Vampires Everywhere!

Vampires Everywhere! is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California best known for their 2010 EP Lost in the Shadows. They are currently signed to Century Media and Hollywood Waste Records. History edit: Pre-Band edit: Michael Orlando grew up in South Florida along with brothers David and Alex Hernandez. After many failed bands, Michael Orlando(a hairdresser at the time) begun to pay his way to the top. He formed a pop punk band labeled "Love She Wrote " with Nick Bartolo, which was a failed operation at trying to "fit-in" with the pop crowd. He then asked Alex Hernandez (who was involved in pornographic films in order to support his drug habit) to join his band and thus Vampires Everywhere was born. 2009 edit: Vampires Everywhere! was founded in 2009 by Michael Orlando (a.k.a. Michael Vampire). The band name comes from the movie "The Lost Boys." "Vampires Everywhere!" is a comic book in the movie that explains the rules of vampires and how to kill them. 2010 edit: On February 9, 2010, Vampires Everywhere! released their debut EP Lost in the Shadows. The first single and music video entitled "Immortal Love" was released exclusively on PureVolume on January 18, 2010. Together with director Scott Hanson who worked together with A Day to Remember, Carnifex, A Skylit Drive and Alesana Vampires Everywhere! produced a music video for their song Immortal Love which was shown at MTV 2 (Headbangers Ball),Heavy Rotation and Fuse On-Demand. The group has toured through the USA and Canada several times with acts including Escape The FateBrokencyde,Black Veil Brides, Eyes Set to Kill, Get Scared, Dr. Acula, Aiden, Alesana, Honor Bright, Our Last Night,Polkadot Cadaver and Modern Day Escape. They shared stage with X Japan and Murderdolls as the opener. They played a gig at SXSW 2010 with D.R.U.G.S., VersaEmerge and Black Veil Brides in Austin, Texas. Their Single "Undead Heart" was released on November 29, 2010. 2011 edit: The debut album Kiss the Sun Goodbye followed on May 17, 2011 and was released worldwide via Hollywood Waste Records. Wil Francis (Aiden, William Control) was guest singer in the song Bleeding Rain. The Deluxe Version includes 3 Bonus tracks. Their second music video was directed by Fred Archambault who worked with Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones. Fans of the Post-hardcore genre voted the album negative at Sputnikmusic. The album ranked on Place 19th at the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums and on Place 43 on Top Independent Albums (Billboard). Since then Alex Rouge and David Darko have left the band to formed their own band called The Automatic Me. In August 2011 Vampires Everywhere played at Sunset Strip Music Festival. The band covered Katy Perry´s song Teenage Dream. In Fall 2011 they played on the "Something Wicked This Way Comes Tour" with Wednesday 13, Polkadot Cadaver & Nightmare Sonata. In December 2011 they announced that they would be releasing a new album sometime in 2012. 2012 edit: The band announced that they will be playing the entire Vans Warped Tour (summer 2012). On April 25, 2012 Vampires Everywhere! bassist, Philip Kross, announced his departure from the band. Philip had tweeted earlier that day, "I love yoü all.... Please know I didn't quit on YOÜ I am still yoür family and stay tuned for my new project! I wish the Vamps luck❤" Since then Vampires Everywhere! have found a replacement bassist, Adam Vex. The album, Hellbound & Heartless was released on June 19, 2012, presenting a drastical change from softer post-hardcore scream-style music to a heavier industrial metal with its typical distorted vocals. In October 2012, the band embarked the road with Alesana, In Fear and Faith, and Glamour of the Kill. The band will join Orgy and Davey Suicide on the "Wide Awake and Dead" Tour this spring. Musical style and influences edit: The band's sound spans several genres, including post-hardcore,metalcore,industrial metal,industrial rock,alternative metal,shock rock,gothic metal and horror punk. Their influences include Slipknot,Atreyu,Cannibal Corpse,Dimmu Borgir,The Black Dahlia Murder,Children of Bodom,As I Lay Dying,August Burns Red,Death,Obituary, and Behemoth. Regarding the bands vampire themes, vocalist Michael Vampire has stated "We didn't get inspired by Twilight or True Blood at all. I love True Blood and own season 1, but all of our influences come from the classics. By classics I mean The Lost Boys, Nosferatu, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Bela Lugosi, Fright Night and more." Members edit: Current Michael "Vampire" Orlando - lead vocals (since 2009), DJ "Black" Blackard - lead guitar (since 2011), J.J. Gun- drums (since 2012), Aaron "Graves" Martin - Rhythm Guitar (2009-2012), Former Alexander "Rogue" Hernandez - bass (2009-2011), Charles Philip "Kross" Anthony - bass (2011-2012); lead guitar (2010-2011), Zak "Night" Dunn - lead guitar (2009-2010), Jason "Jay Killa" Shaffer - keyboards (2009-2010), David "Darko" Hernandez - drums (2009-2011), Adam Vex - Bass (Toured with band and appeared in Music Video "Drug Of Choice") (2012)

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