Dying Fetus

Dying Fetus merupakan band Death Metal yang terbentuk di tahun 1991 di kota Annaplis, Maryland, Amerika dimana personil mereka saat ini ada John Gallagher di gitar dan vokal, Mike Kimball di gitar, Sean Beasley di bass serta Trey Williams pada drum.
Mereka memiliki karakter musik yang ngeblast, dan cukup kompleks dipadu pada style gitar yang breakdown. Vokal mereka menggunakan style growl death metal dan kadang-kadang juga scream.
Lirik-lirik mereka pun kebanyakan berbicara tentang sosial politik dan kritikan terhadap beberapa kebijakan perang termasuk invasi Amerika ke Irak. Dan selain berbicara tentang kebijakan perang, mereka juga mengkritik orang-orang yang bertopengkan agama sebagai pembenaran, sifat konsumerisme dan juga korporasi.
Di tahun 2001, beberapa personil band ini keluar dan hanya menyisakan John Gallagher. Keempat personil yang keluar dari Dying Fetus kemudian membentuk satu band death metal baru namun memiliki pengaruh musik Grindcore yang cukup kental dengan nama Misery Index. Dari sinilah bermula perkembangan Deathcore.
Pada 6 Maret 2007 lalu, Dying Fetus merilis album terbaru mereka dengan titel "War of Attrition" sebagai jawaban kepada fans mereka dimana sebelumnya Dying Fetus merilis "Stop At Nothing" di tahun 2003.

Personil

• John Gallagher: Gitar dan vokal
• Mike Kimball: Gitar
• Sean Beasley: Bass dan vokal
• Trey Williams: Drum

Nile

Nile is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, formed in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian mysticism, history, religion, and art as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.

History

Nile formed in their hometown of Greenville, SC, in 1993. With their self-proclaimed trademark of "Ithyphallic metal," Karl Sanders (guitar/vocals), Chief Spires (bass/vocals), and Pete Hammoura (drums) debuted with their Festivals of Atonement EP in 1995, leading Nile to a southwestern tour in support of other big metal acts such as Obituary, Deicide, and Broken Hope.
Visceral Productions was responsible for releasing Nile’s EP Ramses Bringer of War in 1997 and was going to release their first album Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka if they hadn’t gone out of business later that year. However, Relapse Records was open to releasing it in early 1998, giving Nile a wider distribution and a chance to hit the road with Incantation and Morbid Angel.
The follow-up, “Black Seeds of Vengeance”, was released in late 2000. Prior to this release, Pete Hammoura left the band due to injuries sustained while touring for The Catacombs. He tore his rotator cuff and could not recover the use of his arm fully in time to undertake the extreme physical stress of a touring death metal band. He did not want to leave and thought a few more months of rehabilitation could get him up to speed.^{[citation needed]} However, since the band thought he was holding them back, it was agreed that he leave. Derek Roddy drummed on all of the tracks (except “To Dream of Ur”) as a session musician. Also, prior to Black Seeds of Vengeance, Dallas Toler-Wade joined as a second guitarist/vocalist. A collection of remastered recordings, In the Beginning, was released later the same year.
Chief Spires left the bands a few months after the release of “Black Seeds of Vengeance” citing personal and professional differences. He was replaced by Jon Vesano. The band also found a new drummer in Tony Laureano.
By 2002, In Their Darkened Shrines was released. Two videos were shot with director Darren Doane, "Sarcophagus" and "Execration Text", respectively.

Nile performing live at Jaxx Nightclub on August 27, 2007 in Springfield, Virginia.

Annihilation of the Wicked was released in 2005. New drummer George Kollias stepped in to replace Tony Laureano, who left before the recording began. After recording the bass for Annihilation of the Wicked, Jon Vesano also left the band. He was temporary replaced by Joe Payne on the following tour. Another Darren Doane directed video was shot for "Sacrifice Unto Sebek".
In May 2006, Nile signed a recording contract with Nuclear Blast. On February 26, 2007, Nile entered the studio and began recording their fifth full-length album entitled Ithyphallic, which was their first release with Nuclear Blast. Karl Sanders had confirmed a release date of June 29 via a posting on the band's message board, which was later pushed back to July 20, 2007. As a special bonus, Nuclear Blast gave several fans the opportunity to listen to the new album two weeks before its release if they could decipher a hieroglyphic message, to which "papyrus" was the answer.
On March 21, 2007, Nile was confirmed as a "Second Stage" act for Ozzfest 2007. A message from Karl Sanders via Nile's MySpace profile indicated that they were excited to finally bring true death metal to an Ozzfest audience. In March/April 2008, Nile went on a USA headlining tour with Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Unexpect, and Warbringer. In September/October 2008, Nile set out on a European headlining tour with Grave, Omnium Gatherum and Severe Torture. In October 2008 the band planned to take their Ithyphallic tour to South Africa for a booking of three shows but they were canceled for unknown reasons.
In June of 2009, Nile entered the recording studio to begin work on their sixth full-length album, entitled Those Whom the Gods Detest. The album was released in November of the same year, and was critically well-received - with one reviewer suggesting "pretty much the only thing standing in Nile’s way at this point is the fact that we as listeners have become so accustomed to the band’s excellence that another excellent album seems almost par for the course". It sold 3,500 copies in its first week of release in America, landing it at #160 on the Billboard Top 200. On October 21, 2010, Chris Lollis was confirmed as the new permanent bassist for Nile, after four years of session work with the band.

