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Background information
Also known as ATL[1]
Origin Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres Pop punk[2]
Years active 2003–present
Labels Hopeless (current)
Interscope (former)
Emerald Moon (former)
Website www.alltimelow.com

Members Alex Gaskarth
Jack Barakat
Rian Dawson
Zack Merrick
All Time Low is an American pop punk[2] band from Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, formed in 2003. Since their formation the band has consisted of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson. The band's name is taken from lyrics in the song "Head on Collision" by New Found Glory.[3][4] The band consistently tours all year long, headlining numerous tours, and has appeared at music festivals including Warped Tour, Reading and Leeds and Soundwave.
Beginning as a high school band, the band has released their debut EP The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End in 2004 through local label Emerald Moon. Since then the band has released five studio albums: The Party Scene (2005), So Wrong, It's Right (2007), Nothing Personal (2009), Dirty Work (2011) and Don't Panic (2012). All Time Low released their first live album, Straight to DVD, in 2010. While recording Dirty Work, the group contributed the song "Painting Flowers" to the Almost Alice soundtrack.

History

2003–06: Formation and The Party Scene

Formed while still in high school in 2003, All Time Low started covering songs by pop punk bands such as Blink-182. They later had their first record deal became signed to Emerald Moon Records in 2004 and released their first EP, titled The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End later that same year. The band later released their debut studio album, The Party Scene, in July 2005.
Before graduating from high school in 2006, All Time Low scored another record deal, this time, with Hopeless Records. The band said in an interview that they were starting to get serious about music while in their senior year of high school,[5][6] before releasing the Put Up or Shut Up EP in July 2006. The EP entered the Independent Albums chart at No. 20 and the Top Heatseekers at No. 12.[7]
All Time Low later began a busy tour for the EP in late 2006.[6] After the tour, the band began writing material for their second studio album.

2007–08: So Wrong, It's Right

In the summer of 2007, All Time Low played the Vans Warped Tour on the Smartpunk Stage. They made their live debut in the UK in late 2007 supporting Plain White T's.

All Time Low on the AP Tour, at the House of Blues in Chicago, 2008
All Time Low released their second studio album So Wrong, It's Right in September 2007, peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard 200 and No. 6 on the Independent Albums chart.[7] The second single from the album, "Dear Maria, Count Me In", which was written about a stripper,[6] became the band's first single to reach the charts and peaked at No. 86 on the Pop 100.[8] In 2011, the single was certified Gold for 500,000 shipments, despite never receiving radio play.
In early 2008 the band completed their first headlining tour, the Manwhores and Open Sores Tour with opening acts Every Avenue, Mayday Parade, and Just Surrender.[9][10]
Following the release of So Wrong, It's Right, All Time Low quickly gained popularity, eventually making their TRL debut on 12 February 2008. They have also featured on MTV's Discover and Download and Music Choice's Fresh Crops, and have been added to both MTV's Big Ten and MTV Hits playlists.[11][12] On March 7, 2008, the band made their live television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live![13] and then performed live at the mtvU Woodie Awards.[14]
From March 2008 to May 2008, they co-headlined the AP Tour 2008 with The Rocket Summer; supported by acts such as The Matches, Sonny Moore, and Forever the Sickest Kids. In May 2008 they played at the Give It a Name Festival. Also in May 2008, they co-headlined a UK tour with Cobra Starship. In July 2008, the band headlined the Shortest Tour Ever with supporting acts Hit the Lights, Valencia, and There for Tomorrow. From mid-July to mid-August they played the 2008 Vans Warped Tour. They ended 2008 with their headlining tour, the Compromising of Integrity, Morality & Principles in Exchange for Money Tour with Mayday Parade, The Maine, and Every Avenue.
In December 2008, All Time Low was named "Band of the Year" by Alternative Press magazine and featured on the cover of their January 2009 issue.[15]

