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Alesana have just unveiled their video for 'Lullaby for the Crucified,' a track off their recently released 'A Place Where the Sun Is Silent' album. The video pays homage to Dante's poem and like in the literary work, a disoriented young man wakes in the woods, and assailed by beasts, (a stripper temptress, the manipulative fiend, forbidden fruit) he fails to reach salvation...

Alesana recently released 'A Place Where the Sun Is Silent,' a sonic interpretation of the 14th century poem 'Dante's Inferno.' The album is a dramatic account of one man's decent into hell, retold utilizing the group's striking mixture of thunderous aggression and heartfelt melody...

Alesana will release 'A Place Where The Sun Is Silent' this Oct. 18th on Epitaph Records. The album is a sonic interpretation of the 14th century poem 'Dante's Inferno,' a dramatic account of one man's decent into hell, retold utilizing the group's striking mixture of thunderous aggression and heartfelt melody...

Two drunken members of punk band Pennywise physically attacked both members of screamo rockers Alesana and their tour vehicle Aug. 8 at the Denver edition of this summer's Warped Tour. Initially, Alesana singer Shawn Milke said that the band was "attacked blindly by two very drunk members of Pennywise ...

Having just completed the Atticus Metal Tour with Unearth and Stick to Your Guns, Los Angeles' hook-friendly hardcore band the Ghost Inside are setting their sights on June 8 for the release of their second full-length album, 'Returners.' When the band members started working on 'Returners' last year, they were obsessed with writing songs that were better than those on their 2008 disc, 'Fury and t

Los Angeles thrash band Silent Civilian, who are fronted by Spineshank vocalist Jonny Santos, have just released a video for the 'The Last One Standing,' from their upcoming album 'Ghost Stories,' which comes out May 18. The graphic concept clip, which was shot with director Scott Hansen (A Day to Remember, Alesana, Carnifex), depicts scenes of U...

Touring is expensive. Traveling cross country in a bus can cost a band upwards of $30,000 per month. That's astronomical for up-and-coming bands -- and even for some mid-level, growing and established acts. Touring in a van also has its cost inefficiencies; hotel rooms are often a necessity, and that gets pricey, which means you may have to go days without sleeping in a bed or a shower if you can

The thing you hear most often about metalcore outfit We Came as Romans is how entertaining their live shows can be. The true measure of a band, they'll tell you ... is the fact that the guys can all pull this pummeling music off live and make it sound like it does on the record -- while diving off amps, spinning off risers and headbanging like the dickens...

Alesana -- 'The Emptiness' (Fearless): Androgynous, concept-driven metalcore that's ripe for every single date of Warped Tour. That's 'The Emptiness' in a nutshell. High-pitched, sometimes femme vocals live alongside some guttural growls, layered harmonies and metal riffage...

There's many things a dedicated fan can do to display their hero worship. They can get tattoos of their favorite band's logo or lyrics on their person. They can hop in a car and shadow the band while on tour across the country. They can show up to local shows with baked goods or home cooked meals and let said bands crash on the floor of their homes when hotels aren't in the budget...