Musical style and themes

The majority of Nile's music is written by vocalist/guitarist Karl Sanders. It combines traditional and technical death metal. Nile's music is also characterized by its extreme complexity and speed – for which the band has received acknowledgment from many music fans and journalists - and its extremely "heavy" riffing, due to Nile's guitar and bass tunings.
Much of the lyrical content is based on Karl Sanders' interest in Egyptology and other ancient Middle Eastern cultures, such as Mesopotamia. Lengthy sleeve notes are included with the albums Black Seeds of Vengeance, In Their Darkened Shrines, Annihilation of the Wicked and Those Whom the Gods Detest, explaining the inspiration or source for the lyrics of each song.

Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released two full-length studio albums, three EPs, six music videos and have won two awards.

History

 

Formation, debut EP and The Cleansing (2002–2008)

Suicide Silence were founded in 2002 in Riverside, California and were at that time, a side-project of many of the members of other groups. The band performed their first show at a local area within Riverside and at that time, the line-up consisted of the members Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun as guitarists, Mike Bodkins as bassist, Josh Goddard as drummer and two vocalists, Mitch Lucker and Tanner Womack. Shortly after their first performance, Womack was fired from the band and they released their first demo the following year. They released their second demo in 2003. After the replacement of Josh Goddard in 2004, the members took the band more seriously and were no-longer deemed as a side project. They would then advance to record their third and final demo in 2005. Following within 2005, the band released their first public release entitled, Suicide Silence EP which was released in the United Kingdom through Third Degree Records and later re-released through the English label In at the Deep End Records and in the US through SOS Records.^[1]
Two years later, the band signed to Century Media^[2] and released their debut full-length album The Cleansing. The album was recorded with Krissan Duwason, mixed by Tue Madsen, produced by John Travis and features artwork by Dave McKean. It debuted at number 94 on the Billboard 200,^[3] selling 7,250 copies the first week, and became one of the best-selling debut albums in Century Media history.^[4] With the success of their debut album, Suicide Silence were included to take part in Mayhem Festival that took place during the summer of 2008. They toured Europe with Parkway Drive and Bury Your Dead, following a successful US tour with the same bands. Also touring with Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember and The Acacia Strain in mid 2008 during the time when they were included to perform at Sweat Fest. At this point Suicide Silence were beginning to gain a wide range of fans throughout the world.
In 2008 the band covered the song "Engine No. 9" by Deftones that appeared on their debut album Adrenaline, Suicide Silence released the cover on their limited edition second EP Green Monster as well as iTunes.

No Time to Bleed (2008–present)

Suicide Silence at 2008's Mayhem Festival.