2009–10: Nothing Personal

In early 2009, All Time Low confirmed in an interview with UK magazine Rock Sound, that they had started writing new material for a third studio album and revealed they had collaborated with artists and producers to help co-write a number of songs.[16]
Although still in the writing process, All Time Low began recording for their new album in January 2009,[15] they finished recording only a month later. The album's lead single "Weightless" was released in March 2009 and became the band's first song to achieve some radio play worldwide. The song was included during the bands appearance at major concert venues, such as Bambooozle in May of 2009, to promote the new album.
All Time Low released their third studio album Nothing Personal in July 2009.[17] However, prior to its official release, the entire album was made available for streaming download one week earlier through MTV's The Leak.[18][19]
Billboard magazine predicted that the album "looked like it could" enter the top ten of the Billboard 200 in its debut week, saying that it may start with anywhere between 60,000–75,000 sales.[20] Nothing Personal debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard chart and sold 63,000 copies, making it the band's highest charting album to date[21]
They played Fall Out Boy's Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux Tour in spring 2009, with Metro Station, Cobra Starship, and Hey Monday.[22] All Time Low also announced tours in both Australia and Japan in June 2009 with Set Your Goals. The band also did a ten date tour with We the Kings, Cartel and Days Difference.[23] They headlined Warped Tour 2009 from July 19 through the end of the tour,[23] and then played at Voodoo Experience 2009, which was headlined by Eminem, Kiss and The Flaming Lips.[24] All Time Low have completed a European tour that took place in Fall of 2009, with support from The Audition and The Friday Night Boys. All Time Low also headlined the very first The Glamour Kills Tour with We The Kings, Hey Monday, and The Friday Night Boys. It started October 15, 2009, and ran through December 6, 2009.
All Time Low announced in November 2009 that they had been signed to major label Interscope Records.[25] One month later, the band won the "Best Pop Punk Band" at the Top In Rock Awards.[26]
In May 2010, All Time Low released their first live album, entitled Straight to DVD. The CD/DVD was a recording of a show in New York.

2011: Dirty Work

All Time Low returned to Ireland & The UK in January and February 2010 as they headlined the Kerrang! Relentless Tour 2010 With The Blackout, My Passion and Young Guns. Also, they played a few mainland Europe shows right after, mostly in countries they had never been before. All Time Low returned to Australia in February and March to play at Soundwave festival. All Time Low co-headlined The Bamboozle Roadshow 2010 between May and June, which they co-headlined with Boys Like Girls, Third Eye Blind, and LMFAO. Along with numerous other supporting bands, including Good Charlotte, Forever The Sickest Kids, Cartel, and Simple Plan. All Time Low played the Reading and Leeds Festival 2010[27] in the UK over the August Bank Holiday. All Time Low headlined the My Small Package Tour in fall 2010, with supporting acts A Rocket to the Moon and City (Comma) State. Halfway during the tour, Before You Exit became a supporting act. On October 24, Storm The Beaches opened on the Baltimore date of the tour.
In March 15, 2010, All Time Low released the song "Painting Flowers" for the album Almost Alice, the soundtrack for the fantasy-adventure film Alice in Wonderland.[28] They later began writing for their fourth studio album, which would also be their major label debut from Interscope Records.[29]
Demos for the band's album leaked onto a website in August 2010, they later confirmed in an interview which tracks would and won't end up on the album. Nearly one year later, All Time Low released their fourth studio album titled "Dirty Work" in June 2011. The album was intended to be released in March but was pushed back due to the label change into Interscope. The album is currently All Time Low's highest-selling album to date overseas; earning the album a peak position of No. 13 in Australia and Canada and No. 20 in the UK.
In spring of 2011, All Time Low did the Dirty Work tour to support their new album that was not yet out, supported by Yellowcard, Hey Monday, and The Summer Set. They were joined by Yellowcard and Young Guns on their UK tour shortly after.[30] All Time Low concluded their summer 2011 tour, "Gimme Summer Ya Love Tour" with opening acts Mayday Parade, We Are The In Crowd, The Starting Line, Brighter, and The Cab. In September 2011, the band was scheduled to play at Soundwave Revolution in Australia, though the festival was cancelled and All Time Low co-headlined a mini-festival tour, Counter Revolution, in its place. The band finished their fall 2011 tour, "The Rise and Fall Of My Pants Tour" with The Ready Set, He Is We, and Paradise Fears. In Canada, the group toured with Simple Plan, Marianas Trench, and These Kids Wear Crowns.

