It's Now or Never (Album)

It's now or never
Make Me Famous studio album
Publication (s)	March 27, 2012 (USA) April 13, 2012 (Worldwide)
Label (s)	Sumerian Records
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Post-Hardcore Metalcore Trancecore
Title (number)	14 + 1
running time	54 min 07 sec
occupation	Singing : Serj Kravchenko Drums : Dusty Boles Guitar , vocals : Denis Shaforostov Guitar : Igor Yastrebow Bass , vocals : Sergej Hohlov
production	Denis Shaforostov, Serj Kravchenko
chronology Keep This in Your Music Player (2011) It's now or never -

It's Now or Never is the debut album by the Ukrainian trancecore band Make Me Famous . The album was released on March 27, 2012 in North America and on April 13, 2012 worldwide. It was released on the US label Sumerian Records . The album was produced by Serj Kravchenko and Denis Shaforostov, who are also musicians of the band.

A total of 30 songs were written for this album, of which only 14 were selected. As a bonus track, the song Make It Precious was recorded as an acoustic version and put on the album. One month before the US release date on March 27, 2012, It's Now or Never could be pre-ordered as a bundle with a T-shirt in stores like Merchconnect. 17 days after its release in the US, the album was finally released worldwide on April 13, 2012. To promote the album, the group accompanied For Today on their Fight the Silence Tour , which included 34 concerts.

The sound is very reminiscent of the music of the British trancecore band Asking Alexandria . The album hit the charts in April. It landed at number 151 on Billboard's US charts . The album was perceived rather negatively on several online platforms.

Emergence

production

On September 30, 2011, the group announced on their YouTube channel that they had been signed by Sumerian Records . On October 2, 2011, We Know It's Real was the first single via iTunes . A lyric video for this piece was also released on the music label's YouTube channel. The second single, Make It Precious , was released on February 28, 2012, one day after the album could be pre-ordered. The group made a music video for this single. The album was produced by Denis Shaforostov and Serj Kravchenko, both musicians in the band. The singers Tyler Carter (ex- Woe, Is Me ) on the song Inception and Johnny Franck (ex- Attack Attack! ) In the track I Am a Traitor can be heard as guest musicians on the album .

The songs Once You Killed a Cow, You Gotta Make a Burger , Make It Precious and I Am a Traitor were already released on the band's Facebook and YouTube profiles before they were signed by Sumerian Records. The latter was originally called I Am a Traitor. No One Does Care . After touring the USA and Canada with I See Stars in January 2012 , the group started a second tour in March with For Today and Stick to Your Guns . This tour served as a promotion for this album, which was released on March 27, 2012 in the USA. 17 days after the release in the USA, the worldwide release of the album took place on April 13, 2012. In Germany , the album is distributed as a CD by EMP , Amazon and Impericon , as well as as a download via iTunes .

Cover

The cover artwork comes from singer Serj Kravchenko, who produced, mastered and mixed the album together with Denis Shaforostov. This shows a fist stretched towards the sky on a dark background. Below this fist you can read the band name and the album title.

Songs

For the album, the band wrote a total of 30 songs from which the band selected 14 tracks. An acoustic version of Make It Precious was recorded as a bonus track. During the recordings of Serj Kravchenko's vocal part, the window was open so that a neighbor's dog could be heard during the recordings. During the tracking, this part was later used in a breakdown at the end of the song for fun, but was completely removed at the end. Except for the drum parts, all parts were mixed in the Ukraine. The group found a drummer in the American Dusty Boles, who previously played in the bands Rose Funeral and Serpents . Boles became aware of Make Me Famous on the Internet and wrote to the band via their Facebook account. Boles recorded all of the drum parts in the US and was later mixed by Denis Shaforostov in Ukraine.

Track list

1. Blind Date 101
2. Make It Precious
3. It's now or never
4. Inception (feat. Tyler Carter )
5. This Song Is Blacker Than Black Metal
6. We know it's real
7. In the Shadows of You
8. Once You Killed a Cow, You Gotta Make a Burger
9. Stage on Fire
10. She Haunted Me
11. Ifyuocnaraedtihsmkaemeasnadwich
12. I Am a Traitor (feat.Johnny Franck )
13. Earth
14. Quit Sleeping! It's nothing but a waste of time
15. Make It Precious (acoustic version; bonus title)

style

music

The music of Make Me Famous can be described throughout the album as post-hardcore which is mixed with elements of electronic music , especially techno . This crossing of these two genres is what experts call trancecore . The music is very reminiscent of the label colleagues Asking Alexandria . With Denis Shaforostov, Sergei Hohlov and Serj Kravchenko, the group has three singers. Shavorostov takes on the clean vocals, Kravchenko takes on the guttural vocals and Hohlov is the background singer . The music is complex in all of the songs. In some songs, techno takes over the post-hardcore sound in others. In most of the songs on the album, the group uses multiple breakdowns .

In an interview with American Music Press, Kravchenko describes the band's music style as a mix of Black Veil Brides , Asking Alexandria, Parkway Drive , The Devil Wears Prada and Bring Me the Horizon . In the same interview, he says that the musicians are influenced by a wide variety of musicians and bands, including Mötley Crüe , Aerosmith , Skid Row , Guns N 'Roses , Slipknot , 30 Seconds to Mars , Marilyn Manson , Kings of Leon , Nine Inch Nails , The Prodigy and Dev and The Cataracs .