Shortly before embarking on Mayhem Festival, Suicide Silence's MySpace profile title read "Suicide Silence (Is writing a new album)", which was the first indication of ensuring the upcoming of their second album. On June 26, 2008, Mitch Lucker appeared on the Headbangers Ball blog podcast. In the interview, Lucker stated that the album would be recorded through tracks as opposed of being recorded live, such as The Cleansing. He also said the new album would "blow The Cleansing away". Machine was chosen by the band to be the producer of the album. The title for it was revealed as being No Time to Bleed.^[5]
Suicide Silence began recording No Time to Bleed in February with producer Machine and engineer Will Putney.^[6] During Music as a Weapon as well as the band's Cleansing the Nation tour, they began to perform the songs "No Time to Bleed", "Your Creations", "Lifted" and "Wake Up" months before the release of the album. In April they received the Revolver Golden God award for "Most Innovative Band" and performed at the awards show.^[7]
Suicide Silence were included on 2009's Pedal to the Metal tour, along with the bands Mudvayne, Static-X, Bury Your Dead, Dope and Black Label Society.^[8] During the same year, Suicide Silence was awarded the Golden God award for "Best New Talent", their second Golden God award received to date.^[9]
Suicide Silence released No Time to Bleed on June 30, 2009 through Century Media. The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200,^[10] selling 14,000 copies in the first week in the United States alone.^[11][12] The opening track from the album, "Wake Up" was released as a digital download-only EP which includes the original song, a live performance of it and a remix handled by Shawn Crahan of Slipknot. A music video was produced for the song as well and made its debut premiere on Fearnet.^[13][14] "Genocide" was released as the album's second single. Its music video was created in collaboration with Bloody Disgusting and a remix for the song was featured in the Saw VI soundtrack.^[15][16]
Suicide Silence announced production for a music video for the song, "Disengage", of which was released as a single on April 20, 2010.^[17] The video for it was released during June 2010.^[18] The band played throughout the entire Warped Tour 2010^[19] on the Altec Lansing Stage.^[20] In October, the group will begin their first headlining tour in two years^[21] with support from MyChildren MyBride, Molotov Solution, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and Conducting from the Grave.^[22]

Styles and influences

Suicide Silence perform an extreme metal musical style known as deathcore,^[23][24][25] which is a fusion between death metal and metalcore.^[26][27] The band perform this style as well as gain influences from several other extreme musical genres such as black metal, grindcore, and mathcore.^[28] The mathcore elements can be seen in the varied speed changes and complex time signatures in the band's music. The vocals of Mitch Lucker are frequently fluctuating between death growls and high-pitched screamed vocals used in black metal.^[28] The drumming is very fast-paced, grindcore influenced, and employs a liberal use of double bass drumming and blast beats.^[29]
The band members themselves have stated that they gain influence from groups such as Meshuggah, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Necrophagist, Nile, Slipknot, Deftones and Korn.

Satan

Satan (bahasa Ibrani: הַשָׂטָן ha-Satan; bahasa Arab: الشيطان al-Shaitan ("lawan") - keduanya dari akar kata bahasa Semit: Ś-Ṭ-N) adalah perwujudan dari antagonisme yang bersumber dari agama-agama Samawi, yang biasanya merujuk pada malaikat di dalam kepercayaan Yahudi-Kristiani, dan Jin pada kepercayaan Islam. Pada awalnya, istilah ini digunakan sebagai nama julukan untuk berbagai entitas yang menantang kepercayaan iman manusia di dalam Alkitab Ibrani. Sejak saat itu agama-agama Samawi menggunakan istilah "Satan" sebagai nama untuk Iblis. Di dalam bahasa Indonesia, istilah Satan berbeda maknanya dengan setan. "Satan" (huruf besar) lebih condong pada sang Iblis (diabolos), sedangkan "setan" (huruf kecil) lebih condong kepada roh-roh jahat (daemon). Perubahan makna itu terjadi karena setan tidak diterjemahkan langsung dari bahasa Ibrani, melainkan melalui bahasa Arab, sehingga terjadi pergeseran makna.

Di dalam kekristenan

Kata Satan (dengan huruf besar) hanya digunakan dua kali di dalam Alkitab Terjemahan Baru (Wahyu 12:9, 20:2) untuk akar kata Yunani Satanas yang diterjemahkan menjadi "Iblis" di 34 tempat yang lain di Alkitab.^[1] Oleh karena itu sinonim "Satan" yang terdekat di dalam bahasa Indonesia adalah "Iblis".
Lucifer dan Beelzebul adalah dua nama lain yang disebut di dalam Alkitab yang seringkali dikaitkan dengan Satan. Nama "Lucifer" di dalam teologi Kristen diidentifikasikan dengan "putera Fajar" di dalam Yesaya 14:12 yang dikaitkan dengan "pemfitnah" dalam bagian lain di Perjanjian Lama. Beelzebub atau Beelzebub adalah nama dewa orang Filistin (lebih tepatnya sejenis Baal, dari kata Ba‘al Zebûb, yang artinya "Dewa Lalat") dan juga digunakan di Perjanjian Baru sebagai sinonim untuk Satan.
Selain itu Satan juga digambarkan sebagai ular dan naga (ular naga) dan banyak lagi. Di dalam kisah Kejadian, Satan diidentifikasikan sebagai ular yang membujuk Hawa untuk memakan Buah Pengetahuan yang Baik dan yang Benar. Wahyu 20:2 menyebut bahwa "si ular tua itu, yaitu Iblis dan Satan."