2012-present: Don't Panic

The band returned to the UK on January 12, 2012 [31] supported by The Maine and We Are The In Crowd and toured until February 4. Several of these dates sold out so extra dates were added. All Time Low also played at the Warped Tour (June–August 2012) and the Reading and Leeds Festival (August 2012).
In May 2012, All Time Low left their label Interscope Records and released a new song "The Reckless and the Brave" on June 1 via their website for as free download. The band announced that they had been working on a new studio album, due for release sometime in 2012.[32]
On July 3, 2012, All Time Low revealed that they had signed back to Hopeless Records and that the new album would be released in the second half of 2012. On August 10, along with an optional purchasing package of "Rockshow at the End of the World" tour, All Time Low announced a pre-order package for their new album, titled Don't Panic which will be released October 9 through Hopeless Records. On August 24, a new song titled "For Baltimore" was released through Alternative Press. Another song off Don't Panic, "Somewhere In Neverland" was released, peaking in the top 50 on the US iTunes charts. Jack Barakat stated via Twitter that the album is a mixture between So Wrong, It's Right, Nothing Personal and Dirty Work.
After the completion of the 2012 Warped Tour, the band announced a "Rockshow at the End of the World" headlining concert tour with The Summer Set, The Downtown Fiction and Hit The Lights. In August 2012, they headlined in Dublin, Ireland on August 20, Aberdeen, Scotland on August 22 and in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 23, 2012. They then played a series of shows around Europe including supporting Green Day in Germany. All Time Low have been announced on Soundwave's 2013 lineup for Australia.

All Time Low performing in 2012
On September 27, All Time Low released "Outlines" featuring Jason Vena from Acceptance from their new album, Don't Panic, via MTV and posted a link on their Facebook page. On October 2, a week before its release, Hopeless Records' YouTube channel posted the entire Don't Panic album as a stream, with lyrics for all the songs.
During September 2013, the band re-released their album as Don't Panic: It's Longer Now!. Released nearly a year after the original, it featured four newly recorded songs and four additional acoustic remixes as well as the original material. The lead single, A Love Like War featuring Vic Fuentes of Pierce the Veil was released on September 2.
Starting on September 23, All Time Low toured with Pierce the Veil as a supporting act of A Day To Remember's House Part Tour.

Members

Discography

Main article: All Time Low discography
Studio albums

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Hands Like Houses
Origin Canberra, Australia
Genres Alternative rock, emo post-hardcore progressive rock
Years active 2008–present
Labels Rise Records
Associated acts So Long Safety, Eternal Debut, Pierce The Veil, Tonight Alive, Sleeping With Sirens
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Members Trenton Woodley
Matt Cooper
Alex Pearson
Joel Tyrrell
Jamal Sabet
Matt Parkitny
Hands Like Houses is an Australian rock band from Canberra, Australia. Formed in 2008, the group is currently signed to Rise Records.[1] Their debut album, Ground Dweller, was released on 13 March 2012 and charted at number 141 on the Billboard Top 200 and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.[2] Their second album, Unimagine, was released on 23 July 2013, during their route on Warped Tour.

History

Formation (2008–2011)

Formed in 2008 from the remnants of other local bands, So Long Safety and Eternal Debut, the band traveled to Chango Studios to record material for a self-titled EP with producer Cameron Mizell. However, the EP never was released and the band decided to re-record some of the tracks and record six new tracks for a full-length album. In 2011, the band released singles for "This Ain't No Place for Animals" and "Lion Skin" (which features a few differences from the one included in their full-length) on iTunes, garnering over 5,000 single sales. They also released a demo version of "One Hundred" in their PureVolume profile.

Ground Dweller and Snow Sessions EP (2012–2013)

In January 2012 the band signed with Rise Records[1] and released Ground Dweller, in March,[3] streaming the entire album on the Alternative Press website.[4] Ground Dweller debuted at No. 141 on the Billboard Top 200 and number 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.[2] and has been generally well received.
On 2 May 2012, Hands Like Houses embarked on their first ever tour of the US on Rise Records' The Freshman Class of  '​12 Tour, supporting The Air I Breathe, Palisades and My Ticket Home.[5] In April 2012 released a video EP named Snow Sessions with acoustic performances of some songs from Ground Dweller. They toured in the United States with We Came as Romans and Attack Attack!, and in the fall of 2012 with Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens on the Collide with the Sky Tour. They joined Pierce the Veil and Woe, Is Me of May/June 2013.

