| Vampires Everywhere! | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Metalcore |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Century Media , Hollywood Waste Records |
| Website | www.vampireseverywhere.com |
| Members | |
| Michael Vampire Aaron Graves Phillip Kross DJ Black |
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Vampires Everywhere! is an American band from Los Angeles best known for their 2010 EP Lost in the Shadows. They are currently signed to Century Media and Hollywood Waste Records.
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The name Vampires Everywhere! comes from the comic book prop used in the 1987 film The Lost Boys.
Vampires Everywhere! was founded in 2009 by Michael Orlando a.k.a Michael Vampire. The musical style of the band is a Gothic metal-influenced melodic Metalcore.
On February 9, 2010, Vampires Everywhere! released their debut EP Lost in the Shadows. Produced by Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, The Darkest Hour, Senses Fail, The Bled), the first single and music video entitled “Immortal Love” was released exclusively on PureVolume on January 18, 2010 Together with director Scott Hanson who worked together with A Day to Remember, Carnifex, A Skylit Drive and Alesana Vampires Everywhere! produced a music video for their song Immortal Love which was shown at MTV 2 (Headbangers Ball), Heavy Rotation and Fuse On Demand.[1][2]
The group toured through the USA and Canada several times. So Vampires Everywhere! toured with Escape The Fate[3] Brokencyde,[4] Black Veil Brides, Eyes Set to Kill, Get Scared, Dr. Acula, Aiden, Alesana, Honor Bright, Our Last Night,[5] Polkadot Cadaver and Modern Day Escape. They shared stage with X Japan and Murderdolls as Opener.[6] They played a gig at SXSW 2010 with D.R.U.G.S., VersaEmerge and even Black Veil Brides in Austin, Texas. Brokencyde[4]
Their Single Undead Heart was released on November 29, 2010. The debut album Kiss the Sun Goodbye followed on May 17, 2011 and was released worldwide at Century Media/Hollywood Waste. Wil Francis (Aiden, William Control) was guest singer in the song Bleeding Rain.[7] The Deluxe Version includes 3 Bonus tracks. Their second music video was directed by Fred Archambault who worked with Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones.[8] Fans of the Post-hardcore genre voted the album negative at Sputnikmusic.[9] The album ranked on Place 19th at the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums and on Place 43 on Top Independent Albums (Billboard).[10]
Since then Alex Rouge and David Darko have left the band due to unknown reasons and formed their own band called The Automatic Me.
In August 2011 Vampires Everywhere played at Sunset Strip Music Festival. The band covered Katy Perry´s song Teenage Dream.[11]
In Fall 2011 they played on the "Something Wicked This Way Comes Tour" with Wednesday 13, Polkadot Cadaver & Nightmare Sonata.
In December of 2011 they announced that they will be releasing a new album sometime in 2012 and are currently working on demos.
Also, they announced that they will be playing Vans Warped Tour 2012 . They will be playing all of the dates.
| Year | Album | Label | Chart positions[12] | ||||
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| US Indie | US Hard Rock | US Heat | |||||
| 2011 | Kiss the Sun Goodbye | Century Media Hollywood Waste |
43 | 19 | 4 | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||