Asking Alexandria
| Asking Alexandria | |
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 Asking Alexandria With Full Force 2018 |
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| General information | |
| origin | York , UK |
| Genre (s) | Metalcore |
| founding | 2003 as Amongst Us , 2008 |
| resolution | 2007 |
| Website | www.askingalexandria.com |
| Founding members | |
| Ben Bruce | |
| Danny Worsnop | |
| Current occupation | |
| Ben Bruce (since 2008) | |
Rhythm guitar electric guitar |
Cameron Liddell (since 2008) |
| James Cassells (since 2008) | |
Bass player |
Sam Bettley (since 2009) |
| Danny Worsnop (2008–2015, since 2016) | |
| former members | |
singing |
Denis Stoff (2015-2016) |
synthesizer |
Ryan Binns (2008-2009) |
bass |
Joe Lancaster (2008-2009) |
Asking Alexandria is a British metalcore - band , the 2003 under the name Amongst Us was founded. In 2007 the band was dissolved, but re-established a year later. The unofficial first album Stand Up and Scream debuted at 5th place on the US Heatseekers Billboard charts and reached 170th place in the US album charts . The band actually originated in Dubai / United Arab Emirates , but this band broke up in 2007. Just one year later, the band was brought back to life with a completely new line-up in York / North Yorkshire . The band currently consists of Ben Bruce ( lead guitar , synthesizer ), Cameron Liddell ( rhythm guitar ), Sam Bettley ( bass ), James Cassells ( drums ) and Danny Worsnop ( vocals ).
history
Foundation as "Amongst Us" and new foundation as "Asking Alexandria"
The band has its roots in the United Arab Emirates . It was founded in 2003 under the name Amongst Us by guitarist Ben Bruce in Dubai . Shortly after the band was founded, some members left the country, so Ben Bruce also emigrated. In an interview with Gulf News , Bruce confirmed that he will be leaving Dubai.
"It was ridiculously hard to keep the band going because people come and go in Dubai."
"It was really hard to keep the band going because people come and go in Dubai."
With new members and new song material, the name of the band changed to End Of Reason . The name was chosen after trying for a long time without success to find a name that had a good background. The band released their EP Tomorrow.Hope.Goodbye under this name . With this EP, the band not only reaped great commercial success, but also contract offers from the US label Sonicwave International and the British label Hangmans Joke Recordings. Shortly after the release, the band went on a concert tour as an opener for bands like Jimmy Eat World , boysetsfire and Pennywise .
After increasing success, the name was changed again to Asking Alexandria in 2007 . On June 25, 2007, the band released their debut album The Irony of Your Perfection on Hangman's Joke Recordings. Then the band went on a nine-month concert tour during which the band also gave concerts in Germany , Sweden , France and the Netherlands . Bruce said in an interview that the band, which was formed in Dubai, wanted to break up.
2008–2009: UK start-up and Stand Up and Scream
In 2008 Bruce moved back to England to plan his further music career, but he didn't know what to do, so he was looking for new members who would like to start a new band with him. After he was able to find new members, the band Asking Alexandria was launched again. Bruce said on his Myspace blog that he was the name finder and the current band cannot be compared to the previous band and their releases.
The band has already gone through several crew changes, for example Ryan Binns ( synthesizer ) and Joe Lancaster ( bass ) left the band . The latter was replaced by bassist Sam Bettley. Between 2008 and 2009 the band went on tour. In May 2009 the band signed a contract with Sumerian Records , where the band released their debut album Stand Up And Scream . It was released on September 15, 2009 . Then the band went on tour again to expand their fame in the United States . The band went on concert tour with the likes of Alesana , Enter Shikari , The Bled and Evergreen Terrace .
2011–2012: Reckless & Relentless
In March 2010 the band went on tour again with Attack Attack! , Breathe Carolina , I See Stars and a newly formed metalcore band called Bury Tomorrow . This tour ended 10 days before the start of their European tour with Dance Gavin Dance and In Fear and Faith . The tour also led to the Groezrock Festival and was extended by two days so that the band could also take part in The Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey . In June the band will headline North America for the first time . Opening acts were We Came as Romans , From First to Last , Our Last Night and A Bullet for Pretty Boy .
The album Reckless & Relentless was released on April 5, 2011 worldwide. It reached # 98 on the UK charts and # 9 on the official US charts. The album has since received double platinum awards in the United States , where the album quickly sold more than two million copies. Asking Alexandria toured Europe in early 2012. On the "Still Reckless Tour" the group played from January 10th to February 18th 2012 in Great Britain , Belgium , the Netherlands , Germany , Denmark , Sweden , the Czech Republic , Italy , Luxembourg , France and Switzerland . The opening act played Blessthefall , Chelsea Grin and With One Last Breath . The latter, however, only toured in the UK as an opening act. It became known that the group was working on the follow-up album to "Reckless & Relentless". Asking Alexandria toured South America on September 22, 2012 . Concerts took place in Argentina , Chile , Brazil , Colombia and Venezuela . Again Miss May I and Chelsea Grin appeared on the tour as opening acts.
