US, Las Vegas rockers Escape the Fate have recorded a massive, hook-laden, breakdown-filled second record ‘This War Is Ours’ as a follow-up to their acclaimed and top 20 Billboard hit 2006 debut ‘Dying Is Your Latest Fashion’. The new release is set for release on October 20th through legendary label Epitaph (Bad Religion, One day as a Lion, Story of the year, Converge) and features the debut of new singer Craig Mabbit, formerly of Bless the Fall.
Following the departure of singer Ronnie Radke in early 2008, the band performed a handful of shows with Mabbit, and the personal and creative connection was immediate. A fan of both ETF and Mabbit, producer John Feldmann was the natural choice to work with the band on the record, and in April 08, the band began recording the new record, a follow-up to 2006’s ‘Dying Is Your Latest Fashio’n, which featured the massive hit song “Situations.” “People are going to be blown away and definitely surprised when they hear Craig’s vocals mixed with Escape’s diverse sound,” explains bassist Max Green. “This is the next generation of rock.”
After Radke’s dramatic departure, wild speculation spread across the internet regarding the future of Escape the Fate and direction the band would take if they were to continue on. However, fans can breathe a sigh of relief: the turmoil has left the band even more determined and fired up. “We've been through a lot of s**t this last year, and we took all that anger, frustration and sadness and moulded it into an album with huge rock choruses, in your face riffs and melodies, and drums that will give your parents a heart attack,” explains bassist Max Green. “This new album isn't going to be a hardcore metal album and it’s not going to be a soft melodic album, we are who we are, we are Escape the Fate.”
With a new singer, a remarkable new album produced by friend and fan of the band John Feldmann (the Used, Story of the Year, Atreyu, lostprophets) and a European tour plans for early 2009, the resilient quartet are proving that sometimes fate is what you make of it.
The band will be over in 09 for an extensive touring schedule, following US shows with Silverstein and Chiodos in October. Also, unexpected, gratifying and momentarily frustrating to some, a recent promotion that asked fans to gather 50,000 people on Escape the Fate’s Buzznet page had such an overwhelming response in its final minutes, it managed to crash the big servers of the social networking giant that was hosting the promotion. Launched on September 2nd, the digital social experiment challenged Escape the Fate’s core fans to cooperate with one another by gathering 50,000 people on the band’s Buzznet page. When that number was reached, it would “unlock” a long awaited, brand-new song. Over the next 30 hours, determined fans posted bulletins on other social networking sites, made desperate pleas on YouTube and commandeered their parents’ and sibling’ computers and managed to gather their legions so quickly everyone was taken by surprise.
‘This War Is Ours’ Track Listing:
1. We Won't Back Down
2. On To The Next One
3. Ashley
4. Something
5. The Flood
6. Let It Go
7. You Are So Beautiful
8. This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)
9. 10 Miles Wide
10. Harder Than You Know
11. It's Just Me
12. Harder Than You Know (Acoustic) – exclusive track for Europe
