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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 with the We Rule the World Tour, starting on September 15, 2010. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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, Toby Wright returned to USA to begin mixing and mastering on the album at the Paramount Studios in North Hollywood, California. March 7 2010 the band annonced that the final mixing of the album is done. [8] [9] [10]

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". [11] 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. [12]

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. [13] 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. [14]

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. [15] The music video directed by Patric Ullaeus premiered on the bands official MySpace page on May 17, 2010. [16] 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. [17] On July 15, 2010 Nuclear Blast offered a free download of the single [18]

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. [19] On August 6, 2010 the single was made available for purshase and download on iTunes. [20]

The single "Turn It Up" will be released on August 22, 2010, followed by the album We Rule the Night on August 27, 2010. During the filming of "Turn It Up," Karin Axelsson was reportedly "seriously injured." Axelsson was hit over the head with a guitar during an act of staged, violence causing a laceration and a brain concussion. This has pushed the release date of the video to September. It was not known if Axelsson would perform in upcoming concerts in August but made brilliant recovery and continiued touring.[21][22] [23]

On August 16, Nuclear Blast releasd the first trailer for the music video of "Turn It Up" on YouTube. [24] On August 19, Nuclear Blast released the second trailer for the music video of "Turn It Up" on YouTube. [25]

On August 20, the whole album was released on the bands MySpace page. [26]

Tour

Main article: We Rule the World Tour

The band will embark on tour in support of the album as of September 15, 2010. The Tour will be titeld "We Rule the World Tour" and will be the bands first headlining world tour. As of August 2010, 56 tour dates have been annonced for Europe with more dates for the rest of the world coming. [27] [28] [29]

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 tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Dead and Gone"3:47
13."Heart of Eve"4:40
Total length:48:51
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Dead and Gone"3:47
13."Perfect Alibi" 

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"

[30] [31] [32]

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

References

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  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
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  6. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143615
  7. ^ http://www.mngmusic.net/sonicsyndicate/index.html
  8. ^ http://www.mngmusic.net/sonicsyndicate/index.html
  9. ^ http://www.myspace.com/sonicsyndicate/blog?page=5
  10. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140812
  11. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/burn-this-city-single/id336656559"
  12. ^ http://www.nuclearblast.de/gratisdownload/index.php?link_kampagne=SonicSyndicate-BurnThisCity
  13. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140812
  14. ^ http://www.myspace.com/sonicsyndicate/blog?page=4
  15. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/revolution-baby/id369650642?i=369650643&affId=1634192&ign-mpt=uo%3D6
  16. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=15487084
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  18. ^ http://www.nuclearblast.de/gratisdownloa..d/index.php?link_kampagne=sonicsyndicate..-revolutionbaby
  19. ^ http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=105731710
  20. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/my-own-life-single/id384584134
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  23. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144061
  24. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZvCITdMxds&feature=channel
  25. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOiYVaYvxUo&feature=related
  26. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=15487084&blogId=538403068
  27. ^ http://www.nuclearblast.de/showDynamicPage.php?ident=newsdetail&nid=3628
  28. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143615
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  37. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=15487084
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