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We Rule the Night is the fourth album by the Swedish modern metal band Sonic Syndicate. [1] The album is scheduled to be released Nuclear Blast on August 27, 2010 through and was produced by Toby Wright. [2] We Rule the Night is the first full-length release by the band to feature the vocals of Nathan James Biggs (former Hollow Earth Theory singer) who replaced former singer Roland Johansson who left the band in 2009. [3]The band will be touring Europe to support their new album, starting on September 15, 2010. [4]


Writing and recording

Sonic Syndicate started working on the pre-production of the new album as of January and soon after announced that the producer for the album would be legendary US producer Toby Wright. The main recording of the album took place at Bohus Sound Studios in Kungälv, Sweden. February 23, 2010 annonced that they were finished with the recording the album. As of March 2010, although the album was being mixed and mastered in Sweden, Toby Wright returned to USA to begin the final mixing and mastering on the album at the Paramount Studios in North Hollywood, California. As of March 7, 2010 the album was complete[5] [6] [7]

Release and promotion

On November 6, 2009 the band released the EP "Burn This City" featuring the single and radio version of the titel track "Burn This City" and a non-album track called "Rebellion in Nightmareland". [8] Burn This City" went under a different mix for the album version to make it fit the style and sound of We Rule the Night. On May 4, 2010 Nuclear Blast offered a free download of the album version. [9]

On March 05, 2010 the band revealed the title and artwork for We Rule the Night. The artwork was created by Gustavo Savez of Abstrata Art, the same artist who made the artwork for "Burn This City" in 2009. [10] On March 19, 2010 the band revealed the full track listning of the standard cd version of the album and that there would be a limited digipack edition with a bonus DVD and two bonus tracks. [11]

The lead single "Revolution, Baby" had it's world premiere on the swedish radio station Bandit Rock on May 5, 2010. On May 7, 2010 the single was made available for purshase and download on iTunes. [12] The music video directed by Patric Ullaeus premiered on the bands official MySpace page on May 17, 2010. [13] It was only intended to be released as a digital single but unexpectedly a signed promotional cd-single was released for free for a limited time in a package with the official t-shirt merchendise for the single. [14] On July 15, 2010 Nuclear Blast offered a free download of the single [15]

The second single "My Own Life" had it's world premiere on Bandit Rock on July 6, 2010. The music video directed by Patric Ullaeus premiered on the bands official MySpace page on July 7, 2010. [16] On August 6, 2010 the single was made available for purshase and download on iTunes. [17]

The third single "Turn It Up" is scheduled to be released on August 22, 2010. [18] The music video will not be released until the end of September because of an accident while shooting the video causing Karin Axelsson a laceration as well as a brain concussion. At that moment, it wasn't certain if Karin woull be able to preform at the bands next concerts, but she made brilliant recovery and continiued touring.[19][20] [21] on Sunday, August 7, 2010 [22]

On August 20, the whole album was released on the bands MySpace page. [23] On September 13 the band offered for free for those who gough the 74th issue of the Sweden Rock Magazine an exclusive maxi single inclduing the unreleased track "Heart of Eve" and the previous singles "Burn This City" and "Revolution, Baby". "Heart of Eve" was originaly planned to be released as the second bonus track for digipack on the album. [24] [25]


Track listning

All lyrics are written by Nathan James Biggs & Richard Sjunnesson; all music is composed by Sonic Syndicate

No.TitleLength
1."Beauty and the Freak"3:32
2."Revolution, Baby"3:24
3."Turn It Up"3:38
4."My Own Life"3:46
5."Burn This City"3:29
6."Black and Blue"3:29
7."Miles Apart"3:39
8."Plans Are for People"4:11
9."Leave Me Alone"3:56
10."Break of Day"3:20
11."We Rule the Night"4:00
Total length:40:24
Digipack bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Dead and Gone"3:36
Total length:44:00
Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Dead and Gone"3:46
13."Perfect Alibi"3:41
Total length:47:41

Bonus DVD

  • "Studio Report" (Making of "We Rule the Night")
  • "My Own Life" (Official video)
  • "Revolution, Baby" (Official video)
  • "Burn This City" (Official video)
  • "Photo Gallery"

[26] [27] [28]

Release history

Region Date Label
Europe August 27, 2010 (2010-08-27) Nuclear Blast

Personnel

Sonic Syndicate
  • Nathan James Biggs – vocals
  • Richard Sjunnesson – vocals
  • Roger Sjunnesson – lead guitars, kayboards
  • Robin Sjunnesson – rhythm guitars, background vocals
  • Karin Axelsson – bass guitars
  • John Bengtsson – drums, percussion
Production
  • Recorded at Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden
  • Additional vocals recorded at Studio Mega, Varberg, Sweden
  • Mixed at IF Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Produced and Engineered by Toby Wright
  • Mixed by Roberto Laghi
  • Mastered by Dragan Tanaskovic
  • Engineered by Tobias Lindelll and Freddie Norén
  • Keyboard engineering by Jonas Kjellgren
  • Additional mixing by Toby Wright
  • Addition mastering by Toby Wright
  • All songs published by Prophecies Publishing
  • All songs aranged by Sonic Syndicate and Toby Wright
  • Artwork by Gustavo Sazes
  • Photography by Øomda Åkerberg
  • Music videos for "Revolution, Baby" and "My Own Life" directed by Patric Ullaeus [29] [30]

Chart positions

Country Position
Sweden 13[31]
Germany 22[32]
Switzerland 42[33]
Austria 44[34]
Finland 29[35]


References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ http://www.heavyhell.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4186:interview-with-ex-sonic-syndicate-singer-roland-johansson&catid=23:interviews&Itemid=2
  4. ^ http://events.myspace.com/Event/4985349/STAVANGER
  5. ^ http://www.mngmusic.net/sonicsyndicate/index.html
  6. ^ http://www.myspace.com/sonicsyndicate/blog?page=5
  7. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140812
  8. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/burn-this-city-single/id336656559"
  9. ^ http://www.nuclearblast.de/gratisdownload/index.php?link_kampagne=SonicSyndicate-BurnThisCity
  10. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140812
  11. ^ http://www.myspace.com/sonicsyndicate/blog?page=4
  12. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/revolution-baby/id369650642?i=369650643&affId=1634192&ign-mpt=uo%3D6
  13. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=15487084
  14. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=15487084&blogId=536648738
  15. ^ http://www.nuclearblast.de/gratisdownloa..d/index.php?link_kampagne=sonicsyndicate..-revolutionbaby
  16. ^ http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=105731710
  17. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/my-own-life-single/id384584134
  18. ^ http://www.7digital.com/artists/sonic-syndicate/turn-it-up/
  19. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143884
  20. ^ http://www.bravewords.com/news/143759
  21. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144061
  22. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143884
  23. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=15487084&blogId=538403068
  24. ^ http://www.swedenrockmagazine.com/index.cfm?pg=4&pr=0
  25. ^ http://www.mngmusic.net/sonicsyndicate/index.html
  26. ^ [3]
  27. ^ [4]
  28. ^ [5]
  29. ^ http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=105731710
  30. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=15487084
  31. ^ [6]
  32. ^ [7]
  33. ^ [8]
  34. ^ [9]
  35. ^ [10]
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