For Today have teamed up with Revolver to premiere the video for the song “Flesh and Blood.” The clip was directed by Ramon Boutviseth (All That Remains, P.O.D., Trivium). The track is from the band’s new EP/DVD, Prevailer (Razor & Tie), which is available now on iTunes HERE.
The Prevailer DVD features a 90-plus minute film about the band from their humble beginnings to playing stages worldwide. Live footage was filmed from the band’s full summer spent on the 2012 Van’s Warped Tour, as well as from their 2012 Fight the Silence headline tour. The DVD also features all of the band’s official music videos (six in total). The Prevailer DVD was directed by former Devil Wears Prada’s keyboardist James Baney.
Check out “Flesh and Blood” below, and let us know what you think in the comments.
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This week sees new shit from Killswitch Engage, Bring Me the Horizon, Warbeast, For Today, Toxic Holocaust, and more hitting stores. Check out the list of releases below and let us know which ones you’re snagging a copy of and which record should be the Album of the Week. Pick your favorite and feel free to vote as many times as you want. Voting ends on Monday, April 8, at noon, when the results will be announced.
UPDATE: The poll is closed. For the results, click here.
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For Today’s new EP, Prevailer (Razor & Tie), is now available for preorder on the iTunes Store. The forthcoming EP, which is set for release on April 2, features five songs (four new songs and one acoustic track). Fans can also preorder Prevailer and its DVD version now in a variety of bundles at Fortoday.merchnow.com. In anticipation of the release, the band is sharing a video preview of the songs on the EP right here right now. Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments.
The Prevailer DVD will feature a 90-plus minute film about the band from their humble beginnings to sharing the stage worldwide. Live footage was filmed from the band’s full summer spent on the 2012 Van’s Warped Tour, as well as from their 2012 Fight the Silence headline tour. The DVD will also feature select official music videos.
Prevailer EP Track List:
- From Zion
- Crown of Thorns
- Flesh And Blood
- Open Heaven
- Fearless (Acoustic)
The Devil Wears Prada recently signed with Roadrunner Records in the U.S. and will make their label debut with an as-yet-untitled new LP executive-produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage and expected to arrive Fall 2013. Their nationwide co-headline trek with As I Lay Dying gets underway tomorrow, February 22, at Ventura, California’s Majestic Ventura Theater Half House and then continues through early April (see dates below). The Devil Wears Prada and As I Lay Dying will be accompanied on the trek by For Today, The Color Morale (February 22 – March 7), and The Chariot (March 8 – April 4). For complete details and ticket information, please visit TDWPband.com/Tour.
In other TDWP news, frontman Mike Hranica released his new book, One & A Half Hearts, this week. It’s a collection of inspirations behind the group’s breakout record Dead Throne. One & Half Hearts looks back on the creation of Dead Throne with an in-depth exploration of its lyrical context. Copies of One & Half Hearts are available now at MikeHranica.com, TDWPstore.com, Amazon.com and will be available for purchase on the band’s upcoming tour.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA/AS I LAY DYING
North American Tour 2013
w/Special Guests For Today
The Color Morale (February 22 – March 7), The Chariot (March 8 – April 4)
*w/The Color Morale only
FEBRUARY
19 Denver, CO Moon Room*
20 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound*
22 Ventura, CA Majestic Ventura Theater Half House
23 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
24 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
26 Reno, NV Knitting Factory Concert House
27 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
28 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
MARCH
1 San Diego, CA Soma
2 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
3 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
5 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater
6 San Antonio, TX Backstage Live
7 Dallas, TX House of Blues – Dallas
8 Lubbock, TX Cactus Courtyard
9 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
10 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
12 Nashville, TN Rocketown
13 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend
14 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
15 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
16 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
17 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
19 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
20 Huntington, NY Paramount Theater
21 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
22 Williamsville, NY Club Infinity
23 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
24, 25 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls Theater
27 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
28 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
29 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
30 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
APRIL
2 Lawrence, KS The Granada Theatre
3, 4 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
Last week, after Mike Reynolds of For Today made several controversial comments via Twitter, the metalcore band announced the guitarist’s departure.
The announcement, which was posted Friday, added that Reynolds plans to enroll in bible college to begin missions in the Middle East.
Last week, Reynolds Tweeted that “Homosexuality is a sin.” Shortly after posting his comments to Twitter, Reynolds added a post to Facebook, saying, “I love every member of the LGBT community and in no way want to simply isolate any individual group of people.”
The band and guitarist received negative responses from musicians and members of Enter Shikiri, Trivium, The Ghost Inside and more.
Reynolds will be replaced by former In the Midst of Lions guitarist Sam Penner during their upcoming Fight the Silence headlining tour with Memphis May Fire and Upon a Burning Body.
For Today frontman Mattie Montgomery addressed the issue in a video post, which you can check out below.
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Starting today fans can preorder the debut album, Between Here & Lost, from Love and Death, the new band led by Brian “Head” Welch, formerly of Korn. The record, which hits stores on January 22, is available for preorder at iTunes or in a CD/shirt combo package at MerchDirect.com.
In conjunction with the preorder, Love and Death are premiering a new song, “I W8 4 U,” featuring Mattie Montgomery of For Today. Check out the track below, and let us know what you think in the comments.
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On November 24, the NOS Event Center hosted California Metalfest VI, which featured a face-ripping lineup including Dillinger Escape Plan (pictured above), As I Lay Dying, Darkest Hour, Animals as Leaders, Pierce the Veil, Unearth, Bleeding Through, Born of Osiris, For Today, and many more. Revolver‘s own Stephanie Cabral was on hand to capture the mayhem, as was photographer Dirt Junior, who shot the photos of Unearth and Thrown Into Exile. Check out all the pics below.
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The 2012 edition of the venerable New England Metal and Hardcore Festival swept through Worcestor, Massachusetts, a few months ago, and Shadows Fall vocalist Brian Fair was there acting as a correspondent for RevolverTV. He interviewed members of Killswitch Engage, Chelsea Grin, and Vanna, among others. Below, you can watch his chat with For Today vocalist Mattie Montgomery.
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