Unimagine (2013)

Hands Like Houses started playing songs from a new album throughout their UK tour with Pierce the Veil and Woe, Is Me; Unimagine was released in July on Rise, with the single "Introduced Species". The band played the entire 2013 Vans Warped Tour on the #Domo Stage.[citation needed] [6]

Reimagine (2014–present)

They toured the UK in April. In July they announced they are doing a full Australian headline tour in September / October.

The band confirmed that they would release a new E.P. titled "Reimagine". The album is to be a revisit to their previous work, Unimagine. As revealed by the band they said, "Reimagine is a parallel and a rediscovery of Unimagine and we couldn’t be happier with the result." The E.P. will be released September 16th, 2014. Along with the announcement they released a video for the first single of the album, "Revive (Introduced Species)". [7]
Trenton Woodley, lead singer, went on twitter to say the band might make a song named "Ladder on Tables" due to a rumor started by fans.[8]

Band members

Current

Discography

Studio albums
Year Album Labels Chart positions[2]
US US Indie US Heat
2012 Ground Dweller Rise 141 21 2
2013 Unimagine 37 6 -
EPs
Singles
  • "This Ain't No Place for Animals" (2010)
  • "Lion Skin" (2010)
  • "Antarctica" (2012)
  • "Introduced Species" (2013)
  • "A Fire on a Hill" (2013)
  • "Torn" (2014)

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Celldweller
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Background information
Origin Founded: New York City, New York, United States
Relocated: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres Electronic rock, industrial metal, alternative metal, trance, drum and bass, electronica
Years active 1999–present
Labels Esion Media, Position Music, FiXT Music
Associated acts Blue Stahli, Circle of Dust, Argyle Park, Criss Angel, Angeldust, Styles of Beyond, Fluffy Starr, Scandroid, Motionless in White
Website www.Celldweller.com

Members Klayton
Celldweller is a Detroit, Michigan-based musical project created by multi-instrumentalist artist, producer, songwriter, performer, programmer, and re-mixer Klayton. Klayton creates a hybrid fusion of digital and organic elements: intricately designed soundscapes that take cues from electronic genres like drum ‘n bass, electro, and dubstep, woven together with aggressive rock/metal and orchestral elements. Celldweller songs have been featured in many films, movie trailers, television shows and video games.

Biography

Precursors: Circle of Dust and Angeldust, 1997–1999

Klayton had gained a devoted cult following in the mid 90s because of his industrial metal band Circle of Dust. He also contributed to the supergroup Argyle Park, using the pseudonyms Dred, Deathwish, and Celldweller. After the dissolution of Circle of Dust, Klayton concurrently released both a posthumous collection of reworked Circle of Dust leftovers titled Disengage and an album for a new project, Angeldust, created in conjunction with illusionist Criss Angel.[1] Both albums demonstrated Klayton's shift away from industrial metal and towards more electronic-modern industrial rock influences, incorporating richer electronic instrumentation and greater emphasis on melody. This change in style was a major step toward the sound that would come to define Celldweller's output. Klayton began creating songs for the Celldweller project in 1998/1999[2] and released a limited edition EP of three early Celldweller demos and two solo trance tracks, which quickly sold out. Klayton and Criss Angel parted ways in 2000 after three albums' worth of material had been completed, allowing Klayton to devote all of his time to Celldweller.[3]

Self-titled debut period (1999–2008)

