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Slave To The Game
''Slave to the Game'' is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Emmure, released on April 10, 2012, through Victory Records.VictorVTV (January 20, 2012). . Retrieved February 2, 2012. The record was produced by Joey Sturgis, who also did production on the band's previous album '' Speaker of the Dead''. It is the first album to feature drummer Mark Castillo, following the band parting ways with their former drummer Mike Kaabe in October 2011. ''Slave to the Game'' is the band's highest charting album to date, peaking number 58 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and number 11 on the Top Independent chart. Despite its success, the album is frontman Frankie Palmeri’s least favorite out of the band’s work. In 2015 interview, Palmeri considered the album to be a “commercial failure” and said “The songs suck. It’s just not good. None of the riffs are good. I just don’t like it. I feel bad ‘cause I let that record happen.” Background and promotion It was announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmure
Emmure () is an American metalcore band formed in 2003. Originally based in New Fairfield, Connecticut, before moving to Queens, New York, the group has released eight albums, with their first public release being a 2006 EP entitled '' The Complete Guide to Needlework''. Victory Records has worked with the band throughout most of their career, starting with '' Goodbye to the Gallows'' (2007). Their second, third and fourth albums '' The Respect Issue'' (2008), ''Felony'' (2009) and '' Speaker of the Dead'' (2011) were all distributed through Victory as well. After the band's initial four-album contract with Victory expired, they signed again with Victory to distribute their fifth and sixth studio albums, '' Slave to the Game'' (2012) and '' Eternal Enemies'' (2014). However after nine years of being signed to the label, Emmure would leave Victory in 2016 to sign with SharpTone. The seventh and eighth Emmure albums, titled '' Look at Yourself'' and '' Hindsight'' were release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Zaleski
Annie Zaleski is a ''New York Times'' best-selling author and music historian. Career Zaleski is a regular writer for mainstream media outlets such as The Guardian and NPR Music, and a columnist at ''Salon''. She is based in Cleveland, Ohio where she has won first place awards from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, including Best Arts Review (2017) and Best Feature Writing (2019). Her book, ''Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs'', debuted on USA Today's Best-selling Booklist in October 2024 and made its debut on the New York Times Best Seller list in December 2024. Zaleski was previously an editor and music writer at the '' Riverfront Times'' in St. Louis, where she also hosted a radio show on KDHX called ''International Pop Overthrow''. She moved to Cleveland to become managing editor at ''Alternative Press'' in 2011. She's written liner notes for various artists and bands including the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.'s '' Out of Time'' as well as Game Theory's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