As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by Tim Lambesis and having completed their first Line-up in 2001, the band consists of vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, lead guitarist Nick Hipa, rhythm guitarist Phil Sgrosso, and bassist Josh Gilbert, all of whom are Christians.^[1][2][3] Signed to Metal Blade Records, As I Lay Dying has released five studio albums, one split album, and one compilation album.
As I Lay Dying's fourth studio album, An Ocean Between Us peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Top Rock chart. The band has performed at Wacken Open Air, With Full Force, Soundwave Festival, Sounds of the Underground, Warped Tour, and Taste of Chaos. In 2007, As I Lay Dying won the "Ultimate Metal God" award from MTV2 at the first annual "All That Rocks" special, was named "Artist of the Year" at the San Diego Music Awards in 2008 ^[4] and was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for the song "Nothing Left".^[5] The band wrote and recorded their latest album, The Powerless Rise on the course of a three year process and was released in May 2010. It has been considered by some to be their best work yet.

History

Debut and split album (2001–2003)

After leaving the band Society's Finest where he played guitar, vocalist Tim Lambesis formed As I Lay Dying in 2000.^[6] Starting out as a duet with drummer Jordan Mancino after they first met as a band in February 2001, the title of the band was taken by the novel of the same name by William Faulkner although there is no correlation between the band's musical theme to the theme of the novel.^[7][8]
Pluto Records took interest and offered As I Lay Dying a recording contract. After accepting the offer, one month later the band entered the studio to record their first album Beneath the Encasing of Ashes, which was released in June 2001. In 2002. The band recorded five songs for a split album through Pluto Records, with San Diego heavy metal band American Tragedy. As I Lay Dying realized it needed to expand to a five-piece to include another guitarist and a bassist. Mancino commented "we started going on tour and we needed obviously more people than that."^[9] Since they had no "solid" members besides Tim Lambesis and Jordan Mancino, the band recruited friends to perform with them and from there on the group encountered several line-up changes; bassist Noah Chase departed from band in 2001, Brandon Hayes and his subsequent replacement Aaron Kennedy departed in 2003; soon after forming the band The Tokyo Smash in Tulsa, Oklahoma.^[9]

Frail Words Collapse (2003–2004)

Lead vocalist, Tim Lambesis

During early 2003, when As I Lay Dying's contract with Pluto Records expired, the band from there undertook realization of their opportunity to pursue other record labels. After extensive touring and an increase in popularity, As I Lay Dying was offered a record deal with Metal Blade Records in March 2003.^[10] As I Lay Dying accepted the offer and Pluto Records owner Brian Cobbel was supportive of the band moving to Metal Blade. Lambesis commented "since we've been on the label, they've really gone out of their way to market us differently than they've marketed other bands in the past and have really pushed us as a newer sound for the label."^[11]
In July 2003, the band's second studio album, Frail Words Collapse was released. Produced by Lambesis, the album peaked at number 30 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart, and number 41 on the Top Heatseekers chart.^[12] William York of Allmusic thought the band "doesn't really add anything new to the mix from a musical standpoint" with the release, although praised it for being "solid enough and well executed, and the production is adequate."^[13] Sherwin Frias of Jesus Freak Hideout had similar sentiments and commented "As I Lay Dying didn't exactly break many boundaries in making this record", but praised that each song is "executed so well (and with such precision) that nary a song misses its target."^[14] Touring followed to promote the album with the bands Himsa, Shadows Fall, The Black Dahlia Murder, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Sworn Enemy, and Hatebreed. Music videos for the songs "94 Hours" and "Forever" received rotation on networks such as Fuse and MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.

Shadows Are Security (2005–2006)

Rhythm guitarist, Phil Sgrosso

As I Lay Dying entered Big Fish recording studio in Encinitas, California in January 2005 to record their third studio album. Shadows Are Security was released in June, and debuted at number 1 on the Independent Albums. It was the band's first release to enter the Billboard 200 at number 35.^[12] and sold about 275 000 copies. Wade Kergan of Allmusic called it "one of the strongest releases of 2005," and commented that new guitarists Phil Sgrosso and Nick Hipa, make the band "stronger."^[15] Rod Smith of Decibel Magazine commented "Tim Lambesis’ finely honed roar in bittersweet instrumental matrices augmented by occasional clean vocals by bassist Clint Norris . Guitarists Phil Sgrosso and Nick Hipa whip up a melodic cyclone on 'The Darkest Nights'."^[16] Guitarist Evan White had quit the band due to personal reasons after his mother had died. All the clean vocals where sung by Dave Arthur of Kings to You, because they sounded in the studio more powerful than Clint Norris'.^[17] Guitarist Phil Sgrosso recorded bass on the album, to get the recording finished in the given time.