Official Celldweller "cell-block" logo.
Main article: Celldweller
Klayton worked in earnest with producer Grant Mohrman (formerly of Leaderdogs for the Blind) on the debut Celldweller album, which was slated for release in February 2001. Unfortunately, various delays kept pushing the release date back.[4] During this time, Klayton kept fans up to date with numerous Celldweller Logs through his website and via email and, in 2001, released raw files of the song "Symbiont" to give fans and fellow musicians a chance to remix Celldweller's music.[5] Eight remixes were chosen and uploaded to the original Mp3.com, most of them making it to the top of the Electronic and the Electro-Industrial charts. All the exposure led to over 500,000 song plays on Mp3.com.[citation needed] The "Symbiont" remixes became a digital EP six years later.
The self-titled debut album saw release in early 2003 and debuted at No. 17 on Billboard's Internet Sales Chart.[6] Celldweller included a guest appearance by Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague. In 2004, the album took home seven awards at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, winning Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Industrial Album of the Year, Metal Song of the Year ("One Good Reason") and Best Industrial Rock Song ("Switchback"), and also took runner-up in Best Industrial Song with "Stay with Me (Unlikely)" and Best Rock Song with "I Believe You".[7] Later, the songs "Birthright" and "Switchback" were included in the list of Hard and Extreme Mode songs respectively for the popular iPhone OS game Tap Tap Revenge.
In 2004, Klayton put together a double disc release called The Beta Cessions. The first disc contained a re-recording of the last Circle of Dust song, "Goodbye", alternate mixes of "Switchback", the Klayton tracks from the initial Celldweller EP, and demo versions of debut Celldweller songs. The second disc contained the full debut album in instrumental form, with a few of the instrumentals being slightly edited.[3] Klayton stated that he plans to release Beta Cessions to coincide with each of his major albums to collect outtakes, demos, and other rarities.[8]
In the years following the release of the first Celldweller album, various remix EPs were released, culminating in the conception of the Take It & Break It Celldweller Remix Competition in 2006.[9] Expanded off the fan remix concept that Klayton first toyed with in 2001 with the Symbiont remixes, the Take It & Break It competition saw the creation of its own website on which unlimited numbers of fans could register, download and remix the individual recording files of various Celldweller songs, and then submit their remixes. Three rounds of the competition were completed, with compilations of Celldweller remixes being released at the end of each round. In 2008, the Celldweller Remix Competition evolved into the FiXT Remix Competition where fans, remixers, and musicians have the opportunity to remix songs of not only Celldweller but other FiXT Music artists as well.[citation needed]
In December 2008, Klayton released Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 01, a collection consisting primarily of short, instrumental score-based compositions. He selected and reworked demos from his extensive archives that he felt would suit for film, TV and video game licensing.[10] Additionally, some of the songs were from the (then work in progress) second main Celldweller album sessions.[11][12] Celldweller's management has sought to have these songs placed in media, like those on the debut album, and several have already been heard on film and television and in video games.[11]

Wish Upon a Blackstar period (2008–2012)

