Monster Tour Announced

After a very long wait, one of the biggest, if not the biggest, US tour of the year was announced yesterday. Escape The Fate and Attack Attack! will co-headline the This World Is Ours Tour with support from Mest, Secrets and The Word Alive. This announcement did not come as a big surprise to many people after weeks of hints coming from the twitters and facebooks of the bands saying they all had something big planned for April and May. Only 10 dates were announced at first and the dates would continue to be announced as fans like the This World Is Ours app on Facebook. Eventually, only about 5 hours after the tour was announced, all of the dates were released due to such a high demand. Below is a link to see if the tour is hitting your city and also some information on each band just to see what you're getting yourself into.

For dates and venues click on the following link: http://on.fb.me/thisworldisoursaa


Mest is a pop-punk band that seems as though they have been around forever but have never gotten the recognition they deserved. They became a band in 1995 and went on an hiatus in 2006 just to end up getting back together in 2008. Although they have not released an album since 2005, they still managed to make their way onto one of the biggest and definitely heaviest tours they have ever been on as a band. They bring a different style of music that will be the calm before the storm at every This World Is Ours Concert. Well-known songs: Cadillac, Mother's Prayer, Jaded.

Secrets is a post hardcore band that formed in 2010 and have been on the upswing ever since their first demo song The Oath. The band was signed to Rise Records in 2011 and they released their debut full length album through Rise entitled The Ascent on January 17, 2012. This band in my opinion is one of the most up and coming post hardcore bands in the music scene and is bound to make any show a good one. They will go on their first big time tour throughout February and March in support of Conditions, Abandon All Ships and Sleeping With Sirens. All of this will lead up to the biggest tour this band has ever been on and probably one bigger than they could have ever hoped for. I expect big things from this band not only on the This World Is Ours Tour, but in the later future as well. Well-known songs: The Oath, Somewhere In Hiding, The Heartless Part.

The Word Alive is a metalcore band that was formed in 2008 by Craig Mabbitt. With Mabbitt, the band released a few singles and worked on an EP that never surfaced. The band decided to kick Mabbitt out of the band because they believed he was spending too much time focusing on his other band Escape The Fate and not enough time on The Word Alive. Later that year, they announced that Tyler "Telle" Smith would take over as lead vocalist of the band. Since then, the band has taken off. They signed to Fearless Records in 2009 and through Fearless they have released one EP (Empire in 2009) and one full length (Deceiver in 2010). The Word Alive has also announced that they will be recording for a second full length album which they are going into the studio today as we speak. This is the first tour for the band in 2012 and it one of the most epic they have ever been on as a band. Expect this band to get the crowd going and ready for Attack Attack! and Escape The Fate. Well-known songs: 2012, Battle Royale, The Wretched.

Co-headlining band Attack Attack!

Attack Attack! is a metalcore band that was formed in 2005 by Austin Carlile. The band released an independent EP entitled If Guns Are Outlawed, Can We Use Swords? in 2008 which immediately led to them being signed to Rise Records. Later in 2008, they released their debut album entitled Someday Came Suddenly just to have the band kick Carlile out of the band shortly after the album hit stores. Austin Carlile went on to become the lead vocalist of the band Of Mice & Men. After kicking Carlile out of the band, Attack Attack! had Nick Barham fill in for tours until they decided to kick him out as well and have keyboardist Caleb Shomo take over as unclean vocalist. With Shomo doing uncleans and Johnny Franck remaining at cleans, the band released a self-titled album through Rise Records in 2010. Then later in 2010 another bomb hit the band as clean vocalist Johnny Franck announced that he would be leaving the band to focus on his relationship with God. After Franck's departure, Caleb Shomo took the reins of the band and became the clean vocalist as well as remaining as the unclean vocalist. Since then, the band has released their third full length album entitled This Means War and are currently wrapping up the This Means War Tour. With Shomo doing both vocals, the band has become much heavier and have gotten more recognition than ever. Having them on this tour makes it one of the most diverse and insane lineups for a concert in a very long time. Well-known songs: Stick Stickly, Smokahontas, The Motivation.

Co-headlining band Escape The Fate

Escape The Fate is a post hardcore band that was formed in 2005. The band gained recognition when they won a radio contest judged by My Chemical Romance which resulted in them being signed to Epitaph Records. Later in 2006, the band released their debut EP There's No Sympathy For The Dead and eventually released their debut full length album entitled Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. Shortly after these releases and some touring, the band kicked out lead vocalist Ronnie Radke after he was sentenced to prison after many problems with the law. Former blessthefall and The Word Alive vocalist Craig Mabbitt took over as temporary vocalist of the band and eventually was announced as the new lead vocalist. Since then, there has been nothing but good things for Escape The Fate. With Mabbitt they have released two more full length album, This War Is Ours in 2008 and a self-titled album in 2010. After these releases, the band has been traveling around not only the country, but the world headlining tours with support from bands like Alesana, Motionless In White and The Amity Affliction. Now, they are co-headlining one of the biggest tours to hit the US in what seems like forever. Expect this band to finish off every concert with a bang. Well-known songs: The Guillotine, This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II), The Aftermath (The Guillotine III).