Bassist, Josh Gilbert

As I Lay Dying began touring to promote the new record by making appearances at Hell on Earth, Winter Headline Tour, Ozzfest, and a tour with Slipknot and Unearth. The band was on the second stage alongside Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage, Mastodon, The Haunted, and It Dies Today. At the fee of $75,000 the band could have chosen to perform on the headliners stage but refused the offer as they thought it was "not worth the money."^[18] The band raised its profile in 2006 through its support slot on the Taste of Chaos tour in the US alongside bands such as Deftones, Thrice, Dredg, Funeral for a Friend and Story of the Year.^[19] In May 2006, Beneath the Encasing of Ashes and the songs from the split album were re-released as A Long March: The First Recordings through Metal Blade Records. The album contained the original and re-recordings of the songs from the split album, and was released as the band preferred to re-release the material rather than have fans pay large sums of money to listen to early releases. The re-release peaked at number 3 on Independent Albums, and 129 on the Billboard 200.^[12] In the summer of 2006 As I Lay Dying closed the Sounds of the Underground Festival.^[20] Bassist Clint Norris left the band on good terms in November 2006 with the desire to focus on his marriage. The band auditioned ten bassists, although none proved successful. Lambesis received demo tapes from a band called This Endearing, of which bassist Josh Gilbert was a part of. Lambesis wanted to "sit on it" and wait for the band to record more material. However, This Endearing disbanded and Gilbert was then recruited as As I Lay Dying's new bassist.^[6]

An Ocean Between Us (2007–2009)

Lead guitarist, Nick Hipa

In 2007, As I Lay Dying started recording a new album titled An Ocean Between Us, which was released on August 21, 2007. Debuting at number 8 on the Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Top Rock chart with first-week sales of 39,000, the album was the highest charting release for the band.^[21] Co-produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and As I Lay Dying, and mixed by Colin Richardson, the album received generally positive reviews.^{[citation needed]} Christa L. Titus of Billboard commented "Whatever the differences between As I Lay Dying's personal desires and what its fans demand, this album surely acts as a bridge," praising the song "Comfort Betrays" for its guitar solo.^[22] Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net described the album as "a well-rounded and often thrashy metalcore album, as the band has struck an effective balance between aggression and accessible melodies."^[23] Thom Jurek of Allmusic praised the band for expanding its musical range by including melodic choruses and clean vocals such as they had previously done on Confined from Shadows Are Security.^[24] It was the first time for bassist Josh Gilbert to be featured on an As I Lay Dying record since the time of the departure of previous bassists, Evan White and Clint Norris.
To promote the album, As I Lay Dying performed at the Warped Tour 2007 in August,^[25] and toured through Europe in September with Darkest Hour, Himsa, and Maroon.^[6] The band was awarded "Ultimate Metal God" by MTV2's "All That Rocks",^[26] and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Metal Performance" for the song "Nothing Left". Other nominees included Slayer (who won the award), King Diamond, Machine Head, and Shadows Fall. They played some of the 2008 Warped Tour, as well as the Taste of Chaos UK 2008 Tour with headliners Atreyu.^[27]
On April 9, 2009, their DVD This Is Who We Are was released in the Europe. On April 14, 2009, it was released in United States. Almost a month after its US release, it was certified Gold in the country alone.

The Powerless Rise (2009—present)

On September 28, 2009, As I Lay Dying announced that 6—7 songs had already been written for their then upcoming album, which followed onward to November 23rd where Josh Gilbert announced through Twitter that half of the record was recorded. As I Lay Dying announced the title of their new album The Powerless Rise.^[29]
On May 7, The Powerless Rise was posted in its entirety through MySpace Music. The streaming lasted until May 10.^[30] The album was officially released on May 11, 2010 and received generally positive critical acclaim, with one critic saying "Fans of metalcore in general, and As I Lay Dying in particular, will be more than satisfied with The Powerless Rise, as the band's gradual progression and consistency makes this their best album."^[31]

Christian faith

As I Lay Dying have stated on numerous occasions that all of the members of the group are Christians,^[32] but never have stated they are a Christian band. When asked if they're a Christian band or Christians in a band, Tim Lambesis stated on the band's FAQ, "I'm not sure what the difference is between five Christians playing in a band and a Christian band.^[1] If you truly believe something, then it should affect every area of your life. All five of us are Christians. I believe that change should start with me first, and as a result, our lyrics do not come across very 'preachy.' Many of our songs are about life, struggles, mistakes, relationships and other issues that don't fit entirely in the spiritual category. However, all of these topics are written about through my perspective as a Christian."^[1] During an August 2010 radio interview, Lambesis once more made a statement regarding the band and his faith, expressing that his world view as a Christian "always comes across in our lyrics in some way or another.".^[33]

Tours

2005

As I Lay Dying performing at 2006's Hellfest.