Klayton in 2005
Main article: Wish Upon a Blackstar
Writing and recording for the second Celldweller album has been underway since 2004.[13][14] Originally slated to come out in the summer of 2006, the album has been delayed numerous times. In March 2009 Klayton announced that the title of the album is Wish Upon a Blackstar. Of 50 songs, he has narrowed it down to the 10 that will comprise the album. In a blog post on his website, he elaborated on wanting to release the album in 'Chapters' with each Chapter consisting of 2 songs.
In April 2009 Klayton revealed the tracks Wish Upon a Blackstar would contain,[15] and has also stated that many of the leftovers will be on the second volume of The Beta Cessions.[11]
During the recording of Wish Upon a Blackstar, Klayton also began work on his follow-up to Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 01. Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02 will be released in the same manner as Wish Upon a Blackstar: as handfuls of tracks are completed, Chapters of the full album will be released digitally until the full collection is complete and the album is released on physical media. Chapter 01 of SVH Vol. 02 featured four songs, including a 20 minute ambient piece (a first for Celldweller). Additionally, a Limited Edition CD of Chapter 01 was released on 7 December 2010 that contained a bonus short ambient track, "Distants".
In addition to working on Wish Upon a Blackstar and SVH Vol. 02, Celldweller kept busy on other fronts. He produced the remainder of the debut Blue Stahli album, appeared on the soundtrack of the Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3 game Dead Rising 2 with a new original song, "Kill the Sound", as well as a selection of previously released Celldweller songs,[16] and also did remixes for BT[17] and JES.
Klayton confirmed in April 2010 that, for the first time in five years, he would be taking Celldweller on the road. The live band would consist of Klayton and fellow FiXT recording artist Blue Stahli.[18] The first leg of the tour, in the fall of 2010, included shows at Triton Fest in New York City, Dragoncon in Atlanta, Georgia, and EBM Fest in Toronto. In November, 2010, Klayton announced that he is planning to release studio recordings of the alternate live versions of Celldweller songs played on the tour. The first of these releases, Cellout EP 01, is available as an iTunes exclusive, released on January 25, 2011.
On May 4, 2011, a 4-EP bundle was released via Groupees in a 72 hour only exclusive online sale with 20% of the benefits going to Red Cross for Tornado Relief. The EPs in the promotion were Cellout EP 01, Chapter 01 of Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02, Chapter 03 of Wish Upon a Blackstar and the Unreleased EP which contained previously unreleased songs and remixes including a song titled "Senorita Bonita" from the Chapter 02 of SVH Vol. 02 and a Beta Cessions demo, "Atmospheric Light".[19]
In May 2011, in a Ustream broadcast Klayton mentioned that he was planning to launch a Celldweller VIP Membership, which would give "access to unreleased demos, video, news, discounts & more". It was to be launched in "early/mid July", 2011.[20]
On November 24, 2011, Klayton announced that he is planning to release Wish Upon a Blackstar on March 27, 2012.[21]
Chapter 02 of Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02 was released on February 14, 2012 and pre-orders of Live Upon a Blackstar began on the same day along with an announcement about the delay of Wish Upon a Blackstar to May 22, 2012.[22] On March 2, 2012, Klayton released a new SVH song, "Elara" as a single.[23]
The MP3 Album version of Live Upon a Blackstar was released on March 26, 2012, one day early.[24] However, the Live Upon a Blackstar Blu-ray DVD was delayed to April 17, 2012 and was delayed again, to May 22, 2012.[25] The release date of Wish Upon a Blackstar was also moved. Currently, it is scheduled to be released on "a final release date in early June, 2012."[26] On April 18, 2012, the final release date of Wish Upon a Blackstar was announced. The album is set to be released on June 12, 2012.[27] On May 22, 2012, the Live Upon a Blackstar DVD/Blu-ray was delayed to June 12, 2012.[25]
On June 12, 2012, Wish Upon a Blackstar was released alongside the Live Upon a Blackstar Blu-ray DVD.[28][25]
On July 13, 2012, Klayton released a new SVH Vol. 02 song as a single and he also announced the release date of July 24, 2012 for the full Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02 album.[29][30] On July 16, 2012, a new vocal song titled "Tough Guy" was released for free download on Dubstep.net.[31] Klayton stated that this song is "towards the next Celldweller album".[32]
On September 14, 2012, a new Klash-Up, "Miss Murder's Personal Jesus" was premiered Alternative Press's website. It contains elements of AFI's "Miss Murder" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus".[33] On October 19, 2012, another Klash-Up titled "Cry Little Sister Vs. Hello Zepp" was released on Bloody Disgusting's website. It contains elements of Gerard McMahon's "Cry Little Sister" and "Hello Zepp" from Saw.[34]
On October 22, 2012, Klayton announced International Tour, including shows in Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine.[35][36]
On October 26, 2012, Celldweller launched another Groupees campaign,[37] selling Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Live Upon a Blackstar, Wish Upon a Blackstar, The Complete Cellout as well as offering the Live Upon a Blackstar DVD for digital download with a portion of all the sales were donated to the Children's Defense Fund. Through the campaign, donors unlocked a new 3-song Unreleased EP 2 with demo songs that were intended for Wish Upon a Blackstar.[38]
On December 11, 2012, the Space & Time EP was released containing remixes of various songs from Wish Upon a Blackstar.[39]

Celldweller Re-issue, Blackstar Novel and Celldweller Score Album (2013 - present)

