The Word Alive is an American melodic metalcore/alternative metal band from… Read Full Bio ↴The Word Alive is an American melodic metalcore/alternative metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2008, the band is currently signed to Fearless Records. Their 2009 label debut, Empire reached position 15 on the Top Heatseekers, meeting a great amount of positive acclaim upon its release in 2009. The following year, the group recorded and released their debut full-length album, Deceiver on August 31, 2010, which reached 97 on the Billboard 200 and 15 on Independent Albums. The Word Alive has gained renown praise for their innovative style of modern metalcore; blending alternative metal and ambient elements into their overall delivery.
The Word Alive was founded in 2008 by Craig Mabbitt (lead vocals) with Zack Hansen (lead guitar) and Tony Pizzuti (rhythm guitar) who were former members of the bands Calling of Syrens and Clouds Take Shape. As a side-project of Mabbitt during his part in Escape the Fate, the remaining required members he recruited to start The Word Alive were chosen to be Nick Urlacher (bass), Dusty Riach (keyboard) and Tony Aguilera (drums). The group recorded songs with the intention of releasing them as a self-titled EP, despite that it never surfaced. Later on, the band forced Mabbitt to leave due to their dissatisfaction with Escape the Fate's schedules, which required Mabbitt to work as a full-time member.
The day after, Mabbitt posted a blog to his fans via his Myspace account explaining that leaving the band was not his decision and that "[The Word Alive] pretty much replaced me while I was on the road due to the fact that they wanted to tour and couldn't until I was available, I started that band with those guys and I'm very hurt at how they replaced me while I was touring...it's bullshit." On December 3, the band officially announced that Tyler "Telle" Smith, who was formerly one of the vocalists for In Fear and Faith and bassist for Greeley Estates, joined The Word Alive as their new frontman.
Feeling somewhat stagnant in their progression beforehand, the addition of Smith catapulted the band’s ambitions to the forefront. With this initiation, their goals and aspirations were much more a reality, and they set to work on what would become their record label debut, Empire.
During March 2009, the band were taken in with a contract by a new label, later on during the 26th of that month the group officially confirmed that the label they were then signed to was Fearless Records. Smith stated "We hope to just keep touring, touring, touring... we couldn't be happier or more appreciative to be on tour right now, I think despite having some of the worst luck in the early beginnings of being a touring band yet never missing a show, we always have a positive attitude and that will make us a stronger band." The band set out to create an EP to be released through the label wherein it was titled Empire and was recorded with producer Andrew Wade in Ocala, Florida. It was released on July 21, 2009 where it reached #15 on the Billboard Heatseeker chart.
During February the band reached an agreement to leave founding drummer, Tony Aguilera out of the group. Both parties (Aguilera and the rest of the band) shared their concerns and reasoning for the matter publicly. It was overall described that the band wanted to pursue a different percussionist of alternate talent than the founding member. Aguilera was replaced with Justin Salinas, whom previously was a part of the bands Scars of Tomorrow and Catherine as well as serving as a past live drummer for MyChildren MyBride.
In April 2010, The Word Alive entered the studio in Ocala, Florida with Andrew Wade to record their debut full-length album, Deceiver. By June, Deceiver was fully mastered and engineered. On June 23, 2010 the band premiered their first single from the album, “Epiphany” as streaming media online.The following day, Fearless Records released their 2010 Summer Sampler which also featured the track "Epiphany". A week later, the album's album art and track listing was released. Guitarist Zack Hansen explained upon this premiere that "We all felt like that was going to be the best choice considering how comfortable the recording process is with Andrew. The tracking was a lot of fun and everyone had a good time. We got the opportunity to stay in a house while we recorded and surprisingly we didn't party as much as I thought we would haha." Hansen later followed along explaining that his favorite track on the record is “The Hounds of Anubis”, which was written by him and Pizzuti and stated that he "wrote this song with an 'Egyptian feel' to it and I think we got our point across." Smith described that its lyrics describe the times of when The Word Alive overcame their hardships that they face with the help and support from their fans. "The Hounds of Anubis" was released as the album's second single on July 26, 2010. It premiered on the official Revolver website.
By November of 2011, the band made plans to return to the studio on February 7, 2012 with Joey Sturgis to begin recording their next album, with an expected recording session lasting from that time until mid-March. However by February (and before the date of entering the studio), the announcement of two members leaving occurred; keyboardist, Dusty Riach and drummer, Justin Salinas were simultaneously confirmed to no longer be a part of the band. Salinas stated his reason was because he grew tired of touring, although Riach's reason was preferred to be kept silent.
