September Mourning is an American alternative metal band that incorporates a transmedia dark culture project created by Emily Lazar and Marc Silvestri.
The concept narrative created by Lazar and incorporated in the band and their performances, centers around the fictional story of a human-grim reaper hybrid named September, as she navigates the worlds of the living and the dead.
Marc Silvestri of Top Cow Productions became involved after Lazar pitched the idea of the band to him via Myspace.
[6][7] In late 2011, at San Diego Comic Con, MTV Geek[8] announced a partnership with Marc Silvestri and September to create webisodes based on the characters in the storyline September Mourning, as well as online comics and other media for their website, and David Hine signed on as writer for the series.
Melancholia was released on Repo Records exclusively in Germany on May 18, 2012, and features guest drummer Ryan Seaman of Falling in Reverse and bassist Phil Buckman of Filter.
On July 17, 2012, a demo of a new song, Before the Fall, co-written and produced by Sahaj Ticotin, and its music video, were featured in the TNA Wrestling commercial for their Hardcore Justice PPV August 2012.
This single was released independently to the digital media outlets the following week and showcased the progression of the band's songwriting and move towards a more commercial sound.
[10] Later that year, the band premiered a new song, "Children of Fate", co-written by Sahaj Ticotin and produced by Howard Benson on Loudwire.
[12] On July 12, 2015, September Mourning launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the release of the first issue of a comic book connected to the project's storyline.
With such a unique method of storytelling and direct communication of passion, September Mourning have set themselves up for success with Volume 1".
[18] The full-length album, Volume II produced by Sahaj Ticotin, was released on July 29, 2016, alongside the second issue of the comic.
Volume II follows our hero, September Mourning's tale throughout the second issue of the comic book entitled, The Hand of Fate".