing Studios to record their second album, the album, titled For Those Who Have Heart was released in January 2007 on Victory and peaked at number 17 on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart. In September 2007, they put a cover of Kelly Clarksons song and this was later featured on the re-release of For Those Who Have Heart, released in February 2008 and charted at number 43 on the Top Independent Albums chart. A Day to Remember toured the UK for the first time ever in January 2008, awards, but lost to Black Tide. Afterwards, the band had a tour opening for Silverstein along with The Devil Wears Prada. Before playing the Download Festival, they toured the UK with The Devil Wears Prada, in mid-2008, the band played all the U. S. dates of the Easycore Tour along with New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, Crime in Stereo and International Superheroes of Hardcore. A remastered version of their first album, And Their Name Was Treason, later that month, the band recorded their third studio album, Homesick
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A Loss for Words
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A Loss for Words was an American pop punk band from Abington, Massachusetts. Matty Arsenault and Danny Poulin from Lions Lions started a new band, Last Ride, in 1999, it would soon feature Kreg Dudley, Chris Murphy, and Evan Cordeiro. The band had five names listed in a notebook before they changed it, the band would change its name to A Loss for Words after attending a ministers service. Mike Adams was soon drafted to play bass after the bass player had no desire to play in front of people. Marc Dangora, from Mommy a Fly Flew Up My Pee Hole, by April 2004, several tracks were posted on the bands PureVolume account, Bullets Leave Holes, Death or Glory, Rose Colored Lens, Shoot for Seven, Faze 3, and Warrens Eyes. The band recorded 3 songs with Matt Squire in College Park, Maryland, a track listing for a release called Coming Soon to a Theater Near You, released in 2004, was put up in February. In March, it was announced the band were in a studio recording six songs that would be released on an EP, to be released by Rock Vegas, the tracks were finished being mixed by April, and a new release month set, June. Unmastered versions of two tracks, A Theme for Your Ego and Bullets Leave Holes, from the EP were posted online in May, a Theme for Your Ego featured guest vocals by Brendan Brown from The Receiving End of Sirens. The band released their first EP on Rock Vegas on 1 July, the EP sold over 1,000 copies in under two months. On September 23, Rock Vegas revealed the EP sold out in 4 weeks, in February 2006, the band posted Half Step Down on their MySpace profile. In April, the band mentioned they were writing new songs for a new release later in the year. In December, Rock Vegas said the band had finished recording four songs a split release with They Sleep the Dream, by 2007, the band would become an active touring band. The split was released in March 2007, the band released a cover of Boyz II Mens Water Runs Dry on December 5. Jack McHugh and Nevada Smith would join in 2007, from December 14,2007 to February 2008, the band would be recording their first full-length album. On December 27,2007, it was announced that the band would record their first album with Nik Tyler and Matt Robnett, the decision to record at the studio was, as Arsenault comments, we wanted to record in a studio that would give us a good sound. Recording cost the band $16,000 and as a result, members of both A Loss for Words and Junction 18 created a new band, Snakes in Suits, in late January 2008. A cover of The Movielifes Face or Kneecaps was posted on the bands Myspace account, Two songs that would feature on the bands Webster Lake acoustic EP were posted on their Myspace, while at the same time it was announced that the EP would be released on June 21. Wrightsville Beach, from the EP, was posted on Myspace in late July, the song was named after a location on one of the bands early tours
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Close to Home (band)
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Close to Home was an American post-hardcore band from Cincinnati, Ohio, that was formed in 2005. Close to Home has toured across the United States and Europe with bands such as Silverstein, Emery, Dance Gavin Dance, In Fear and Faith, We Came as Romans and they have also participated in 2010 and 2012s Scream It Like You Mean It tours. On December 10,2010, they signed with Artery Recordings, the band was previously managed by Outerloop Management. Close to Home is commonly depicted as CTH, in 2005, brothers Josh and Justin Wells formed the band Close to Home with their friend, bassist Brad Andress in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to label involvement, or a release, Close to Home was invited to perform three western United States dates on the Vans Warped Tour 2005. In 2006, while on their first non-festival tour, Brad Andress was diagnosed with cancer, while Brad Andress was hospitalized, Close to Home was again invited to perform three southern United States dates on the Vans Warped Tour 2006. In October 2006, Brad Andress died, after the death of bassist Brad Andress, Close to Home spent most of 2006 getting their members to todays lineup, Josh Wells, JJ Cooper, and Travis Hartman. It has been confirmed that guitarists Josh Wells and JJ Cooper have recorded all the lines since the death of Brad Andress. Legends Live On EP was released via iTunes April 7,2008 and was the last live show that bassist Brad Andress played before his death, according to guitarist Josh Wells The remaining four tracks on the record are about Brad Andress and losing someone. Wells also stated that because of Andress death, Close to Home does not have a permanent bass musician, in 2007, Close to Home won the United States, Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. This allowed Close to Home to play one night on the acclaimed Taste Of Chaos Tour, in 2007, Close to Home became a three-peat performer on Vans Warped Tour, performing at Vans Warped Tours 2007 and 2008 in Cincinnati. Standby EP was released via iTunes on April 29,2008, shortly after, Close to Home embarked on the V-Neck and Shaved Chest Tour with We Came as Romans. Let It Be Known EP features vocalist Shane Told of Silverstein on Promise, and following this release, during this time, the band were also spokespeople for Sexy Hair products. Close to Home appeared on a mini-tour with I Am Abomination. Close to Home also embarked on the Scream It Like You Mean It 2010 Tour with Silverstein, Emery, Dance Gavin Dance, I Set My Friends On Fire, Sky Eats Airplane, Ivoryline, and We Came as Romans. Andy Glass from We Came as Romans filled in on bass for the complete tour, excerpt from the bands MySpace blog, Never Back Down is our first label debut album. We spent all of 2010 creating this record and getting everything in place to release it, I just wanted to take a moment to tell you a little about the process of making this record and what the concept for it was. When we were first told we would be doing a full length we sat down and put a lot of thought in what direction we wanted to go with it, musically and lyrically