In summer 2005, As I Lay Dying played on the Ozzfest Tour's second stage along with Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Rob Zombie, The Black Dahlia Murder, It Dies Today, Bury Your Dead and Arch Enemy as well as others.

2006

In summer 2006, As I Lay Dying headlined the Sounds of the Underground Tour, they played with In Flames, Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Shadows Fall, It Dies Today, Gwar, Trivium, Evergreen Terrace, The Chariot, Terror, Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, and Through the Eyes of the Dead.

2007

In summer of 2007, As I Lay Dying performed at the 2007 Warped Tour. In the fall of 2007, they headlined the An Ocean Between Us Tour with support from All That Remains, Haste the Day, and Through the Eyes of the Dead.

2008

In spring of 2008, As I Lay Dying joined the lineup of Soundwave during February and March 2008 in Australia alongside bands Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Bleeding Through, Haste the Day, and Carpathian.
In summer of 2008 the band made a one-month appearance again on the 2008 Warped Tour from its June 20 to July 18 dates. In addition, As I Lay Dying headlined Cornerstone, Sonshine, and Revelation Generation Festival. They also played at Lifelight, Wacken Open Air, and Bloodsock Open Air, Ichthus, and Dubai Desert Rock Festivals.
In addition to that As I Lay Dying toured with acts such as Evergreen Terrace, August Burns Red and Misery signals in late spring of 08.
In fall of 2008, beginning November 8, 2008, As I Lay Dying headlined the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour in Singapore, with Story of the Year, and A Vacant Affair as their supporting act. As I Lay Dying also headlined a show in Anaheim, California on November 21 with Bring Me The Horizon, Terror, and Born of Osiris. The Show was filmed for a first ever As I Lay Dying DVD. The band closed their 2008 tour with a performance in Jakarta, Indonesia on November, 30th.

2009

The band toured the US with Protest the Hero, The Human Abstract, and MyChildren MyBride.
As I Lay Dying took part on the No Fear Energy Tour headlined by Lamb of God with main support from themselves and Children of Bodom, and rotating opening slots with God Forbid and Municipal Waste.^[34] On July 31 the band appeared on the Inside Out stage at Soulfest, a Christian music festival held in the Gunstock Mountain Resort in New Hampshire.
As I Lay Dying appeared for the first time at Alive Music Festival in Canal Fulton, Ohio. They shared the stage with The Devil Wears Prada, Haste the Day, and Norma Jean. This was the first time that Alive Music Festival had ever featured metal bands.
They toured in October with Senses Fail, Closure and Fact in Moscow. Also in October, the band took a break from the studio to make an appearance at Self Destruct in the Ozarks which was held in Jacket, Missouri.

2010

The Cool Tour

Secondhand Serenade

Secondhand Serenade is an acoustic rock band, led by vocalist and guitarist John Vesely. Vesely has released three studio albums to date under the name Secondhand Serenade: Awake in 2007, A Twist in My Story in 2008 and Hear Me Now in 2010. The debut album used multitrack recording to create the sound of a band using technology, while the second album took a different path, using a proper band and synthesizers to establish a more accomplished sound.

History

Early history, first release (2004-2006)