2013–2014: From Death to Destiny
In addition to their current tour activity, the group worked on the third studio album, due for release in 2013. The English-language Revolver Magazine took this album into the list of "Most Anticipated Albums of 2012" ("the long-awaited albums 2012").
On May 1, 2012, the group released the trailer for their short film "Through Sin + Self-destruction", which was released on May 15, 2012 and which is supposed to depict the "real life of today's rock musicians without censoring". A video trilogy (consisting of the songs "Reckless & Relentless", "To the Stage" and "Dear Insanity") can be seen in the film. This short film is available from iTunes .
A European tour started on January 21, 2013, with performances in Brussels , Amsterdam , Hamburg , Copenhagen , Stockholm , Gothenburg , Berlin , Prague , Vienna , Munich , Milan , Zurich , Wiesbaden , Cologne and Luxembourg . Betraying the Martyrs , Motionless in White and While She Sleeps played as support . At the end of March 2013 the band announced that they would like to release a new album under the name From Death to Destiny this summer . In addition, the band presented a new song, which should appear on this. On May 20, 2013 it was announced that From Death to Destiny is expected to be released on August 6, 2013. It was released at the beginning of August and was able to position itself in several national charts.
The group toured the United States with Chimaira , Whitechapel , I Killed the Prom Queen, and Motionless in White . This tour was called the Don't Pray for Us Tour . It started on April 19, 2013, Wichita ( Kansas ) and ended on May 25, 2013, a performance at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor ( Oklahoma ). Asking Alexandria played at several festivals in June and July, including Rock am Ring and With Full Force . At the end of September and October the group can be seen for several concerts with Korn and Love and Death . Before that, the group will play a tour of South America at the end of August . Performances are planned in Chile , Colombia , Brazil , Argentina and Mexico . Motionless in White have been confirmed as co-headliners.
On December 3, 2013, the single The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel) was awarded a gold record in the United States .
Since 2015: Worsnop's resignation and return, inauguration and departure of Denis Stoff, The Black
In January 2015, Danny Worsnop announced that he was leaving the band. Almost five months later, on May 27, 2015, a new lead singer was introduced with Denis Stoff . In addition, a new song was released with I Won't Give In . On September 29th, the second song Undivided , recorded with Denys Schaforostow, was released. On December 24, 2015, the fourth studio album entitled The Black was announced, which was released on March 25, 2016. On October 22, 2016, lead singer Denys Schaforostow announced his resignation via Twitter , while Danny Worsnop returned for him.
2017–2019: Asking Alexandria self-titled album and deluxe version LP5 DLX
The self-titled album Asking Alexandria was released on December 15, 2017. Almost two years later, on December 27, 2019, the band released a deluxe version of the self-titled album under the name LP5 DLX ; In addition to the original songs on the album, it contains six other previously unreleased bonus tracks.
style
The band plays melodic metalcore and mixes it with electro elements, but the band does not call itself a trancecore band and distances itself from musical influences like Enter Shikari . The singer Danny Worsnop changes his vocals constantly, so changes also occur during the songs. He alternates between hard growls and screamings as well as clear vocals . His successor Denis Stoff also carries the vocalistic style, whose pitch was inspired by Worsnop during the stand-up-and-scream era, but complements it with light rap on live shows.
Discography
Albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 2007 | The Irony of Your Perfection Hangmans Joke Recordings |
- | - | - | - | - | |
| 2009 | Stand Up and Scream Sumerian Records |
- | - | - | - |
US170 (1 week) US |
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| 2011 | Reckless and Relentless Sumerian Records |
- | - | - |
UK98 (1 week) UK |
US9 (7 weeks) US |
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| 2013 | From Death to Destiny Sumerian Records |
DE24 (1 week) DE |
AT14 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK28 (2 weeks) UK |
US5 (8 weeks) US |
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| 2016 | The Black Sumerian Records |
DE23 (1 week) DE |
AT15 (2 weeks) AT |
CH24 (2 weeks) CH |
UK15 (2 weeks) UK |
US9 (2 weeks) US |
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| 2017 | Asking Alexandria Sumerian Records |
DE71 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH63 (1 week) CH |
UK86 (1 week) UK |
US27 (1 week) US |
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| 2020 | Like a House on Fire Sumerian Records |
- | - |
CH65 (1 week) CH |
- |
US80 (1 week) US |
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Remix albums
- 2011: Stepped Up and Scratched (Sumerian Records)
Demos
- 2005: Demo (in-house production)
- 2008: Demo (in-house production)
EPs
- 2006: Tomorrow.Hope.Goodbye (in-house production)
- 2010: Life Gone Wild
- 2012: Under the Influence: A Tribute to the Legends of Hard Rock
Singles
- 2009: The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel) (US:
gold) - 2009: Not the American Average (US:gold)
- 2011: Morte et dabo
- 2012: Run Free
- 2013: The Death of Me
- 2013: Killing You
- 2014: Closure
- 2014: Moving On (Acoustic)
- 2015: I Won't Give In
- 2015: Undivided
- 2016: The Black
- 2016: Let It Sleep
- 2017: Into the Fire
- 2017: Where Did It Go?
