UPDATE: June 13, 2008
Light This City Disbands Hey Everyone, I know this is extremely unexpected and disappointing to a lot you out there, but Laura and I have decided to end the band recently because of personal and practical reasons. While this may come as a shock to many, I hope I can shed some light on the reasons behind the decision. First and foremost, the touring lifestyle and playing on stage every night, as well as making this band our entire lives and our profession had overtime become stale and anxiety-ridden for both of us, and in the end, not enjoyable anymore. We started this band because we loved playing this kind of music and loved the release that we got out of it, and the satisfaction we got from jamming with our friends, and taking it across the country. The fact that it had not been that way for a while was enough reason for us to hang it up and leave the band as 6 years of amazing memories and amazing accomplishments. There are other life goals that both her and I have that we felt would not be reached had we taken the band further, say for another 5 to 10 years, and we didn't want to string our other band members along in something that our hearts weren't in 100%. That's just not who we are, and not how we ever wanted this band to be. Both Laura and I want to get back to the root of why we love playing and writing music, whether it be professionally or not, and not have this burden of feeling alienated from our friends and scene because of what the touring lifestyle does to bands. It is a feeling that we just couldn't handle anymore, and didn't want to deal with on any level, because at the end of the day, music IS our entire lives and we want to keep it that way. We wanted to keep it enjoyable as an amazing catharsis, which it was quickly becoming the opposite. With all of this, on top of the financial and logistical burdens we have come across in touring fulltime, we felt it was the right time to make this announcement. As disappointed as our friends and fans may feel, we hope you understand and respect the reasoning behind this decision, and can understand why we'd make it. While many are confused at the timing of this decision, with the release of the new album and all, there is more explanation to be done. The new album will definitely be released within the next 4 months, and it is absolutely amazing! The most important thing to us right now is that all the fans we made be able to buy this album and enjoy it as a last ending high note of this band's career, as we are sure you will love this album like we do. We all feel it is definitely the best Light This City record ever, and Brian, Jon and Ryan absolutely made it something spectacular. We will keep everyone updated on the release of the album, and there will be news about it within the coming weeks, as well as some new tracks online. As for as musical futures, everyone in the band is going to stay involved in music, and I am sure you will hear about everyone's plans in the near future. We want to personally thank everyone that has ever helped this band in furthering our career in any way, whether it be booking us, housing us, feeding us, or just supporting us and coming to the shows. All of our friends we have made know who they are, and know how much their love and support has meant to us. Everyone says this, but really, we couldn't have done what we did without all of that support, and we love every one of you because of it. All of the friends we made and experiences shared have made this totally worthwhile, and we don't regret a single part of it. Thanks to everyone, and we will keep you posted on the new album. –BenUPDATE: May 30, 2008
Hey Dudes!Things are going awesome on the “In Thrash We Trust Tour” alongside Death Angel, God Forbid, and Soilent Green! We are a month in and have two weeks left, and then home for a month. This tour has been amazing, and we are lucky to share the road with some of the nicest dudes we have ever met. Big thanks to everyone on the tour for treating us so well. Laura has been keeping a tour blog online at Revolver Magazine’s website at www.revolvermag.com. Go check that out and see what she has to say about LTC’s tour experiences on this seven week thrash journey. Speaking of Laura, Askthedude.net has also posted their interview with her online conducted by Darkest Hour’s tour manager, Tito! The interview is awesome, and so is the website, so check that one out for sure. For those of you who missed us this time around, we are hitting the road again in late July on the first ever “Thrash and Burn” tour w/ Darkest Hour, Parkway Drive, Misery Signals, Winds of Plague, Stick to Your Guns, Arsis and more! Check out the official website at www.myspace.com/thrashandburntour. All of the dates have been posted on this site as well as our myspace. We couldn’t be more stoked to be a part of this tour, as we have been Darkest Hour fans for a long time and know they are awesome dudes! In merchandise news, there are a few new t-shirts online at www.indiemerchstore.com/lightthiscity so check those out and buy some sick new swag. We know all of you guys have been curious about the new album, but not to worry! The album artwork is being worked out right now, and the cover art should be posted online sometime in the next month. The album title and tracklisting should shortly follow. We have been playing a new song on the “In Thrash We Trust” Tour, and plan on playing two new tracks on the Darkest Hour tour for your listening pleasure! Until next time… -LTC
