“Finally, after months of gossip and hype it is here!” guitarist Ben Bruce said in a statement. “Stepped Up and Scratched has arrived. It’s the only remix album worth buying, haha. Stepped Up and Scratched was a concept we came up with about three years ago while recording Stand Up and Scream. We are all into a lot of different kinds of music—rock, pop, blues, swing, dance, house, electro etc.—so stepping out of our comfort zone is something we are used to. Stepped Up and Scratched is proof of that.

“This album is a representation of this band as an artist, not just as a metal band. It is full of great remixes that would be perfect in a club/rave setting or at home just to party to.Not only is Stepped up and Scratched a predominantly electronic album, but we decided we wanted to keep it heavy and be different so you will find a lot of the actual music has been left in to the mixes making it a really unique listen and a completely fresh sound/feel. We had a lot of fun working on this record along side the many talented DJ’s that appear on the album. Check it out as its really an album to just get wild to. Enjoy!”

The full track listing is as follows:

“A Single Moment Of Sincerity” (KC Blitz Remix)
“Another Bottle Down” (Tomba Remix)
“Reckless And Relentless” (Document One Remix)
“I Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps A Cowboy King” (Robotsonic Remix)
“To The Stage” (Bare Remix)
“A Lesson Never Learned” (Celldweller Remix)
“Final Episode ( Let’s Change The Channel)” (Borgore Remix)
“A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta” (Run DMT Remix)
“If You Can’t Ride Two Horses At Once…You Should Get Out Of The Circus” (Noah D Remix)
“I Used To Have A Best Friend (But Then He Gave Me An STD)” (Big Chocolate Remix)
“Dear Insanity” (Revaleso Remix)
“Not The American Average” (J. Rabbit Remix)
“Morte et Dabo” (Sol Invicto Remix)
“Closure” (Mecha Remix)
“A Prophecy” (Big Chocolate)
“A Lesson Never Learned” (Sol Invicto Remix)

The band will also be heading out on tour in support of the record, supported by Hollywood Undead, Borgore, We Came as Romans and D.R.U.G.S. Following this run Asking Alexandria will set out to support Avenged Sevenfold.

“North America. Ware back baby!” Bruce says. “No more rules, no more waiting and no more bullshit. We are fucking back and we are coming back hard. This is going to be our most uncompromising and crazy live show yet. We won’t stop until everyone knows our name. We won’t stop until this music kills us. The WWIII tour with Hollywood Undead is the start of a new era. It’s the start of something special. We are stronger, louder, harder and more determined than ever. This tour is about all of us. Lets have the time of our lives. See you all there.”

Asking Alexandria WWII dates :
11/01 Mesa, AZ, Mesa Amphitheatre
11/03 Salt Lake City, UT, Salt-Air
11/04 Denver, CO, The Fillmore
11/05 Kansas City, MO, Uptown
11/06 St. Louis, MO, Family Arena
11/08 Chicago, IL, Aragon
11/09 Detroit, MI, Compuware Arena
11/10 Pittsburgh, PA, Club Zoo
11/11 New York, NY, Roseland
11/12 Poughkeepsie, NY, Mid-Hudson Civic Center
11/13 Lowell, MA, Tsongas Arena
11/14 Silver Spring, MD, The Fillmore
11/15 Reading, PA, Sovereign Center
11/17 Orlando, FL, Hard Rock Live
11/18 Boca Raton, FL, Sunset Cove Amphitheater
11/19 Tampa, FL, Iguana Stadium
11/20 Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle

Avenged Sevenfold w/ Asking Alexandria dates:
11/23 Estero, FL, Germain Arena
11/25 Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
11/26 Augusta, GA, James Brown Arena
11/28 Huntsville, AL, Von Braun Center
11/29 Pikeville, KY, East Kentucky Expo Center
11/30 Ft. Wayne, IN, Allen County War Memorial
12/03 Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
12/06 Green Bay, WI, Resch Center
12/07 Duluth, MN, Amsoil Arena
12/09 Grand Forks, ND, Alerus Center
12/10 Bismarck, ND, Bismarck Civic Center
12/12 Billings, MT, Metra Park Arena
12/13 Missoula, MT, Adams Center
12/14 Yakima, WA, Sun Dome

Black Roses
“This, in my opinion, is the best rock-and-roll horror movie of all time. Released in 1988, with a soundtrack full of Tempest and King Kobra, a band comes and rocks a dull Midwestern town. Typical young kids rebelling, older generations lashing out against rock and roll, plenty of pointless topless shots, and every kid they turn into a rocker…also becomes a monster! You couldn’t come up with a better plot if you tried.”

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Theme Park
“This movie will always stick out as a turning point in my rock-and-roll-filled life. My father, a huge fan of KISS, had always forced the sloppy pop rock-driven influence of KISS down my throat as I grew up, almost forcing their music and hooks into my subconscious. However, not until he sat me down and made me watch this movie did I understand how intense the KISS Army really was. In this movie, a gimmick is taken about as far as it can be, when all of the members of the band KISS…fight robotic cyborg versions of themselves!

“KISS? Fighting? What? Aren’t they just a bunch of rock dudes that wear makeup, and that one dude has a long creepy tongue? Well, this movie reinforces the image of the band as superheroes, just like in the previously released comic books, and other clever trademark merchandising scams. With Paul Stanley shooting a beam from his eye that allowed him to control minds; Ace Frehley being able to teleport, and shoot beams from his hands; to Gene Simmons breathing fire, and having the strength equal to Superman, or Marvel’s the Thing; all the way to Peter Criss who could jump, and had the reflexes of a cat?

“This movie was an amazing reinforcement to how ridiculous, possessive and straight up badass this genre can be. Making me feel like I am really only living about 10 percent of the rock-and-roll life I probably should be leading…”