Life Cycles (The Word Alive album)
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| Studio album by The Word Alive | ||||
| Released | July 3, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | February 7, 2012 - March 7, 2012 at the Foundation Recording Studios | |||
| Genre | Metalcore | |||
| Length | 50:12 | |||
| Label | Fearless | |||
| Producer | Joey Sturgis | |||
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| Metacritic | (80/100) |
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| Absolute Punk | 80% |
| Allmusic | favorable |
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| Revolver |  |
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Life Cycles is the second studio album by American metalcore band The Word Alive. The album was released on July 3, 2012 through Fearless Records. The album features a heavier and more "metal-headed" sound as stated by lead singer Tyler "Telle" Smith.Life Cycles is the first release by the band to be without keyboardist, Dusty Riach, who parted ways with the band at the beginning of 2012.
During the album session a total of 17 tracks were recorded, although only 13 of the tracks made it on the album. A deluxe version was originally planned; however, it never came to fruition. However, both Amazon and iTunes digital versions have a bonus track respectively.
By the end of 2011, The Word Alive had already confirmed plans to head into the studio for their second album along with stating that it will be produced by Joey Sturgis. The album was claimed to have a heavier, more mature sound due to the fact that the band chose Sturgis as the producer for the album over their previous producer Andrew Wade.
It was announced on February 2, 2012 that longtime keyboardist Dusty Riach and drummer Justin Salinas would be parting ways with the band, making this the first release without Riach. At the end of March, the band officially acquired a new drummer by the name of Luke Holland, however, Holland was not included for the recording sessions of Life Cycles. The drumming for the record was instead recorded by a friend of the band, and drummer for the band Sleepwalker, Matt Horn, wherein Holland joined after these sessions were already completed. On April 1, 2012 during a show at the Extreme Thing festival in Las Vegas, Smith announced that the album would be released on July 3, 2012.
During the album session a total of 17 tracks were recorded, although only 13 of the tracks made it on the album. A deluxe version was originally planned; however, it never came to fruition. Despite this both Amazon and iTunes digital versions have a bonus track respectively.
The album debuted at number 50 on the Billboard 200, selling nearly 10,000 copies in its first week.
The band debuted a song from the album for the first time ever on March 31, 2012 at Las Vegas' Extreme Thing festival, which was also the first performance ever to include the group's current drummer, Luke Holland. The title of the song that was played was "Wishmaster".
On May 8, The Word Alive revealed the cover art for the album, along with the full track listing for the standard pressing of the album. On May 15, The Word Alive released a preview of their track Wishmaster on their Facebook page. The preview includes tour dates for the All Stars Tour. On May 31, the band released another 33 second preview for the "Entirety". Included with this preview, they announced that pre-orders for the album will be on June 7 and that anyone who pre-orders will receive a free digital copy of "Entirety". On June 7, 2012, a lyric video for "Entirety" was posted on select sites, such as Revolver Magazine. On June, 18, the album titled song "Life Cycles" was released at 12AM EST as the album's second single.
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