In regards to the band's second studio album, it was reported that 17 songs were recorded in its process. 13 of those will be on the standard edition of the album, while the another three will be included on the deluxe edition. The name of the album will be Life Cycles and both editions will be released the same day.On March 23rd of the year, the group issued a statement that 18-year old Arizona resident Luke Holland has joined as the new drummer, however, Holland was not included for the recording sessions of Life Cycles. The drumming for the record was done by a friend of the band named Matt Horn wherein Holland joined after these sessions were already completed.
On March 18, 2014, the band released a new single entitled "Play the Victim." Along with the song, they also announced their third full-length album Real. would be released on June 10. The album would be the first to feature Luke Holland on drums.
The band released their fourth album, Dark Matter, on March 18, 2016. The band also revealed the tracklist and a headlining North American tour with support from Fit for a King and Out Came the Wolves. The album's lead single, "Trapped", was released January 8.
In November 2016, Luke Holland announced he would be leaving the band at the end of 2016 after finishing their last tour of the year to pursue other musical endeavors. In February 2017, the band announced that Matt Horn would be taking Holland's place as drummer. Shortly after, a new single "Misery" was released.
On August 7, 2017, The Word Alive and Daniel Shapiro mutually announced they were parting ways due to a "new musical adventure" of Shapiro's. The next day, The Word Alive announced that they would be joining I Prevail on their Rage on the Stage Tour along with We Came as Romans & Escape the Fate.
The Word Alive was founded in 2008 by Craig Mabbitt (lead vocals) with Zack Hansen (lead guitar) and Tony Pizzuti (rhythm guitar) who were former members of the bands Calling of Syrens and Clouds Take Shape. As a side-project of Mabbitt during his part in Escape the Fate, the remaining required members he recruited to start The Word Alive were chosen to be Nick Urlacher (bass), Dusty Riach (keyboard) and Tony Aguilera (drums). The group recorded songs with the intention of releasing them as a self-titled EP, despite that it never surfaced. Later on, the band forced Mabbitt to leave due to their dissatisfaction with Escape the Fate's schedules, which required Mabbitt to work as a full-time member.
The day after, Mabbitt posted a blog to his fans via his Myspace account explaining that leaving the band was not his decision and that "[The Word Alive] pretty much replaced me while I was on the road due to the fact that they wanted to tour and couldn't until I was available, I started that band with those guys and I'm very hurt at how they replaced me while I was touring...it's bullshit." On December 3, the band officially announced that Tyler "Telle" Smith, who was formerly one of the vocalists for In Fear and Faith and bassist for Greeley Estates, joined The Word Alive as their new frontman.
Feeling somewhat stagnant in their progression beforehand, the addition of Smith catapulted the band’s ambitions to the forefront. With this initiation, their goals and aspirations were much more a reality, and they set to work on what would become their record label debut, Empire.
During March 2009, the band were taken in with a contract by a new label, later on during the 26th of that month the group officially confirmed that the label they were then signed to was Fearless Records. Smith stated "We hope to just keep touring, touring, touring... we couldn't be happier or more appreciative to be on tour right now, I think despite having some of the worst luck in the early beginnings of being a touring band yet never missing a show, we always have a positive attitude and that will make us a stronger band." The band set out to create an EP to be released through the label wherein it was titled Empire and was recorded with producer Andrew Wade in Ocala, Florida. It was released on July 21, 2009 where it reached #15 on the Billboard Heatseeker chart.
During February the band reached an agreement to leave founding drummer, Tony Aguilera out of the group. Both parties (Aguilera and the rest of the band) shared their concerns and reasoning for the matter publicly. It was overall described that the band wanted to pursue a different percussionist of alternate talent than the founding member. Aguilera was replaced with Justin Salinas, whom previously was a part of the bands Scars of Tomorrow and Catherine as well as serving as a past live drummer for MyChildren MyBride.
In April 2010, The Word Alive entered the studio in Ocala, Florida with Andrew Wade to record their debut full-length album, Deceiver. By June, Deceiver was fully mastered and engineered. On June 23, 2010 the band premiered their first single from the album, “Epiphany” as streaming media online.The following day, Fearless Records released their 2010 Summer Sampler which also featured the track "Epiphany". A week later, the album's album art and track listing was released. Guitarist Zack Hansen explained upon this premiere that "We all felt like that was going to be the best choice considering how comfortable the recording process is with Andrew. The tracking was a lot of fun and everyone had a good time. We got the opportunity to stay in a house while we recorded and surprisingly we didn't party as much as I thought we would haha." Hansen later followed along explaining that his favorite track on the record is “The Hounds of Anubis”, which was written by him and Pizzuti and stated that he "wrote this song with an 'Egyptian feel' to it and I think we got our point across." Smith described that its lyrics describe the times of when The Word Alive overcame their hardships that they face with the help and support from their fans. "The Hounds of Anubis" was released as the album's second single on July 26, 2010. It premiered on the official Revolver website.