Main article: Blackstar
On the February 11, 2013, which marked the 10th anniversary of the release of his debut album, Klayton announced that he was working on a re-issue of the debut album, along with a 2-CD Deluxe Edition due out in May. The finished version of the unreleased song, "Uncrowned", was also released with the re-issue. It was originally written for the debut album, but never made it on there.[40] The re-issue also contains remastered versions of the tracks released during the Groupees promotions, alongside never heard before tracks.[41] On May 1, 2013, Klayton made and posted an announcement video on his social networking pages that the re-issue of his debut album was available for pre-order from the FiXT website. The re-issue was released on June 10, 2013, one day before the original release date.[42]
On March 29, 2013, he released a previously unreleased song entitled "Younger", featuring Kenzie, and is up for free download.[43] The song was written approximately four years ago.[44]
On June 25, 2013, The Complete Cellout Vol. 01 Instrumentals was released, containing instrumental versions of the songs from The Complete Cellout Vol. 01.[45]
Klayton programmed four tracks on the I See Stars album New Demons,[46] and composed music for the video game Dead Rising 3.[47][48][49] Klayton also released two songs with James Dooley, entitled "Black Sun" and "Rise from the Underworld". "Black Sun" appeared in the I, Frankenstein film.[50]
Klayton announced in February that he will be publishing a new novel, titled Blackstar, which is based on/inspired by his album Wish Upon a Blackstar. The novel is being written by five-time award-winning author Josh Viola (director of the "Unshakeable" music video) of The Bane of Yoto and renowned author Keith Ferrell of Bloodmoon: Birth of the Beast. The first act is planned for release on December 3, 2013. Klayton is also planning to release a score album to coincide with the release of the book, and an entirely new Celldweller album.[51]
Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 03 was also announced on his Facebook.[52] Chapter 01 of SVH Vol. 03 was revealed by The Orchard. It was released earlier exclusively on iTunes on July 2, 2013. On other online stores, including FiXT Store, it was released on July 16, 2013.[53][54]
Klayton also announced a new project with music producer Varien, called Scandroid. A website was created with a preview of a new song. The full song, "Salvation Code", was released on August 6, 2013.[55]
On August 23, 2013, Celldweller posted an image of him and what he describes on the post as a set for a music video shoot. The song it is for is currently unknown,[56] but details about the video were posted a day later, with an image of a forest and with a quote "I am here shooting a Celldweller music video (feat @bluestahli.)" with Blue Stahli playing a guest role in the video,[57] and in another post, that they are wearing space suits in the woods.[58] In a post on the next day after that, he commented to say that he and Blue Stahli are celebrating the wrap of the music video, along with "#theluckyones", possibly meaning that the song will be "The Lucky One".[59]
On November 22, 2013, Celldweller released Zombie Killer, an EP consisting of the tracks he composed for the Dead Rising 3 soundtrack.[60]
On December 6, 2013, Celldweller released the official music video to "Unshakable" a week earlier to its initial release date due to fans making over 100 reviews on Blackstar's Ebook and score on iTunes and Amazon.[61][62] On January 5, 2014, he released a short song called "Snowcore" on his SoundCloud page.[63]

Discography

For more details on this topic, see Celldweller discography.

Studio Albums

Year Album Name Note
2003 Celldweller First full-length album
2004 The Beta Cessions Compilation album
2008 Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 01 Instrumental-based album
2011 The Complete Cellout Vol. 1 Remix album
2012 Live Upon a Blackstar Live album
Wish Upon a Blackstar Second full-length album
Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 02 Second instrumental-based album
2013 Celldweller 10 Year Anniversary Edition 10th anniversary re-issue of the 2003 debut album
Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 03 Third instrumental-based album
Blackstar Act One: Purified Blackstar novel score

Licensing

Many Celldweller songs spanning the entire discography have been licensed for various media uses.
Trailers/Commercials/Promos
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Film/Features
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Video Games
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CD Soundtracks
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Television
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Awards

The debut Celldweller album won seven awards in the 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards:[7]
  • Best Hard Rock song - "Fadeaway"
  • Best Industrial Song - "Switchback" (with "Stay with Me (Unlikely)" in second place)
  • Best Metal song - "One Good Reason"
  • 2nd place, Best Rock Song - "I Believe You"
  • Album of the Year - Celldweller
  • Producer of the Year - Klayton
  • Best Industrial album - Celldweller

Live band

Current members

Past live members

  • Bret Autrey (Blue Stahli) - backing vocals, synthesizers, guitar, bass, percussion (2010–2013)
  • Dale Van Norman - electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (2004–2005)
  • Kemikal - bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (2004–2005)
  • Cais - acoustic and electronic drums, percussion (2004–2005)
  • Kenny James - acoustic and electronic drums, percussion (2004–2005)
  • Del Cheetah - guitar, keyboards, percussion (2004–2005)
  • Chris Cross aka Tweety - guitar, keyboards, percussion (2004–2005)

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