Aiden

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Aiden is an American post-hardcore band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. The current members of Aiden are wiL Francis (Vocals), Jake Wambold (Guitar), Jake Davison (Drums), Nick Wiggins (Bass), and Angel Ibarra (Guitar). wiL originally played bass but took over lead vocals when their original vocalist left.

Biography

Their first full-length album was released on Dead Teenager Records, titled Our Gang's Dark Oath;it was recorded while Jake Davision and Angel were still in high school, being released shortly after they had left.

In 2004, the band were signed to Victory Records. Their second album, and debut for Victory Records, was released October 4, 2005 and was titled Nightmare Anatomy, which is an album of nightmares and features themes of waking up, nightmares, when life is at it's worse and the nighttime.

In 2006, they contributed a remix of "The Last Sunrise" for the soundtrack to Underworld: Evolution, and had their song "Die Romantic" featured on the EA Sports' game NCAA MVP Baseball 2006. Aiden was also part of the 2006 Kerrang Awards in August, taking home the award of "Best International Newcomer", and was part of the Kerrang XXV tour in January 2006. In May and June of that year, Aiden toured with the Finnish band HIM. They also played the 2006 Warped Tour that summer.

On October 31st, 2006, Aiden released an EP/DVD titled Rain In Hell. While the CD didn't receive rave reviews, the acoustic track 'Silent Eyes' and the ethereal opening track 'A Candlelight Intro' hint towards a broadening of Aiden's musical style. The DVD includes 3 music videos and the live performance of Aiden's Never Sleep Again Tour in Chicago. In October-November 2006, Aiden played the "Never Shave Again Tour" with Silverstein and It Dies Today.

In April 2007, Aiden played an arena tour of the UK supporting Lostprophets with Taking Back Sunday. Aiden also played the 2007 "Taste Of Chaos" North American Tour alongside 30 Seconds to Mars, The Used, Senses Fail, Saosin and Chiodos. They will play at least the Australia-New Zealand shows of the International Taste of Chaos tour in late 2007. The band's third studio album entitiled 'Conviction' will be released August 21, 2007 [1].

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