John Vesely formed Secondhand Serenade in his home town of Menlo Park in California, USA, in 2004. Vesely was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area in a musical family and as the son of a professional jazzbassska and hardcore to rock and pop. in local bands, featuring in a number of acts ranging in style from included fellow Bay Area artist Ronnie Day. After years of playing bass, he opted for an acoustic guitar. Vesely follows in the tradition of John Ondrasik's Five for Fighting. Vesely was also the son of a Czech immigrant. musician father, commenting that "getting into music was a natural thing" for him. He spent 8 years playing One of the bands he played in, Sounds Like Life,
Vesely began writing his own songs when he met his wife Candice Vesely. She had wanted him to play a song and "serenading her with a bass guitar was out of the question." He has admitted he found his "true calling" when he picked up the guitar. The pseudonym Secondhand Serenade is a reference to the way in which his songs were 'serenades' sung to his wife Candice, with whom he has two young sons. People around the world are merely getting to hear the songs 'second-hand.' While Vesely continues to market the affectionate biography, the couple broke up in 2008. Vesely was heart broken as can be seen in many of his songs. He released "A Twist In My Story" as a reference to the divorce.
In 2005, Vesely released his debut album titled Awake. It was recorded as a demo, after booking a few days at an Ontario studio earlier in 2005, "using just an acoustic guitar and his multi-tracked vocals." The album was promoted through the Secondhand Serenade Myspace page and by playing local shows. The CD's were originally sold through mail order with a PayPal account by Vesely, eventually he signed up with distributor TuneCore, making Secondhand Serenade's songs available on music portals including iTunes. The album experienced tremendous online support, and by the end of 2006 Secondhand Serenade had received millions of plays on Myspace and had been the social-networking site's No. 1 Independent Artist for months. Financially, he was said to be bringing in up to $20,000 a month from downloads and merchandise sales out of his home. He sold over 15,000 copies of the album on his own, and on the strength of these sales and the support, naturally, the labels came knocking. Secondhand Serenade was signed by longtime label executive Daniel Glass, on his new label Glassnote Records, which is distributed through Warner'sIndependent Label Group. In 2006, Rolling Stone announced Secondhand Serenade as #3 in the magazine's reader's poll for Best Myspace Artist.

Awake re-release (2007-2008)

In early 2007, Awake was reissued by Glassnote Records with an additional two songs. It was released on January 31 and gave Vesely his first chartings, debuting at #16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Added success lead to it peaking at #164 on the Billboard 200, #3 on the Top Heatseekers and #19 on the Independent Albums chart.
In support of his first label release, Vesely was featured on MTV's You Hear It First, AOL Music's Breakers Yahoo! Music's Who's Next? and appeared on talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He also played numerous shows, including tours with the likes of Hawthorne Heights and The All-American Rejects and at music festivals South By Southwest and along side My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park at Bamboozle.
Secondhand Serenade released only one song as a single from the debut album, "Vulnerable". The song spawned a music video, which was created by Frank Borin who was responsible for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' video for hit single "Dani California". "Vulnerable" peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100, #64 on the Pop 100 and #56 on the Hot Digital Songs charts.

A Twist in My Story (2008-2009)

A Twist in My Story was released on February 19, 2008 and features songs from Awake such as "Maybe" and "Your Call," but reproduced with a full band. The bulk of the album however is a list of new songs written by John Vesely and recorded with a full band. Two tracks on A Twist In My Story were produced by famed producer Butch Walker, while the others were produced by former Nine Inch Nails member Danny Lohner. The first single, "Fall for You," was released January 21, 2008. The album was leaked, and was made available for download one month before its official release. On January 28, 2008 the music video for the first single from the album "Fall for You" premiered on the MTV show TRL. In support of the release, Secondhand Serenade spent most of March and April touring with American bands Making April, Automatic Loveletter, and The White Tie Affair. Members of his touring band include Steve Shebby on bass guitar, Lukas Vesely (Vesely's brother) on keys/vox, Ryan Cook(former bassist of the White Tie Affair) on lead guitar/vox, and Tom Breyfogle on drums.
The title A Twist in My Story is a reference to Vesely's 2008 divorce with his former wife Candice, with whom he has two young sons.
In November 2008, the album's first single "Fall for You", was certified Platinum by the RIAA. As of December 5, 2008 "Fall For You" was still #13 on the American Top 40 songs in the country.
The "Your Call" video premiered on FNMTV on December 5. It can be viewed on the FNMTV website.
He released a video for the song "Maybe" on his Myspace page on May 4, 2009. Its a video about his concerts and trips around the world and was shot and directed by his tour manager Preston Jones and his drummer Tom Breyfogle.
A Twist in My Story (Deluxe Edition) was released on February 3, 2009. It contains 5 bonus tracks including "Your Call" (Radio Version), "Fall for You" (Acoustic Version), "Like A Knife" (Acoustic Version), his single "Last Time", and the Coldplay cover "Fix You".

Hear Me Now (2010-Present)

Secondhand Serenade's third studio album is entitled Hear Me Now, and was released on August 3, 2010. The album's track listing has also been announced. In a recent interview, Vesely stated that the new record will be more upbeat than his last album, which focused on relationships.

