Notorious Sin City rockers, Escape The Fate, resume their battle to the top in 2010 by unleashing a deluxe edition of their fan coveted breakout album This War Is Ours on April 27.
Fans will get a virtual all access pass to rock's hottest band with new music and never-before-seen video footage. The two disc collection will include the standard album with two new unreleased tracks, "Bad Blood" and "Behind The Mask," an acoustic version of "Harder Than You Know" and an unreleased remix, "This War Is Mine," by Clown of Slipknot, as well as a DVD containing an explosive new music video for "This War Is Ours (Guillotine Part II)," fan favorite videos for "Something," "10 Miles Wide" and "The Flood," a world tour documentary and a behind the music feature.
The deluxe edition of This War Is Ours is only the beginning for Escape The Fate in 2010, as the band has already begun writing music for their face-melting follow-up which is due out in the fall.
Catch Escape The Fate at Extreme Thing, Bamboozle and Rock On The Range this spring!!
Escape the Fate is an American post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada formed in Pahrump, Nevada in 2004. Their debut full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, was released on September 26, 2006. Their second full-length album, This War Is Ours was released on October 21, 2008. To date the band has released two studio albums, three EPs, six singles, and eight music videos. The band consists of Craig Mabbitt (lead vocals), Bryan 'Monte' Money (lead guitar), Max Green (bass guitar), and Robert Ortiz (drums).
Formation and Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2005-2006)
Main article: Dying Is Your Latest Fashion
Before forming Escape the Fate, vocalist Ronnie Radke, bassist Max Green, drummer Robert Ortiz, lead guitarist Bryan Monte Money, and rhythm guitarist Omar Espinosa were in multiple bands together.
In September 2005, Escape the Fate had won a local radio contest judged by My Chemical Romance. The gig awarded them the opportunity to open a show on the band's headlining tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect, which subsequently led to Escape the Fate's record deal with Epitaph.
On May 23, 2006, the band released their debut EP titled There's No Sympathy for the Dead. The EP included two songs that were later on their full length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. The EP was produced by Michael Baskette and helped earn the band attention from record labels and fans alike. After the EP's release, keyboardist Carson Allen left the band to join On the Last Day.
On September 26, 2006 the band released their first full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion.
Departure of Radke and Espinosa (2006-2008)
In 2007 during the Black on Black tour, rhythm guitarist Omar Espinosa left the band due to personal issues.
Ronnie Radke was asked to leave the band after he was sentenced to prison for multiple run-ins with the law involving narcotics and battery for a fight that led up to the death of Michael Cook. He is in a new band named "Falling In Reverse".[2] They will begin recording their new album, and touring after Ronnie gets out of prison.[3] As stated by Max Green, "First we couldn't tour out of the country, then out of the state."
This War Is Ours (2008-2009)
Main article: This War Is Ours
After the departure of Radke, former Blessthefall vocalist Craig Mabbitt joined the band, first as a temporary replacement, and then as a permanent member.
This War Is Ours was released on October 21, 2008. It included the singles "The Flood", "Something", "10 Miles Wide", and "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)". It was the first Escape the Fate album featuring Craig Mabbitt as the vocalist.
Before the tour for This War Is Ours, the band had never completed a full tour. The band later went on the This War Is Ours tour with Attack Attack!, Burn Halo, William Control, and Black Tide.
"The Flood" has been released as DLC with the Warped Tour 01 Pack for the Rock Band games.
This War Is Ours (Deluxe Edition) (2009-2010)
Escape The Fate interview at Warped Tour 2009 Craig Mabbitt also stated that after Warped Tour, the band would be releasing a new song.
The band joined Hollywood Undead and Atreyu on their fall tour, beginning October 16.[4] According to their Myspace, they also toured in Europe during December.
Escape the Fate announced via a Myspace bulletin that they would record a video for "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)" on January 9th, 2010. It was recorded at the Yost Theater (307 Spurgeon ST Santa Ana CA 92701).
On February 15th, Epitaph Records announced the re-release of the This War Is Ours album in deluxe DVD/CD edition. The CD includes two new never before heard songs, now identified to be "Bad Blood" and "Behind The Mask", an acoustic version of "Harder Than You Know", and an unreleased remix called "This War Is Mine" by Clown Of Slipknot. It also comes with a DVD that features the new music video to "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)", as well as "Something", "The Flood", and "10 Miles Wide". It also comes with a world tour documentary and a behind the music feature.[5] It is due for release on April 27th 2010.[6] Escape The Fate have started their tour in Australia on the Soundwave Festival, and have been playing "Bad Blood" as part of their live set.[7]
On April 2nd the band released their music video for "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)" on Myspace video.
The most recent concerts of the band in these months, in April, Extreme Thing, and in May, The Bamboozle and Rock on the Range.[8]
On April 20th, the band announced across their Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter accounts that by going to VoxBloc.com and sharing the link on either Twitter or Facebook, the full version of their song "Bad Blood" could be unlocked. [9]
On Friday, April 23rd, full versions of "Behind The Mask"[10] and "This War Is Mine"[11] were leaked.
3rd studio album (2010–present)
Mabbitt has leaked information that the band already has 5 new songs in the works, and has started recording the songs, while planning on performing a few on the 2009 Vans Warped Tour. On May 31, Mabbitt stated on his twitter account "finished 7 new demo songs for the next album sooo excited, thanks for the heaviness recharge monte," alluding to the possibility of heavier songs. He also stated for fans that they have incorporated more screaming into these new songs.
In another interview during Warped Tour 2009, Max Green stated that the album will feature a song co-written by Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe, who approached Escape The Fate to collaborate on some songs.[12]
On April 23rd, Craig Mabbitt stated via Twitter, "off to vegas today to finish out last minute badass demos with monte, than off to bamboozle, than studio time", giving the notion that the band will begin recording their studio album directly after Bamboozle, and release it mid/late Summer 2010.