By November of 2011, the band made plans to return to the studio on February 7, 2012 with Joey Sturgis to begin recording their next album, with an expected recording session lasting from that time until mid-March. However by February (and before the date of entering the studio), the announcement of two members leaving occurred; keyboardist, Dusty Riach and drummer, Justin Salinas were simultaneously confirmed to no longer be a part of the band. Salinas stated his reason was because he grew tired of touring, although Riach's reason was preferred to be kept silent.
In regards to the band's second studio album, it was reported that 17 songs were recorded in its process. 13 of those will be on the standard edition of the album, while the another three will be included on the deluxe edition. The name of the album will be Life Cycles and both editions will be released the same day.On March 23rd of the year, the group issued a statement that 18-year old Arizona resident Luke Holland has joined as the new drummer, however, Holland was not included for the recording sessions of Life Cycles. The drumming for the record was done by a friend of the band named Matt Horn wherein Holland joined after these sessions were already completed.
On March 18, 2014, the band released a new single entitled "Play the Victim." Along with the song, they also announced their third full-length album Real. would be released on June 10. The album would be the first to feature Luke Holland on drums.
The band released their fourth album, Dark Matter, on March 18, 2016. The band also revealed the tracklist and a headlining North American tour with support from Fit for a King and Out Came the Wolves. The album's lead single, "Trapped", was released January 8.
In November 2016, Luke Holland announced he would be leaving the band at the end of 2016 after finishing their last tour of the year to pursue other musical endeavors. In February 2017, the band announced that Matt Horn would be taking Holland's place as drummer. Shortly after, a new single "Misery" was released.
On August 7, 2017, The Word Alive and Daniel Shapiro mutually announced they were parting ways due to a "new musical adventure" of Shapiro's. The next day, The Word Alive announced that they would be joining I Prevail on their Rage on the Stage Tour along with We Came as Romans & Escape the Fate.
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The Word Alive Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Word Alive:
'2012' You get what you deserve for fucking with me. You get…
2012 You get what you deserve for fucking with me. You get…
94th St We can't keep running in circles Have we lost our minds? We…
Ambitionary How much further must I go before I can't escape my…
Apologician Did you think you'd find what's left of me in…
are you on drugs You're fucking fake! Two-faced! You've gone down this pa…
are you on drugs? You're fucking fake! Two-faced! You've gone down this path …
Astral Plane And I have been here before I don't understand how I've…
Bar Fight Am I still a burden to you now? Am I still…
Belong I just want to belong I just want to belong I just…
Branded No living savior to follow home Wandering hopeless into the …
Broken Circuit Look into my eyes Why the fuck did you think I'd…
Can't Let Up So just close your eyes now Until we're gone from you Oh…
Casanova Rodeo Your headin' south for the border This is the site of…
Collapsing Desires are dangerous things Bringing sorrow to many, men to…
Consider It Mutual Every time I look around my name is on your…
Dark Matter Tired of looking in the mirror Cracks separate my face I'm n…
Dragon Spell I'm still the king of the world I'll never falter or…
Dream Catcher We've been a burden though we were kept alive. By the…
Dreamer I've forgotten who I am Afraid it's too late Was I wrong? Wa…
Entirety You're all I have. You're all I have. I can't decide If…
Epiphany Go! You think I'm weak? It's called honesty. Believe me, her…
Evolution I'm back for more This stories heading for its final twist (…
Face To Face Forgotten, unwanted, broken memories Confused by a heart th…
For Your Health I don't understand why, but the view from here, is much…
Glass Castle So you think you can get rid of me? I'll take…
Grunge I'm not expecting anything From the ones who couldn't accept…
Hard Reset Everything's a big mess, feeling like a crash test Anything …
Heartless In the night I hear 'em talk, The coldest story ever…
Hidden Lakes You may not make it home tonight You may not last…
Hounds Of Anubis I'm the king of the world, and it's crumbling down* All…
How To Build An Empire The path that we've made, We'll not be afraid to say…
I'm Sorry So why don't you let me know if i could grow…
Insane No matter the pain we hide inside We all struggle just…
Inviting Eyes You look in the mirror And for the first time…
Life Cycles I'd rather die for what I believe, Than live a life…
Light House We stand up tall Even in the dark Never forget we are…
