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For Madina Lake, World War III closes one chapter and opens another. The Chicago quartet of twin brothers Nathan [Vocals] and Matthew Leone [Bass, Vocals], Mateo Camargo [Guitar, Programming], and Dan Torelli [Drums] has endured more in the past two years than most artists will experience over the course of an entire career. Since they released their sophomore full-length, 2009´s Attics To Eden, there were moments of tragedy. There were moments of terror. There were moments of trepidation. There were moments of triumph. All of those moments have been captured in the band´s entrancing and enthralling third epic, World War III.
In June 2010, Matthew was brutally injured after stopping a man from beating his wife. He ended up in a coma for five days with a fractured skull, broken jaw, and a swollen brain. Musicians and the world came to Matthew´s aid, with The Smashing Pumpkins even playing a Chicago benefit that raised $80,000 to cover his medical expenses. After four months of recovery, Matthew was back in the band´s studio, The Attic, working on new material with his brother and bandmates. This heinous trauma eventually filtered into Madina Lake´s most powerful and poignant music yet.
Instead of crumbling under the weight of this experience, Madina Lake grew stronger in its wake. Nathan goes on, “In a totally bizarre way, our lives really wrote the ending of the story that we had in mind the whole time. We were literally living out an extreme example of the trilogy´s entire point.”
As a result, Madina Lake sound more alive than ever before. Recorded and written with Camargo self-producing, World War III sees the group following every creative impulse to the fullest.
RELEASE EUROPE: Oct. 10th (2011)
RELEASE G/S/A: Oct. 7th (2011)
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