(known as The Killing Lights between 2013 and 2015) is an American metalcore band from Los Angeles, California, currently based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Together with director Scott Hanson, who worked 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),[2][3] Heavy Rotation and Fuse On-Demand.
[3][4] The group toured through the US and Canada with acts including Escape The Fate[5] Brokencyde,[6] Black Veil Brides, Eyes Set to Kill, Get Scared, Dr. Acula, Aiden, Alesana, Honor Bright, Our Last Night,[7] Polkadot Cadaver and Modern Day Escape.
[12] Their second album, Hellbound and Heartless, was released on June 19, 2012, presenting a drastic change in style from metalcore and gothic rock to industrial metal, featuring influences from shock rock and industrial metal acts such as Ministry and Marilyn Manson.
[1] In October 2012, the band embarked the road with Alesana, In Fear and Faith, and Glamour of the Kill, then joined Orgy and Davey Suicide on the "Wide Awake and Dead" Tour throughout March 2013.
[15] On August 14, The Killing Lights released a video, directed by Will Da Rosa, for "Lies Spread Like Fire", a new song from their upcoming EP.
[16] The Killing Lights later performed their first headlining show at Chain Reaction on October 4, where they played their EP in its entirety.
[20] and, shortly after, announced that they were recording a new album in two sessions, the first to commence in March,[21] the second in April, in Salt Lake City.
[25] On January 19, 2016, they released the first official single from the new album, a cover of "Take Me to Church", featuring Alex Koehler of Chelsea Grin.
Lead singer Michael Vampire uses screamed and clean vocals, having already used synthesizer and autotune effects, especially at the beginning of the band's career.
's influences include Slipknot,[34] Atreyu,[34] Cannibal Corpse,[34] Dimmu Borgir,[34] The Black Dahlia Murder,[34] Children of Bodom,[34] As I Lay Dying,[34] Parkway Drive, August Burns Red,[34] Death,[34] Obituary,[34] Theatres des Vampires, Aiden, AFI, Misfits, Marilyn Manson, Ministry and Behemoth.
By classics I mean The Lost Boys, Nosferatu, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Bela Lugosi, Fright Night, and more.