- 2018: Alone in a Room
- 2019: Vultures
- 2019: The Violence
- 2020: They Don't Want What They Want (And They Don't Care)
- 2020: Antisocialist
Music videos
- 2009: The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel)
- 2010: A Prophecy
- 2010: If You Can't Ride Two Horses at Once… You Should Get Out of the Circus
- 2011: Closure
- 2011: To the Stage
- 2011: Not the American Average
- 2011: Dear Insanity
- 2011: Reckless and Relentless
- 2012: Through Sin and Self Destruction
- 2012: Breathless
- 2013: The Death of Me
- 2013: Run Free
- 2013: Killing You
- 2014: Moving On
- 2015: I Won't Give In
- 2016: The Black
- 2016: Let It Sleep
- 2017: Into the Fire
- 2018: Alone in a Room
Tours
This is a list of Asking Alexandria's concert tours; individual concerts are not taken into account.
| Tour name | Participating bands | continent | Tour time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaze of Glory Tour | A Static Lullaby , Vanna , Asking Alexandria , Motionless in White , Tides of Man |
North America
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June 17 - July 22, 2009 | ||
| VS. trip | Alesana , The Bled , Enter Shikari , Broadway, Asking Alexandria , Madina Lake |
North America
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September 4-30, 2009 | ||
| Almost home-less tour | Evergreen Terrace , For the Fallen Dreams , Asking Alexandria , Unholy |
North America
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October 20 - November 13, 2009 | ||
| You'd Be Way Cuter in a Coffin Tour | Alesana, From First to Last , Asking Alexandria , The Word Alive , Memphis May Fire |
North America
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November 27 - December 19, 2009 | ||
| The Artery Foundation Across the Nation Tour | Attack Attack! , Breathe Carolina , I See Stars , Asking Alexandria , Bury Tomorrow |
North America
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March 3 - April 4, 2010 | ||
| - | Dance Gavin Dance , In Fear and Faith , Asking Alexandria |
 Europe
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April 14-28, 2010 | ||
| Welcome to the Circus Tour | Asking Alexandria , We Came as Romans , From First to Last , Our Last Night , A Bullet for Pretty Boy |
North America
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May 8 - June 9, 2010 | ||
| "-" means that the tour has no name. | |||||
Web links
- Official website
- Asking Alexandria at Allmusic (English)
- Asking Alexandria at spirit-of-metal.com
- Asking Alexandria at PureVolume
- Asking Alexandria at ReverbNation
swell
- ↑ US Heatseekers chart tracking
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b c d Gulfnews.com: Young, talented ... and from Dubai. Retrieved June 30, 2018 .
- ↑ End Of Reason EoR on how the band name comes out
- ^ "Details about the EP Tomorrow.Hope.Goodbye" , Spirit of Metal Webzine
- ^ "Asking Alexandria on support slots" , ReverbNation .com
- ^ "Details about the album The Irony Of Your Perfection," Spirit of Metal Webzine
- ↑ Florian Krapp: Metal Hammer : supplement booklet "Extreme Aggression - The new noise: Metalcore, Deathcore and more", Metal Hammer December 2011 issue, p. 24
- ^ "Bruce's blog post about End of Reason and the name Asking Alexandria" ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , MySpace.com
- ↑ East Yorkshire singer takes the US by storm in metal band (VIDEO) ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , thisishullandeastriding.co.uk, original article from Hull Daily Mail
- ↑ Asking Alexandria announce Europe / UK tour with Blessthefall, Chelsea Grin , holycowpress.wordpress.com
- ↑ a b Asking Alexandria: on tour in early 2013 ( Memento from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), in-your-face.de
- ↑ Asking Alexandria To Tour South America With Miss May I & Chelsea Grin , theprp.com
- ↑ 2012 preview: The most anticipated albums of the year , Revolver
- ↑ Asking Alexandria release "Through Sin + Self-destruction" , Revolver
- ↑ Asking Alexandria announce new album details on rocktransmission.com , accessed March 29, 2013.
- ↑ Tom: Asking Alexandria - "From Death To Destiny" release date! , Stormbringer.at
- Jump up ↑ Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, Whitechapel, Chimaira Tour , antimusic.com
- ^ Korn, Asking Alexandria and Love And Death Fall Tour , antimusic.com
- ↑ Miximiliano Icantell: Asking Alexandria vuelve a Chile acompañados de Motionless in White , HxC Life
- ↑ Enter search bar , RIAA, Asking Alexandria and click on Search
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/asking-alexandria-parts-ways-with-singer-danny-worsnop/
- ↑ Alexandra Michels: Rock Hard : Asking Alexandria stream 'I Won't Give In' with new singer Denys Schaforostow
- ↑ http://www.metal-hammer.de/asking-alexandria-denis-stoff-erklaert-seinen-ausstieg-721483/
- ↑ Asking Alexandria by Asking Alexandria. Accessed January 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ ASKING ALEXANDRIA: "Asking Alexandria" -Deluxe version "LP5 DLX" released. Accessed January 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Biography at Allmusic Allmusic
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