Lights And Stones Where do we go when nowhere feels like home? Who do…
Like Father Like Son If you're not my blood, you are my bones. The only…
Live A Lie I won't live a lie, I don't hide I don't hide I…
Made This Way Even when you thought you had me beat I still found…
Mercy Well, it is a weeping and a moaning and a…
Never Forget And now we're all finding out How hard it is to…
NO WAY OUT Stuck in a bottle, think I need that Tears in my…
One Of Us Can one of us be saved? I can't forgive you but…
Oxy Even if I'm left with nothing No heart or soul to…
Play The Victim You're the one who always falls apart The one who plays…
Quit While You're Ahead Just as fast as you found the waves Have crashed…
Red Clouds The drive to be someone you're not Chased desert dreams in…
Room 126 There's no sign we'll survive There's no sign we'll survive …
Runaway You get caught in a hurricane Scattered thoughts make you go…
Sellout Waiting for waiting for conviction Waiting for waiting for c…
Suffocating I'm [?] Can't find my way out I deserve an explanation I los…
Terminal I am a creature Who lies in wait I'm not the man…
The Devil Inside This is what we get You took life for granted, Nothing las…
The Fortune Teller They never said that it'd be easy To find another soul…
The Hounds of Anubis I'm the king of the world, and it's crumbling down* All…
The Only Rule Is That There Are No Rules So you think you're safe now, well think again I'm not…
The Runaway You get caught in a hurricane Scattered thoughts make you go…
The Word Alive is Dead... It's not the end, tell a friend, soon the show…
The Word Alive-You're All I See "Hold back" I won't hold back. This fight will be…
The Wretched You're dead to me. It might be hard to understand. I'll sh…
To Struggle and Claw My Way I am not afraid of you This is your anthem to…
Trapped Will you listen to what I said? Do you believe that…
War With You You never say what you think, so I'm always wrong It's…
We Know Who You Are You're fucking fake! Two-faced! You've gone down this path …
Wishmaster We're here to fight. We're here to die. We're here to save…
You're All I See "Hold back" I won't hold back. This fight will be…
Your Mirage You're the only one You're the only one Why can't this be…
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Pablo Aguilando Martinez
Dicen que el tiempo sana todas las heridas
Pero no las tuyas, no las tuyas
Así que ahora estás atrapado en tus errores
Y ahora eres quien odias
Sé que se siente como
Estas harta de mí
Describe cómo es
Qué ahora me estás extrañando
Disculpa culpable
Simpatía desperdiciada
Flotar aquí
Veo claro
Irse flotando
Siempre estás persiguiendo la próxima mejor cosa
Irse flotando
No sé siente real hasta que sientes la picadura
Sé que se siente como
Estas harta de mí
Describe cómo es
Qué ahora me estás extrañando
Disculpa culpable
Simpatía desperdiciada
Nunca estarás completo
Tu alma enterrada
Nunca estarás completo
Tu alma enterrada
Nunca estarás completo
Tu alma enterrada
Tu alma enterrada
Tu alma enterrada
Sé que se siente como
Estas harta de mí
Describe cómo es
Qué ahora me estás extrañando
Disculpa culpable
Simpatía desperdiciada
Pablo Aguilando Martinez
Dicen que el tiempo sana todas las heridas
Pero no las tuyas, no las tuyas
Así que ahora estás atrapado en tus errores
Y ahora eres quien odias
Sé que se siente como
Estas harta de mí
Describe cómo es
Qué ahora me estás extrañando
Disculpa culpable
Simpatía desperdiciada
Flotar aquí
Veo claro
Irse flotando
Siempre estás persiguiendo la próxima mejor cosa
Irse flotando
No sé siente real hasta que sientes la picadura
Sé que se siente como
Estas harta de mí
Describe cómo es
Qué ahora me estás extrañando
Disculpa culpable
Simpatía desperdiciada
Nunca estarás completo
Tu alma enterrada
Nunca estarás completo
Tu alma enterrada
Nunca estarás completo
Tu alma enterrada
Tu alma enterrada
Tu alma enterrada
Sé que se siente como
Estas harta de mí
Describe cómo es
Qué ahora me estás extrañando
Disculpa culpable
Simpatía desperdiciada
James Fellender
Thank you The Word Alive for creating such a unique album. It’s fucking incredible, it has got a bit of everything in it, the lyrics are emotional and I can relate to some of them. The flow is also on point, I am so happy for you guys, the best one you guys have made for sure. Keep this up please.
Also please play every song on this album live. That would be dope🤘🏻
Saeeya
Love the 3 new songs we could already hear and can't wait for the full album! You guys made a great job (again) and I'm sure I will love the new album like any other before! Never stop doing what you love, you reach so many people with your music in a positive and also really helpful way!
telletwa
In before the comments hit! Thank you for all the love on Violent Noise if you’re reading this 🤘🏼
Kwame Coleman
STILL HERE BRO
IAmZann
Still listening to this song in 2020
Matthew Ortiz
Solid🍻
Matthew Ortiz
Amazing song!
Владислав Ильченко
Love this album bro)
You write great lyrics
Alexa Gecsei
easily one of the most beautiful songs on the album!