UPDATE: April 19, 2008
Hey Dudes,We have finished tracking our new album! I can definitely say we are all totally ecstatic about the outcome. To get a little glimpse into the studio check out the last two Studio Journals we uploaded online! The second can be found here (Youtube), while the third entry is streaming live at Revolver Magazine’s Website! In touring news, we are gearing up to leave next week for the “In Thrash We Trust “ Tour alongside Death Angel, God Forbid and Soilent Green. Should be an awesome time, so come out and bang your heads! Lastly, we have totally revamped our Purevolume site, so click the image link below to go visit it! Very easy and awesome to navigate. Metal! -LTC
UPDATE: Mar 26, 2008
Holy Shit dudes! We are now back home safely in the Bay Area from one of the most intense tours ever! These two weeks with All That Remains and Chimaira across the US were amazing, and by far the biggest shows we have ever played. Thanks so much to all of the bands and people behind the scenes that made this tour such a success. There are tons of new pictures from the tour in the pictures section of our Myspace site. Go check those out and leave some comments! Now on to what you really want to hear! We have been in the studio in Oakland, CA with engineer Zack Ohren tracking the follow up to "Facing the Thousand", which should see a release date in September. We couldn’t be more excited on how these new songs have turned out, and we are SURE that you guys will love them. We have posted our 1st of 4 Studio Journals on Youtube, so check it out by clicking the link below!Stay tuned for more info on the album as well as more video journals as the recording progresses Light This City - Studio Journal 1 (YouTube) Lastly, we have added "Like Every Song’s Our Last" onto the player on the myspace page. Go give it some listens and thrash out in your room! We will be playing the song on the next tour, which will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!UPDATE: Jan 12, 2008
2007 Year End Wrap Up! Holy Shit! 2007 Was a fucking beast! Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows, let us crash at their houses, and raised their horns high. Let’s do a little recap, eh? The year started off with a short tour with our buddies in All That Remains, which was absolutely incredible. We couldn’t be more stoked to be going out with those dudes again in February. After that was the video shoot for “The Unwelcome Savior” with Darren Doane which ended up on regular rotation on MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball and on Comcast on Demand. That was one of our dreams come true, and we can’t thank Darren enough for being so rad and the awesome job done on the video! Next was our Southwest “California Love” tour with The Faceless and Antagonist, which was needless to say, tons of fun. Check out both bands if you haven’t already, because they are awesome dudes who shred…hard. In April we embarked on the “Radicalysm” tour with Horse the Band, The Number 12 Looks Like You, and So Many Dynamos. All great great bands. So Many Dynamo’s new record is going to be huge, so get into them early before they blow up!! That was one of the most interesting and hilariously awesome tours we have ever been a part of. All amazing dudes, we thank Horse the Band for taking us out and being such sweet guys. After another run of shows with All That Remains in May, we embarked on our first ever headlining tour, the “Thrash and Burn” Tour alongside Cerberus, The Funeral Pyre, and Antagonist. That was extremely successful, and we were so pleased with all you metalheads that came and showed your love! Make sure to check out the above mentioned bands, because they are some of the only genuine “real” metal bands around right now, and they deserve your attention! What came next blew our minds completely. The “Rocket Ride” Tour w/ Edguy, Into Eternity and Echoes of Eternity. This was our first ever “really really heavy metal” tour, and it was fucking incredible. The crowds every night were insane, and the bands were so good. Edguy is probably the best band ever, ever. Almost lastly was the “Death by Decibels” tour alongside Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, Abigail Williams and Veil of Maya, which most definitely kicked ass. Amazing bands, brutal music, brutal shows. So good. Lastly was this little 5 day run w/ good friends in Suicide Silence, The Faceless and Oblige entitled the “Santa Slays Tour”. All these shows were amazing and absolutely packed. The perfect way to end the year. Thanks to all our California friends for showin’ up and hangin’ out! Definitely made us feel awesome, and ended the year in the best way possible. Raising the horns high in anticipation of 2008! What’s next for LTC you ask? We are home for January writing our new record which should be out in September 08’. Then we leave for a US tour w/ All That Remains and Chimaira. We are fucking excited. Plenty more news coming soon. Stay tuned! Thanks to everyone for an amazing 2007. We’ll see you dudes soon. –Light This City.UPDATE: Dec 16, 2007
