Ungrateful (album)
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| Studio album by Escape the Fate | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 2012;June–September 2012 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal,hard rock,metalcore,electronic rock | |||
| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Eleven Seven | |||
| Producer | John Feldmann, Monte Money, Brandon Saller | |||
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Ungrateful is the fourth studio album by American post-hardcore band Escape the Fate. Several of the tracks on the album were produced by John Feldmann, who also produced the band's second album This War Is Ours; however, other tracks were self-produced by the band. It is the only album to feature Michael Money as an official member on rhythm guitar and TJ Bell on bass, as well as the last one with lead guitarist Monte Money. Monte and Michael Money left the band in October 2013 and TJ Bell was moved to rhythm guitar. The album was released on May 14, 2013 through Eleven Seven Music.
Since the release of their third album, Escape the Fate, the band had begun writing material for their tentative fourth album. Recording began in February 2012, following the recording for Craig Mabbitt's solo project Dead Rabbitts, and ended in March. The band hinted towards the new album on a Facebook post on New Year's Eve saying "Happy new year everyone. We love you all. Next year will see a new album for all of you!!!". The band's lead guitarist, Monte, originally left their tour in 2011 because he did not feel comfortable around Max Green. During his absence from the tour, he recorded over a hundred guitar demos for the album. In March 2012, the band announced that bassist Max Green had left the band due to personal differences. Despite the departure, Green remained friends with the band to the point where he even attended a concert by them. To replace Green, the band made former Motionless in White member, TJ Bell, who had already been touring with the band since early 2011 in place of Max, an official member. Along with this, the band also announced that touring member, Michael Money, had become an official member, providing rhythm guitar for the band.
On Twitter, Mabbitt and TJ Bell revealed that Patrick Stump is working with the band to write a new track. This was later confirmed and the title of the song is "Painting", and ultimately on the album was titled "Picture Perfect". In an interview, the band spoke about the song they wrote with Mick Mars of Motley Crue. Mabbitt said that although they liked the track, they did not feel it was right for them, thus voting against using it.
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