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Secondhand Serenade - singer/songwriter John Vesely - returns with his third album, Hear Me Now, out August 3rd on ILG/Glassnote Records. Eight of the eleven songs on the album were produced by Aaron Johnson (The Fray) at Swing House studios in Los Angeles. The other three, including the first single, "Something More", were produced by John Vesely himself along with Secondhand drummer Tom Breyfogle at Vesely's home studio and mixed by Mark Endert (Train, Maroon 5). "Something More" will debut at 7:40AM on May 17th on Kid Kraddick's nationally syndicated radio show and will be available at iTunes on June 1st.

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On June 1, "Something More" was released onto iTunes as a deluxe single with a bonus track "You Are A Drug", a video showing the making of "Something More", and a digital booklet to the new single.
On July 21, while on tour in Dallas, Vesely announced that a downloadable track pack for Rock Band would be made available soon, featuring multiple Secondhand Serenade hits including "Fall For You".
On July 27, Vesely added the eleven tracks off of the new album to his Myspace and made them available for streaming for fans. Many of these songs have also leaked onto sites such as Youtube.
Vesely plans to release an EP following his current tour featuring all new acoustic songs. On November 23, 2010, Vesely released a free online download for a demo of a new song off the new EP entitled "Let Me In."

The Black Dahlia Murder

The Black Dahlia Murder adalah band metal Amerika berat dari Detroit, Michigan. Dibentuk pada tahun 2001, mereka telah merilis empat album full-length studio dan saat menandatangani kontrak dengan Metal Blade Records. nama band mereka berasal dari pembunuhan tak terpecahkan Elizabeth pendek, sering disebut sebagai Black Dahlia.Pembunuhan Black Dahlia diperoleh garis band terakhir mereka-up pada bulan Januari 2001 dan merilis demo pertama mereka berjudul What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse, dan empat-track EP,  A Cold-Blooded Epitaph, yang terakhir yang dirilis pada kelompok perusahaan memiliki Lovelost Records. Setelah tampil di konser seperti Milwaukee Metal Fest, The Black Dahlia Murder menandatangani kontrak dengan Metal Blade Records pada tahun 2003.Band ini bermain di Ozzfest 2005 dan juga berpartisipasi dalam Suara dari tur Underground pada tahun 2006, yang meliputi baik Amerika Serikat dan Kanada. Mereka juga bermain di Wacken Open Air di tahun 2007.
Kini bassis band Bart Williams meninggalkan bekas untuk tur dengan Black Dahlia Murder. Setelah berkeliling dengan pertunjukan band di co-headlining mereka dengan Tahta dan tanggal Eropa mereka dengan Liar, ia bergabung dengan kelompok penuh-waktu, menggantikan mantan bassist David Lock. Frontman Trevor Strand mengatakan bahwa Lock dipecat karena incompetency. Williams adalah salah satu dari dua insinyur (Walls Of Jericho's Mike Hasty) di album pertama full band, Unhallowed.

Style and Influences
The Black Dahlia Murder telah dinyatakan untuk bermain dalam genre Metalcore, melodic death metal dan deathcore. Musik band memanfaatkan suara death metal, mengandung unsur-unsur seperti ledakan dan gaya ketukan death metal dengan cepat. Menurut halaman MySpace mereka, musik mereka dipengaruhi oleh Karkas, Pada Gates, Darkane, Pemotongan, Darkthrone, Morbid Angel, The Haunted, In Flames, Dimension Zero, Iron Maiden, Metallica, dan Megadeth. Vokalis Trevor Strand bergantian antara yang mendalam, serak "death metal menggeram," dan menjerit bernada tinggi. Ketika diminta untuk menjelaskan apa jenis musik band ini memainkan, vokalis Trevor Strand berkomentar: "Saya selalu mengatakan bahwa kita melodic death metal Kita banyak dipengaruhi oleh band-band Swedia dan Karkas Akhir berat suara kita adalah Amerika.. gaya merayap masuk, dengan beberapa pengaruh Florida seperti Morbid Angel, jahat Penciptaan dan hal semacam itu Kami telah dilabeli lebih sering karena terlihat kita selain suara kita, yang bodoh, dan berbicara banyak tentang apa yang jenius di luar sana. ! "
Namun, dalam sebuah wawancara dengan Uranium Majalah, Strand juga menyatakan, "Beberapa band yang mendapatkan label sebagai Metalcore sebenarnya baik, seperti Antara Dikuburkan dan Me atau The Red Chord. Logam adalah apa yang saya dibesarkan dengan, dan kemudian saya belajar tentang punk dan hardcore Tapi banyak etika kita., cara kita membawa diri kita sendiri, adalah punk lebih ... aku suka hardcore yang memiliki rasa masyarakat tanpa kompetisi yang Anda lihat di Metal.