Hey everyone, Time for an overdue update! First off, Laura had a few words to say about us dropping off the “Death by Decibels Tour” w/ Vader and Malevolent Creation that some of you have been curious about: “Hey all! We in Light This City are sorry to anyone who was hoping to see us on the rest of the Death by Decibels dates, and want to thank everyone who came out and rocked with us on the tour. It was a fucking blast! Big thanks also to Veil of Maya, Abigail Williams, Cattle Decapitation, Malevolent Creation, and Vader for being so rad. We miss you! Due to some important personal issues, we agreed that it would be in our best interest to stay on the west coast and build up our energy for all the huge stuff we have planned in the new year, including a week of California shows with our buddies in The Faceless and Suicide Silence, a US tour with All That Remains, Chimaira, and Five Finger Death Punch in February, and the most exciting thing of all; recording our new album in March! Thanks again for your understanding, and we will see all of you very soon.” As Laura mentioned, there are some pretty exciting things coming up in 2008 for Light This City. First off, before the year ends we are doing a week of California shows w/ Suicide Silence and The Faceless, which should be amazing. After that we will be home in January and February to write our new album, which we will record in March and April right after our tour w/ All That Remains and Chimaira! You heard right, our buddies in ATR decided to take us out once again! We are incredibly stoked on this and hope you can make it out! We will be playing most of the cities that we missed on the Death by Decibels Tour, so make sure to come hang out and headbang with us once again. Last but not least, we have a great Christmas present idea for you or you friends! Our first album “The Hero Cycle” is now almost out of print, with only 50 copies left, and we have signed all of them! Now online via our myspace site for only $12.00 plus shipping. Check it out! After these 50 copies, the album will be unavailable forever. Do it to it! -Light This CityUPDATE: OCT 19, 2007
Hey everyone, Wow!! A lot of news for all of you. First off, we have just recently arrived home from the “Rocket Ride” Tour w/ Edguy, Into Eternity and Echoes of Eternity. We couldn’t have asked for a more amazing group of people to annihilate the country with, and we want to thank everyone in the bands and crews that took part in making this tour such a success! Our roadie Joe Potenti documented the whole experience with his camera and the results are now online via a picture blog on our Myspace page. Check it out here and let us know what you think! Laura also wrote three tour blog entries from the Paper Tiger Webzine website. Head on over there and read what she has to say about the hilariously fun, metal as fuck tour we embarked on back in September. In other touring news, we are confirmed on the “Death by Decibels” tour alongside Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, Abigail Williams and Veil of Maya! We are really excited about being part of such an epic and crushing tour. All of the dates are listed in the tour section, along with a Sacramento show @ The Boardwalk w/ the newly reunited Conducting from the Grave, before we leave for the Vader tour. The “Death by Decibels Tour” also has a Myspace page that you can visit by clicking here. We’ll see everyone on the road! What is new in the Light This City Merchandise world you ask? Well, a lot of cool shit! We are currently having a Myspace Blowout Merch sale with $5 T-shirts and $10 hoodies. Head on over to our myspace page and pick up some sweet (and cheap) new swag before the sale ends! If you can’t find your size, remember, you can always head on over to www.indiemerchstore.com/lightthiscity via the link to the right of this page and pickup all LTC merch in all sizes (for regular prices). The next bit of news that we are EXTREMELY stoked on reporting is the fact that our video for “The Unwelcome Savior” will make its Headbanger’s Ball Debut on MTV2 this Saturday, October 20th. Make sure to tune in and watch us thrash on national television! I believe that is all for right now, but stay tuned for some more news in the coming weeks! -LTCUPDATE: July 21, 2007