Texts

In an interview with “Sound Scene Press”, Gruppe said that each song should convey its own message, which each listener determines for himself. Most of the group's songs, however, are about personal experiences, failed relationships and love.

Song title

Some song titles, such as This Song Is Blacker Than Black Metal (in German: "This song is blacker than Black Metal ") or Once You Killed a Cow, You Gotta Make a Burger ("As soon as you've killed a cow, do a burger ”), seem ironic . The song title Ifyuocnaraedtihsmkaemeasnadwich, on the other hand, is a play on words and means “If You Can Read This Make Me a Sandwich” (German: “Make me a sandwich if you can read that”).

reception

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

It's now or never   US 151 04/14/2012 (1 week)

Commercial win

It's Now or Never debuted at number 151 on Billboard's US charts . In addition, the album reached chart positions in the "Top Hard Rock Albums Charts" (13th), the "Top Independent Albums Charts" (26th), the "Top Rock Albums Charts" (37th) and the "Heatseekers Charts" ( 5), all determined by the US magazine Billboard . Although the album made it into the charts straight away, "It's Now or Never" has received very muted reviews in English-language online portals.

The "Fight the Silence Tour"

Tour dates
03/09/2012 - Nashville 03/10/2012 - Douglasville 03/11/2012 - Jacksonville 03/12/2012 - Pensacola 03/14/2012 - Mission 03/17/2012 - Dallas 03/18/2012 - Houston 03/20/2012 - Tucson 03/21/2012 - Anaheim 03/23/2012 - Ventura 03/24/2012 - San Diego 03/25/2012 - Sacramento 03/28/2012 - Iowa City 03/29/2012 - St. Paul 03/30/2012 - Milwaukee 03/31/2012 - Joliet 04/01/2012 - Louisville 04/03/2012 - Memphis 04/04/2012 - Tulsa 04/05/2012 .2012 - Sauget 04/06/2012 - Dayton 04/07/2012 - Pontiac 04/08/2012 - Buffalo 04/10/2012 - Pittsburgh 04/11/2012 - Toronto 04/12/2012 - Montreal 04/13/2012 - New York 04/14/2012 - Allentown 04/15/2012 - Sayreville 04/17/2012 - Raleigh 04/18/2012 - Charlotte 04/19/2012 - Richmond 04/20/2012 - Poughkeepsie

On March 9, 2012, Make Me Famous accompanied the bands Stick to Your Guns , A Skylit Drive and For Today . The latter band headlined the tour which ran until April 20th, 2012. This tour was called the Fight the Silence Tour and included 34 shows, 32 in the US and 2 in Canada . On this concert tour, the group also played at the South by So What Festival, Houston We Have A Problem Festival and the Never Say Never Festival. At the South by So What Festival on March 17th, Make Me Famous played on the Heavier Stage with Asking Alexandria , Emmure , We Came as Romans , Chelsea Grin and I See Stars, among others . Make Me Famous played with these bands on March 13, 2012 at the Never Say Never Music & Arts Festival in Mission . Motionless in White , For the Fallen Dreams and Born of Osiris also played on the “Metal / Hardcore Stage” . Just one day after the South by So What festival, Make Me Famous performed at the third festival. That was the Houston We Have A Problem Festival in Houston , Texas . Blessthefall were also represented in the line-up . The group used this tour to promote It's Now or Never .

Reviews

It's Now or Never has received hardly any professional reviews so far , mainly from online portals such as “Me Gusta Reviews”, “Killthemusic.net” or “Kill Hipsters”. These portals rated the album rather poorly. But It's Now or Never also received occasional positive reviews, such as from "Under the Gun Review".

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1. ↑ Sumerian Records : Make Me Famous
2. ↑ YouTube : Make Me Famous - We Know It's Real Lyric Video
3. ↑ Allmusic : Make Me Famous - It's Now or Never Credits
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Jen Canipe: AMP Magazine : Make Me Famous: Interview with vocalist / lead guitarist Denis Shaforostov by Jen Canipe ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Chris Epting: Noisecreep : Make Me Famous: Ukrainian Screamo Wizards Invade America
6. ↑ Sound Scene Press: Get to know: Make Me Famous  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Chart positions It's Now or Never
8. ↑ Allmusic : Make Me Famous - It's Now or Never: Charthistorie
9. ↑ Sumerian Records: Make Me Famous : Past Performances
10. ↑ pegasusnews.com: South by So What Music Festival ( Memento of the original from October 11, 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. 
11. ↑ Never Say Never Music & Arts Festival : Line-Up
12. ↑ lambgoat.com: Houston We Have A Problem Festival: Line-Up
13. ↑ Cody Hath: Me Gusta Reviews: Make Me Famous : It's Now or Never Critique
14. ↑ killthemusic.net: Make Me Famous : It's Now or Never Criticism ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ killhipsters.com: Make Me Famous : It's Now or Never Criticism ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ Under the Gun Review: Make Me Famous : It's Now or Never Criticism ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.