We Are the Fallen

There will be no rest for former season seven 'American Idol' breakout star Carly Smithson and her band of merry metal brothers in We Are the Fallen, who are busy promoting their debut, 'Tear the World Down.' They even stopped by our office for a ''Creep Show' episode a few weeks ago, so watch it to familiarize yourself with the band if you've not already done so...

We never in a million years thought we'd have an 'American Idol' contestant as a guest on the ''Creep Show.' It's just a reality that most Idols aren't metalheads' cup o' tea. That was until We Are the Fallen singer Carly Smithson walked into our studios...

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The lucky few who make it far on 'American Idol' usually leave the show with an established fan base to support a solo career. While not all 'Idol' alums are solo stars, most go this route. Then there's Carly Smithson, a season seven contestant who is now the lead singer of rock outfit We Are the Fallen...

"Everything that we've brought into the band has our stamp all over it," says We Are the Fallen lead singer Carly Smithson to Noisecreep. "I guess it's like a soup of music. I don't know how to even describe it. There's places where it goes very heavy, very heavy guitar driven, there's places where it's more about story and being very mad about certain times in life...

There have been a few 'American Idol' alums that chose rock over pop. Daughtry immediately comes to mind, and now you can add Carly Smithson to the list. The singer is now fronting rock act We Are the Fallen. Her band will release its debut album May 11...

We Are the Fallen will release their debut, 'Tear the World Down,' May 11 via Universal Republic. Today, Noisecreep is exclusively revealing the album art and track list for 'Tear the World Down.' We Are the Fallen also recently debuted the video for 'Bury Me Alive,' the first single from 'Tear the World Down...

What do you get when you cross former members of Evanescence with a past 'American Idol' contestant? We Are the Fallen, of course. Featuring Carly Smithson on vocals, We Are the Fallen released a remastered version of their debut single, 'Bury Me Alive,' featuring an orchestral outro last month...

Living Sacrifice vocalist/guitarist Bruce Fitzhugh was recently in Southern California to film a video and play a show with Demon Hunter. It's pretty much business as usual for the Christian metal band, which has adopted an 'easy does it' approach to its reformation, which is only part-time...

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