Hey dudes, So we are leaving on Friday for our U.S. and Canadian tour with Edguy, Into Eternity, and Echoes of Eternity! We are really excited for this tour, and we hope all of you can come out and support the LTC camp. We have also booked some offdates from the tour in cities such as Boise, Omaha, and Saugus, MA. Check those out in the tour section or on the myspace page. In other news, there have been a few new merch items stocked in our online store including some sweet new t-shirts and zip-up hoodies! Head on over to Indie Merch Store via the link at the bottom right of this page, and pick some shit up! We will be posting a tour journal from the “Paper-Tiger Webzine” at www.myspace.com/papertigerwebzine , so expect updates every few days or so giving you all of the dirty details about this epic tour. See you guys on the road!-Light This City
UPDATE: July 21, 2007
Hey Everyone, So the THRASH AND BURN tour 07 has officially ended and we want to wholeheartedly thank everyone who came out to the all of the shows! The tour was amazing as our first headlining run, and we want to personally thank all of the friends we met along the way and all of the amazing dudes in The Funeral Pyre, Antagonist, and Cerberus! This tour really showed us that being on the road with your best friends is the most fun and exciting thing you can ever do, and we will miss those guys dearly. For anyone who missed out on seeing us on this tour, we have a sweet picture blog at our myspace site at www.myspace.com/lightthiscity. Check out all of the candid shots thanks to our roadie and friend Joe Potenti. In other tour news, we have a few local-ish shows (one in Santa Cruz and another in Petaluma) before our US and Canadian tour with Edguy and Into Eternity! We are really excited about this tour, and it is playing some amazing venues! Check out the dates in our tour section. More updates soon!UPDATE: May 29, 2007
Hey dudes and dudettes, We are proud to announce that we have confirmed dates for what we are calling the "THRASH AND BURN Tour 07" w/ our good friends in The Funeral Pyre, Antagonist, and Cerberus. Make sure you check out the tour section for all of those dates, as well as a tour flyer and tour banner to post on your myspace pages! This will be our first headlining tour, so we want to make it special. Spread the word in any way you can if you live in California, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, or Las Vegas! This will also be the premiere of our new guitar player for most of you guys, who's name we will announce soon, but we can assure you, he rules and shreds hard!UPADTE: May 06, 2007
Hey everyone, So we are home from the Horse the Band tour w/ The Number 12 Looks Like You and So Many Dynamos, and we can safely say it was one of the best tours we have ever been on! Everyone on the whole tour was amazing, and definitely some of the nicest people we have ever had the pleasure of sharing the stage with. As previously announced, our video for “The Unwelcome Savior” is now in the Media section of the website, so go check it out if you haven’t already! We have 5 shows scheduled with the almighty All That Remains! These will take place in a few weeks in late May, so make sure to check those out in the Tour section! Anyone interested in Light This City merchandise should head over to www.indiemerchstore.com/lightthiscity to purchase some sweet new items! We have new t-shirts, longsleeves, and hoodies, so be the coolest kid in school and pick some shit up. Expect more updates soon, including an announcement about our new guitar player!UPDATE: April 02, 2007
Light This City needs a new Guitar Player! Hey Everyone, Unfortunately, on our last tour Steve notified us that he would be leaving the band after the Horse the Band tour. We are definitely bummed about this, but it has come to a point where he feels he needs to personally and musically move in another direction. We respect his wishes completely and thank him wholeheartedly for his time in Light This City. He is an amazing guy and an even better guitar player! This only means one thing, we need a new guitar player! These are the requirements we are looking for: - Must be between the ages of 18 and 25- Preferably should have some touring experience, and be prepared to spend a lot of time on the road.
- Must have professional equipment.
- Must live in the Bay Area, California, or be willing to relocate.
- Must be extremely comfortable playing thrash/melodic death metal.
We will be having tryouts when we get back in May in the Bay Area. Anyone who is interested should learn the songs “Exile” and “Cradle for a King” which are on our myspace page. Please email us at lightthiscity@yahoo.com with the heading “Guitar Player” if you are interested. Anyone outside of the Bay Area, feel free to record yourselves playing these songs and send us the videos! Hope to hear from some of you soon. Stay metal. -Light This City.
UPDATE: March 25, 2007
Hey Everyone, Our new music video for “The Unwelcome Savior” is available online! Check it out in the media section. It was directed by Soren (Unearth, etc), and we think it came out amazing, so we hope you like it! In other news, we are about to embark on a month long US tour with Horse the Band, The Number 12 Looks Like You, and So Many Dynamos. This should definitely be a fun tour, but we need all of your support at these shows! Check the tour dates section for all of those dates. We are also doing 4 dates on the way out to New York by ourselves. Check those out as well, and come out and party! Metal Up Your Ass.UPDATE: February 24, 2007
Hey Everyone,We have opened a new merch store through Indie Merchandising. Visit it at www.indiemerchstore.com/lightthiscity Go buy some shit! --Light This City
UPDATE: February 03, 2007
Home from All That Remains Tour/ Video Shoot + More News! Hey Everyone,What an amazing past two weeks! The shows by ourselves on the way out to Texas were incredible, and once we met up with the almighty All That Remains, things only got better. The shows in Texas, Arizona and Hollywood were easily some of the biggest and best dates we have ever played! Thanks so much to everyone that came out and showed some metal love. Every one of us had a great time, and it couldn’t have been possible without your support. After the Whiskey show in Hollywood we shot our debut video off of “Facing the Thousand” with director Soren for the track “The Unwelcome Savior”. It was an amazing experience, and we felt honored to work with someone who has so much experience capturing the intensity of this style of music. What we saw of the video looked stunning, and we can’t wait for it to make it’s online and television debut! Stay tuned in the next few weeks for a teaser trailer. In other news, we have been confirmed on a three week west coast/southwest tour with The Faceless. This band shreds hard, and we couldn’t be more excited to be direct support to these dudes! The tour dates are online now, so check them out. We will be rolling through Texas yet once again to thrash your asses off. Lastly, we have been confirmed on the 2nd annual California Metal Fest alongside Testament, Flotsam and Jetsam, Animosity, Arsis, and Severed Savior. This should be a really good time, so be there! We have also restocked our merchandise on our myspace page, so please go check out those designs and pick some shit up! Until next time,
Light This City
UPDATE: January 07, 2007
Yo dudes, We are gearing up to leave for our run of shows with labelmates All That Remains, through Texas, Arizona and Los Angeles! Check those shows out in the tour section. In other news, we have posted a bunch of reviews of "Facing the Thousand" in the media section. Check them out and buy the album!UPDATE: December 09, 2006
Hey Everyone,We are currently having a blast on tour w/ Through the Eyes of the Dead and the Acacia Strain. Expect an in-depth tour wrap up in a few weeks. However, until then, we have booked some dates with As Blood Runs Black and Nights Like These on the way home from the east coast at the end of December. Check those out! We also have been confirmed on a week of dates w/ labelmates All That Remains. Those shows should be sweet, so get on it! More soon... -Light This City
UPDATE: November 1, 2006
Hey guys,We have been added to Through the Eyes of the Dead's headlining tour w/ From a Second Story Window and the Acacia Strain! We are extremely excited about this tour, so check out the tour dates in the shows section! We are playing a lot of cities that kids have been asking us to come to, so come to the shows and show some love.
UPDATE: October 10, 2006
Hey Everyone,Welcome to our new website! As you know, our new album "Facing the Thousand" is out now, so please go pick it up if you haven't already. We are currently finishing our tour with Caliban and the Acacia Strain. Right after this tour we are doing some dates in Texas with All That Remains and then some dates on the way home by ourselves. Please go to the shows page to check them out, and come out if we are near your town!! Plenty more tour announcements and news to come soon... Stay tuned...
UPDATE: September 21, 2006
HEY DUDES!!
"Facing the Thousand" is out now!!! It is available in stores everywhere so please pick it up and spread the word! We are all extremely proud of the album and excited for you guys to hear it. A new website is in the works, so hang tight... -Light This City
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